Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be brief. I just want to emphasize that the Leader of Government Business considers the request by Mr. C. Kilonzo so that we do not come here and waste time over extensions. From 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. is not enough for us to scrutinize the two Bills, recommend and do all these things. Let him say “by close of business”. Since there has been a lot of reluctance to bring these Bills for debate, I was thinking as a way of punishment we amend the commencement time from 9.00 a.m. to 12.01 a.m. ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be brief. I just want to emphasize that the Leader of Government Business considers the request by Mr. C. Kilonzo so that we do not come here and waste time over extensions. From 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. is not enough for us to scrutinize the two Bills, recommend and do all these things. Let him say “by close of business”. Since there has been a lot of reluctance to bring these Bills for debate, I was thinking as a way of punishment we amend the commencement time from 9.00 a.m. to 12.01 a.m. ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be brief. I just want to emphasize that the Leader of Government Business considers the request by Mr. C. Kilonzo so that we do not come here and waste time over extensions. From 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. is not enough for us to scrutinize the two Bills, recommend and do all these things. Let him say “by close of business”. Since there has been a lot of reluctance to bring these Bills for debate, I was thinking as a way of punishment we amend the commencement time from 9.00 a.m. to 12.01 a.m. ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the chance. I hope that after me, it will be two minutes. As I rise to support this Bill, something needs to be clarified that the process that many people are talking about that contravenes the Constitution is not what is in this Bill. It is the process by which some sections of the Bill were removed. The way these constitutional Bills should find their way here is very well stipulated. I agree with those who accuse the Cabinet to have over-reached its mandate. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the main problem that this House needs to address that the public is misunderstanding is the issue of vetting of State or public officers. I refuse to accept that during an electioneering period, you can subject the KACC to vet 500,000 Kenyans and the process be good. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 79 requires that an anti-corruption law be passed. We did that and there is the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. Whether it is dysfunctional or otherwise, that Commission does not require this Bill or Act to do its job. It needs to vet ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill and support my colleagues who have said that the Bill needs several amendments. Why are we debating this Bill? We are debating this Bill because we want to reform the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) into the National Intelligence Service (NIS). Why? It is because in its current form, it oversaw the pre and post elections problems and it did not help. I know for sure that many innocent Kenyans are on trial or are facing trial at home and abroad because of the NSIS. That is because it ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know for a fact that several people who even today are in offices, both from the Office of the President and the Office of the Prime Minister that if they have functions, people go there with a car and money is loaded in trunks. This is factual and that cannot be the role of NSIS. The institution which we want to establish is an institution whose primary role is to make sure we are safe. We know we have problems of terrorism. We know we have other problems. The billions of monies that we ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, very much so because my colleague who is seeking the clarification, himself, is a product of it. He is now going view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he walked into that. But on the power to tap into peoples’ phones, our freedoms cannot be surrendered to NSIS. I want a situation where, before you tap Dr. Khalwale’s phone, please go to court and give reasons why you want permission to tap Dr. Khalwale’s phone. It is not that the NSIS has not been tapping our phones. They tap your phone, including you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, unlawfully. So now, what we are trying to do is to give them that power in law to keep violating our rights. They will not get ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can see how the NSIS’s friends are behaving. I am not their friend because I know the damage they are causing to the future of our country. view