29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I do not mean to challenge your authority, but there is a reason we come early to queue. I was the first to arrive in this Chamber this morning. The only person who sat ahead of me was Sen. Kang’ata. Since then, five Members, if you include Sen. Wamatangi, have been granted the opportunity to speak. I do not think that is fair.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is something that Sen. Wamatangi does not get. He made this mistake in the morning and he keeps on repeating it. This is the point. The debate is not about where the constituencies are placed or where they will exist. The debate---
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Listen, Sen. Wamatangi. Since you became a whip, you listen to no one any more. I remind him that there have been previous occupants of that office who were very powerful and there will be others.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
So, please, keep your cool just like when we kept quiet when you were speaking. The point is whether it is possible in a constitutional amendment Bill, to domicile a number of constituencies and limit the IEBC, so that the constituencies can only exist in
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
a particular area. That is why we were asking, what is the interpretation of Article 89(10 for people like him and Sen. Sakaja? Sen. Orengo keeps on repeating the response. If anyone was to appeal this process, it can only be after the Commission is done and satisfied with the delimitation of boundaries. Therefore, it means you agree with our school of thought. Sen. Sakaja, this is the point Sen. Wetangula was making---
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot. I am a gentleman. In linguistics, there is something they teach at the university called English for specific purpose. Not every word means the same thing in different fields. I can give you an example. If you take a phrasal verb for example, ‘to know someone’ in basic English, it means that I know you as Ken Lusaka. However, in religious English, ‘to know someone’ means to procreate with them.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
So you cannot take delimitation of boundaries the same way they want to interpret it. That it is the work of the IEBC. That is not what this Constitution intended. That is why they have provided it in 89(10) that a person will only appeal after it is done. If you domicile it in a particular county, what is the work of the IEBC?
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, you need to bring order to the House.
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