All parliamentary appearances
Entries 15701 to 15710 of 17799.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I will liaise with the Chairman of the Committee and come back to the hon. Member. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think you need to give a directive to the effect that Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons must always be in the House to play their roles regarding Statement requests. We also had a problem yesterday, when the Speaker was in the Chair.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 5 of the Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African Economic Community and relating to the Pan African Parliament, this House concurs with the resolution of the Senate made on Tuesday 30th July, 2013 approving the appointment of the following Members of Parliament to the Pan African Parliament:-
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African Economic Community and relating to the Pan African Parliament is a document that I have and I expect Members of Parliament both in the Senate and the National Assembly to go through. The House Business Committee (HBC) has since received written notification from the Minority Party wishing to amend the list by deleting the name of one Senator and replacing it with that of one Member of the National Assembly. I am not anticipating debate, but I am only passing the message of the HBC so that Members can debate ...
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
departmental and standing committees. So, those are not names that originate from the Office of the Speaker or the Office of the Clerk; they originate from the parties in Parliament and with a wider consultation of the leadership in and out of this House. The Motion belongs to the House but, as the Leader of the Majority Party, I want to set the record straight. Any amendment to the names can only be brought by the leadership. An individual Member cannot amend this Motion as per the Standing Orders.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, every Member has a card and every Member will be given time to speak. This is a House of debate. It is not a choir and we do not have a chorus. You have the chance to disagree with the Leader of the Majority Party. If you want the people you represent to hear you on any Motion, then you take the Floor. We will all keep quiet and listen to you. People are watching and they do not listen to chorus. I want to be heard. I want my time to move the Motion. This Motion has ...
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, let me help you. With regard to hon. Shakeel Shabir, the people of Kisumu are elitist. They know English. They want to see you speak. They do not want to see you shouting in a chorus. They want to hear your language. Hon. Speaker, he is making--- Hon. Speaker, the Motion is here and I will ask my colleague, the Minority Party Whip, to second and confirm the notification that was brought to the HBC. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ...
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I want hon. Members to listen to me.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, now that the amendment has been defeated and we are back to my original Motion; I rise under Standing Order No.58 and seek the leave of the House because the matter before us has turned ethnic and regional. I also come from the North Eastern region and I do not have anybody in the proposed team. So, we will go back to the drawing board and build consensus.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, a time comes when you have to offer leadership. We will go back and consult the mighty and the powerful. We will consult the little and the big. We will consult the rank and file of the coalition.
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25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, it is very sad that Parliament spent a lot of money on a retreat in the South Coast for the sake of safeguarding the dignity of this House. Let us listen to each other.
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