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• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: answer is not satisfactory, do not give it because Kenyans are watching. Kenyans are feeling hopeless and helpless. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. It will be very wrong for me to disagree with my leader. So, I will restrain myself. Nonetheless, let me say that this is a serious matter. There is no peace around the country. Whether you believe in the ICC or not, much of this lack of peace is about Kenyans being prosecuted in a foreign land. The carelessness with which politicians are treating this issue is unacceptable for our country. Hon. Waititu has just spoken of an elected President. He said that he will resign if the elected President tries to go to The ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg your indulgence. What we are discussing is actually a serious issue, and the casual manner in which our Leader of Majority Party is treating it is amazing. If hon. A. B. Duale was on this side, we would have fired him this afternoon or yesterday. Just the other day, last week, I was watching him on television saying how hon. Ngilu must go; yesterday I watched him on television saying Ngilu is there to stay. We cannot have a leader who flip-flops. Just not too long ago, I asked for a clarification and when he ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Due to lack of time, I will speak very fast. First of all, let me express again on the Floor my sincere condolences to the Member of Parliament for Nyakach who is here with us and say that we are with you. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue we are talking about is not confined to Kisumu County. The issue we are talking about is everywhere in many parts of this country. The Government has the sole responsibility of protecting its citizens. A few weeks ago, a teacher by the name Abira was killed ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: him: “I am at home in the village and I will look into the matter when I come back.” He asked the IG: “But who do I turn to?” The IG told him: “Turn to your God.” We are faced with a serious problem. Even as we debate these police Bills, this House is creating a monster that we will never be able to kill because we are thinking with emotions and politically and it will work against us in a way that we will live to regret as a country. We will never see any change unless we agree ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The issue raised by hon. Langat is substantial. Even the Chair himself, I watched him debating on both sides of the Bills. We cannot continue debate. What if we end this debate now, and we have every right to end it and vote, will we be throwing out both Bills and reports or what would we be doing? It is an illegality. We cannot continue debate where there is no report. In as far as I am concerned, there is no legitimate report before the House. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to oppose this amendment with a very soft heart; not with a heavy heart. That is because I think it is unconstitutional and unnecessary and it takes this country back to the dark ages that we left many years back. Many people who are supporting this Bill have never and were never victims of police brutality. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Many of those people have never come close to any kind of training in Kiganjo anyway. We have come to this at a very unfortunate time. As you know, and you have been in the struggle, we have come so far that we cannot afford to allow a couple of people who are disagreeing to make us do a bad law. National Police Service Commission is one of the independent commissions listed in this Constitution. The Constitution states that an independent commission cannot be under direction of any person or anybody. The problem we had in this House last week ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I participated in the appointment of my friend Kimaiyo, but he has been doing those transfers. He has been doing these things--- This is the law of the land. He did not even wait for the shenanigans of this Committee and a few people to give him those powers. He has arrogated himself powers. He does not have those powers. This is the law. By the way, it is also defined here; penalties to people who breach the Constitution. We have chosen to move forward as a country. We were told in this country that this Constitution is 80 per ... view