Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity in joining you and others in welcoming the students of Kongoi Secondary School. My colleagues have said it all, and I do not want to repeat what they have said. I want to tell the student that, normally, we are a full House with a lot of activity. Therefore, what you are seeing here is not typical of a normal session of the Senate. In a secondary school, you are at a very critical stage in forming the basis, the foundation of your future. It is at this stage that ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: I hope that the school and teachers who are with you are emphasizing also on those aspects. You must not only excel in academics, but also in your personal development in the right way, which will help this society to move away from what has been bringing this society down, as I have stated. Personally, when I was in high school, I did visit this Parliament. My only memory of this House was seeing the likes of Tom Mboya, the late President Mwai Kibaki and the likes of Speaker Humphrey Slade actually, conducting affairs and debating matters and so on. ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand up with mixed feelings because I am not standing for re-election. So, this may very well be the last time I am speaking in this House. I recollect the first time that I spoke in Parliament which was about 14th May, 1991. This was soon after being appointed the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya. Since that time, I have been a Member of Parliament of the 6th, 7th, 8th 9th, 10th, 11th and now the12th Parliament. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I recollect that on 3rd December, 1991, I personally moved the constitutional amendment to delete Section 2(a) of the Constitution. The history of this country in constitutional matters can be divided into two. From Independence up to 1991 when I moved that Motion. The second one is between 1963 and 1991 where there were many amendments which sort of interfered with constitutionalism in this country. Some amendments were good, but many were bad. From 3rd December, 1991, the amendments that were done through Parliament under my watch were basically reform amendments. They included reforms of the Constitution ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of the challenges--- view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that consideration. Let me slow down now. I was going fast because of the five minutes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of the challenge to the Senate, we went to the Supreme Court and got that Advisory Opinion. Although that Opinion restored and improved our legislative mandate, it has not quite caught ground because all the time, there have been obstacles, particularly from the National Assembly. That is going to remain a challenge. Under my watch, the 11th Parliament appointed a Committee to look into constitutional amendments, which would restore the Senate to the proper ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a challenge going forward should there be any future proposals for amending the Constitution. The challenge for the incoming Senate is to ensure that those amendments which we all agreed on as a bipartisan approach should be carried in the constitutional amendments that we may have in future on the strengthening of the Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: There have also been challenges but that is necessary. We should continue to fight for our space. We do not want to be in a position in which the first Senate was, after the Independence. It disappeared. The fact that we have succeeded now for ten years shows that we have succeeded in being around but we must be around and remain very relevant to the mandate that we have. view