Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Kenyans have a big say in this process. Members of Parliament are not debating in vain. What we say will influence the Kenyan public going forward for the referendum. I have listened to the Speaker’s ruling. I am also mindful of Article 257 of the Constitution. My other reason is that I am looking at how we shall fill in the positions of the nominated. It is said that they will be nominated by their political parties. There are gatekeepers in most political parties. The gatekeepers are normally men. Women placement in those positions will be determined by the number ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have looked at the positions of the Prime Minister. Article 151 (28) proposes the functions of the Prime Minister. One of those functions is that he will chair Cabinet meetings as assigned by the President. I do not know how that will be siting visa vis the Office of the Deputy President. I do not mean the current Office of the Deputy President because I have seen that these provisions of the Executive will obviously take effect after the next General Election. It was the arrangement that in the absence of the President, the assignment ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: occupying. Of course, let us then see how that plays out. Obviously, as MPs we have a conflict of interest. So, we cannot be objective. view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a huge cost that we are creating by the proposed various seats. The three extra positions in the Executive, plus those of deputy ministers are areas that were not necessary considering we have a Minister and a Principal Secretary. view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: The saddest part for me is that, this House, by agreeing that this Bill should proceed also accepts that they will no longer vet the Cabinet Secretaries. Of course, we may not want to vet ourselves. So, I am arguing that the vetting process was created to allow checks and balances. It was created so that the public can also be able to participate in the vetting process of the Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries. We will be scrapping all that by the amendment proposals we are bringing forward. That is not a good thing and Kenyans must know. ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other area I have big concerns with is the Judiciary and the creation of the Ombudsman. Member here have spoken to it. We cannot speak in futility. We cannot speak by way of lamentations. We must tell Kenyans. For me, the creation of the Judiciary Ombudsman in the manner proposed here creates another area of conflict between the office of the Ombudsman and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that is headed by the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. Why do I say so? If you look at the functions assigned by this Bill ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: anything because of political hostility and lack of care for the country. I believe it is very reckless if we allow such provisions. Speaking and saying that you do not support and then stand and say: that you support the Bill, you can argue that these are not good provisions, but eventually, we must say something and guide the country. We are in a very special position. view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: The last one and I know was noted by the Speaker in the Ruling is that we are suspending the Constitution by provisions of, I think Clause 89. This suspends the Constitution of Kenya by saying that we shall proceed with these constituencies irrespective of the fact that there would be no 12 months at the time the constituencies are created. It is not possible to suspend the Constitution whatever way we do it. We can suspend application of the constituencies by the time they are ready, but we cannot propose to suspend the provisions of the Constitution through a ... view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: The National Police Service is also under threat. The Inspector-General and the trigger happy police cannot be the ones who are now affected by some of the provisions. We should be protecting even the Police Service. We changed it from a force to a service, but we see the Commission is not necessary and we are taking all the powers to the Inspector-General. I thought Members of Parliament… view
• 4 May 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view