15 May 2013 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir.
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15 May 2013 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Is the Leader of the Majority Party in order to claim that in the first 37 days, they have come up with what he has mentioned when we know that it is the Kibaki Government that did that project and they only came in to change it?
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14 May 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I wish to urge this House to adopt the report of the Committee on Appointments. We vetted all these nominees, one by one. As the Mover said, it was covered live by the media. We were very fair. It is only one candidate who is not suitable for the position. So, I want to urge the House to adopt this report because we adopted it unanimously. I second.
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7 May 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I just want to say that this issue of PIC and PAC has persisted for far too long and as Hon. Ababu has said, it can be very easily resolved so long as we do not have this grandstanding and chest thumping. We can sit and resolve this issue very fast because of all the other Committee - including the Budget Committee - we have all agreed and we said that for the Budget, the Government can have majority members and we move on. But for these two oversight Committees, we are only arguing over one single ...
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7 May 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, the other thing is we use Standing Orders in this House and we are guided by that âbibleâ and the Constitution of Kenya. If you hold your ground very strongly, the Leader of the Majority Party, it will not work for you because CORD will withdraw Members from even the other four Committees that were earlier formed. We will leave everything to you and you will not transact any business without us because we are a serious partner.
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2 May 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, we met as the House Business Committee. As the Members who have spoken before me have said, we had long deliberations, but I want to put the record straight. Those two committees, namely, the PIC and the PAC, are oversight committees. The Government cannot oversee itself and for the Opposition to be effective, they have to have the majority in those two committees. We made it very clear. First, it was the Budget Committee, the PIC and the PAC. But after we consulted the Speaker, in his wisdom, he told us: âFor the Budget Committee, let us ...
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25 Apr 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to make a statement, but I rise to second.
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24 Apr 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second.
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24 Apr 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I need 20 minutes.
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24 Apr 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I may not even take the use all the 20 minutes.
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