Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: seconded. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this very important Motion. In fact, we had discussed it in the Kamukunji. The Motion speaks for itself and the justification is there, which is, to provide an opportunity to Members and staff of county assemblies to learn and borrow best practices from the Senate, promote the role and work of the Senate et cetera. This are very noble objectives to which I subscribe. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: As Sen. Pareno, the incoming Madam Speaker, has just stated, I am aware that EALA has been going round all the capital cities of the five member States. This has made the activities of the East Africa Community (EAC) to be known by members of those countries. Before EALA began going round, we used to have the East African Court of Justice, which would also go round. Although the headquarters was in Nairobi, they felt that they must go round. They would go to Kampala and Dar es Salaam. Our own Court of Appeal of Kenya, which was the highest ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Motion should be ready. I told Sen. Olekina, who happens to come from the Maasai community, to draft his amendments. He is not here. He told me he had begun drafting it. So, I am sure that tomorrow morning, I will be able to submit it to the Clerk. Thank you. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of myself, my family and the people of Busia, I send my sincere condolences to the family of Sen. Ben Oluoch Okello. I did not know the late Senator well or if at all. I did not listen to Radio Ramogi, but when he came to this House, he used to sit there. As it is my normal habit, I do not take too much interest in those people who talk a lot in the House, but in those who are a bit quiet. On a number of occasions when we were barely five people ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: I did some research on him because of his quiet nature and I discovered how popular he was in South Nyanza. I am aware that he has left a very young family, with very many children who are still going to school. He has passed on at the age of 52 years. Therefore, it is for us to stand firm in solidarity with his family in a meaningful way. I am glad that the Parliamentary Service Commission has tried its best on the issue of medical expenses. However, that family will need a lot of assistance. The young children will ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Attorney-General (AG) Emeritus is here. The AG Emeritus can speak with authority on this matter. If I may explain, previously the problem was that there were no allocations for payments of court awards. Whenever one got the judgement you then write to the Ministry concerned and then the Ministry would write to the Treasury to pay out of the Contingency Fund. Nonetheless, during my tenure, we informed the accounting officers that they must make some sort of approximation or budgetary item on payment of court decrees. I issued a circular to that effect because we ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the most effective way is to apply for an Order of Mandumus, which will now say to the Accounting Officer: “Pursuant to the Certificate of Order against the Government, you must now direct the Accounting Officer to pay”. That now becomes an order of the court to the Accounting Officer, specifically to pay. If the Accounting Officer does not obey that order from the court, issued pursuant to Order of Mandumus, the Accounting Officer— view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: He is not my friend. He is my enemy because he sits opposite me. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it may be a bit lose but we oppose each other. view