Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to concur with my colleague that there is a serious security breach on Parliament. This started when the hon. Speaker was in the Chair at around 4 O’clock. This can tell us a lot in terms of whether other agents within this country or outside this country are monitoring the activities of the National Assembly. So, we will call for a thorough investigation to be carried out. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Member to continue saying that we are not ready to listen? How can he prove that? We are here to listen and make our contributions and then we go to the next order. So, if he has not points, let him sit down. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. I think it is very fundamental and it will shape the development of democratic ideals and institutions in this country. The integrity of an electoral system, the integrity of electioneering and the integrity of electoral management cannot be taken for granted by the people of this country again after what happened in 2007/2008. Whatever the allegiance, voters in this country have all the right to a fair outcome of results in a general election. For us to develop quality election and for us to develop and nurture ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a country, we must not forget what the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) of 2007 under the leadership of Mr. Kivuitu did. Today, in my opinion, they are the first people who should be taken to court. The people who should go to The Hague, in my opinion, should be the ECK Commissioners who managed the 2007 elections or those who stood in broad daylight and said they do not know who the winners are; those who stood in broad daylight and said that they cannot trace the Returning Officers! It is also those ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want my colleagues to read the Constitution. It is not about chest-thumping and being very emotional. I want my colleague, Mr. Chachu, to read Section 89(2) and the Sixth Schedule, Section 27 of the Constitution and understand that the Ligale Commission, being one of the Agenda Four reforms, did its work and that was the first review. So, whether we make noise or decide not to read the Constitution, as far as this Bill or the Minister is concerned, Section 34 says; “Delimitation during first review.” Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say it ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. That is not a point of order and I will continue. I want the hon. Member to read the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Section 27 talks about protected constituencies. It is not Mr. Duale; it is not Mrs. Odhiambo- Mabona; it is not any other Member but it is the Constitution and we want hon. Members to read the Constitution. We must delink ethnic emotions and political parties when we are debating this Bill. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at Article 4(c), which talks of delimitations of constituencies and wards using appropriate technologies and approaches, that is not in line with the Constitution. What technologies? Why should it not cover the whole operations of the Commission? Why only the delimitation of constituencies? When you look at Sections 4, 5 and 6, on the administration, Part II, the issue of saying we want to stagger, the issue of saying we want a Chairman and a Vice-Chair, and the rest of the other members of the Board--- This is an area we need to ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: If you look at Section 9, there are a lot of issues. For example, whether the secretary of the Commission is from Nyanza, Rift Valley and North Eastern; it is about that. It is about a qualified Kenyan who will get this job. It is very clear that Section 9 of the Bill says that the Commission shall, through an open and transparent competitive recruitment process, appoint a qualified secretary. There are those of us who believe that could be given for parliamentary approval for us to feel that the person who will get this job is a person who ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I have a problem with the Sixth Schedule. I want to go back to the sensitive issue of the Sixth Schedule that talks about delimitation. In this Parliamentary Report adopted by this august House, this must come out very clearly, that after the hullaballoo of hon. Ligale, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs sat and listened to all the concerns of the people, including that of my good friend, hon. Chachu. Your concerns are in this report. This report plus the Ligale Report must be the primary source. We are not saying that everything that Ligale did is ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, I want to say here that we need an efficient and effective secretariat to be formed. We need to work for the promotion of free and fair elections. We need to develop a modern system for collection, coalition, transmission, and tallying of electoral data. view