Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want the Minister to clarify whether a resolution of a sitting of the AU can be equated to the laws of the land. If it can, how binding can it be compared to what our laws say? The Rome Statute was domesticated by this House. So, we want to know, as we move into the new era, whether we want to continue living in the past. Secondly, the Minister has said that there was a committee of Government, and he has thanked the two PSs he has referred to. However, I want him to clarify who ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion with a very heavy heart. I want to begin by commending the Ministry for constructing the roads in this country. But I think it is good to point out the rights and the wrongs. I want to say very proudly that after about 15 years, I am now able to drive from Nairobi to Kisumu and get to my home safely. I want to commend the Ministry for that! view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The complaints raised by Dr. Khalwale are genuine. We want to ask the Minister to kindly, please, be sensitive to the needs and requirements of Kenyans. You are going to do that because we are letting you get away with it. I am sure you know the sentiments that have been expressed. You will not have another opportunity beyond midnight tonight. So, we want you to get your attitude right! You only have another 12 hours to do it. That is because from tomorrow, things will change. If we do not get fair distribution of road resources in this country, ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to tell the Minister from the bottom of my heart that I am not impressed by what I see. I support. view
• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, whereas the House on 30th June 2010 passed a resolution to adopt the Report of the Tribunal appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission to review the Terms and Conditions of Service of Members of Parliament; Cognisant of the fact that the resolution had urged the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to introduce Draft Bills to give legal effect to the Tribunal Report within the next seven days; considering that the seven days have lapsed ; this House, pursuant to S.O. 49 rescinds the resolution in respect of ... view
• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, earlier today, hon. Members were in a Speaker’s meeting and we reached certain conclusions in order to facilitate this House to get a way forward out of the stalemate which we have had for the last few weeks. This particular Motion rescinds the Motion that had asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to within seven days publish the Bills. The seven days have elapsed but the import of this move should mean to hon. Members that we want to preserve the contents and the recommendations in the Akiwumi Report. Therefore, by rescinding this decision, ... view
• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the explanation in the Motion speaks for itself and I plead with hon. Members that by doing this, we will be moving this process forward. I request Mr. Mudavadi to second the Motion. view
• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House do now adjourn until Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 at 2.30 p.m. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to move that we do adjourn for very many reasons. The first one is that we are all aware that the House was supposed to adjourn almost two weeks ago but we could not because of obvious reasons. The reason which was pertaining was to do with the Akiwumi Report and I think this morning, we tried to resolve the stalemate. I want to thank His Excellency the President ... view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you for setting the record straight and by clarifying to the public that the Akiwumi Report was not a report made by Members of the Commission or Members of Parliament. view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to plead with you that the hon. Member who alleged that Members of Parliament were being bribed must answer to this House. Hon. Kiema Kilonzo was very forthright when he said that we were being bribed by the proposals in the Akiwumi Report. I think he owes this country an explanation because as things stand, these Members of Parliament are being called thieves, terrorists and greedy, yet in this 10th Parliament, not even once have I heard a Member trying to increase his or her salary. The Akiwumi Report is a report by a recognized ... view