Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, I also do not see the logic why we seem to be saying that the Secretariat and the Commissioners must be capacitated. Who is responsible? If you have part-time Commissioners, is that a Commission or a board of bureaucracy? I am of the opinion that this is a Commission and let the Commissioners take responsibility. This is an independent and constitutional Commission and you cannot have part time Commissioners who will do Jua Kali business and may be tempted to look for contracts from the same people who will vie for these positions. Are we not creating opportunities to ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, on the issue of the Ligale Commission, this House is divided. Again, this is why I look at the Bible. We have a political class in this country that believes that “as long as it is good to me, it is well with my soul. As long as it is good to me, I do not care that it is injurious to another person.” I would like us to rise to the occasion. It is part of the reason you see some of us suffering in this country and you wonder whether we are Kenyans. It is part of ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was a Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution Review. We went to Naivasha and worked on a formula. We looked at the scenarios and agreed on the number of constituencies to be created. For the case of Turkana County, we were entitled to eight constituencies. However, Mr. Ligale somehow believes that because Turkanas have never had representation, getting double is more than their rightful share. This is a mathematical formula and there are no two ways about it. I will not be in this House, in this day and hour, to be ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Midiwo! First, he is not a Minister and secondly, he has not breached any Standing Order to warrant the point of order. You are asking for more information, which he should not be at liberty to give. Proceed, Dr. Otichilo! view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Minister, except that the Government side should put its act together, because if a Minister asked another Minister to stop for purposes of closure of debate, then another Minister stands to contribute, then there is confusion. The rules of the House are that as long as there is somebody interested in contributing, I will allow them to do so. Okay, proceed. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Otieno! You will have eight minutes to continue when this matter will be on the Order Paper next time. Hon. Members, it is now time for interruption of the business. This House is, therefore, adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 12th May, 2011 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: The House rose at 6.30 p.m. view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you for that ruling. However, I just wanted to make a distinction between what we were seeking and what this particular Statement was seeking. This one was specifically on the incident in Todonyang, which happened on the 2nd of May. Since then, other incidences have taken place. These did not only involve Ethiopia, but also Sudan and Uganda. I think that is what the Member for Saboti’s Motion is attempting to address in totality. This is just the specifics of how the Todonyang case was handled. I plead ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Member, I was just about to interrupt the hon. Member, but it is good he has concluded. Hon. Members, you will recall that earlier the Chair had made a ruling to allow the hon. Member for Saboti to move the Motion for Adjournment. The Chair ruled that Motion should be moved at 5.00 p.m. I, therefore, wish to invite the Member for Saboti to proceed. view