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Entries 2721 to 2730 of 3513.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, just to conclude, the point I was trying to make is that, even as we make this law, the Constitution was on the basis that we wanted a fundamental change. I thought that particular fear should not make us make a bad law. We have gone the pure presidential system and there is a leeway. There is a list which the sponsoring party shall submit. You can put yourself as a presidential candidate on the list. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. With all due respect to Dr. Nuh, it is true and clear that a Presidential candidate in a democratic party can be anybody! It does not have to be the party leader! view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to support the amendment. I sit in the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee. We considered the amendment. Just to try to convince hon. Mbadi, 2 per cent of an ever increasing amount for contingencies--- This is a Fund that you only use during emergencies. The 2 per cent, even today, could be billions. What emergency would hit Kenyan so that we would prepare in such a way that we lock our Funds in an account awaiting emergencies? I think the smaller the better. That is an account that we could use and replenish as ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not wish to challenge your ruling. However, there seems to be some kind of rigging. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I withdraw that particular word. However, there seems to be Members bending and shouting into the microphones so that they can be louder! That is wrong! view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I agree with your direction. However, I suggest that we let the Minister and the proposer of the amendment work on the words as proposed by hon. Karua as we deal with the other amendments then we come back to it. I only propose this for the sake of time. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. We do not see the amendment on the Order Paper! view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is generating a lot of interest because it has to do with revenue. Hon. Bahari has put this thing correctly. What our Committee was trying not to do was to keep bloating the Government. You do not divide revenue every day. We know that the special Commission, which is the existing Commission, which is saved under Section 27 of the Bill, will set the formula and criteria of division. In this Bill, we have also given this Commission a Secretariat with a Chief Executive Officer, who will be working on a day-to-day basis. We ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. My point of order arises from the contribution by Mr. Baiya. I would like to clarify that the qualifications we are talking about are not for the Commissioners. These are the qualifications of the person who would have clear understanding and has enough aptitude to interpret statistics and make them to be used in the distribution of resources. It is important because he seems to say this is the person who would be setting policies. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just wanted to inform the House that this particular Commission - and I have reliable information – had previously attempted to hire its own staff as per the requirement of the Constitution. But the Treasury refused. The reason that was given was that the Treasury wants to control the issue of revenue allocation. That is why we decided in the Committee to--- view