Gitobu Imanyara

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6001 to 6010 of 6851.

• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my view, the issue is very simple. With regard to who is the Leader of Government Business, this is an issue I have raised in this House. It is an issue that has been determined in a Considered Ruling by the Deputy Speaker. The Leader of Government Business is such person as the Government nominates. So, to that extent, Mr. M. Kilonzo is right. The question is: Has the Government informed you who is the Leader of Government Business? If you have been informed by the Government that the Leader of Government Business in the House ... view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in a situation where you have two letters from the same Government, then you must go beyond the communication that you received. Who is the “Government?” This is not the Government in the ordinary sense. This is a special Grand Coalition Government that was formed in very special circumstances for a very limited period of five years. During those five years, the normal rules of procedure that govern House business and the Constitution of Kenya stand to give way the agreements that created this Grand Coalition. In this Grand Coalition, the only party that is not in ... view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Therefore, when you are determining who is the “Government”, because there is no definition of the “Government” in any of the statutes that you have been referred to, although there has been a definition of the “President”--- Let us not beat about the bush about the executive authority or the Executive. We are talking about the Legislative arm of Government. So, Mr. M. Kilonzo is absolutely right, but we are not talking about the Executive arm of Government. We are talking about the Legislative arm of Government. The Legislative arm of Government is Parliament. A Committee of Parliament is a ... view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, if you have two letters indicating to you who is the Leader of Government Business, what you should do is make a ruling and call this House to a vote. Let us vote, because a Committee of the a House cannot supersede the House itself. The House Business Committee is just one of the Committees of the House. Its leadership must be subject to the House. It must enjoy the confidence of the House. Therefore, the person who does not sit in this House, except on ceremonial occasions, cannot determine for us who is going to ... view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: We cannot ignore the National Accord and pretend that the President sitting in State House can determine for us, as he used to do in the days before the Grand Coalition view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The new Standing Orders came into operation just yesterday. The spirit of those Stand Orders is that before the Supplementary Estimates are laid on the Table of the House, the Budget Policy Statement needs to be tabled also. When does the Minister expect to do so? view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, obviously, you know that I am opposing this Motion for very good reasons. view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: I apologize, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am informing the Chair that I am opposing this Motion. This habit of running this country on the old habits; taking this House for granted, calling a Government which is a Coalition Government “my Government” and imposing lists on hon. Members who have been elected by the people of Kenya must be rejected. If this Government feels that they can come to this House, use strong-arm tactics and get away with it, those days are numbered. This morning, we are going to show them how we are going to do it from now henceforth. ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make a few comments. I would have loved to support this Motion, but given the circumstances that the country faces, I am unable to do so. You will recall that we were recalled for a specific purpose. We have an agenda that this country faces: We have a constitutional reform process that is being held to ransom. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The reasons for which we were recalled for a short session have not been met. As the Grand Coalition goes to celebrate one year of its existence, all one can see is grand failure, grand confusion and total inability to provide the leadership that this country needs. view