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• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: His home is far away from water. So, when he sees water--- view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the list that has been read by the Chair of the departmental committee is only a tip of the iceberg. It is important to bring it to the attention of the country and the House that this Government, or the total number of governments, has enough room for people to co-exist. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: If you go to a place like Kisumu, you will find that they have built an office for the so-called Provincial Commissioner when everybody knew that he was going away. Now, the Governor sits on one floor and the rest of the floors are idle. There is so much idle Government land and houses that this issue must be addressed. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want the Committee Chair to tell us how we get to lease houses without following the procurement procedure. There is evidence even before us that thousands that have not been counted--- At what point was Corner House, which is a Government house, omitted from that list? The Government has omitted it from that list. Why is Corner House not on that list? view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I thank you Deputy Speaker. Let me thank hon. Serem for seeking this Statement. This is a crisis waiting to happen in our country. I thought it was so casual of the Health Cabinet Secretary to tell Kenyans that they have a 20-bed capacity dedicated to any cases of breakout of the Ebola disease. I do not think we should be that naïve as a country. You watch in the international news people dying in their hundreds in the West African countries. Why would we instead of taking measures get ready for our people to die in a 20-bed ward? ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: measures--- The Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Airways told us that he has been advised by World Health Organization. That cannot be our business. Can Kenya Airways immediately and forthwith stop flying to West Africa until this issue is sorted out? This is an international epidemic. We want that Statement in the next sitting of Parliament. We should deal with this issue of Kenya Airways because they seem to know what we do not know. European Airlines have cut off all their flights from West Africa. How is it so easy for Naikuni to insist that we must go there ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to speak to two issues. The first one is to agree with hon. Gumbo and hon. Mbadi that what they are saying is even a concern in the House Business Committee sometimes. However, I wanted to emphasise to Members the importance of the Kamukunji next week because I think that has not been raised here in a way that Members will understand. These constitutional Bills have a deadline of 27th August and the law says that they must be operationalised and Members need to be alive to the fact that if we do ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to say that the fault of the delay of the Bill is not on Parliament. These Bills originate from the Executive and it is good that Members state that Bills do not make it here on time. Members need to know that these Bills only came here the other day. Therefore, as much as we have a duty we also must blame the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) headed by Nyachae for not properly bridging the gap between Parliament and the Executive. They are doing it for a very selfish reason and it is important ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: You know, if we had passed these Bills one year ago that Commission would not be there. The law says they cease to exist immediately these laws are passed. So, they have been delaying so that they are in office using public money for no good reason. Even as we speak, Members and the country need to know that not all the Bills are even here yet. So, we cannot be blamed but the issue of two-thirds majority is so important and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I do not think it is an issue of either side of the House. It is an issue of the House of the National Assembly and it is important that we all converge at that Kamukunji and agree on a way forward, if we need an extension or if we need to go home for another election because it will be an issue. view