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• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is actually a very healthy talk because it is about our health. Let me declare that I have never been to those benchmarking things although I think it is good for Members. This is an interesting thing to me because I put myself in this Catering and Health Club Committee, and because I love the welfare of people, particularly welfare of my colleagues. This Catering and Health Club Committee has issues. A few years ago, no Member wanted to sit in it. In fact there was a Member in the old Chamber who was from ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The Catering and Health Club Committee is not about cooking. Members do not cook. This is an oversight Committee and I will tell you what it is supposed to oversee. I am the one who proposed that you combine Health Club and Catering Committee so that it becomes attractive to Members. It is a very enjoyable Committee. Even the food is very enjoyable if you get the privilege to taste it. When we make the rules, these Members start blaming the Catering and Health Club Committee through their leader, the Leader of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: the Majority Party who has asked you to do something. I want you to do something today in this House. We are 349 Members in this House. We are too many to eat in any restaurant. We told Members to keep their visitors away. There is no cooking that can cater for 400 Members and their guests on a daily basis. When you go to eat in the Members restaurant, you find a Member with half of his constituency sitting there which is against the rules. The Sergeant-at-Arms cannot touch them. We have even appealed to the Clerk. When we ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: They are orange but not Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) supporters. Who are these people around Parliament because even the uniformed policemen are now saying they are on a go-slow because somebody has brought people to oversee security without consulting them, yet they are armed. As the Chairman of PSC you need to sort 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
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: out this chaos. To whoever has brought them, we did not ask for extra security. If it is the PSC, we will talk about it substantively in February. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Members need to be advised. This is a very bad proposal. Sometimes you may think you are controlling the committee, but the avenue that it opens is the avenue that will send you home. They will control the people that they will appoint. That is how corruption sends people home. Let the people in the villages elect themselves and then you get the credit. We must oppose that amendment. view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I will be brief. I like your last communication because we seem to be dealing with too many issues. The amendment proposed in the Bill is the one we are opposing. As I understand it, Hon. Chepkong’a has moved an amendment and proposed a deletion. view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: That is exactly what I am saying. Because he has proposed deletion of some text and substitution therefor with some other text, a neater way would be to deal with that thing in totality. This is because we now seem to be deliberating on the issue raised by Hon. Wamunyinyi, which I agree with. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, would it not mean that we move to Hon. Chepkonga’s Bill? Whoever--- 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
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support Hon. Chepkonga’s version. He is deleting what is proposed in this Bill. It is wrong to--- view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Hon. Chepkonga's amendment is deleting what I think is entirely offensive in the proposal. In his substitution, he says that Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) may consult the Competition Authority. I agree with the argument by Hon. Wamalwa that the Competition Authority and the CAK are regulatory bodies. A balance must be struck. I think that balance is qualified by the word “may”. The Competition Authority deals with issues which may not necessarily delve into issues of communication. That leaves room for the CAK to act independently. As per that amendment, I support it. It takes ... view