Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2881 to 2890 of 3513.

• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion on the Floor. The Motion before us is very important. The arrogance with which the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance treats this Parliament is one that we cannot afford to accept anymore. We cannot entertain it anymore. I was in the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade before the formation of the CDF Committee and we negotiated with the Minister on the first allocation. I am sure after consulting with the Committee, they will be willing to let go the first year in ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion before the House. In establishing this Committee, we adhered to the provisions of Standing Order No.159. Also, under the guidance of the Chair of the House Business Committee, we agreed that both sides of the political divide would sit down and make sure that everybody is properly represented in this Committee. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the instruction of the House Business Committee, and I am speaking as the Whip from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) side, we worked together with Mr. Muthama. We realized that Kenya has to move forward. This Committee should have been established 60 days ago because from the 27th August, 2010 the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had only 60 days to be formed. We have lost 30 days. Therefore, 30 days from today, we must have JSC in place. We have only 60 days to form the Implementation Committee which is supposed to guide this process. I ... view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if that is the impression that is being created, then I withdraw it. I think this is important. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not mean to offend anybody, but this took us a long time to even come up to the constitutional provision where we would have nine women in the Committee, although men were the majority. So, we had to give and take. I think we are doing this country proud by beginning by obeying the Constitution which we seek to implement. I want to plead with hon. Members that Kenyans are waiting for this Committee. If there is anybody who may be offended in one way or another, I want to plead that we should move ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute. I also want to say that hon. Members deserve this break. I want to thank hon. Members in the manner in which we have dedicated ourselves in the last couple of years, working for this country. I want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for releasing the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) monies. I only want to ask the secretariat to hasten the release of those monies so that hon. Members can utilize them when we are at home. I also want to encourage ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: That is all I wish to say and I wish to support. view