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• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I seriously need some clarification on the Order Paper and the Order before the House. On this Order Paper, there are Committee recommendations. What we have here is not just the President’s Memorandum but also the Committee amendments. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Just for clarity, what are we considering? view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, and that is precisely where my concerns are. I have looked at the Committee recommendations and I know it is in the eyes and the views of the Speaker, if they negate. The reason I am raising this issue is because it is routine now that every Bill that we pass in this House, the Executive, if they do not like even a signature or dot, they return it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are setting a very dangerous precedent in this House. The substantive Speaker can do us a favour by sitting here to guide us because the ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, that is true, but because we are raising the issue so that we can inform ourselves for posterity. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: First of all, it is not clear whether what we are deleting is the proposal moved by Hon. Duale or that moved by Hon. Langat. Can we be guided? view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support Hon. Langat. Let me say this: What is happening before this House is an illegality. You are saying that the Speaker has recommended that the amendment moved by Hon. Langat requires a two-thirds threshold to be passed. You cannot give us a Supplementary Order Paper at 2.00 p.m. and you have not informed my Whip or the other Whip to call Members here. Who are the two-thirds? Where will we get the two-thirds if Members are not whipped over a possibility of a two-thirds vote? Secondly, sometimes we rush things. I watched you on ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I will finish in one minute. Let me withdraw the part that seems to offend you personally. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: But I cannot withdraw the one for the Jubilee because it is true. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it would have been kind of you to also answer me on the Supplementary Order Paper that was brought when many Members were already sitting here. When you are talking about two-thirds majority, this is the sanctity of the law. The decision you have made--- view