Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just pleading with Hon. Members to stay on a bit longer, so that we can have quorum to pass this Motion because today is the deadline. For that reason, I am going to be very brief. I will begin with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I believe now as I believed then, that it is unconstitutional. Given the business you have directed us to on Order No.13, it will be a good time to talk about those issues. This House has to do something this year. I thought the Executive and Treasury would have done ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am so grateful to God to have ended the assumed power of Anne Waiguru because she is the source of these problems. She was giving these things as favours to these people. I am told even those vehicles have not been paid for since she left. I said here two weeks ago that I heard a lawyer reason on radio. He said something which I thought a poor country like Kenya can adopt. If you want the girl-child to catch up and break glass ceilings, create special schools, bursaries and let people compete equally. This morning I was watching ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, NYS Kazi kwa Vijana (KKV) Project is very good because many Kenyans are jobless. But those functions belong to counties and city management boards. They do not belong to the national Government. No wonder somebody was saying very casually that you cannot keep that money in a bank because you need it every day. Who keeps Kshs80 million or Kshs200 million in their house unless somebody is going crazy? I am shocked that when Bruce Odhiambo of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund appeared before Parliament two days ago, he admitted to having broken the law. In other countries, ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This House must not again fund those two institutions unless we come up with a proper youth employment policy. The CDF is working. There is a structure. Why can we not channel this money through the CDF? view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Why are we picking people from the streets and making them managers? These people are from the streets. I support, Hon. Speaker. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second and support. I want to agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that there is no reason for Members of Parliament in Kenya to have problems when they are in South Africa. We give these people very cordial treatment. At the weekend, a South African beat up a Kenyan policewoman; a pilot whose credentials are even being questioned. We want to plead. When Tanzanians go to South Africa, they do not even require visas and we are from East Africa. South Africa seems to have a bone to pick with Kenyans. ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know better. I have been here as long as generally you have been or maybe you have been here a bit longer. Because Hon. Kipchumba’s name is in this Motion, these are the people of discussion. I will never bring in the case of Duale, Kipchumba Murkomen and National Youth Service (NYS). I will not. I am the leader of CORD in the absence of Nyenze. For a long time, we have been treated as being unfair to the Government by the country and Waiguru as a saint and a witness who is just a whistle-blower. The ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if I have offended my friend, in the last Parliament, I was her Chief Whip and she spent all the five years in South Africa. So, she has not learnt these procedures. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Sen. Kipchumba is relevant because he is in the substantive Motion. That is why I have not called the other one who is sitting across me. I am not mentioning names. Sen. Kipchumba is my friend. On Monday, I met him in the corridors of Parliament. I asked him: “My brother, is it not time you just apologised to Raila Odinga? Please just apologise. It does not make you a lesser man”. The following day, the bombshell was dropped. I cannot debate the bombshell because it is sub judice . Now that he is back here, I support him in ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Look at my side, Hon. Speaker. I second this Motion. Thank you. view