Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: About a month ago, I was privileged to undertake a 14-day tour of our neighboring country, the Republic of Uganda. We visited most of the towns in Uganda and my surprise was that all the towns that we visited were called cities. We visited the City of Mbale which is home to the Bagisu. We also went to Gulu; the City of Gulu the Mayor, Mbarara; the City of Mbarara and Kabale; the City of Kabale. All those cities have mayors and everything that goes with it. Most of those cities are smaller than Nakuru. It seems that there was ... view
• 3 Jun 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Committee’s recommendation that Nakuru deserves to be called the City of Nakuru. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this very important matter brought by the Senator for Mombasa. I think ever since 1949 when Israel was recognized there have always been situations which have created a lot of animosity between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This has over time turned into what is called the intifada, the first one being in 1987 which went on for about three years. I had the opportunity to be involved on the periphery in that particular one as UN Special rapporteur on the issue of summary or arbitrary executions. ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: I support the Majority Leader who has said what I was going to say that the Kenya Government has made a Statement before the Security Council which is very balanced and takes into account the interests of both sides. It also called for a ceasefire and negotiations. view
• 18 May 2021 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
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: I support that because over time starting with the Israeli Prime Menachem Begin, US President Jimmy Carter and His Excellency Anwar Sadat, some agreement was reached. Later on under the auspices of the Norwegians, we had the Oslo 1 and II Accords. In these accords, the Israeli side was being led by a veteran general called Ariel Sharon and thereafter by the indefatigable Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel, a man who was for a peaceful solution to these problems; Mr. Shimon Peres. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: There is an opportunity for a ceasefire followed by intense negotiations. What is a bit disappointing and frustrating here is that the Trump Government gave the Prime Minister Netanyahu so much support that in a sense has increased hate. This is because contrary to international opinion, Jerusalem was immediately recognized by USA. According to international opinion, the Golan Heights which should have been a subject of negotiations were handed over to Israel. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The domestic situation in Israel was such that the Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to be trying to get support internally. As we know, they have in recent times undergone more than six general elections but somehow, he cannot get enough support. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: One wonders whether this attack on – mosque where people had gone peacefully to exercise their right of religion during the last ten days of the Holy Month of Ramadhan - was not in itself a bit provocative. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The matter is going on in the Security Council where the US has vetoed three times. My appeal now is to the US which is the big power in that region behind Israel to try to enter into diplomatic negotiation the same way Jimmy Carter and Clinton, all of whom were Democratic Party Presidents did. We now have a Democratic Party President in the US. I appeal to him to try his best to provide the enabling environment for proper negotiations where the rights of the Palestinians and Israelis are recognized. view