Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: That window will help you cross right now. Where did that negotiation happen? The Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has not even told us that they called anybody from the Treasury. These are representatives of Members of this House and they have no information. What is the Treasury trying to do? We expected a report which will elaborate what somebody was attempting to do. The ultimate or final conclusion of this is that we defeat these Supplementary Estimates right now or he takes time out and does the right thing, because none of these Members will accept monies ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I totally disagree. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise under Standing Order No.31 which reads that:- “A Member may at any time, for reasons stated, seek leave to move “That, this House do now adjourn.” view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: My intention is that the debate be now adjourned. The issue I wish to raise is in regard to the CDF Act, which says in Part II, Section 4, that:- “There is established a fund to be known as the Constituencies Development Fund which shall- (a) be a national fund consisting of moneys of an amount of not less than 2.5% (two and half per centum) of all the national government ordinary revenue collected every financial year.” Hon. Speaker, Sir, the issue I wish you to address before we continue with this debate is whether there is any window in ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Remember I had originally tried to raise this issue although under a wrong Standing Order and so you overruled me. However, I thank my colleague, hon. Nyamweya for raising it. The Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said that the issue here is not illegality but an issue of under-provision. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Section 4(2) of the CDF Act closed that window of under-provision. That is why we said “shall”. That window is closed. When we talk about issues that are of common sense, Members of this Parliament must do it right. Hon. Speaker, you were in this House when we literally forced the Executive to allow us have the CDF. We had to go around bureaucracies. I plead with hon. Members that this is your lifeline. Some people were in this House or left their jobs in August, last year. They have been here and until today they have not been paid. ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I agree that Kshs6.3 billion is with the CDF Board but we are not looking for that money. We are looking for the Kshs5.4 billion. This is the crux of the matter. When I moved the adjournment on the Motion, it was not to deny the Government money because it must move on. In fact, it should interest us to have a smooth running of the Government. However, all we are saying is that this is also part of the Government. All I was trying to do was to give the Chair and Members a chance. We have discussed issues ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am just wondering whether something has changed. I thought that since the report comes from a committee, it is the Members who are not in the Committee who are supposed to get the first bite of the report. It seems this report that you want us to debate has taken a different angle. We are being treated to debate that took place in the Committee. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you very much. I rise to support the Report for the reason that we have a body which is partially complete. The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board (JMVB) cannot be complete without these eminent foreign persons. I also want to thank their countries for letting them come and help us clean our judiciary. Having said so, let me add that the Board is not achieving what it was intended for. It has acted like a body that is used by some crooks in town to victimise judges and magistrates. Many good Kenyans have ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. The point I am trying to make is that out of the 16 Judges who were dismissed, 11 are women. That was never the purpose of this Board, and it will never be. Let me tell you what I thought the Board would be doing for this country. I thought that at the coming into force of the current Constitution, we would have a zero-beginning, as a country. I thought that a judge who was instructed by a politician to do something wrong during the Moi era would not be victimised for ... view