21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the Marriage Act which we passed in this House recognises three different types of marriages. We have the Christian marriage, the Islamic marriage and traditional marriage or customary marriage. For consistency, where we have customary marriages we can leave them to the village elders who can resolve some of these issues. I know time is not on our side. It is a good Bill. We support it but when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, we are going to bring some amendments so that we do not encourage people to remain single. Any young lady ...
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
The previous one.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I have raised this issue and it is not the first time that we are discussing this matter of sub judice. I raised this issue earlier before the matter came to court and hon. Muturi was on the Chair; the hon. Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare has already given me the response, and I have with me. So, by way of background information, we requested this matter before it went to court, and he has already given me the Statement. I was ready to seek clarifications. The issue of this ...
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. 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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12 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to seek your direction regarding co-operatives. The former Assistant Minister in former President Kibaki’s Government, hon. Mbiuki, is saying that we have a Ministry, yet as per presidential circular of the Jubilee Government we have the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development. I thought that was where co-operatives fall. It no longer falls under Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. We seek your direction on this.
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6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to seek clarification from my friend, hon. Kamama, the Chair of the Committee on 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 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Administration and National Security, in terms of whether the attacks in Mpeketoni had any relationship with politics. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government indicated that the CORD Coalition had a linkage to this. If possible, he should tell us the following: Who is this CORD politician who was involved in the Mpeketoni attacks? What action is the Government taking? If there is no linkage, the Cabinet Secretary should be asked to withdraw his allegation.
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6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2014. This is especially when it comes to the Political Parties Act.
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