Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, a senior police officer told me last month that Parliament must sort out one mess which was in the Bill which we have just passed about the powers of the IG. He told me that, that is not where the problem is. He said that the AP officers have refused to amalgamate with the regular police. They have refused to report to the IG. They are saying their boss is the Deputy IG. So, the AP officers are sitting in camps doing nothing and they are saying they are waiting for somebody to command them. Their boss has ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to say that the police cannot use excessive force on students. But I want to say, lastly also, that the students have no right to destroy anybody’s property. Everybody must live within the law. I support. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Bill. I want to oppose it and even plead with the section of this House that may be leaning towards supporting it that it is a decision they will live to regret. 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
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: As we talk today, the Senate has enjoined in a case to kill the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). We sat here when we were threatened with a court case. Under the Chairman of the CDF Committee then was the current Speaker of the Senate. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We took very many hours to amend the first Bill, and the Members who were in this Parliament a year ago will bear me witness. Hon. Chachu is here. That very Speaker of the Senate wanted to take the CDF to the Senate. He did that on this Floor but we refused. We said that the CDF is a constituency fund that cannot go to the county. I stand corrected if I am lying, but the HANSARD will bear me witness. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Senate is proposing to chair decisions over the very funds they are supposed to oversee. I have heard our County Women Representatives (CWRs) support this Bill, but they are only supporting it because we have refused to give them some funds to work with. However, even if it was given to them, it will not help them because it will be chaired by their enemy. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I was in my car driving here this afternoon when I heard a Senator call Members of this House “Members of a Junior House”. They do not want us to share anything. I do not fear to say him because I heard him say that. That is the Minority Leader in the Senate, hon. Wetangula. He repeatedly called this House a Junior House. We will be their juniors if we give them a committee to go and chair and we sit there. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is not even the point; the point is that this Bill should have never seen the light of day because it is unconstitutional. Let me plead with Members of this House that many Kenyans have died for this thing called “devolution”. Many people have suffered, be they Kenneth Matiba and Rev. Njoya. They have suffered to bring us here. I want to plead with Members of this Assembly to be patient with devolution. If you take the example of Nigeria, you will find that when they devolved, 21 governors ended up in jail or exile ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, last week, the Senate was going after Wambora, who is my friend. If accusations - if you followed those proceedings - were related to corruption, there is an independent Commission known as the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission. Now Parliament or the Senate has given itself powers to check corruption and get rid of governors and yet that thing cannot happen here. We cannot, in this House or in the Senate, call His Excellency the President and grill him. That is not oversight. What they are doing is not what they are supposed to do. We ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: This House is being duped into a war or a fighting match between the Senate and the governors and the Senators do not know that they are actually junior to the governors. They are not equal. view