Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I am not referring to you, Dr. Khalwale. You are okay; you are my friend. But I want to say that this House must not be involved in the breaking of the Constitution. I mean we must not create a parallel police force which shall paralyze the functions of the police. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was very specific; according to Standing Orders - and to be fair to me - I mentioned the Office of--- view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Exactly, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I said about Dr. Khalwale is that he belongs to a third Principal, who is also being funded by NSIS. Which part of that is unclear? I reserve that right. Just let me continue! view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day, the Minister told Kenyans the NSIS is dishing out money to undermine me. So---- view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister here is from the Provincial Administration. He is a conservative. These are people we are trying to change. I, therefore, withdraw, but it will not change the fact. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House must not engage in an exercise that will deny the police its powers. We have decided to reform the police. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, the Executive is failing this country. Why have they refused to bring the names of the members of the Police Service Commission? It is because somebody--- view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, two more minutes. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have made my point, which is that the NSIS as we know it is not the organization this country needs. We need a new organization in another form, whose duty will be just to gather intelligence for implementation by the police, period, because there is nothing to hide. We are down this bad road because of that organization. I do not owe anybody any apology. I support. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me rise to support. I hope the Committee will look into the use of the army engineers in doing public work in the Third Reading. The issue of where the army could be used for the good of the public, I think that needs to be in this Bill, so that we can use the army, not as an idle force, but a positive force that assists in development. The issue of army recruitment is too secretive for Kenyans. Tomorrow, we must find a way of giving Kenyans comfort that this is their force. ... view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order just to seek your guidance. This matter is not small. Even the media reports say that when the President was in the investment conference in London, one of the biggest problems that Kenya was facing as an investment destination is our airport. Therefore, it is amazing that Mr. Kimunya today is trying to protect something for the good of Kenyans for once, and I thank him for that. I want to plead that this matter be taken to an investigative parliamentary committee, because it is ... view