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• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Supplementary Estimates but first, I would like to say that we should not take our raising of questions of procedure to mean opposition. Nothing of substance was before us. So, we support. I support the sentiments of my brother, Ababu, that you must revive Mumias Sugar Company because it is the only thing that people there look up to. At the same time, I want to support him for mentioning Muhoroni and Chemelil sugar companies, so that when we say that we are an agricultural country, our actions and talk is ... view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: There is money for fisheries in the Supplementary Budget. We want to tell the National Treasury that we want to see the monies allocated towards that end in the fishing areas. If it is for farming, let it be used in those areas. We have a tendency of appropriating money which never reaches the ground. It is good to talk about this here. Let me talk about the Mumias Sugar Company issue--- view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is true that if there is corruption, we cannot condone it but it is cheap and out of order for one to go hauling people’s names while there are agencies charged with investigating corruption in this country. We are trivializing our institutions. There is the “list of shame” that was brought to this House. What has happened with that list, in terms of fighting corruption? We now have people charged in court with charges like “obstruction of justice”. We give these people billions of shillings. Instead of asking them to account for those ... view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am sorry I did not carry my card along with me. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the mater raised by Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo is grave. This is the first Parliament under this Constitution. Parliament is run on precedents and we have dealt with presidential rejections, assents or vetoes before. This is my third term and it is the first time I am seeing something very strange, and which I believe is very unconstitutional. It is taking culture and root in our most powerful law-making body. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the law under Article 94 is clear that ... view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, a notation cannot be a suggestion of amendment. But only this House, as read by Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, can amend or reject. If in its wisdom they want to reject the notation, then it means the original position in the Bill stays. That original position in the Bill will then mean the Bill is passed as it is and the House will have to be constituted by having, at least, two-thirds majority of Members. We want to move forward without having confrontations every time the Executive is not happy with something. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, I want this House to consider a scenario where a good Bill is brought before this House and the President rejects it and goes ahead to bring a draconian Bill. That is the window we are opening. A President can look at a Bill passed by this House, but then decides to bring something draconian knowing this House must master two-thirds majority to pass. The window we are opening is dangerous and we must, as a nation, put our differences aside and follow matters of law as per the intention of the law. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: 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
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, some issues that may come before us are not necessarily partisan. You must also consider a scenario of one day having the possibility of having a president who does not control a majority in Parliament. For those scenarios and all these things, we must and you must help us because the intention of our law is not to hurt our people. It is to protect our people. This Parliament has Members who are paid by taxpayers’ money to protect this document; that is all of us, to the last person. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: It is not Article 155. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Motion. It is not a small matter that the national Government seeks a Supplementary Budget to spend over the weekend. Money is to be released from the National Treasury. Who knows, the money may have already been released. If you look at what they are asking, you will find that the Fisheries Department should get Ksh650 million to spend in three days. What are we going to do? Are we going to get back Migingo? This is not a matter we can support. Yesterday, we were here and issues ... view