18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Washiali, if you look at your Standing Order No.237, you will see the definition of an alloted day there. It says that: “For the purposes of this part, a day shall be deemed to consist of any period of not more than three hours prior to 1 p.m., or of not more than three hours between 2.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. or not more than three hours after 7.30 p.m.” We have run one day and we are going to start the second one. As per the definition, we are in the 2nd Alloted Day.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, all of us are in order. We had our commercial break. I will, therefore, ask Members that we now proceed with the business at hand, so that we can move to the next programme for debate.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Members, even if we are in the 2nd Alloted Day, you must remember that this is the work that we must do. We will proceed.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Oundo, what is out of order?
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Oundo, the House is not yet seized of this business. Allow me to propose the Question.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
I see a lot of interest on this. Before Hon. Rasso takes the Floor, let Hon. Oundo express his reservations.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Rasso, you have the Floor.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Let us hear Hon. Nyikal.
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Oundo, we had expressed ourselves on the need to have our chairpersons in the House when we are having this debate on the Committee of Supply on allocations for different lines and departments. There is no provision in the Standing Orders that they should be here. But it is a matter of sense and good practice that it is the real business of the House to allocate funds for the work of the people of Kenya. They have been given duties to chair departmental committees. Hon. Washiali had undertaken that he will speak to all the remaining chairpersons of ...
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18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly:
We, in the House Rules Committee, will probably take it up so that we seek to amend our Standing Orders to make it a requirement that chairpersons of committees should be in the House to properly take cognisance of debates.
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