Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1061 to 1070 of 3513.

• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairman, the same Standing Orders allow us to plead with the House, especially on these ones that are affecting our constituencies. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Just before we get to the next Order, I rise on a point of order to raise a matter of grave national importance. It has been reported in the last couple of days that there is a Chinese restaurant in the Kilimani area of this capital city that does not admit black Kenyans after 5 p.m. The said restaurant, we are told, only allows two politicians for whatever reason. Having lived with racist people in the past, I find it hard to believe that our Government can allow racist Chinese to live in the heart of ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to make my contribution to this Motion. I am normally baffled when something of this magnanimity is before men and women who have responsibility and people yell. There is nothing which has been said on the Floor of this House by the prior two speakers that is not worth of our noting. So, I think it is good to be sober about it. When this Motion was floated, hon. Musimba rose on the Floor in this House to name the hon. Speaker very unprocedurally. I met him in the corridors and told him: ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to beg both sides because I think, three weeks or a month ago the House leadership was in Mombasa. I personally raised many of these issues which have been raised by hon. Musimba because I thought it was away from public glare. It is good for the House to know that we decided we want to move in a different direction as a Parliament. We wanted to do things differently and I want to say that the hon. Speaker has really been trying to enforce the provisions of the Standing Orders since we came from ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Now, it is upon us hon. Members to know that some of us had raised these issues except that we were acting a bit slower. So, I want to say this and I do not want to talk for too long: We must ask the Chair, including yourself and Members of your panel that hon. Members are not happy. When people are not happy it cannot be a CORD or a Jubilee thing. Let me dispel something I have been hearing since last week. The media even called me and asked: “Hon. Midiwo, are you aware of this Motion?” I ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I withdraw and apologise but please warn him to stop shouting. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I apologise again, hon. Deputy Speaker. All I was saying--- view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, so that I move on, all I am requesting from all of us and given the public mood, we need to be a bit careful on how we treat one another beginning with the leader of this National Assembly who is hon. Justin Muturi. Let us watch what we say because it polarises our nation and it offends people. Let us stop as a group and as the House leadership has it in its minutes, we want to chart a new beginning for our country. If you read the newspapers of the last one week, there is ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. First of all, I thank you for your good words on our mother, Mama Grace Ogot, who was truly a humble person with an illustrious career, both inside and outside Parliament. It is a sad day for us. I take this opportunity to send my condolences to the family of Prof. Ogot. I also want to send my condolences to the family of Justice Kasanga Mulwa. A month or so ago, I was sick and admitted at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu. The late Grace Ogot was also in the same hospital. After a few ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. view