13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are the one who pointed out that Question Time will never be the same again without our late colleague, hon. Orwa Ojode. You can now see that within hours, we are back to square one. Is it in order for this Assistant Minister to mislead the House that the Questions were dropped yesterday when we know clearly that the Speaker’s instructions were that the Questions will come today, except the Questions that relate to the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security? Is it in order for him to stand up and look ...
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity for me to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Attorney-General regarding what I see as a very dangerous emerging trend of interference by the Executive on the constitutional principle of separation of powers. This arises directly out of the unfortunate incident in which two of our colleagues died under yet unexplained circumstances. The first part relates to the summoning of Members of Parliament to what was essentially an Executive function through the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President who is also the Acting Head of Public Service through an SMS ...
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was very clear at whom I was directing my request. It is the Attorney-General as the legal advisor of the Government because there are constitutional issues involved and this Minister is an interested party. My request was very specific and he cannot purport to speak on behalf of the Attorney-General on such an important issue.
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
asked the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife why the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has refused to hand over the management of Mt. Kenya Forest to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) as provided under Section 18(1) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act and the Mt. Kenya National Reserve Order 2000.
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is true a copy of the written answer has been given to me. It says:- “Copies of the Act, sections and legal notices are appendixed hereto.” They are not---
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am stating that the answer is not complete because it says they have been annexed but they are not annexed to the answer. That is what I am pointing out.
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, we are now in the Committee of the Whole House in order to look at The Cancer Prevention and Control Bill (Bill No. 47 of 2011).
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Yes, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Once again, there are two proposed amendments, I think by the Mover and also by the Minister. Mover, would you move your proposed amendment?
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13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Because there are two amendments being proposed, just give a summary of what that entails.
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