Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was very sad yesterday when I saw the Head of State getting angry about the issue of referendum. Why can you not engage in politics and get a solution? I do not think that you can stop it because it will acquire a life its own. How many Heads of State do we have? view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, let it die but let the people have their say. The reason why we are making a lot of noise is because somebody decided that dialogue is not our thing. If you cannot allow us dialogue, we use the Constitution which will then force you to do us- -- view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Let me tell you, hon. Members of Parliament, how this Constitution is bad for you. This Constitution was done by members of the civil society; we refused to engage, we were opposed to it and we were fighting. So many things which we must sort out are before us. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Lastly, there is the Supreme Court ruling that says that this country must look at ways of changing this Constitution to actualize the one-third gender rule by August of next year. The lower court said by 2015 but the Supreme Court was specific. No matter how much my friend, hon. Ichung’wah runs away now, you are exactly one year away from facing dissolution of this House. We must talk about this referendum. That is why we are begging you that let us talk because it is for your own good. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We are saying that we will engage you and we want to be with you but we want us to reason together. As long as--- view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you know what hon. Abongotum should be doing at this point, is welcoming the new Member of this House. I want to take the opportunity to welcome hon. Moses Kuria and to let him know that here we play by the rules. So I want to inform hon. Abongotum, that I am sitting him here to coach him about the rules of the House. view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: As you know in his other life he was not playing by the rules. I am here to make him feel at home and he is so welcome he is in the right place. He is just a temporary visitor. Thank you. view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the issue before us is fundamental. The Member is under difficult to help her people, but the law is the law. Nothing stops the Member from petitioning the Senate if her Senator is not working. Even their Standing Orders, which are basically copied from ours, provide for petitions. So, she can do it as a person from Isiolo. It would be wrong to equate the provision of the Women Representative to that of a Senator even though the Women Representative is voted in by the whole county. These are some of the issues we may have to look ... view