1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, the second Communication relates to the documents and materials laid before the House yesterday by the Rt. hon. Prime Minister.
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, you will recall that yesterday, 30th November, 2011, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, while answering a Question filed by hon. Danson Mungatana on the extent to which Kenyan politics is allegedly being funded by drug money, tabled two documents on the matter in question.
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Mwau, rising on a point of order, informed the Chair that one of the documents tabled was the subject of a suit in Nairobi High Court Civil Case No.126 of 2011 and averred that the Question to the Prime Minister placed in the Order Paper yesterday was, in fact, sub judice. Hon. Members, I did promise to look at that and I have perused the documents laid and find as follows.
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
The first document titled “Report of Survey on Drugs and Substance Abuse in
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
tabled by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister and which, on perusal has an author and logo of the National Campaign Against Drugs Abuse (NACADA) authority, complete with its address and NACADA being a Government agency, and the document having been tabled on behalf of the Government, meets the threshold of papers that maybe laid in the House and is, therefore, admissible.
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, the second document tabled by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister is titled “Termites at Work; a Report on Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosionin Kenya; comprehensive research findings.” The document has the following words printed in all the pages: “Uncorrected proof.” I want to emphasize that. This means that the document is not in its final stages and, indeed, the contents therein may change when the document is complete. The document has an author and the address is given as International Peace Institute 777 United Nations Plaza, New York. Even though on the face of it, the document ...
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
As to the matter raised by hon. Harun Mwau, as to whether or not the Question filed by hon. Danson Mungatana is sub judice within the meaning of Standing Order Nos.43 (10) and 80, I wish to make it clear that the Question itself, in so far as it is general in nature, does not refer to any individual or matter pending in court. Therefore, it is not sub judice. However, the claim for sub judice would have been meritorious in reference to the document titled “Termites at Work, a report on transnational organized crime and state erosion in Kenya; ...
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, arising from the foregoing, Members will be allowed when the Question next appears on the Order Paper, to ask supplementary questions on the answer given to the original Question, so long as it relates to the speech given by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister and as long as that speech is properly before the House. Hon. Members should bear in mind the provisions of Standing Order No.79(4) which inter alia states:- “No Member shall impute improper motive to any other Member except upon a specific substantive Motion of which at least three days notice has been given, calling ...
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1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, to that extent, the reference by the Prime Minister to two sitting Members in breach of that Standing Order was erroneous and that reference in the HANSARD will be expunged.
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