6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on behalf of the people of Soy Constituency, who sent me to this House, and are my employers, to give my views on the constitutional amendment Bill. Before I proceed, allow me to thank the three Os who sat in the Committee that came up with this Bill, namely, Otiende Amollo, Orengo and Omogeni. I congratulate them because they were appointed to that committee based on merit. Unfortunately, because they stood by the truth and the law, which they are so schooled on and understand, one of them has been removed from ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
The Committee’s Report has observations on this Bill. They stated that additional constituencies are unconstitutional in Page 155, Paragraph 556. I said that Uasin Gishu County will benefit. We will get three constituencies which we did not ask for. As the people of Uasin Gishu County, we do not want to benefit from unconstitutional matters. We need to rectify this, so that we can move forward as a country. It is evident that there is a hurry to try and end this BBI debate. Who is in so much hurry that he does not want us to speak to this ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
We are at a moment in our country….
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You have realised that…
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will give me back my two minutes which have been interrupted.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is good to let us know whom Hon. Osotsi represents in this House. I represent the people of Soy who voted for me. Nominated Members of Parliament should respect elected Members of Parliament.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
The Report has captured that 12 counties debated the correct Bill. We have 34 counties who debated a Bill which had errors. I want to congratulate the members of the county assembly of Uasin Gishu, where I come from, because they decided to abstain after they saw that this Bill had errors. What assurance are we giving Kenyans that even after passing this Bill, the correct Bill will go to the referendum? After the referendum, what assurance are we giving them that the correct Bill will be assented to, so that it may be enacted in the country?
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a Member of the African Inland Church (AIC). As members of AIC, we do not tell lies. There are a lot of lies in this Bill. We are being told that the Bill is going to cure electoral violence. The single denominator of electoral violence has been that whenever we have an election, some people dispute the results. Where in this Bill has the issue of electoral violence been addressed?
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
We are being told that this Bill is going to bring national cohesion. Where is cohesion mentioned in the Bill? We are being told that the Bill is going to give us prosperity. At the state of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
our economy, how will we prosper? We are going to spend Kshs14 billion on a referendum when that money should have been put in agriculture or other functions that will help our youth.
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