All parliamentary appearances
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, in the future, we may want to think about revisiting the role of the Senate. I think this was not very well handled, but the role of the Senate should be enhanced if the Senate is not in the Executive as it is going to be. There is some hesitance, official or otherwise, to try and make the Senate as weak as possible, and for the Senate to be disregarded. There is a time when we made a trip to France and they told us that on paper, the Senate in France is a much weaker ...
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Since the Government will sit in the National Assembly, the most effective way of putting it to account is by having a strong Senate. I think the position of Senators should be enhanced even as we deal with governments, officials and bureaucracies. That was not quite well done, but that is not to say that some vetting powers that were not there originally have not been placed before the Senate. Regarding the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, again, the role of Parliament has, to some extent, been compromised. It will make that body more accountable to the Executive rather than to ...
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I have just heard the distinguished Senator from Bungoma County talking about issues such as: How can you pass something that you have declared to be unconstitutional? With respect, I think it is predicated on not the correct understanding. For example, if I was amending an ordinary legislation, if there are provisions that are unconstitutional, then normally, even without approving that Bill or bringing it to the Floor for discussion, you would say without the Constitution, you would not be able to prosecute that Bill because on the face of it, it is unconstitutional. However, where you ...
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
amend some, but the people can amend anything. So long as there is an amendment to the Constitution by the people, we really cannot stop them.
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, if you remember, I was talking about the foundational values: That the only recourse that we have, and there are certain cases in India that when you amend and you are moving out from the basic structure of the Constitution, then the courts can stop you. However, we do not have similar jurisdiction and jurisprudence in Kenya. I must say that whereas I sympathise with Sen. Wetangula, but you will find that in many those parts of the Report, the experts were saying if you amend this provision, it will be unconstitutional because if the provisions remain ...
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28 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Therefore, I beg to disagree a little bit. In South Africa, they had this process when they had the constitutional assembly where it was not just Parliament. After amending, the amendment would be taken to the constitutional court to determine whether the amendment as a Parliament or a constituent assembly complies with the foundational values and the basic concepts of the Constitution. Unfortunately, in Kenya, we do not have this. If you read the experts’ report, where there was something unconstitutional, they said it. However, they said if you amend it, then you are constitutionalising it. That is in the ...
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13 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Hon. Speaker, it is my pleasure and privilege to introduce to you and the Senate, the Senator-Elect for Garissa County, Haji Abdulkadir Mohamed, of the Jubilee Party.
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13 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am extremely humbled by the fact that I was nominated by the Senator-Elect and his family to introduce him to you and the Senate. Many Members here do not know but probably Sen. Fatuma Dullo knows that my relationship with the father of Sen. Haji Mohamed was deep and was for a long period of time. There were many times I was in a difficult position and I would run to him for consultations and advice. That went on for many years even before he came to Parliament when he was still in the ...
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13 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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