30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as you are saying, there is really nothing out of order. I just want to support what Hon. Nyikal was saying. It is not just Hon. Munyaka as Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism. You will see there are also very many amendments that relate to other committees, specifically the Departmental Committee on Health where Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal sits and the Chair is not even here. I have just take a glimpse of the House this afternoon and looked at the Order Paper and the number of amendments that are there in ...
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24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the President’s Address. Two things that caught my attention when His Excellency the President spoke was his determination to continue uniting this country and to continue the fight against corruption. I was rather excited when the President said there is no going back on the efforts to unite our country and there is also no going back in the fight against corruption. I must state that we have a duty and an obligation as this House to support the President and the Government in the efforts not just to unite the ...
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24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
I remember late last year, His Excellency the President gave a directive that all public procurement in Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) must be made public, open and transparent. He ordered that MDAs must publish results of all their procurement engagements detailing who they have awarded a certain contract, for how much and even making disclosure as to who are the directors of particular companies that have been awarded tenders. I am yet to see any ministry, including the Office of the President that has started publishing names of the people they award tenders to supply police choppers and ...
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24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was saying more instructively not just the security of Kenyans, but a constitutional office holder like that of the Office of the Deputy President. It is not just insubordination for PS Kibicho to be seen to be answering the Deputy President in the media. It is an act of treason to jeopardise the security of the Principal Assistant to the President. I want to tell PS Kibicho this because he sent me a very nasty text message when they withdrew my security and I answered him back, security of all Kenyans is not a favour ...
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24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
We have seen stories of people using public office and public money to sponsor political groupings to go round the country playing politics. This again, as a House, we must rise to the occasion to ensure that there is accountability in the utilisation of public funds. We should ensure that public funds are not utilised to perpetuate parochial tribal and ethnic politics. With that, I rise to support.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, my point of order is on Standing Order No.85 on anticipating debate. I am happy because you guided Hon. Ndindi Nyoro on the question of anticipating debate on the Bill.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Keynan should stop conversing in a language that I do not understand behind me. On the question of anticipating debate, I am well guided by your direction. However, I was hoping and praying that you would give direct sanctions against some of these media houses. The distortion of facts about the Bill by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro was not only deliberate, but also calculated. It is not an affront on the Member for Kiharu, but on the National Assembly. As much as you have guided that they should offer an apology to the Member for Kiharu and the National Assembly, ...
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
members of the public, we must also carry ourselves with the dignity that we want to call on others to carry us.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
It is perturbing when a Member of Parliament purports and pronounces himself or herself, like it happened over the weekend in some church in Gatanga where people pronounced themselves that they will not be supporting the Bill by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro that purports to curtail the work of the DCI and the DPP, a Bill that never existed. I do not know whether these Members of Parliament do not have access to the Table Office or, indeed, Google, if you cannot walk to the Table Office. I had not read the Bill. When I read about it on the newspapers ...
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