1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to add my voice to the Election Offences Bill, especially on Clause 5 that bars candidates from purchasing election materials. This will ensure that we have fair elections. Clause 12 of the Bill bars the use of security organs. I will move an amendment to ensure that we also add security organs at county levels. Clause 15 of the Bill bars participation of public officers in elections. This will ensure that public officers at county and national levels do not interfere in the election process. That way, we will have free and ...
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24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to support Hon. Olago Aluoch’s amendment and indicate that the Select Committee went out of their terms of reference with regard to what the House voted for. They were supposed to inquire into the affairs of the IEBC and recommend on how the Commissioners will vacate office and how to reform the Commission. They were not supposed to include unconstitutional matters in the Report. Therefore, I will move a further amendment once we vote on Hon. Olago Aluoch’s amendment.
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4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I will only utilize one minute to comment. This Motion is well placed before the House because matters of betting and gambling have not been well regulated in this country. That is why we find piracy money going through casinos where it is cleaned and that amounts to money laundering. That is why we have brought this good Motion that will bring regulations and help this country.
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4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Secondly, the CBK regulations are that you cannot withdraw more than Kshs.1 million unless you fill a form to declare the source of that cash. In casinos, they use pirate money so as to clean it. In politics where we also gamble, we have IEBC that regulates us. Why should we not have regulators for gambling?
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate.
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
First of all, I would like to thank the Committee for having done a good job. They have aligned the provisions of the mediated version to Article 63(1) of the Constitution. The amendment should ensure that once community land has been registered, the respective county governments should release the community money payable to the communities, including interest earned on community land that had been utilised for county government projects. The county governments are authorised by this law to ensure that the money and interest payable for the land they have acquired is paid to the communities or they compensate the ...
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3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly:
Secondly, this amendment seeks to ensure that as many community members as possible receive notification on matters related to community land. They have clearly indicated that they can use electronic media to reach community members and ensure that there is adequate participation in decisions relating to land belonging to communities. I also insist that in future, such forums like chiefs’ barazas should be included in such a law for effective coordination in matters related to community affairs like land issues. I am also happy with the mediated version of the Bill because it provides for job description. Clause 8 says ...
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28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to ask my friend, Hon. Midiwo, whether it is in order for him to abuse the Luhya community. Your party leader, Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, said we are pumbavu, and you are confirming in Parliament here that we are stupid. We will not play this game any more in this country.
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28 Jun 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion again. All treaties that are signed locally and internationally are supposed to be adopted by Parliament to actualise the provisions of the Constitution. I urge the Members to support this Treaty because we are behind schedule. We have been given a deadline of 30th June and that is why the Committee moved with speed to bring the Motion for adoption so that we can benefit from a regional trading bloc. Kenya being an agricultural economy in East Africa stands to benefit a lot when we ...
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