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• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: What my thoughts are on this Constitution, this particular Standing Order No. 114 does not take away the powers of this House to legislate; further the Committee on Budget is a creation of this House and can never be supreme to this House. If there has been such a ruling, I want to say that it is a very wrong ruling. We want a way forward, we will be going to the HANSARD of Committee of Experts (CoE) to see what it contains. In the HANSARD of (CoE), there is every reasoning of every The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, Temporary Deputy Chairman. You said Standing Order No. 140? You had said Standing Order No. 40 but it is okay. I agree with you it might be easy--- view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: What I am addressing myself to is a scenario where the ruling which has been done in this House closes the window for the House to make amendment on recommendation by the Committee, so we want to keep the window of the Committee open. If the Bill is still intact, we will treat it as a Bill that has not gone into the Third Reading. Standing Order No.134 is the only way for us to get out of Committee at this stage. So, I agree with you but it must be understood that we never went into the Third Reading. view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: That is what I am driving at, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: This will enable the Committee to have a window to listen to Members who feel strongly that other amendments should have accompanied this other amendment. Lastly, because we are a House of rules, I attended the House Business Committee (HBC) on Tuesday and I tried to get this Bill to be read the Second Time and the Third Time at the same time and I was told that it was not possible. In fact, we had an argument in the HBC. Something is a foot that this Bill found its way on the Order Paper today. We do not want ... view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is good to guide the Member on the Floor that this House has the power to amend the calendar today or in future; it is wrong to talk about the future because that is not what is before the House. We are debating what is before the House. It is good to guide him, so that he becomes a good legislator. As you realize, this is not about medicine and my friend is a doctor. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am not happy with the Statement given. I thought the hon. Member who raised the issue would have felt the same way. This is a problem in our country. If you talk to experts, you will know there are a lot of problems. Just last week, a student committed suicide here in Kiambu. Nine years ago, a child died out of depression in the same school because of being raped by fellow female pupils. Therefore, we have a problem and I think the Government needs to stop being casual on this issue. Hon. Deputy ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am not happy with the Statement given. I thought the hon. Member who raised the issue would have felt the same way. This is a problem in our country. If you talk to experts, you will know there are a lot of problems. Just last week, a student committed suicide here in Kiambu. Nine years ago, a child died out of depression in the same school because of being raped by fellow female pupils. Therefore, we have a problem and I think the Government needs to stop being casual on this issue. Hon. Deputy ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the issue of newspapers has two contrary views. I have read in our library on many occasions and newspaper stories are okay. But these are people who have been shown on television. Last week, there was a story of Loreto Girls High School in Kiambu; I want to tell hon. Njomo that, this is a vice in our country and it cannot be something we gloss over. Hon. Deputy Speaker, could the Leader of Majority Party tell us what specific steps and mechanisms the Government has put in place to keep in check gayism and lesbianism in ... view