Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2531 to 2540 of 3513.

• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Yesterday, this House rejected the Report by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, which recommended the rejection of the nominees to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) by the President and the Prime Minister. Last week, you made a ruling when hon. C. Kilonzo attempted to introduce an amendment to a Motion which would have altered the spirit of that Motion. I want to say that you were right in your ruling, but I want to plead with you. The rejection of that Motion does not mean approval of those names by this House. view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, two weeks ago, we adopted a Report that approved the nominees to the National Gender and Equality Commission. I moved an amendment to alter that Report to allow for the approval of Ms Winny Lichuma. What would it have been if this House had thrown out that Report? Would it have meant that Ms Winny Lichuma would have been approved and the other nominees would have been thrown out? The Report would have been negated. view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: The law says that nominees by the Executive must be approved by the House. I want to put it to you that what we did yesterday was not an approval of the names. I am not a lawyer but I agonised over this issue overnight. I am convinced that the import of what happened is that the persons stand nominated by the President and the Prime Minister, but have not been approved by this House. Therefore, they have to go back to the nominating authorities to be re-sent to Parliament, so that the Committee can vet them again and review ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to leave it at that but I believe that what transpired yesterday does not satisfy the constitutional and the legal requirement of approval. I want to plead with you that the process we have begun as a country, of Parliament approving nominees of the Executive, was never there before. Therefore, this Report cannot be compared with an adverse report about another public officer, or another Kenyan, whose name comes here and Parliament, in its wisdom, feels that the Committee is not right in accusing somebody. Therefore, after that Report was rejected, what obtained was that ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two laws; one is the Constitution itself, which requires that these people be nominated and approved by Parliament. The Mungatana Vetting--- view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot tell you exactly which Article but I believe that Chapter Six kicks in. It deals with nominations. It says that Parliament shall enact a law that will create this particular Commission. There is also an Act that we passed not very long ago, which deals with vetting of public officers. The Bill was sponsored by hon. Mungatana. That law says that the only time nominees can be deemed to have been approved by Parliament is if there is inaction by the House. It says that if names are not approved or disapproved within 14 days ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with the Minister. The Kisumu Airport has been constructed by foreigners. The Kisumu Airport is now employing staff that is hostile to the locals. We are told these things because we come from there. What would be wrong with the Minister allowing whoever has this contract to hold it but employ the locals? Could the Minister think twice because these issues have even led us to butcher one another in the recent past? What the people of Kisumu are saying about what is happening at the airport is the exact thing that has ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with the Minister. The Kisumu Airport has been constructed by foreigners. The Kisumu Airport is now employing staff that is hostile to the locals. We are told these things because we come from there. What would be wrong with the Minister allowing whoever has this contract to hold it but employ the locals? Could the Minister think twice because these issues have even led us to butcher one another in the recent past? What the people of Kisumu are saying about what is happening at the airport is the exact thing that has ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with the Minister. The Kisumu Airport has been constructed by foreigners. The Kisumu Airport is now employing staff that is hostile to the locals. We are told these things because we come from there. What would be wrong with the Minister allowing whoever has this contract to hold it but employ the locals? Could the Minister think twice because these issues have even led us to butcher one another in the recent past? What the people of Kisumu are saying about what is happening at the airport is the exact thing that has ... view
• 21 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with the Minister. The Kisumu Airport has been constructed by foreigners. The Kisumu Airport is now employing staff that is hostile to the locals. We are told these things because we come from there. What would be wrong with the Minister allowing whoever has this contract to hold it but employ the locals? Could the Minister think twice because these issues have even led us to butcher one another in the recent past? What the people of Kisumu are saying about what is happening at the airport is the exact thing that has ... view