Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 15401 to 15410 of 17799.

• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am sure that when hon. Mbadi served as a supervisor for eight months, we witnessed the height of sycophancy in Kenya. I want to confirm that fact. So, sycophancy did not start in this Government. If you allow me, I will even read out the constitutional provisions. What is important is not how loud you shout but rather how you interpret the law. The Constitution does not belong to him. I will read out Article 132(4) (a). I want to be very categorical that these are the methods by which appointments are made, under the Constitution. ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: 132(4) (a). This is, again, in line with Article 234(4), which creates the Office of Chief of Staff to be appointed with concurrence of the Public Service Commission. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the second question that hon. Mbadi asked was on Cabinet decisions and overlap with the duties of the Secretary to the Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary’s position is under Article 154. It basically deals with Cabinet meetings, filing and giving Cabinet decisions to Cabinet Secretaries. It has no role in the daily and weekly activities of Government departments and Ministries. Hon. Gumbo raised a fundamental issue – whether the President ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: If the PAC or Parliament wants to deal with accounting or financial matters then the State House Comptroller is the man to deal with. Hon. Bosire has talked about Article 232 on appointments. For appointments to fall within the criteria of this Article, you need to look at the public appointments in totality. You cannot single out one position and say that--- How do you take one position and divide it among the 42 tribes of Kenya? So, you look at the Cabinet, the Principal Secretaries, diplomatic postings and State corporations; you subject all the appointments to the provisions of ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: That is why Parliament and the Kenyan people decided to create an Executive outside the law making organ. If you are a Cabinet Secretary, you must remain as such and a technocrat. If you want to play politics, then you resign from your position, look for a by-election, contest, win and come to the House. The role of Parliament is to make laws, to protect and defend the Constitution. I am sure that, that is what all of us are doing. I want to thank hon. Ngunjiri first for being the first Member to take part in collective responsibility. Thank ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree with hon. Wario. Article 132(4) creates the Office of the Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service. On the issue of age, I think as a country, we do not want to throw away our elderly officers. As much as we want to create jobs for the young people, we want to retain people above 60 years or 61 years who have served the nation, and who still have brilliant ideas for transition purposes. So, we should not say that in a blanket way. I am sure that many of you have friends and ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to inform hon. Mbadi. He has articulated very well that the President, indeed, under the Constitution, has powers to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: establish an office. However, I want to draw the attention of the Majority Leader to Article 132(2), which says:- “The President shall nominate and, with the approval of the National Assembly, appoint, and may dismiss- (a) the Cabinet Secretaries, in accordance with Article 152; (b) the Attorney-General, in accordance with Article 156; (c) the Secretary to the Cabinet in accordance with Article 154; (d) Principal Secretaries in accordance with Article 155; (e) high commissioners, ambassadors and diplomatic and consular representatives; and, (f) in accordance with this Constitution, any other State or public officer whom this Constitution requires or empowers the ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this debate is very interesting because it is based on the law. I want to start with hon. Abdikadir because he helped me. If you read Article 132(2)(f) – I want to read it for avoidance of doubt. But before that let me read sub-article (4), which hon. Ng’ongo read. This is the sub-article that the President first used to create the office of the chief of staff, with concurrence of the Public Service Commission on 22nd April, 2013. If I go back to Article 132(2) (f), it says: “in accordance with this Constitution, any other State ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, let them hold their horses. We are not dealing with reports; we are dealing with the Constitution. Number one--- view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Mbadi and hon. Abdikadir, if you can relax. view