Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to rise on another point of order to say that there are no Statements before we go to Order No.8. I do not know whether you will allow me to proceed because this is a matter of national importance and it is a matter touching on constitutionality. On the basis that the Chair had ruled previously that a matter that is touching on constitutionality can be raised at any time, I would request you to allow me to proceed if there is no Statement. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the previous ruling of the Speaker is that if you raise a matter of national importance that touches on the Constitution, you can rise at any time because the House should not violate any provision of the Constitution. Therefore, violation of a provision of the Constitution may not need that you be informed in advance. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to raise this matter. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. The matter before us is weighty and I would urge your indulgence that you allow a few of us to ventilate on this matter. This is a matter which touches on the Constitution of this country. It is a matter that is going to set a precedent in this country. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. Actually, it reached a point where I thought that this House was going to get out of hand; thank you for bringing order back to this House. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: As my other colleagues have said previously, this is actually a House of hon. Members. Let us disagree but do it with decorum. This issue has been canvassed many times and I just want to add my voice to it. I am not going to challenge your ruling. We respect you as we elected you. Regardless of where I voted, it does not matter. I told you where I voted. It is a secret between you and me, but you know I did not vote for you. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, having said that and having brought some life back to this House, I think I want to plead with the majority. We did not want to be the minority, but we are in the minority and you are in the majority. You have the privilege of running the affairs of the Government of the Republic of Kenya. The majority cannot have their cake and eat it. I want to plead with the majority that in any civilized democracy, you cannot have watchdog and audit committees dominated by members of the majority. If there is any mischief---- We ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I am rising on a point of order on a different matter, but slightly related. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would urge that, based on Standing Order 264, that you find the Standing Orders that we have been referring to as illegal and, therefore, we return to the old Standing Orders. If you read Standing Order 264, it states:- view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: “At least once in every term of Parliament, not later than six months to the end of the term, the Procedure and House Rules Committee shall review the Standing Orders and make a report to the House recommending the Standing Orders, if any, to be amended.” Hon. Speaker, Sir, these Standing Orders were adopted on 9th January, 2013. This did not meet the six months requirement before the end of the term of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, we are all aware that the 10th Parliament--- view