Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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Entries 2921 to 2930 of 3513.

• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Uganda, there is no such a thing as organized crime, because it is tit for tat. In Uganda, President Museveni came up with something called Wimbledon operation. They gave amnesty and said: “If you do not come and turn in your guns by such-and-such a date, we shall consider you a militant group and deal with you militarily.” Anybody who never turned in their gun was killed. In Uganda until today, if you commit a crime using a gun or you are caught with an illegal gun, you cannot be taken to the normal ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with Prof. Olweny that another big crime which is terrorizing our borders is cattle rustling, because it is a sport of the past in some communities. If you say that anybody who premeditates a crime of this nature will be charged under this law, you will end cattle rustling with a stroke of the pen as long as you do not leave the latitude for the courts to set people free. A criminal will end up staying in remand in Kamiti Maximum Prison for three years and then the courts rule ... view
• 15 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, the following limitation shall be applied to the Business of the Annual Estimates:- (i) The debate on the Financial Statement on the Annual Estimates shall be limited to three days exclusive of the Mover’s Speech and reply pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 148(2). (ii) Each Speech in the debate on the Financial Statement of the Annual Estimates shall be limited to ten minutes, excluding the Mover’s Speech and reply, which shall not be limited and the Chairperson of the Budget Committee who shall be limited ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I rise to support the adoption of this Report. I want to thank the three Departmental Committees for the work they have done. But particularly I want to thank the Committee of Equal Opportunity. I want to remind you that the reason why that Committee was created was for reasons such as this and they are rampant all over. I think your work is cut out for you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have passed laws in the recent past in this House and one of them requires that a certain percentage of particular individuals from a ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to concur with you that the Assistant Minister is a bit out of order, because the Chairman of the Committee on Equal Opportunity rose up here and told this House very elaborately how Dr. Onudi is very qualified, not because he is a Luo, but as a Kenyan. Therefore, is the Assistant Minister in order not to stick to the substance of the Report, which simply addresses the process which the Minister did not follow? If you read the Report, the Minister has not even denied that in ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: THAT, this House do adjourn until Tuesday, 8th June, 2010 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The reasons are fairly obvious and as you can see, hon. Members really seem to be exhausted. I want to personally say that I need a break. But I want to thank hon. Members for the period that we have gone through. As you know, we cut short our recess last time just to come back here and address the issue of the Constitution review. I think we have done our bit and now it is time to go to the people. We are looking forward to Kenyans to take it from where Parliament left it. A lot has been ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Since nobody is opposing the Motion and we all seem to agree that we want the recess, I beg to move. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.49, this House rescinds its decision made on 31st March, 2010, afternoon sitting on the extension of the sitting of the House from 6.30 p.m. to 11.50 p.m. on Thursday, 1st April, 2010 and resolve that the sitting time of the House be extended until the business as set out in the Order Paper is concluded. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know there are hon. Members who were opposed to this yesterday. However, the truth is that we are cornered. We have ... view