22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for your indulgence. These are interesting times considering the difficulties we have had in the last few days. I do not envy you. That seat where you sit is not an easy one. In the natural order of things, I would not have made the kind of request that I came to make but I was approached by Sen. Omogeni who made a passionate plea that you give room for a conversation to take place. I had not heard the whole ruling but I listened to the first part and I thought you were ...
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
not around but these are people I know well and we can have a conversation considering we know each other beyond politics. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talked and agreed to approach the Speaker to see if we could reach a point of agreement. This is for Members to listen and know because these things happen. I registered my views on the same and said that I have been where some of these Senators are today. I have sat here and a Speaker has made a ruling that I did not agree with under the same Standing Orders. While I ...
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
I request my colleagues that we avoid cheers today. This matter has not been settled by the Speaker because he is the one who is aggrieved. One can become a Speaker or a Chair of a Committee; and these things can happen to anyone and they are not easy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the House and from the Majority and Minority Side, I ask that you set aside that communication. It is not a good precedent. I have said this to the Minority Leader and other leaders that we have Standing Order No. 126. We are almost ...
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Minority Leader will come with his team and I will come with mine so that we have a way forward on this particular issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was the humble pleading that I bring before you. Thank you.
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22 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is because of what you had said earlier. I request you to guide the House. There are Members who, maybe, for whatever they wanted to say earlier, are still on the queue. They need to first opt out so that if there are Members who want to comment on this Petition, they are given a chance.
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21 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have gone full circle. This is a very interesting debate. If I were to be honest, and I want to be as candid as I can be, I am a bit confused on this topic. I have defended both sides of this debate. I have been on the side of ‘Parliament cannot be injuncted’. I used to shout so loudly when seated where Sen. Kinyua is for many years because that was the vogue word. That is the thing that I heard when I first came to this House, being said during the impeachment of ...
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21 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Why not keep your calm, my good friend, so that we do not ---
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21 Feb 2023 in Senate:
In fact, I intend to be very brief.
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