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• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I did not want to disparage my colleagues in public, but it has been admitted and you gave direction that before we talk about ourselves here, it would have been better to talk about these issues in a Kamukunji. Corruption is corruption. We cannot be talking about the Eurobond and not talking about corruption in here. We cannot be talking about the National Youth Service (NYS) and there is corruption in the House. I reject the list. Hon. Members, I plead with you. Going into an election year, I can tell you that the sky will be the limit for ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I thank you Hon. Speaker. What Hon. Duale has done is in parliamentary parlance called “filibustering”. He is trying to deny Members a chance to debate. Last year, we deliberated here and I still have a chance to pull the HANSARD and the copies of the Budget where this Committee allocated themselves Kshs3 billion for public hearing. That money was disguised to go to their constituencies. If Hon. Duale wants to have selective memory; he supported me then. I will prove to him tomorrow, which is the next day’s sitting, with the HANSARD. You are on the HANSARD. I will ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I profoundly apologise since I am the more civilised of the two. I profusely apologise. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The evidence Hon. Duale is asking me to produce is even with the former Budget and Appropriations Committee itself. As it is, there is no Budget and Appropriations Committee. We will still have to approve the Members whose names have been mentioned to become members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. As we speak, there is no Budget and Appropriations Committee. So, there is no point denying Members a chance to debate the credibility of members. This House approves the members. The meaning of “approve” is that we must check your integrity and credibility. We do not have confidence in ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, he further said that I had said--- Listening is a virtue. I said that my intention was to make the Budget and Appropriations Committee a committee of 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
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: chairmen of Departmental Committees, but not all committees. That gives you about 12 or 13 members. I was saying so because of what is happening today. When the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade tried to recommend amendments to the Finance Bill, the Budget and Appropriations Committee rejected those recommendations. Why does that kind of thing happen? What is the mandate of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade? We know that these are committees of the House, and are provided for in Standing Orders. However, we are saying that there is something which is not functionally correct. ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me say that I am a member of the Vetting Committee and I approved the decision of the Committee to allow the nominees to assume public office. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is only to say that yesterday, we were to append our signatures by reading the reports that were to come here. I must complain that there was a Kamukunji that was called yesterday without both sides of the House being consulted. We muted the idea of the view