All parliamentary appearances
Entries 11291 to 11300 of 17810.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a Member of that Committee. I want to echo the sentiments of Hon. Sakaja. Indeed, as Members from the National Assembly guided by your earlier ruling, ours was to carry with us the position of this House, which we did. That is the fact that this House had dispensed with the two Bills, and that the Memoranda from the President came and was passed in this House. This Committee was coming in to do something which was not clear at all. So, we were in a very difficult position. We explained this time and ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I totally agree with you that there is no provision for a Division within a Division. However, this is a House of rules. I have nothing against this Bill. My only duty is to stand and protect the procedures, precedents and Standing Orders. You cannot read provisions of the Standing Orders in isolation. There is a total difference between the two Bills which Hon. Ochieng is referring to. When the result of the vote on Hon. Lelelit’s Bill was announced, several Members rose in their places based on the provisions of Standing Order No. 62(2). You ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
If you allow me---
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we need to protect our own Standing Orders. I am sure the HANSARD will prove me right. When we were dealing with the Bill by Hon. David Ochieng, you pronounced yourself on the HANSARD that the Bill had been negatived and so lost. It can only come back after six months. That is the procedure of this House. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to contribute. At the outset, I want to say that Hon. David Ochieng was motivated to sponsor this Bill so that he can help many Kenyans. As we go through the learning process, which my colleagues have spoken to, of the new constitutional dispensation among the many things that are uncertain is exactly the issue of the date of the next general election. Some bodies like the county assemblies are under the current Constitution. It states that they last for a period not less than five years. It is also a fact that ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
My colleagues have read and re-read the Standing Order No.62. When you compare Standing Order Nos.62 and No.72, it is very clear that in Standing Order No.62(2)--- I wish to read it because every time I read it, I find this pretty very much obvious. It says: “Notwithstanding paragraph (1), whenever a Bill or a Special Motion, the passage of which requires a special majority in the Assembly, fails to obtain the required majority and the vote results in majority of “Ayes” but the “Noes” have not numbered at least one third of all the Members of the Assembly, the ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Under this discretion, when you read this Standing Order together with Standing Order No. 1, which my colleagues have pointed to earlier, we wish to persuade you. I was moved and persuaded by Hon. Kajuju’s very passionate persuasion. I join her just like many of my other colleagues. What happened yesterday was a historic moment. The ruling will set a precedent for this House just as our Constitution requires re-shaping and ensuring that we put it into a shape that will guide very many generations. This Standing Order and the precedent, which your guidance will set, will make future rulings ...
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I join my colleagues in persuading you to allow this House to retake a vote, so that we can once and for all ensure that our Standing Orders are well set for the future.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it has taken two and half years for Chairmen of Committees to realise that I am the Mover. They should know the owner of the Bill. I thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations for doing a good work. I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines Bill, National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2014 and its approval thereof with amendments.
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