Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1948.

• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with due respect, I am absolutely, unequivocally, undoubtedly and certainly relevant. If the hon. Member for Kisumu Central will care to refer to the stream of my debate, I have made it very clear that I was merely comparing how we are proceeding in the composition and in dealing with this Committee with how the Senate is proceeding and, therefore, merely comparing the responsibilities of the two Houses of Parliament. I believe that I am relevant, to cut the long story short. view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the record, let it be clear that the National Assembly is the only House of the two Houses of Parliament that the Constitution has granted the power to veto legislation originating from the Senate. That is very clear in Article 111. view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, I am saying these things because we need to end this debate which seems to be gaining momentum. The debate on who is senior or junior; or who is upper or lower is gaining momentum. The Constitution is even clear that the Speaker of the National Assembly is the Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). That was not by accident. Article 107 of our Constitution talks about Joint Sittings of Parliament. When the National Assembly sits jointly with the Senate, the presiding Speaker is the Speaker of the National Assembly. So, without belabouring the point, let us ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I refer the Chair and House to Standing Order No.83 which governs points of order. I do this with utmost respect to the Chair and to my hon. colleagues in the House. I do this out of my very serious concern as to whether really we are not using or misusing this provision of point of order to interrupt debate unnecessarily and even bring this House into disrepute. Allow me to invite hon. Members to look with me at provisions of Standing Order No.83. It says: “Any Member may rise on a ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, these hon. Members need more induction in order to understand the House rules. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this report. Before I go into the details of supporting this report, I just want to remind this House that we are undertaking a very historic process. This is the first time this House is getting an opportunity to undertake an exercise that brings to life Article 132 (2) of the Constitution; it says that the President shall nominate and, with approval of the National Assembly, appoint the cabinet. Therefore, we are engaged in a constitutional exercise. As we do this, this House may want to know that all the eyes of this nation ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: I also wish to remind the Committee on Appointments, which you chair, that the Constitution places an awesome responsibility on it, just as it does on all the committees of this House. Indeed, just for the record, when a committee of this House sits--- Article 125 of the Constitution says that when a committee of the House sits, calls evidence and interrogates witnesses it has the same powers as the High Court of Kenya. When this House sits in interrogation of a matter like this one--- When the Committee on Appointments met and deliberated on this matter, they enjoyed powers ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Having said that, and in the context of that constitutional mandate and responsibility, I want to remind this hon. House that this report is not about Ms. Kandie, or any of the individuals we are debating here now. It is about the composition of the Government of the Republic of Kenya that is going to be given a constitutional mandate to serve this Republic and every Kenyan whatever their political affiliation. So, let us not reduce this great debate and historic moment to a contest over individuals, and lose sight of the greater responsibility to the people of this Republic, ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, two wrongs do not make a right; I have listened to the Member for Mukurweini. He very eloquently and passionately reminded this House that some of the Members here may not have had an opportunity to go through vetting. But two wrongs do not make a right. The fact that you may be a member of committee of this House when you, perhaps, have never gone through vetting does not rob you of the cardinal responsibility to represent and oversee in this House. Therefore, we must undertake this view