Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the proposed Rule No.4, it provides that all Members who wish to be members of EALA should receive notification through, at least, two daily newspapers of national circulation. Then within seven days, all the members of the public who wish to participate or to be Members of EALA should seek nomination by a political party. In Kenya today, we have a very unique situation that we need to take care of, but we also need to ensure that we will not go against the rules as they stand. If you look ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to come up with an innovation in which a political party or shades of opinion within political parties can propose names which should be taken as names properly proposed for purposes of making sure that we have these nine people, three of whom shall be at least of either gender. Also, the nine of them should reflect regional, ethnic balance and all these other issues that are required by the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Community. If we do not come up with properly innovated rules that will meet this criterion, ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, how much worse will it be when we say in the rules: “These Members of the East African Parliament are going to visit. They are going to lobby them one by one. These Members are going to vote one by one.” Not even political parties but individual members. What we are inviting is a horrible accusation that will stick on this House. Then, it will also result in those Members who are going to the EALA to lose credibility. They will be told there are people who purchased their way into EALA. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us think again. It will cause no harm in us re-looking at this and having a sort of agreement between Members of Parliament. It could even be better if we can have the Committee bringing those Members and we vote on them, the way we have done with other appointments that have gone to Government. But these rules that are saying that the Returning Officer shall be the clerk and we shall be required to vote one by one personally, I would not want to be in that voting because once the names come ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us not allow this kind of thing. I know many of us are not here and those who are not here are not even paying attention. We could pass these rules and then we find ourselves fixed. Let us look at these rules again. When we voted for members of the CRA; when we voted for members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), there was no mention--- We could have disagreed. The different angles of the Coalition could have disagreed--- view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: You want to inform me. Let me finish because--- view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just about to complete and since he is going to respond, there will be no harm. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all I am trying to say is that let us be careful before we pass these rules and then they become a burden to all of us collectively as a Parliament. I particularly dislike this point where we are supposed to vote each Member of Parliament. It is not a good thing. We should be able to reach an agreement. This House has risen to very many occasions, where opposing sides of the Coalition have been able to agree on nominees and we have been able to vote. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: I also want us to define this voting to say that acclamation is enough. So, these rules as they stand, as far as I am concerned, when they are brought for the equivalent of Third Reading, I will be proposing amendments to allow for acclamation. I will be proposing amendments to allow for relaxation of the rules as they stand so that, where there is an agreement, this Parliament can formalize those agreements and those members can be elected into the East African Assembly. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to suggest to members that we look at these rules again. I am really pleading. There are a number of Members who do not think and they just pass. If we can look at these things and agree which is the best one which can protect the dignity of this House, it will be good for all of us represented in this House. We will also be setting a good precedence that can be utilized for future Parliaments, so that we do not have a problem of credibility both for ourselves and ... view