29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Assistant Minister prepares to bring the Statement on Tuesday, the workers are already on strike. We would want the House to get an assurance that between now and Tuesday, the proceedings of this House are not switched off. Secondly, since 2002, when the NARC Government took over and the
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, obviously, the hon. Member purports that the Chair does not understand what is happening in the House. The Chair is in a position to decide when to put the Question. The hon. Member has not stood up and been denied an opportunity to talk. The whole idea is to save time.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to second. The rational is, in as much as you want to create new wards, we may not be the experts in creating them. We propose to create additional 100 wards instead of 60 proposed, but we leave the issue of distribution to IEBC.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I beg to second.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are made to understand, the proposed amendment by Dr. Nuh proposes basically to correct an error because the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs tried to change some county boundaries. We are not saying that these are the boundaries. We are not saying that the riverine communities are right or wrong. What we are saying is that, that is outside our mandate because
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I know my good friend could be very much aggrieved, but is he in order to use the words he is using? In any case, he is discussing the conduct of the Deputy Speaker. So, in as much as he is aggrieved, his language is not parliamentary.
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28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security the following Question by Private Notice. (a) How many men have been battered by their wives in Nyeri County over the last three (3) years? (b) What are the causes of husband battering in the county? (c) What urgent action is the Government taking to discourage the menace?
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28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had seen you earlier regarding a request for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Information and Communications on the strike by employees of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), which takes effect tomorrow, 29th February 2012. My understanding is that, in a sense, the KBC will be off air, and there will be no coverage of the House and even of the entire country. In the Ministerial Statement, I want the Minister to clarify the following. 1. Why salary arrears amounting to millions of shillings have not been paid to the ...
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28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My colleague, Mr. Mbadi, said and I wish to echo him, for the last one year when the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee had internal fighting this House and country had peace. If the CIOC was the one handling this Report we would not be---
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