Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1138.

• 6 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, on this particular issue, I think it is good for us to be consistent in drafting. Consistency in drafting means that we use the same words that are in the Constitution and in the County Governments Act. The words used in both are “public participation.” Therefore, we need to amend subsection 3 to say that a county assembly shall; before passing a resolution under sub section 2, facilitate public participation and involvement in the decision. If we have that, the Committee contemplates that since a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I will do so. view
• 6 Aug 2014 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir. I am now ready with the amendment and it reads as follows. 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
• 6 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, we have come up with how they can participate in accordance with that particular Act. We shall now be coming up with another piece of legislation on how the public itself will be able to participate in that decision. This is the spirit of this amendment. Before a county decides to move the headquarters, the public must be involved in the decision making process. view
• 6 Aug 2014 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I would like to congratulate all those people who have brought these amendments. We allowed these amendments because we were just beginning. As you realized, the whole of last year, we were mostly on Motions as we prepared to bring Bills and because we were not quite ready, Members were exercising their right to bring Bills to the House. Both of these Bills were really a one or two clauses amendments. Now, one or two clauses amendments to an existing Bill should actually be part of the Statute Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill which is brought to ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will take half a minute. My half a minute is to thank the Senate for having done justice to the people of Busia County by increasing the amount in the Bill by Khs4,746,847,698. I thank you. That is all. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it really saddens me that the law enforcement or the security forces in this country are being interfered with. It appears as if tribalism is coming into it particularly during recruitment whereas the Constitution is very clear when it comes to defence forces. They must reflect the face of Kenya. For example, you cannot take a place like Trans Nzoia where 68 per cent of the community is Luhyas and you recruit 90 per cent from another community. Luhyas are now named as others in Trans Nzoia. It cannot be that way. I think that the only ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: My point of order is simple. If there is no tribe called Kalenjin and what you have are Nandi and other groups listed here, then there no tribe called Luhya. They should have listed groups like Maragoli, Bukusu, Isukha, Bukhayo, Abamarachi, Abasamia, Abanyore, Abedakho and so on. We have 26 dialects in Luhya land. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, permit me to agree with your ruling, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o and my son, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. But still, there is a lacuna somewhere which I hope can be cured in future, either by amendment or whatever. The lacuna is that both the court in Kerugoya and Khalwale’s Committee did not address this issue; that it appears as if within this Constitution the position to the extent that Article 182 (4)--- Article 182 talks about a vacancy in the office of the county Governor. Of course, as everybody has said, ... view