Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the extension, but with a very heavy heart. I support it because that particular Board would be leaving a messy and unclean house. It is important for us to reflect on the thinking of the drafters of our Constitution in terms of the establishment of those vetting boards. I do not believe that what we are being treated to was the intention of our Constitution. I do not believe that vetting was supposed to victimise Kenyans. I believe that the new Constitution was supposed to give all and sundry a new ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: change our country. The youth who are now the majority seem to be inculcating in their minds that this is the right way to do things. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The National Land Commission (NLC) is very interesting. There was so much acrimony between the Chairman of NLC and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of Land, Housing and Urban Development. A meeting was held between the two and peace was made. The Pandora’s box has been opened. The commissioners have become political. They are grabbing land and overseeing the pilferage of land in this country. I had occasion to look at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) land acquisition programme. It is dirty. We are waiting for the Departmental Committee on Lands to table a report that tells Kenyans how Kshs25 billion ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Lastly, there is a lot of talk directed towards the members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and one Hon. Member mentioned Tom Ojienda. We should talk about the mess in the Judiciary. We need to revise the Constitution in a way that we do not keep on victimising Kenyans. There is nothing wrong with being a lawyer and doing your work, but there is everything wrong with Parliament keeping and leaving loopholes for people to make money unfairly. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this chief is the one who pressed my button. I forgive him because it is Easter. I want to thank you for allowing us to speak. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I raised this issue last and Members from the Coast Province and marginalised parts of this country said they had an interest. According to the Order Paper, the Third Reading of the Health Bill should have followed and that is why I was hanging around because I want to give Kenyans some proper free health care with amendments on that Bill. Now that we are here, we would be protecting ourselves from being accused of sneaking in the issue of land. As I speak, there are sporadic land chaos. It will be fair to indulge us ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Bill. I would like to first of all thank Hon. Duale for attempting to bring back debate on this very weighty issue because it had been pushed to the back burner. I love being consistent. This Bill does not have my vote. In the same strength, I support the two-thirds gender rule. I believe in it and I will always support it. I will feel very bad if I support a Bill that makes the membership of this Parliament indefinite and unpredictable in a country whose citizens struggle to ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We have agreed to look at the socio-economic audit report. Having seen the draft, I know for a fact this is one of the issues raised in the report. It would be nice to deal with this issue in a more responsible manner. We cannot just have a certain number of Members of Parliament because we want to meet some principle without looking at how much it is going to cost us. A lot of the things in the current Constitution were conceived by activists and people in the civil society. We are now paying for it. Somebody must be ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I will not withdraw. There are too many politicians in our country who are busybodies. They are not necessarily women. Even in this House. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: It will not help you. If you keep yelling, I will yell louder than you. view