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• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: To consider, you will go either way. You can approve or disapprove. I want to plead with my intelligent lawyer, Hon. Kajwang’, to relax. If you reject at consideration, then it cannot go any further. This amendment is so important to me because as you know, I am in court over this matter and the way you understand it, is the way I understand it and being my neighbour I think we have rubbed on to you. I want to plead with my friends Hon. Wamunyinyi, Hon. Gumbo and Hon. Kajwang’ to follow the good sense of English which is ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, sometimes we pass laws in this House which we do not understand. This is a very strange Bill. Could somebody who understands it explain what we are trying to do here? The Bill was moved, seconded, but nobody wanted to talk about it. I have been here for a long time and I do not know what this Bill is about. Could the Leader of the Majority Party explain to us so that we can debate in an informed way? view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gumbo was acting as if he was trying to corrupt you. It is like he was next in line. He does not know that I came here before him this afternoon. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: He never realises that but it is okay. Just tell him. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank Hon. Wamunyinyi for raising the salient issues on this Bill. This is one of the important things that this House can do for our country. This country needs a lot of re-organisation, especially in the financial sector. The financial sector is in a mess. Parliament and the Executive must work together to re-organise the way our people do business. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to tell Hon. Wamunyinyi that there is a saying in my language which goes: “Many rats ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: She passed urine on the ballot papers. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I withdraw. Let me support this Bill by saying that only shylocks now accept logbooks. I was in this House when we were fighting interest rates. We have a system where banks are now giving reasonable rates but are not accepting our collaterals. They are not even lending. Let us put something in law to remind them that very soon we will go after them again because we still think 14 per cent is too high. Let me also warn the SACCOs which have refused to adhere to a law signed by the President capping the ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: collapsing and this House must act. Safaricom has had a free ride for far too long. I have an amendment coming in the Miscellaneous Bill, which we wish to prioritise next week to make sure – it is not to suggest but to make it a must - that the State must move in and divide Safaricom into several companies. Safaricom is a foreign company and Kenyans must know that. The new companies must be owned by locals. If it is 70 per cent owned by Vodacom, what is the benefit to Kenyans? All the pride we have that Safaricom ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, he has raised the issue of relevance. I am surprised he has been in the House this long because it is nearly 5.00 p.m. He normally makes technical appearance. I am very relevant. This is a Bill about how we do our businesses. We must talk about the financial sector. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, I am very relevant. You know he cannot know. The only place he is consistent is on televisions and radios. That is also good but this is beyond capacity. I have asked for explanation--- view