Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 1138.

• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need to carry out an audit of Bills that we have to do during this session. I also hope that the funding will be made available for us – particularly my Committee – to audit all the Bills that are in statute books, to ensure that they are in conformity with the Constitution, and that the role of county governments in those legislations is clearly spelt out. I thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I want to make it clear that I support the Motion because of the calibre of the people we are electing to serve on this very important Committee and because they have a track record and have proved themselves in the last three years. Having said that, I really want to agree with the sentiments expressed by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki and I believe the “bull of Kuria”. The first, two and three, I wonder why we put them in this Motion to be approved by ... view
• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Orengo in order to confuse Standing Committees and Sessional Committees? We know that we must affirm Sessional Committees every year. The Standing Committees are elected for a five-year term. If I am elected again in the next term, I will serve again for another five years. Is he in order to confuse examples of Sessional Committees and bring in Standing Committees? There was a purpose in making Standing Committees to serve for five years. There is also a purpose for Sessional Committees and when we elect--- view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to speak on this very important report. First of all, I wish to highly commend the Committee for the excellent work that they have done. If I were marking, I would give them a straight Grade A. The Chairperson is an Alliance High School product and has lived up to what we expect of Alliance High School products. I know that Members of my Committee were also in that Committee and the result is excellent. From the outset, I agree entirely with the recommendations that have been ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to speak on this very important report. First of all, I wish to highly commend the Committee for the excellent work that they have done. If I were marking, I would give them a straight Grade A. The Chairperson is an Alliance High School product and has lived up to what we expect of Alliance High School products. I know that Members of my Committee were also in that Committee and the result is excellent. From the outset, I agree entirely with the recommendations that have been ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Whatever decision you make, I hope it will not act retroactively, that the present speaker will continue under the former rules. I hope the Senate Majority Leader accepts that because he is the Mover. I will be very brief. If you look at page 30, I would like to question the purchase of the various planes of the KQ. The list is on page 30. We are not told in this Report how the decision to purchase the Embraers was arrived at and who went to negotiate. We are not told that. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Whatever decision you make, I hope it will not act retroactively, that the present speaker will continue under the former rules. I hope the Senate Majority Leader accepts that because he is the Mover. I will be very brief. If you look at page 30, I would like to question the purchase of the various planes of the KQ. The list is on page 30. We are not told in this Report how the decision to purchase the Embraers was arrived at and who went to negotiate. We are not told that. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the extension of the mandate of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). The mandate of the Commission is clearly set out under our Constitution. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the extension of the mandate of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). The mandate of the Commission is clearly set out under our Constitution. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will make sure that I summarise. The mandate of the CIC is to coordinate with the Attorney-General and the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC) in preparing for tabling in Parliament, the legislation required to implement the Constitution. The timelines have been set out in the Fifth Schedule. They are like a watchdog over that legislation. That being the work of the Commission, Section 5 (7) of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution sets the term of the CIC as five years, and this will come to an end on 27th December, 2015. It provides that ... view