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• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with my colleagues who are supporting this Motion that we are not opposing the Motion per se . What we are saying as a Committee is that we have already even summoned the players including bankers, and for you to investigate this matter and interrogate it, you will be calling the same people that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade is calling. The Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, after its deliberations, will do a report for discussion in this House. So, why do you need two reports ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Report. I am particularly very happy. It has been a long time since we debated a Report of vetted Commissioners. The trend that the country has taken is very good. I like the transparency that is permeating just one year after the promulgation of the Constitution. I only wish to say that I am particularly very happy that this Parliament is helping to bring order as we approach the new order. I want to particularly thank the Committee members. I know that they have gone an extra mile to do ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. First of all, let me once again thank this Committee which I think is doing this country proud. I want to say to this House that for those of us who come from large tribes or big tribes, please, let us lead by example and show this country that we can unite this country. Much of the things we have heard out there when doing our politics are interpreted by the smaller tribes as if or as though we do not want to accommodate them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even now ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I only have two minutes. You will get your chance gentleman! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, tolerance is a big thing, in my own view. I want to say one last thing; there is this accusation that the old Commissioners were qualified. It is true that they may have been qualified but it is true to clarify to this country that the old Commission which is being replaced was a political Commission which did not go through this rigorous vetting process. I think the era where one person could be good enough for all jobs; where you found some 90 year ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for saying that he will indulge the relevant Parliamentary Committee, if the Government was to get involved with De La Rue. But I want to tell him that, having been in the Finance Committee for nine years to be exact, we have proved that De La Rue as it were in Kenya is not capable of printing new currency notes. That is because of the machines that they have. They often contract that task to some country other than their local factory. What would be the ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would kindly ask you to ask the Minister to answer the part that reads “the wisdom of the Cabinet”. Could he tell the House and the country the wisdom or intention of this? This is the heart and the crux of this thing. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I respect your direction, but I wish to say that there was an issue which cannot go uncorrected about the aspersions cast over Dr. Gesami, in light of the explanation issued by the Prime Minister because it will go as a challenge and an aspersion on her character which has since been corrected by the Prime Minister. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to seek the following clarification from the Leader of Government Business. As the Leader of the House Business Committee, how does he intend to resolve this matter, taking into account the implications of the new Constitution on the Standing Orders; how it affects the Standing Orders and when he intends, together with the management of Parliament, to revise the Standing Orders to conform to the new Constitution as well as the Political Parties Act? Further, I want him to clarify why he has not told the House that the ODM as a political party withdrew ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think he has misquoted the Standing Orders. As we are here, we need to be true to the spirit and the letter of these rules. Standing Order No.176 states:- “A vacant position occasioned by resignation, removal or appointment of a Member to the Government shall be filled within seven days after the National Assembly next meets.” view