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• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter that you know; you and I were victims of it and so I have to speak to it. I have to remind this House why we got to these 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
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: draconian Standing Orders and how we got them. I have to rise to support the amendment. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, when you were the Chair of CMD, we made several demands in the last Parliament to access this process of aligning the Standing Orders to accord with the new Constitution. The leadership of this House refused us and that is why you ended up with a book. This thing was such a secret that people wondered what the office of the Speaker and the Speaker’s Panel were trying to do with the rules. I know in more than two or three occasions you sent me to come here and try to access a copy of this. You ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: I want to support the idea and suggestions from the Speaker’s Office, that these Standing Orders need to be revised and I want to beg you not to make it a secret. In the other Standing Orders, the ones of the Ninth Parliament, we took out this particular clause. In fact, I thought the Committee of hon. T. J. Kajwang’ and my friend hon. Moses Cheboi, what they were going to recommend is to delete this clause. That should have been the best amendment. The way we have it now, what if a Bill lies for five years. We already ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, there is one other thing which you need to address and make a ruling on. The Constitution which we have today, when we chose to go for a pure presidential system, there should be no sessions. It used to be at the beginning of a new session, we would invite His Excellency the President to come and address the nation and open a session. Even our consistent use of the words ‘end of session” when we break for Christmas, I do not think it is in line with the intentions of the Constitution. It is not and ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I like the way you are guiding us. You know you are a pioneer under the new Constitution and so we plead with you to bear with us a bit. I think I had applauded hon. ole Metito on his plea to Members of Parliament. Thank God it is another day. I just have two issues. The first one is that there is an amendment. I am not clear because I am talking for myself like the one by hon. Tonui. If we move that amendment to this, do we still need the two-thirds majority? view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. It was important for you to explain. I think you are now clear and it is clear in my mind. I think I buy your direction. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: On my second issue because this is an important moment, a few months ago, we had the County Governments Bill which was referred back to Parliament by His Excellency President Kibaki. Because we needed the two-thirds majority, the Speaker made a ruling on this Floor that you only needed the two-thirds majority to defeat it but you could amend it. We amended it severally with simple majority. This was earlier this year. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: That amendment was moved by Dr. Nuh, who is now the Tana River County Assembly Speaker. I remember that. Maybe, the circumstances are different and maybe something is trying to change here. However, I have an issue. My issue is that we have a new Constitution. Many of those things like those referrals which were done were done under the old Constitution. As you know, Parliament and its rules were safe under the old Constitution until after the elections. But we are now under the new Constitution. This is where I want you to indulge me, hon. Speaker. Article 115 ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: states that legislation is vested in Parliament. What we are dealing with, under the old Constitution, the President could make suggestions, but under this new Constitution my reading – I am not a lawyer – tells me that reservations cannot be suggestions. However, the point I want to put on record is that if we go through what we are about--- I know my colleagues on the other side are thrilled and they want to go through this. The President comes from their side of the House, but he is our President. If in future, after President Kenyatta, we get ... view