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• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me conclude. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to go with the recommendations; that the perpetrators of this crime must individually be held responsible as the Report says and I ask the House to wholesomely adopt this Report. I think, this is the beginning of a new era and there is no point shying away. We must build a new Kenya. We cannot live with criminals whose identities we do not know and pretend that we are living in the same country. I beg to support. view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me begin by thanking the Committee for their hard work in trying to catch up and bring up to date the Public Accounts Reports. I want to support this report of the Public Accounts Committee. I want to thank the Committee for doing a good job. I have been in Parliament for eight years. This is my second term. In my first term, there was a Chair to the Committee called hon. Omingo Magara who tried to do what this Committee has done. I think the last two Parliaments have really tried. The issue ... view
• 25 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to agree with you that this matter is causing a lot of anxiety to Kenyans and it has to given some solution. I want to thank you for allowing the membership of this House to convene a Kamukunji to try to resolve this matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are also aware that there have been several inter-ministerial meetings where the principals have been sitting. I think it is only fair that the Deputy Leader of Government Business informs this House and Kenyans what they have been talking about and whether there are any ... view
• 25 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I sat throughout the vetting session. The Members of the Committee sat through this process. The issue with madam Amina was that she could not prove her CV. I think it is good because this is a Commission of people who can deliver. You have seen that the Committee tried its best. There may be some politics, but this Committee never considered political affiliation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is Prof. Kamar in order to mislead this House by purporting to know what transpired between the Committee and Ms. Amina Ahmed? view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. First of all, I want to begin by thanking this Committee for a good job done over the last three years. I think when the time comes, history shall remember you and you shall be judged right. I support the list of the nominees because the whole idea of dispute resolution is a very welcome idea and it is in line with changing times of our society, especially in the light of the new Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there have been conflicts in political parties ... view
• 18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House, and the country, one that we are not sensitive? Two, she is a lawyer who was working on this Constitution which says that one third must be either gender; she is insinuating that we are not always looking at either gender. Is she in order? view
• 4 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I only have two points. I wanted to say that despite getting a chance to go away to discuss the important issue of the Constitution, Parliament needs a couple of days’ break so that we can go through the weekend and discuss that important matter of the Constitution. I want to say that we were getting a bit jittery. I said here yesterday that it is my wish as a leader in this country not to use the Floor of this House to “lynch” each other because I predicted ... view
• 4 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Secondly, I want to plead with the House that we ought to be a bit sensitive to issues that affect our people. As I speak, I feel pain that we shall be moving to court tomorrow to stop the disbursement of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). That is because we believe the CDF is going to be disbursed based on wrong poverty indices, doctored indices and we think that the basis of stopping a debate is not the right way of doing things. You cannot use this House to gag the wishes of the representatives of the people, particularly if ... view
• 4 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not out of order. This is a Motion for Adjournment and I am free to say anything. Maybe, the hon. Member is new. But I have no problem. He is in the learning process. I do not mean to disparage anybody but I think if something is wrong and it is not spelt out, we cannot afford--- What I am saying to hon. Members, as I finish, is that it is those false poverty indices that shall be used on the Equalization Fund, 15 per cent and the 85 per cent. We are ... view