Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We will have no choice, but to tell our people that, as a people, we will not be the first ones to fight for our own liberation. It is so bad to be colonised especially by a neighbour who cannot even conduct elections in his own country. If you read the newspapers today, you will see the kind of war and killing going on in Uganda. Is the issue of Migingo Island meant to divert attention or is somebody preparing Uganda to interfere in the upcoming elections in Kenya? The Government must act. It must do something or the consequences ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, even though we were laughing and giggling when those unknown political parties were being mentioned, it is just a matter of curiosity to remark, note or even question how the Auditor-General knows where those people are. I have talked to Members from the Jubilee Coalition-dominated zones and from the CORD-dominated zones. The law requires a political party to have offices in, at least, 24 counties. Nobody from either side of the House has heard of those political parties, and we keep on talking about them. I am tempted to suggest that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want you to protect me from the Leader of the Majority Party. I do not have a loan. I hate Kenyan banks. I hate to be exploited. I believe they are exploiters and plunderers. So, I have no reason to have a loan. I have been on this issue for over 10 years. Let me thank Hon. Jude Njomo for listening to the cries of our people. As he has said, of the 10 most successful private companies in the country, seven of them are banks. How timely could this Bill be? Yesterday, I saw ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Let me withdraw that. The saviour of the mwananchi--- 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
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I have withdrawn that. I am not like some of you. When I make a mistake, I accept. The savior the common person is looking up to, to save him or her from plundering banks, is Parliament. I have been on this issue for over 10 years and every time we come close to taming the banks, the cartels usually infiltrate Members of Parliament. Now the interests have converged. We want to see who is not on the side of Kenyans. We are not trying to punish the banks. We are only telling them to stop stealing from our people ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: and the Donde Act, which was carefully implemented by the former Minister for Finance, Hon. David Mwiraria. This is the only country where the law says that you cannot charge interest which is greater than the loan that somebody borrowed. You get somebody borrowing Kshs1 million and the bill that is sent to them is Kshs7 million and yet, the law says otherwise. Somebody is rogue in the system. Some of us reason that we are trying to control the markets. We are only saying that it should be pegged around the Central Bank Reference Rate. Hon. Njomo said that ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: people. We must put in place a law for that purpose. If they have read this Bill, by Wednesday next week, it will have much harsher penalties. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am talking about the banks. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we always differ on so many things but on this one, we generally agree because something must happen. We must give our people hope. The banks are not working in this country. The Government has put aside money for the society to access, particularly the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. The plunderers are telling Kenyans that they authorised payments. I saw Mr. Bruce Odhiambo telling Kenyans that he authorised payment of Kshs180 million without the board’s approval. If he did this anywhere else on earth, he would have been hanged. He is a crooked guy whom Jubilee ... view