David Aoko Were

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. Thank you. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I second, I want to confirm to the Member for Seme that my Committee actually tabled the Report on the Anti-Doping Bill before we went to the Committee of the whole House. It is actually there on record. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: I would also like to confirm that the Bill that was brought to the House was actually defective. On 12th of this month at around 8.00 p.m., I got a call from a BBC news correspondent informing me that word had come from World Anti-Doping Agency that Kenya was not compliant. I was shocked because I did not know what the reasons for that were. They interviewed me, but I was very categorical that whatever Bill that had been brought before the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: House had not been mutilated. The assumption at that time was that this House is the one which had interfered with the Bill and I maintained that, that was not true. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, after we got that information, we had a meeting at State House the following day and there was express instruction that a delegation from Kenya visits Canada to iron out the problems that had been raised. At that particular point, we did not know why WADA had indicated that we were not compliant. I managed to get the letter from WADA to our Cabinet Secretary (CS) Sports, Culture and the Arts, together with the Act and the comments which they had put. They had concerns on 24 sections of the Act with their clear comments on what they ... view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: In Clause 7, they asked us to delete “e” and substitute with a sports administrator who shall have retired at least two years prior to the appointment. In the initial Act, we had not indicated that requirement that the athlete must have retired two years before. We had omitted that one but in the initial draft that was agreed upon, they had required that whichever athlete that was going to be part of the TUE Committee must have retired at least two years before. That is the reason for the amendment. In Clause 8, we are saying: “The Principal Act ... view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to thank all the Members who have contributed to this amendment Bill, which has come to the Floor of the House because of the defect in the initial Bill that was debated here, resulting in the law that WADA said was not compliant. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: I also want to confirm that this House is committed to ensure that Kenya is compliant and that our teams are not banned from participating in international events. That would deny Kenyans an opportunity to participate and enjoy the Olympics, which are coming very soon, and the World Junior Athletics Championships, which will be hosted by Kenya next year. If we fail to do this, even the World Junior Athletics Championships, which are supposed to be held in Kenya next year, will be withdrawn and that would be a disaster to Kenyans, especially the young Kenyans who participate in international ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also support the amendment. The role of Members of Parliament is legislation, representation and oversight. The Constitution provides that for Parliament to play oversight role, it shall work through Committees. I have no problem with Senators being given money to play oversight role, but the way this money is crafted in the Budget is faulty. We do not oversee individually as Members, but through Committees. If we were to oversee individually where a Member is given money to go and oversee what has been done in his constituency, then it would mean that ... view