4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I stand guided but I would truly be in support of what hon. Chepkonga has said; to drop the Motion and maybe debate it later. However, in relation to what hon. Kajwang has said, it is quite in order because when we mix-up issues like the one of hon. Mak’Onyango and the International Criminal Court (ICC), I think also Members get lost as to which one to support. I would really be in support of hon. Mak’Onyango being paid but the question of the ICC, as you know in this country, has been used to further political ...
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4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, it is true we are the House that has teeth to bite. It is also true for Mheshimiwa that we are also the party in power and, therefore, we have no business meeting in the small dining room. When we want to meet our party leader, we go to his house. He resides in the “House on the Hill” and we have got no apologies to make to anybody for that.
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4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I would also want to say that many of these reports are not getting to Members in good time and, since the Jubilee Government is a very digital Government, I would recommend that Chairs of Committees circulate the reports through e-mails to Members.
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27 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. My point of order is on the question we are debating. The hon. Member has already pointed out that this list is neither from the Speaker’s Office nor the Office of the Leader of Majority Party. It is a matter for parties and their memberships to agree on. I am on record having said in this House that there is a problem with the leadership on the CORD side. I am just wondering whether they are in order to debate their leadership problems in this House rather than sort out their issue of ‘dogs eating puppies’ ...
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27 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker.
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27 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady, I think the issue I wanted to raise has been raised by hon. Sakaja.
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26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I think hon. Jakoyo Midiwo has got every right to demand what he is demanding. He has put it clearly that the Speaker had indicated to him that those things would come during the Third Reading. We are now in the Committee Stage. All that the Chair is asking---
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20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. It is one hon. Member from Kiambu who has distracted me. I rise to support this Motion, basically on the basis that the nominations that Members of various Departmental Committees have been vetting, are key to the functioning of the Jubilee Government. There are those outside this House who for a long time have been assuming that this House has no business to transact other than talking about salaries. I think it is high time we showed the world that we actually do go out of our way to even sit on days and at ...
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20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion as amended. Indeed, as has been stated by many other Members who have spoken before me in this House, the question of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) is one that is not only touching to Members of this House, but also to the public that we represent in this House.
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20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Rev. Mutava Musyimi, for his wisdom in getting that money back in the Supplementary Estimates. That is because we have been having a hard time back in our constituencies; trying to explain to the people that we represent why they cannot access bursary funds and yet, kids are back to school. That is the case and yet, we do not have money in our CDF bank accounts. Therefore, I am glad that we will be able to do this. It is rather ...
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