Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1221 to 1230 of 3513.

• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me end there, but I would like the Leader of Majority Party to clarify to hon. Members whether the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the CDF Board has told us which constituencies have received the money so that, as we leave here tonight, we know that we are going to work for our people. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I appreciate your Communication. But could you kindly further clarify the import of the President’s Memorandum so that we understand what we are about to do? view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. Let me say that I tend not to be clear in my mind whether the Leader of Majority Party is explaining the import of what we are about to do, particularly in respect of elected State officers. Hon. Members need to understand this. The import of what we are about to do, and I am sure that is why the President threw this back at us. The intention was that people who are accounting officers – and that was the import of the miscellaneous amendment –if they are charged with misappropriation of public funds, for example, ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, thank you. That was precisely my concern. What we are about to do, read together with the Constitution that says a Member that misses eight sittings in any session may or can lose their seat is something that can be used for witch-hunt on elected leaders all across, including governors, members of county assemblies and many other people. The intention of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) was to rein in on corrupt State officers. Let me also bring it to your attention that on Tuesday, the House Business Committee (HBC) sat and if it was known that this ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: So, this is my proposal. We could stand down this particular business and deal with it on Tuesday when we come after we have submitted our amendments to it. Otherwise, the HBC never deliberated on it. We could then defeat it if hon. Members understood the import of it. We could defeat what the President is trying to do, but because the leadership that sits in HBC was not seized of the matter, we did not tell our hon. Members what was coming. We never told Members of the National Assembly. I want to plead with you, make a decision ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second. As the Leader of Majority Party has echoed, we have a lot of work pending, especially the Private Members’ Bills. In the House Business Committee, we said that we want to give them priority because the issue was even raised on the Floor of the House last week by Private Members. We need the recess to plan our work as it has been alluded to by Leader of Majority Party and I earlier on. The House is not happy with the way the Treasury is disbursing money from the ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: No, I am not hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and if I appeared to do so, I withdraw and apologise. I am only saying that they need to be in the Assembly to monitor how the governors are using the money as opposed to playing perpetual politics. Violence in our country is not politics and it cannot be part of our politics. A crime is a crime and I personally want to condemn that crime on the Floor of this House. Let me, first of all, take the opportunity as a member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Coalition for ... view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: It is even embarrassing that the goons in the name of Nairobi MCAs were doing it in front of our party leader. They were embarrassing the party leader and the Wiper leader. Some things are just very shameful. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: So, I want to say that as we go on recess particularly our side of the House, we need to go and tell our people that things have changed; that we need to play our politics differently. I think that is what the Constitution was all about. view
• 30 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to appeal to the police and the Inspector- General to arrest the known criminals and take them to court within very few hours. This is so that our children also see the police working and not the police harassing journalists in Kisumu and criminals are seen everywhere. view