Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 1138.

• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with you. He was found out of order by the then Speaker. In fact, he was thrown out of the House for the rest of the afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is what I want to inform Sen. Haji and it may be useful. Some of those substances, including even cocaine and other drugs, which are prohibited under that Act, actually with the developments in Europe and other developed counties, are now being found to be useful for purposes of medicine. Some of those countries that are prohibiting miraa, like the Netherlands, parts of Germany, ... view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will accept the information. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for that generosity. I was trying to ensure that it is done before I complete and that is why I rushed. Had I sat there and everything was completed, you would have ruled me out of order. It is precisely because of the reasons the Senator for Meru has given that I think that miraa should not 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
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill; the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I speak with a very heavy heart, because this is a case where we, as a Senate, are caught between a hard place and a rock. As we all know, very much as we can justify that the amounts being allocated to the counties must be substantially increased, in this Bill we cannot do that because the cake is given. That cake is given under the Division of Revenue Bill. As you know, this ... view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Speaker, Sir--- view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the problem is that the Senator for Homa Bay is confusing me. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: No, Madam Temporary Speaker. What I am implying is that I should have been looking at you rather than the Senator for Homa Bay. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Coming back to the Bill, my heavy heart is on that constitutional issue. My other heavy heart, Madam Temporary Speaker, is on the fact that we, as a Senate, are not really discharging our constitutional mandate by enacting this Bill. To this extent, Article 202 of the Constitution of Kenya speaks very clearly about the equitable distribution of resources between the two levels of Government. It is very, very eloquent there that our job should be to ensure an equitable distribution of resources between the two levels of Government. Then, Article 190(1) of ... view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sorry for my--- view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: I am sorry! Madam Temporary Speaker, right now, we have different signals from the Government on what functions have been transferred to the county governments. Because sometime ago – and it was widely reported and we heard it with our own ears – communication was made in support of the fact that the Government is committed to ensuring that the county governments do operate; it was reported that all the functions had been transferred to the county governments; all of them! Then, yesterday in the morning on television and also before us, the Secretary for Devolution actually clarified that and ... view