Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.11; Part IV - Leader of Government Business and Government Panel. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I had an occasion to address the Chair that parliamentary business is being hampered by failure by the Front Bench to either determine when Statements should be coming to the House or when Questions should be answered. I searched my soul and looked at the Standing Orders and realized that part of the failure by the Government side is the fact that Standing Order No.11(2), which provides that the Government should nominate two members who shall be known respectively as the First and Second Deputy Leader of Government Business has not been fulfilled by the Government. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.11 (4) compels the Government Panel to ensure that there is regard to gender. You know Dr. Sally Kosgei resigned. I also want to appreciate the work done by the Leader of Government Business and the Deputy Leader of Government Business. They are doing a good job, but I think they are overburdened and overstretched. When will they constitute the complete panel so that the business of this House can be transacted effectively and in a timely manner? view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, somewhat, but the Standing Orders are a requirement and it is not at the convenience of the House. The point I am really making is that we had to remind the Government to even bring some of the Ministerial Statements which I had requested for. I felt like if the Government Panel was properly constituted, then they would share those responsibilities and respond to the House in a meaningful manner, just like the way we were agitating about the constitutional Bills. I am glad that he has reported on them today. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the gender consideration, this country has pronounced itself on the need for gender consideration. So, when a Government Panel does not comply with the gender consideration, it means--- view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose. This House cannot be assumed to be a rubberstamp by the Executive. They delay in publication of Bills and then they rush them through, so that we do not play that critical role of oversight or doing representation on behalf of the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Back Bench is confusing one fundamental issue. The issue is not the desire to get the Bills moving. The issue is that publication period of 14 days was there for a purpose; a purpose of ensuring that when the Bill is First Read according ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs to mislead this House and this country that his Ministry is struggling to understand why his country cannot comply to the conditions of the article he has quoted in the Constitution? Only last Thursday, a week ago, he was here giving the reasons why we have failed to appreciate the timelines. One of them was that even after Cabinet had agreed, he was calling Ministers and Permanent Secretaries who could not deliver on the Bills as per ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for my senior, hon. Musikari Kombo to impute improper motive on our part, that we are punishing the Executive and in the process, punishing Kenyans when we swore to play certain roles as Members of Parliament? view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: From where I sit and where I should sit, the difference is that, at least, he wants to please his appointing authority which he must support. For me, I must defend the requirement of an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to this Bill. I will even give you an example. One time, this kind of Motion came here and the following day, we were in the Committee Stage of a Bill, which no Committee of the House had looked into. Do you think that is good use of Parliament? view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Order, Members! We are at Order No.12; Committee of the whole House. We have two Bills, namely, The Kenya National Human Rights Commission Bill, Bill No.22 of 2011, and The Price Control (Essential Goods) Bill, 2009. So, we will start with the first one. view