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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I wish to support the amendment as proposed by the Committee and oppose the further amendment. The reason is that we do not need to look like we are denying people corridors of justice. I think Parliament needs to be a bit more careful. Thirty per cent is only to allow you to get to court and then they would come to the constituency where the threshold of people who may want to reject a Member of Parliament’s existence in the constituency is 50 per cent. I plead with hon. Members that if more than 50 ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the whole idea of the third generation ID card is that, that ID card shall have somebody’s bio-data. It will have everything such that if you have it, there will be no need to have a voter’s card, a driver’s licence or even a birth certificate. My last point is the point raised by Mr. M. Kilonzo. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am perfectly in order. Just recently, this House approved colossal sums of money to facilitate the printing of the third generation identity cards (IDs). The hon. Member may not be conversant with the issue of bio-data. But it shall be contained in the third generation IDs. It is easier for somebody to sell or buy a voter’s card but nobody can ever sell their ID cards. That practice is very rampant across the country. The monied people go to an area where the people are hunger-stricken and where his opponent is popular and buy ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy, I was just seeking further clarification from the Minister. Is this particular clause targeting the printer, or the person who causes the printing or both? Could we be clear on this? view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, now that we understand their intention, all that we are asking is that for us to realize that this is an elections Act, are we going to put the burden on an ordinary printer who is just in commercial business to the extent that if somebody gives them work, they are supposed to be the police of what is offensive and what is not? How can that burden be? Could the Minister propose further amendments to at least protect the commercial entity? view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of Order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I am informing the Minister. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: No, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I wanted to inform Mr. Kimunya about my story of Koinange Street but he declined. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I want to say that I agree with the Committee that this is a very dangerous clause to retain in this statute. I have seen people campaigning. Now that we are attempting to allow party-hoping, you can even use a song like “Atoti this way, Atoti that way”. Somebody said that he was called to be homosexual. It is open-ended. We have seen things like this in campaigns. view