Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: seconded. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: seconded. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Murkomen is out of order in what he says, particularly if you take into account that the definition of “lucid moment” in the Oxford Dictionary means “during a period of illness or confusion.” That means that when he says “a lucid moment”, he is actually saying that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is in a period of 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
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I start from the premise that every institution involved in devolution has a right to organize a workshop or an annual meeting on devolution to assess the achievements of that devolution from their perspective, taking into account their mandate under the Constitution. If you start from that premise, then the governors have the right to organize their devolution conference, which will assess the achievements of devolution, taking into account their mandate under the Constitution. The Senators also have the right to organize such a conference, taking into account our mandate under the Constitution. The county ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Taking into account that there will be the last such conference next year, I would like the leadership of the Senate, Council of Governors and county speakers to come together and organize a devolution conference to assess the achievements over the five-year period. Let next year’s conference be organized by all of us – the Senators, governors, county speakers and the national Government – so that we can have a proper assessment on the success of devolution during the period that we have been Senators. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I warmly welcome the members of staff from the three counties. They should know that they have come on a programme which our own Speaker began of capacity building of county assemblies. The Speaker began that programme so as to strengthen them. We are together, at the county level and the national level on matters of oversight. This Senate has not failed to take any opportunity to strengthen the county assemblies. Hitherto, county assemblies’ accounts were managed by the county governments. That was frustrating many county assemblies in the performance of their duties. However, under the leadership ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I warmly welcome the members of staff from the three counties. They should know that they have come on a programme which our own Speaker began of capacity building of county assemblies. The Speaker began that programme so as to strengthen them. We are together, at the county level and the national level on matters of oversight. This Senate has not failed to take any opportunity to strengthen the county assemblies. Hitherto, county assemblies’ accounts were managed by the county governments. That was frustrating many county assemblies in the performance of their duties. However, under the leadership ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also support the opinions of my colleagues on these figures. Page 3 of this Report provides a summary of pending bills as per the reports submitted by county treasurers. If it depends solely on county treasurers, I can state without any fear of contradiction that this does not properly reflect the figures of pending bills of counties. It very much depends on the honesty of the county treasurers. I cannot say that all of them were born in heaven. So, the figures that are here are not accurate. Somebody ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also support the opinions of my colleagues on these figures. Page 3 of this Report provides a summary of pending bills as per the reports submitted by county treasurers. If it depends solely on county treasurers, I can state without any fear of contradiction that this does not properly reflect the figures of pending bills of counties. It very much depends on the honesty of the county treasurers. I cannot say that all of them were born in heaven. So, the figures that are here are not accurate. Somebody ... view
• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity just to make a few remarks on this Motion. During the recess which was long, I personally learnt a lot. I stayed with my people in the county and it was obvious that a lot of civic education is required for people to understand the role of a Senator. A number of them understood, but many of them also felt that we are not being felt on the ground because of prevalent corruption which they perceive exists in most counties. As we go forward, the role of oversight ... view