18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
In those circumstances, would you not be better served if the issues you raised are brought to your Committee and then you can address them and file your Report to the House and then, when your Report comes to the House, you could prosecute it further?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Order, Mrs. Noor! Are you the Chair of that Committee?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
If you are the Chair of the Committee and the matter is before it, you will be addressing those issues. I can see that Eng. Gumbo has a point of order on the same issue. What is your point of order?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Eng. Gumbo, the issue is not so much about the sub judice rule. Whether the matter is sub judice or not is the discretion of the Chair according to the Standing Order. I am concerned about the matter being before the Committee chaired by the hon. Member who is requesting this Statement. We should limit ourselves to that. These issues should be addressed in the Committee within the shortest time frame, and that would probably better serve the purpose rather than seeking a Ministerial Statement where you can only seek a clarification. In the Committee, you can even summon the ...
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Are you on the same issue?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
We do not want to lose the point that they are raising.
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Kimunya, do you have anything to say before the Chair makes a ruling on the issue?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Why can you not let him conclude what he has to say?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Surely, you are not suggesting that the House is helpless?
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18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Kimunya, these issues came from hon. Members that the Office of the Prime Minister had intervened, but Kenya Airways ignored that intervention. So, these are issues that concern this House, not only as a law making body but also as representatives of the people who were gravely affected by the decision of Kenya Airways. Nevertheless, because the matter has been referred to the Committee, and Members of that Committee are here together with the Chair, I direct that the Committee conducts its hearing as expeditiously as possible and files its report in the House within the next two weeks.
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