Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion. However, I would also like to say that it should have been foreseen. I remember, when we discussed the programme, I had a quiet consultation with the Senate Majority Leader and told him that in view of what was happening, we may have to stay longer than the date that we had envisaged as the date of adjournment. I had in mind precisely the reasons that have been given for amending our adjournment date from 8th to 15th December. I foresaw that we would need to elect Members to the East ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this important topic. For some of us who were here last term, when you read this report, it is a bit depressing because they are the same issues that have been raised year in, year out. Whereas it was excusable that they should have been raised during the first year; the first report of Financial Year 2013/2014 and possibly, Financial Year 2014/2015, by now these should be things of the past. I agree that when devolution came, most people did not know what it was all about. ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is an important Petition and I agree with my colleagues who have supported it. It should be referred to the relevant Committee for in-depth study and recommendations to this House. In our days, the university was a real university. I regret to say that now universities have become the high schools of our days. The many strikes that have bedeviled the universities do not just involve members of staff who have genuine grievances, but also the students. We saw some of them threatening that they will go on hunger strike in support of the ... view
• 9 Nov 2017 in Senate: Actually it is Sitswila Amos Wako in that order. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to support the submission by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. by offering more legal arguments. Article 202 of the Constitution states that: “(1) Revenue raised nationally shall be shared equitably among the national and county governments. (2) County governments may be given additional allocations from the national government’s share of the revenue, either conditionally or unconditionally.” I believe that Clause 4 of the Bill is the one that implements Article 202(1). The schedule we are dealing with now on conditional grants implements Article 202(2). In ... view
• 9 Nov 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since we are very few, three minutes is too short. Even if I talked for one hour, it is still okay. However, I am not challenging your ruling. view
• 9 Nov 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, matters of the East African Community are very close to my heart because my father served there in a very important position of Deputy Secretary General of the defunct Community and Secretary to the Authority. Then the three Heads of State appointed me in 2004 to chair a meeting to fast-track the East African Federation. This is a very important matter because Kenya has been very unfortunate. Kenya is now being blamed for the late start of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). This Assembly was convened just before we went to the elections. It could ... view
• 9 Nov 2017 in Senate: Is that my sister? view
• 7 Nov 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir; thank you for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in paying tribute to Dr. Gakuru. I may not have known him as much as some of my colleagues have known him but I can say for sure that when I was the Attorney General of the Republic, he was on the board of Vision 2030 and I was a member too. We worked very closely. I came to admire his commitment to things development, skills and knowledge of things economical. I knew that in this man, we had a person and a Kenyan ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in Senate: Sorry, Mr. Speaker Sir. I just wanted some guidance from you. I remember this petition very well. Pursuant to the matter being debated here, the Committee, I together with Sen. Stephen Sang went, visited and saw these people. It was a very challenging visit. What are we doing now? What I was expecting was a report of our visit to be endorsed by the Senate and not to redo the whole thing again. I just wanted to find out the procedures. view
• 7 Nov 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know the matter lapsed with the Parliament, but surely, do we have to redo the whole thing again? Do we need to make another visit when we had already visited? By the way, I am quite sure, without any fear of contradiction that as a result of that visit, I know in that visit, one of the Land Rovers of the Leader of Majority was used. I climbed on it and appealed to the people to vote for Sen. Sang in the forthcoming election. They voted for him and Sen. Sang came to Busia about two, ... view