Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: A whip is part of the leadership of the House. To me, the whips should have been there in their own right as whips and they should have been mentioned at the beginning along with the Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader and so on. This is because a whip cannot speak on behalf of Members. It is actually reducing the slots for ordinary Members like us who could be there to have an input. A person who whips you cannot thereafter represent you. It is a contradiction in terms. When we will be looking at these ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, I have something regarding the business of the House. There has been a strong plea from Sen. Linturi and others about legislation, which affects poor people. I agree that legislation should be prioritized. view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: I see a lot of artificial cleavage in the society between the so-called hustlers and other people. To me, it is artificially propagated to promote selfish ambitions of politicians. If you look at the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, I am sorry I do not have it here, some people take the word “hustler” to be one of the hardcore poor people, mostly young who are struggling to make a living. The BBI addresses that. It is not only in the Constitution but also in legislation. There are a number of legislations we drafted just to deal with Article 43 ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: My appeal to both sides is to give it priority when that legislation comes. It is a legislation where both sides want to deal with the issue of hardcore poverty. We should not make it appear as if it is only one group that is concerned about hardcore poverty but the other is not. It is like the other group is just concerned with positions up there. view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: If you read our BBI Report, you will realise we spent far much more time and effort and calling for experts on how to deal with hardcore poverty people. Like my former Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights has said, I appeal to you that when those Bills come, I will not want to see the type of artificial debates here, that you are so and so doing this and that. Just look at the Bill on its own merit, make a well-reasoned out argument and we vote in a very sober way. It is ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: (BBI) recommended on that issue of poverty can provide the anchor in which we can have not just a legislation but also administrative policies to deal with the same. Therefore, if we approach it together, I think we shall get very far in addressing the problem. The Senate is supposed to provide exemplary example and even the political culture of tolerance, reasoned out arguments and so on. When these Bills come here, I would like the Senate to come out very clearly as the one that has provided that political atmosphere or climate. This Senate consists of very able people, ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: I become very satisfied knowing that when I go, the young ones can ably step in my shoes and continue to lead this country in a proper direction, away from what we are now having in the society. view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: That is my appeal. If we prioritize BBI, we will also be addressing the problem of hardcore poverty in this country. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to talk on this very important Bill. Once upon a time when I was still at school, it was crops such as tea, coffee and pyrethrum that earned the country the highest amount of foreign exchange. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: It has been very sad to see that from that pedestal, we now came to a period where farmers are uprooting their crops beginning with coffee and now tea and so on. view