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• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me apologize because I was in the Finance Committee that interviewed that lady. I want to agree with hon. Linturi that she got this job due to other considerations and not her brains. view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: The way we have gone - that is the so-called regional balance - is going to kill this country. I want to agree with hon. Linturi that from now on, we must agree as a country that even though we look at other considerations, competence must be number one. That is because that lady is just incompetent. She is disrespectful. The Constitution says that nobody can make--- view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker I will do that, but when she goes on television to say that Parliament cannot intimidate her, she is talking as an individual. view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we cannot be intimidated by her. This is our right. We must talk to her. We are not saying anything other than her competence and her job. We have that right. We are paid to have that right. In the Gazette Notice she adds herself a salary. If you remember, she attempted to make her job permanent and we rejected it as a House. In that Gazette Notice, Nyachae gets a salary. This House said that nobody should earn more than the President. You have “a nobody” doing nothing earning more than our President and we should ... view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: We are going to say it. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me tell this House and the nation at large. We merged wards in this House. Most of my ward representatives represent more people than 60 per cent of hon. Members sitting here and then you tell them: “You are going to earn Kshs79,000 from which we are going to slash some 31 per cent tax!” Then you want them to serve people better. That is a conspiracy to kill devolution! You cannot tell me that somebody earning Kshs40,000 can afford a motorbike in the village. It is not possible. We ... view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Why do I say that? All the commissions put together have a combined workforce in Nairobi of 700. None of them makes less than Kshs500,000. I am talking about 700 people living in Nairobi and going around in GK vehicles. Is that what this country is going to spend its money on? view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: The answer is no! This House has a responsibility. Merge the commissions. Kill some. The country will be on your side. view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in many countries, a job such as the one being done by the Serem Commission is done by an individual and a technical team. I said it here that part of the problem this country keeps having with the IEBC is that we have commissioners who behave like clerks. They want to do procurement; they do not want to do policy. So view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we did not see in that Gazette Notice, for example, the Judiciary. The Constitution talks about the judges, but the Judiciary has been busy improving the life of everybody that works for it. So, what is so selective that she goes after politicians or political offices and do not talk about those other ones? She is not talking about the salary of a county commissioner. The county commissioners are today earning more than governors. It is a ploy and a plot to kill devolution. We cannot accept that. In conclusion, this Commission must go back to the ... view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: I thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. view