Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17271 to 17280 of 17799.

• 9 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for hon. Affey to impute that one of the candidates that was nominated by PNU comes from a small community, when we know that the community that he comes from is the fifth largest community in Kenya? view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the vernacular language and, most specifically, the Somali language, is an important heritage. Even in my house, after a long day of work in Parliament, I speak Somali language to my wife, children and the people who live with me. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mbau and my other colleagues must understand the fact that Kenya is a multi-lingual State. As a country, we need to build all the necessary mechanisms for effective management of languages. If you look at the Constitution, it talks of “We, the people of Kenya”. The word “We” means all the tribes of Kenya. I totally agree with hon. Khalwale that this Motion, in its essence, contradicts the Constitution. Languages all over the world are a heritage that people are proud of. I am a Muslim and Islamic scriptures are in Arabic. But at ... view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two languages today that as a country, we are proud of – that is English and Kiswahili - are both colonial languages. That is why we are saying that this Constitution must be upheld at all times. Today, in this House, we are creating the Supreme Court, the highest court that is going to interpret the Constitution. If you look at Section 7 of the Constitution, it talks about national, official and other languages. It says in Section 7(3):- view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: “The State shall promote and protect the diversity of language”. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Khalwale is still consulting loudly! view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Part 3 of Section 7 of this Constitution says that the State shall promote and protect the diversity of languages of the Republic and the people of Kenya. This Motion contradicts that Section of this Constitution. It is unconstitutional. It is the State to protect our languages. We cannot allow a Motion in this House that contravenes that. We cannot allow a Motion that wants to ban our people from speaking. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, under that Section, it says that the State shall promote the development and the use of indigenous languages. Somali, Kikuyu, Kamba, El Molo and Turkana are indigenous languages. It is in this Constitution that the State must promote languages. This Motion negates the Constitution. view