Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to persistently mislead this House, that first the Bill is not constitutional and two, that it is ignoring the national arrangements of the National Accord and Reconciliation Act? Even so, the National Accord and Reconciliation Act talks about sharing of Ministerial position 50 by 50. So, even if we had ten Ministers, each party would bring five. Mr. Minister, stop misleading the House; you have a responsibility to the nation! view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I still maintain that hon. Prof. Ongeri is misleading the House. The Constitution, under Section 15(1), says that there shall be a Vice-President of Kenya who shall be appointed by the President. Two, the President shall appoint the Vice-President from among the Ministers who are elected Members of the National Assembly. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You know you can only withdraw when you fail to substantiate. Maybe, Mr. Shakeel could substantiate his remarks. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would actually like the Assistant Minister to inform us. What does the word “megalomania” mean? view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to begin by thanking the whole House for their overwhelming support to this Bill. Indeed, this country and House have come of age. A Bill like this one has been considered purely on its own merit. There is nothing to do with party affiliations, Cabinet positions or the Back Bench. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many contributors raised the cardinal points we wanted to raise. We were exercising a very simple procedure. For clarity, I would wish to restate what I had stated when moving the Motion. This Bill is already constrained by the Constitution. ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of the constitutionality of the Bill does not arise. There is Prof. Ongeri, who I think is the only dissenting voice plus my good friend, the Member for Amagoro, Mr. Ojamoong who admitted that he was confused which way to move. For Prof. Ongeri, I will only quote the words of the late Michael Kijana Wamalwa. When there was one dissenting voice on the House Business Committee (HBC), he said: “It is obvious that he did not understand the Motion”. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is completely embarrassing for a Minister in charge of basic education, in the presence of children in the Public Galleries, to display total ignorance on the Floor of the House. I have no apologies to make for people who do not prepare themselves. We train our children to be educated, to do their homework and research, so that when we come to the Floor of the House or any other undertakings, we do it with the kind of candid commitment and authority as the Minister for Public Works here, a man I respect completely. I ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I will allow that information. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, I stand corrected! view