19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
present. You can see many of the Members are from western Kenya. I want to be the devil’s advocate. They may have begun their recess.
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I said I want to be the devil’s advocate in this particular matter, but the way you frame it makes me look like I am advocating for the real devil. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am only trying to be fair to the Members who might have travelled in advance to Homa Bay. You know they are very busy, just like those who are busy in Mombasa. Those of us who represent the ‘hustler nation’, because we know we represent the people, we are always here.
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security concerning the illegal arrest and detention of one Mr. Harun Aydin, a Turkish national and businessperson. Hon. Speaker, on 7th August, 2021, police officers arrested one Mr. Harun Aydin, a Turkish national, at Wilson Airport in Nairobi upon his arrival from a trip to the Republic of Uganda. He was said to have been part of a delegation that included the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. Additionally, ...
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
c) What specific issues led to Mr. Aydin leaving the country and was the departure voluntary or not, and why was he asked to leave? d) Why was he not charged before a court of law despite being held in detention illegally for over 48 hours in contravention of our own Constitution, all international conventions and the rule of law that govern this country? e) What has the Government done so far to reassure the Turkish Government and its people? Turkey is our first hand trading partner with billions of Kenya shillings in trade between the two countries, especially in ...
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
It is not in the written statement. I was only imploring the Chair.
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, you know the ranking Member for Garissa Township was interrupting you. Probably, you did not hear what Hon. Mwathi said.
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
First he responded to the issue of MPs visiting Turkey, which was not anything that I was asking about.
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Secondly, he asserted that he is meeting the CS tomorrow and he would give a response in two weeks’ time aware that in two weeks’ time, even without anticipating anything, we might be proceeding on recess. I would implore the Chair to treat this matter... I was going to add, beyond what was on the written statement, that this is something that needs to be taken more seriously than the two weeks promised. If he is meeting the CS tomorrow, there is no reason why the CS cannot, within the stipulated period that we give them of seven days, give ...
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
I know that MPs travel, even the good suit that I am wearing and the nice tie are from Turkey. Hon. Speaker, seven days should be adequate.
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12 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is good but I thought further to what Hon. Oundo has asked, I also did rise to request for a Statement from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Kareke, whom I can see here, on the implementation of the Kikuyu Water and Sewerage Project. As Hon. Oundo said, we are always told within two weeks. I think Hon. Oundo has put it very well – the customary two weeks. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources is here. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ...
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