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• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Disclaimer :The electronic version of the view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. As I rise, I want to impress upon hon. Members to hear me out. I know many hon. Members are jittery about donating their Committee time or the time that is, otherwise, used for other work for Government Business. I want to report to the House that we have just been deliberating in the House Business Committee and we talked at length. Some of the things which I have heard from hon. Members, we have actually taken care of them under your chairmanship. We agreed that there are so ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The Valued Added Tax (VAT) Bill will come before the House tomorrow for First Reading because there are many issues people are calling us about. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we know there are Bills which many Members have expressed themselves on here that they do not want rushed, especially the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. We have agreed that under your leadership, this Bill is best discussed when we have more time because it has a lot of issues. It is a big Bill that seeks to amend many statutes and we need to do it in a bipartisan manner. It is a Bill we can deal with at a later date when we are ready to do so and when we have time. The electronic version ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: However, hon. Speaker, there are Bills which are important and are not controversial. What Members need to know - and which I must admit I also did not know before the House Business Committee (HBC) - is that the Session lapses immediately we adjourn on 5th December. With the lapsing of the Session, all Bills which will not have gone through the Second Reading stand lapsed. So, it is important that we do that so that we do not look like we are creating controversy when there should be none. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is also good to report that we had a meeting between you, the Leader of Majority Party and I over the contentious Police Bill and there are two Bills which are supposed to be discussed by the House and disposed of. We have agreed that the House leadership will meet to iron out the contentious issues before that Bill is brought before the House. So, I think we have reached a compromise that does not require us to have controversy. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, I want to support and urge Members that the things which we would have disagreed about on the Floor of this House on this Motion, we have actually ironed them out. I thank you and I support. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me add my voice in supporting this noble Bill. I want to support and urge the Chair that even as we support this Bill, before it gets to Third Reading, let it be a Bill that can make sense. Let it be looked at as a Bill that is modern enough to change our lives. Nobody’s live is worth Kshs.3 million. This money is peanuts. I want to say that I have had a discussion with some people, having been the sponsor of the last amendment to the traffic law, early this year ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: never have a driver’s licence. We need to do this. This Committee has a duty to do that for this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, two years ago, my own daughter was involved in a school bus accident; the Loreto accident. In that accident, about five kids lost their limbs. Two kids died in Isiolo. One of the kids who lost both limbs, to take her for limb replacement, it cost Kshs.7 million. The girl has just finished Form One and has no limbs because of a reckless driver. You cannot say that if you gave them Kshs.3 million, you ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is called common knowledge. My colleague, Nyambura, may never have been in a chang’aa den, but I go to those places often and I see them. So, you may not know. I am telling you that these are the realities of our roads. In these bus stops, go to Machakos Terminus that is where they sell the most chang’aa to drivers and makangas . We must do something about it. You cannot fear. This is your job. It is a responsibility, which is constitutional, and we do not do it for free. We are paid ... view