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• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I get very worried when I am mentally uncomfortable with a law that is about to be passed by this House. I am scared that we are about to pass regulations which may mud an already muddied field in this election period. Hon. Speaker, the matter is before us. You gave us time to read but the people you were giving time to read actually do not have their minds here. This is because many of these people could be very well on their way out next Thursday. So, it is normal but the country must ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: I thought that this Committee would have, at least, recommended, them being part of this House, that we deal with these issues after the party primaries in May. When we come back on 8th May, 2017 we will still have eight months to go. If you look at what happened in the last elections, you will find that we passed these regulations like a month to the election. In the last Parliament, we were fewer than the Members in this House today. However, the proposals from the IEBC would have barred nearly 90 per cent of this House from contesting ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: window for this debate so that we can come back with proper amendments. There are people in this House who are experienced. They have seen how bad regulations make electioneering very messy. Hon. Speaker, the members of the Committee are not even here. It is only the Chairman who is present. Some of the things we want to address here are those which make even the State know that it cannot imagine laws. Some of the political parties are asking members to get a certificate of good conduct. I know of a member who tried getting the certificate of good ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: I hope the Chairman can agree with us that we should debate and postpone passing of these regulations until when we come back from recess. If you allow me just a second, in this country there has been a lot of noise because during the last elections, we said people who are interested in contesting for Presidency should not contest for any other seat. We have seasoned politicians out there. We were led well by former President Kibaki while he was still the Member for Othaya. You saw the clamour of having MPs to resign for people who were outside. ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to make brief comments as I support. Generally, I do not like opposing the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee because he is my good friend. He is a man I have admired for many years. However, it cannot go without comment when the Whip of the Jubilee Coalition talks about so many things that the Jubilee Coalition is going to do with this Budget. Is it not too late to make promises you cannot keep, including saying that you want to improve prison services, like my friend, Hon. Gikaria, ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: He has just walked in. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. People have to get bonga points now because the ground is shaky for many of us, including myself. However, I am an old guard. I am not looking for bonga points. On what Hon. Irea has said, all we are saying is that you cannot promise populist things that you cannot implement. Not so long ago, there was the usual rhetoric about putting one million acres of land under irrigation by this time. You now hear that the Government is about to import maize from Brazil. From this Budget, we are going to import maize from ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: contained in my Bill. Where on earth do people get taxed 50 per cent? I saw the CS for Sports, Culture and the Arts, Mr. Wario, speak in Murang’a yesterday. The media gave him so much coverage. Even today’s Daily Nation has a story about him. He said that the 50 per cent tax on gross betting collections will be given to his Ministry to promote sporting activities. I became very curious because some officials of his Ministry were recently taken to court for embezzling funds which were meant for the national Olympic team. He was there, saying that the ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: there is money going to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and yet Kenyans are dying in Baringo and northern parts of this country which are dry. Why can we not put our monies where we need them? When there is drought, even God expects us to take care of the people who are disenfranchised. Lastly, the IEBC is being given a lot of money and we support that. I saw Mr. Chebukati talking carelessly not knowing that, that is what sent the former Commission home. Fortunately, somebody is trying to sort out the Chickengate scandal. We must have free, fair ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, that is my job. My job is to attack you people. You are a dysfunctional Government. I have no other role. The road sector has been given only Kshs50 billion and yet they keep telling us in rallies that they are doing 7,000 kilometres of road. The other day, Baba said that the Government talks of 7,000 kilometres of road like it is from here to Rome. So, if you put it in your mind, you can see that somebody thinks that the Kenyan electorate is asleep, silly and stupid. I hope Kenyans know that this trend is off-track ... view