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• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you have taken my words out of my mouth. It is true that both Hon. Duale and I walked to the HANSARD office and printed your communication. The only difference is that I read it and he did not. Your communication is very clear and I read it for him. Mimi ndiyo baba sasa. What that ruling says is that at the level of the Report you are only going to allow the amendment of Hon. Olago and nothing else. The second step will be at the time of Second and Third Reading in which you did ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. We stayed in the House most of the afternoon, and we have begun another sitting at night because we are doing what is expected of us. We did not just get here. We are here because we want to better our electoral processes. In the last two elections, we went through a process where at the end, we either blamed the election chief or the IEBC. This has to be work in progress. The Committee which got us here tried its best. I am not too sure that this is ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: country. They could have done a lot more to clean the process so that we do not revisit it before elections. This House must begin the process. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you remember, not too long ago, both sides of this House suggested that a team needed to be selected to look at all these issues. We even spent public funds on a socio- economic audit of the Constitution. We thought it would lead to this but that was overtaken by other events. We are here— view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is also good to understand that the next Bill is also related to this. Members will still have a chance to say the same things in the next Bill since we are about to finish. You can say the same things in the next Bill. My friend, Hon. Joyce, said that their party was whipped this morning. Last week, another party was whipped to support the Bill. It is good to set the record straight because, “Madam” Speaker--- I apologise. I did not mean “Madam Speaker”, I meant “Hon. Speaker”. I was talking about “Madam ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I apologise, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, last week, I did not know that we lent Hon. Olago to the other side to even bring the amendment which seeks to stop party-hopping. Hon. Olago is ours. When you say that we were whipped and did the opposite, then you are not being factual. I want to tell Members of this House that I have gone through elections three times, but it has never been easy. It is also factual that only 24 per cent of sitting Members come back to this House after elections. It is also factual that more than ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: From where I come from, I do not think it is possible for me to contest in another party. I can be a direct beneficiary of that issue. It is good to put the facts straight. When we were debating the Report, I said that Article 38 of our Constitution gives these political rights. When The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: we are passing a law, let it not be that 76 per cent of Members who will not come back will regret. It is extremely important that we talk about it honestly so that we pass a law after we have convinced ourselves. It is just that simple. We sent Members of the Joint Select Committee to go and negotiate on our behalf and not to make up issues. We are in a scenario where elections bring a lot of friction in our country and yet they should be peaceful. This is especially in a country configured by people from ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I know I am in the majority but I want to defend the rights of the minority who create so much tension during elections because they feel they are offended. Truly, many people are often offended. Elections are only 11 months away. With 11 months away, we have time within 24 hours for the Hon. Chepkong’a Committee with Hon. T. J. Kajwang’, Hon. Kaluma, Hon. Mutura and others to sit down and read this Bill. Tomorrow, we should come here with something that is worthy of taxpayer’s money. At the end of it, we shall have passed a law that ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I have looked through very many sections of this Bill. We have to look at the sections of this Bill and I want to allow even the party-hopping. However, there are some provisions which are not acceptable in law. Given our history where people fight and kill each other during the electioneering period, I will even be questioning what the big Kiraitu and the big Orengo went to do. Kiraitu has been here when it is bad. Orengo has also been here when it is bad. What did they go to do? It is just good to talk about it. ... view