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• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, look at the numbers. I thought majority is a numerical expression. Those people are absent. Forgive us for being happy that you are there, and that Hon. Esther Gathogo got “ bonga points”. It is important. She loves that kind of thing. She is a good lady. I remember another time she offered to strip on camera. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: She is a good lady. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: That is the profile I was trying to give you. So, I am not out of order. I rise to second. In the last one week, you have been chairing a Committee that I was sitting in that was dealing with issues of Hon. Members’ privileges. How happy am I to read this Senate Bill that somebody has taken a lot of time to do good work on! A lot of the things we have been discussing are already in here. This is good. The issue of members’ privileges be they members of county assemblies, the National Assembly or the ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: would be committing assembly members to “any other thing” that is undefined. We cannot make such a vague law unless the Senate explains to us what that may mean. As it is, it is not a good thing. What we are seeing around is that somebody can take you to court, the process serving and that people in the county assembly can chase others with mischief. This Bill outlaws such activities within the precincts of Parliament. This is because they may have to do with things which are personal and have nothing to do with duties in the assemblies. That ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please protect me from Hon. Wamunyinyi. As I conclude, Clause 17 of this Bill goes a long way to tell us how we can resolve a scenario like the one we resolved yesterday of Hon. Opiyo Wandayi. It is good because we tabled our report without debate. However, we noted that as the numbers of Members increase and the age decreases, there are going to be many cases of misbehaviour during debate or during our presence here. It is good to put stringent measures in place so that people do not misbehave outside the provisions of ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill addresses Articles 10 and 47 of the Constitution. It allows a Member to appeal but it also allows stiffer penalties where fines can be imposed. It allows many things which are not addressed in our Standing Order No. 111, which seems so far, unless amended, to violate principles of natural justice. We must copy this. I want to thank you for steering us to a conclusion of that matter which was pending for four months. As we call our next meeting, next week as agreed, we should look at this proposal because somebody did very good work for ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me thank everybody who has contributed to this Bill which from the outset we said it is a good Bill. A few issues have been raised. I hope the Committee will help especially in regard to the issues raised by Hon. Katoo ole Metito on Clause 10 of the Bill which makes it possible for someone to go to court. The word “decision” needs to be deleted from Clause 10. It is good that it came out in the debate. Just to refresh the memory of the Members, Hon. Kaluma brought a Bill ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: An issue has been raised about Clause 32 (a). Clause 32 (a) as drafted will bring problems and should not pass. It says that a person commits an offence if he publishes any false or scandalous libel on a county assembly, its committees or its proceedings. That will be tantamount to gagging the media. That does not belong here. The media is at a stage in this country where they are doing a good job. There is already an Act which the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) went to court on about personal defamation and libel. We need to leave ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have been sitting in the Powers and Privileges Committee in the last few days. We will make stringent recommendations like it happens in England. There is a case we have looked at. We will still look at it further like it happens in Germany. In Germany, if you do anything like what is in our Standing Order No. 111, which was used against Hon. Wandayi, they fine you not less than $1,000 and you lose other privileges. In our case, we have recommended one or two months’ salary loss if do you do some things. view