Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, just to conclude, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, I really congratulate the Professor who has brought this Motion, because matters of security are very important. In fact, the reason we have governments is to ensure that we have security, law and order. That is the first important job of any Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, the issue of engagement is very important. This is because previous attempts have failed. Weaknesses in the Kenya Police Reservists and community based policing have failed ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know how to proceed, perhaps you will guide me. But I have been talking to Sen. (Dr.) Machage about this particular amendment which was well intentioned and our aims are the same, but the Government cannot establish the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board because that Board is a statutory corporation under an Act of Parliament and it is supposed to be independent, dealing with the discipline of doctors and dentists, which is an independent profession. Therefore, I have just talked with him and I felt that the proper wording ought to be:- “Urges the ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: I thought I had forwarded it to the Clerk. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because it answers the needs or some of the problems that we have seen in this country--- view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: Okay. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: Okay. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following amendment: THAT, we delete from the fourth line the words “the Senate urges” up to the end and substitute it with the following words: “the Senate urges the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) to decentralize and establish its offices in all the counties of Kenya.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am moving this amendment because I do support the spirit of the Motion. As a practicing advocate, one of my major clients were the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU), which came to the aid of any doctor ... view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In the light of your very correct ruling that this is a Motion that touches on the counties, I can see that we lack the numbers. So, I would like to move, under S.O. No.51(3), which reads:- “When a Motion has been moved and if necessary seconded, the Speaker shall propose the question thereon, in the same terms as a Motion, debate may then take place upon that Question then despite--- view
• 17 Sep 2013 in Senate: I am very glad that Senators are well learned in these matters. That is S.O. No.51(3). I am requesting that we defer this vote to another date. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on this very important Motion. We have now reduced the time to five minutes so I will try to be very fast. view
• 10 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to send a message to the President, the Deputy President and Mr. Sang. I want to remind them that when I was the Attorney- General of the Republic, I mentioned and made a statement that, in my opinion, there was no evidence on which they could be convicted and I stand by that opinion today. Furthermore, I do not think that the threshold to attract the jurisdiction of the ICC had been met. I made that statement and I still stand by it today. So, they should not panic. They should be calm and ... view