Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1491 to 1500 of 1730.

• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Report that I have, which is the Report that most hon. Members have, does not have the minutes. So, we have no evidence that the recommendations contained in this Report actually took place in the meetings of the Committee. Certainly, persons could easily have come up with them. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly, our Standing Orders also talk of signing of the minutes. The minutes that are appended to this Report are not signed. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have a Constitution and we all took an oath to protect it. I want to read Section 17(1) of the Constitution. I will read it again and again. It says, “There shall be a Cabinet consisting of the President, the Vice-President and other Ministers.” Subsection 3 says, “The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to the National Assembly for all things done by or under the authority of the President---” view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker for that protection. I will read Subsection 3 again for them to hear. The Section reads in part that, view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologize for that. I only did it because, as senior as he is, he thought that it is important to use it. Having said that, I share the sentiments of hon. Ruto; that the purpose of this section in the Constitution is to ensure that Members of the Cabinet do not to bring their disagreements to the Floor of the House. They need to come here with one voice. In the event that they do not agree with the goings on in the Cabinet, you have a very soft option: Resign and come ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion by way of amendment. I beg to move that the Motion be amended:- By inserting the following words after the expressions “8th September, 2009”, “subject to deletion of Paragraph (b) of the recommendations on Page 11 of the Report.” view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many of the things that I would have wanted to say have been said. Many of the reasons that I would have adduced for that have already been said by my colleagues who have opposed this Motion. I want to just mention one or two things. Section 23 of the Constitution says that the Executive authority of the Government of Kenya shall vest in the President. In my opinion, the action that has been taken is in exercise of Executive power and not legislative power. Secondly, as was mentioned a little bit earlier by hon. M. ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that clarification. I followed that route. I was saying we cannot undo what the Gazette Notice did. That can only be done as provided for in Schedule 1 of the Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. Section 5 provides that a tribunal must be appointed for the reasons listed thereon. view