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• 11 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: This is very important because when somebody tried to say that the media needed the permission of Committee Chairs to cover some proceedings of Committees, you made a ruling. I do not think it can be criminal one way, after you pronounced that we need not be making laws that offend freedom of speech and freedom of the media. We have compiled. If my friend, Maj- Gen. Nkaissery, needs to do what he is saying publicly he is doing, the public is watching. As a House, we must not support him. Both sides of this House must not support him ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rose on intervention because it seemed the Hon. Member who tabled the report was trying to debate his own report. I thought it was out of order. Nonetheless, I was also tickled when Hon. Kamanda was jittery in mentioning the word “corruption”. He tried to bring out the word “corruption” very many times and it was not coming out. He seems to be contradicting himself. In yesterday and today’s daily newspapers, he seems to take a very tribal angle with people who are condemning corruption. It is ironical that Hon. Kamanda can treat the nation ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. What a good debate this is. It reminds me of how Parliament used to be. The debate used to be sweet and all Members were relevant. Looking at the Bill, and listening to the contributions by my colleague Hon. Prof. Nyikal, this Bill is moving in the right direction. But it is not going far enough to do what our country needs. I want to plead with this House that this Bill must not be looked at as a Government Bill, but as a Kenyan Bill. ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as the Leader of the Minority Party, but I can do the Majority because I am going to be very soon. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, by thinking about this Bill, the Government has done its best, but this House must do better because we represent people. Anything that annoys our people when they seek medical services must be put in law, so that once and for all, we have a law that people fear. When nurses are absent in hospitals and workers are rude to patients who is to help our patients? We want to do a law as the people’s representatives. It is a requirement of the Constitution. I want to plead with this Committee that before we go to the Third ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I agree, but he may be a very good person. He does not have to be a doctor because it is about policy. He should propose policy and bring it here so that Dr. Eseli can say that he has thought like a banker, but this is a good policy. You cannot say that you create many jobs in the counties and there is somebody who has a Masters degree. That is also not good policy. The people that are employed at the county or suggestion of people to be employed by the county cannot be policy. We are expanding ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, having said all that, I support this Bill. We will bring some amendments. I thank you. 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 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Just tell my colleague to relax. I am not interrupting in a bad way. I would want him to explain to the House. He is a Member of the Committee and so, he needs to seduce us to support their proposal. He should then be kind enough to explain to the House what Clause 24 of the Bill means. Maybe, my understanding is different, but I am not a propagandist. view
• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Just to support you on that Hon. Speaker, sometimes, people do not know or ignore what the powers and duties of Parliament are. This is unfortunate under our new Constitution, but I am sure they are well advised. Hon. Speaker, on the Order Paper before the House, there is the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party. I have in my possession a letter from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Information, Communication and Technology. I have looked at the amendments and a lot of them look unconstitutional. They require some consultations within the Executive ... view