Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. One of the things we are seeing is that a fundamental understanding of the role of the Senate by the Judiciary-- and maybe in addition to what Sen. Murungi proposed, if you bring up an Act of Parliament, it can be declared unconstitutional in view of the unlimited jurisdiction of the courts and, particularly the High Court. Maybe time has come when we should engage the Judiciary so that they can better understand what the role of Parliament is and what the role of the Senate is in this whole constitutional make up. I would ... view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No.39(2) where it says that business shall be disposed of in the sequence in which it appears on the Order Paper or in such other sequence as they Speaker may for the convenience of the Senate, direct. I want to plead with the Speaker that for the convenience of the Senate, taking into account that we have less than one hour to go, there is a Bill on National Honours which can only take ten minutes because there is just one amendment. ... view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the National Honours (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.16 of 2014, be now read a Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very straight forward Bill. The National Honours Act established the Parliamentary Honours Advisory Committee. These are the national honours that are normally given to deserving Kenyans. According to our Constitution, Parliament is both the Senate and the National Assembly. Therefore, it is important that 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
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank all the Members who are here present who heard me and the Seconder. Obviously, we did our job so well that we made a perfect case. There was no need for more debate on the matter. Therefore, I beg to reply. view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Taking into account the Members who are in the House--- view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have replied. view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have listened very carefully to what is going on now and I would really want to move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. I am doing so because for the last half-an-hour or so, we have been going into irrelevancies of what brought us here. What brought us here was an amendment that had been passed by the National Assembly but now we are going into issues which have already been passed, such as the amendments to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, some of which are to ... view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that I had moved under Standing Order No.98 that the Mover be now called upon to reply and, in your wisdom, which I agreed with, you said that we should give it 15 minutes because people have come all the way from their counties and they are here; let them air their views – although what they are airing is not pertinent to the debate. view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Now, it is more than 15 minutes; I now move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. view