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• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister needs to clarify something. Only last week, hon. Duale told his substantive Minister that they were going to issue identity cards in a division in his constituency and the civil servants wrote to the hon. Member to facilitate. They were asking hon. Duale to provide water, allowances and a whole list of things. They wrote an official letter to the hon. Member. What is the position so that people can know, because I think that there is more than meets the eye? The Assistant Minister needs to ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We need to be a bit more serious on this Question. This is because an Assistant Minister of Government cannot stand before Parliament and justify distortion and corruption. The question is basic: What is the allowance of the identity cards vetting committee? This issue is important, particularly to the marginalized communities. We are talking about the north, where some of these people are victimized. Some of them are Kenyans who are 90 years old without identity cards because of marginalization. I urge you to send the Assistant Minister back and ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to plead with the hon. Assistant Minister not to misrepresent the intention of the Bill. There is nowhere in this Bill where we intend to hang anybody who has not broken any law. I want him to be clear. It is a shame and an embarrasment that hon. Members of this House cannot accept the fact that accidents are finishing our people. If you drive carelessly, we will hang you because you will have broken the law. But I want the Assistant Minister not to misrepresent the facts ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is not in order is that the Assistant Minister is purporting to say that we want to criminalize and punish innocent people. We are saying that people are now committing crimes and are going scot free. This includes Members of Parliament. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to keep referring to a Government Bill which is not before this House? We do not know that the Government has a Bill. Also to put the record straight, in the House Business Committee, we delayed debate on this particular Bill, so that the Minister could come up with something. I understand he is opposing for obvious “do nothing” reasons by the Government. Is he in order to keep referring to a Bill whose existence this country or this Parliament does not know about ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. I want to agree with the Official Leader of Opposition that we must put the country first. I want to disagree with hon. Isaac Ruto--- view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry I created the controversy. Thank you for clarifying the issues. I was saying that I wanted to disagree with the hon. Members who said that they want tomorrow morning to do Committee work. This is especially Mr. Ruto and Mrs. Shebesh. We decided to do this, so that they can go to the Constituencies; as you know we are nearing elections. Nothing stops us from doing Committee work next week when we are on recess. Nothing in our Standing Orders stops us from doing that unless we are directed otherwise by the Speaker. ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this is a fundamental issue. You realize the powers that this Commission has and the reappointment of it without public participation will not let us asses what they have done. Even this morning you saw hon. Kiraitu and hon. William Ruto being taken to court for alleged hate speech. You remember the case of hon. Kapondi, hon. Machage and hon. Kutuny. We cannot let this Commission, especially in an election year, not be vetted publicly so that we know that they are people who are above board and not people who think others have used hate ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, it is fair to put the record straight. The section of the law that the hon. Minister has read only means that whoever the holders of the office are, they are eligible to be reappointed when the law is followed in another reappointment. It does not mean that they have an automatic right. Mr. Nyamweya has given a good example of Justice Ringera, when we said the President did not have a constitutional mandate to do it. The thing is purely unconstitutional. Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, let me just remind Members, if this person is not ... view