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• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is a strange name to me. The word ‘Washington’ scares me because you know how those people behave. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Odhiambo was charged. The Assistant Minister has admitted that the officer who was investigating this matter did not do a good job. Mr. Odhiambo was granted “amnesty” by the American Government for that fraud case. It is like they were rewarding him for that fraud. He fled the country for fear of his life, but he is a regular person on the streets of Kisumu and Nairobi. The Assistant Minister ... view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister needs to realize that the Treasury is part of the cover up in this thing. view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question deals with the criminal element of bank fraud. The Assistant Minister has admitted that a police officer, Mr. Miriti, let this gentleman off the hook. This means that the investigations were either bungled up or inconclusive. The Government, by disciplining Mr. Miriti, has admitted. So, could the Assistant Minister agree to reinstate these charges? This is the crux of the matter. It does not matter whether this person was onward employed at the CBK. He committed a crime and that crime must be dealt with. We cannot let him go scot free. Could the ... view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to bring to your attention a matter which I think is of grave national importance, which has been alluded to by the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. I think this matter will have a bearing on how this country wishes to implement this Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has alluded to the fact that the National Security Council, using the provisions of the Constitution, particular Article 243(3)(b), which says that the Military can be used in times of emergency and ... view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw it. view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me thank Mr. Kapondi. This is a very weighty matter. We interrogated this matter yesterday in the House Business Committee in the light of the directions given by the substantive Speaker yesterday afternoon. If anybody thinks the violence in January 2008 was anything, what somebody is doing here is a test run for the violence next year. What somebody is doing by using the military against the Constitution is trying to legitimize that somebody somewhere can sit without the authority of Parliament and order the military to go on the streets and make this country ... view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I await your directions on the other matter, I wish to seek clarification from the Minister over this issue because in the media and in public domain, it has been explained that a meeting to plan this raid was done by the district security committee. The media goes further to say that chiefs were invited to that meeting. My clarification that I would like to get from the Minister--- view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I saw specifically on Citizen TV yesterday morning and as they said the meeting which decided this raid--- It was Citizen TV, Mr. Mutegi Njau in particular. view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this meeting, chiefs were called to listen to the planning of this meeting. Why did somebody not think that the chiefs would go and warn the Turkanas on the impeding raid and the revelation that there was a plan? Why would the Government go to a heavily militarized area with recruits? If it was planned, why did they not get enough firepower to protect their own lives? Why do it with reservists, first of all? Why do it with only one senior officer? Could it also be confirmed, therefore, that somebody was setting up this massacre ... view
• 21 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will double up as the Government and--- view