John Olago Aluoch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I look forward to the day when Members of this House will cheer or object not on the basis of which side of the House one stands, but on the substance of what one says. I say so because I know that the issue raised by hon. Maanzo is weighty and serious. We should listen to one another without booing, whether we are popular or not popular. Fortunately or unfortunately, those very sharp views expounded by the speakers before me are from colleagues who in our profession are my hon. Juniors. So, I want to treat ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: We want to confine ourselves to this very serious issue. I am glad that at the end of this debate on the amendments, it will not be tyranny of numbers but your own wisdom that will guide the House. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Petitions are given a very special place in our Standing Orders. The Standing Orders that we have derive their authority from the Constitution, because petitions are very special. Part VIII of our Standing Orders confines itself totally to how petitions can be drawn and what can be done or not done with petitions. One of the issues that are very clear in the Standing Orders is that once a petition is presented to the House, it cannot be amended. The other thing that is very important, to which I want to draw the attention of the House, is what Members ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: “Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), a Member shall not be eligible to present a petition on his or her own behalf.” view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: What does that mean in relation to the amendment proposed by hon. Maanzo? If we are to accept it, what does it mean? Removal of holders of constitutional offices is 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
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: given another special place in the Standing Orders, so that if you are going to deal with a public petition that seeks to remove a member of a constitutional commission, then you must do certain things. At the end of the day, the House can only come to one conclusion. It is very clear that at the end of the consideration of the Petition, the House can only decide to remove or not to remove an officer from office. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you will notice from the body of the Report that the issue of Integrity Centre is very serious. In the body of the Report, we have been told that the issue of ownership is under investigations, as we speak. Does the House want to take over this investigation from the body authorised to do so? Do we have the right to take over the investigations, if they are ongoing? These are fundamental issues that we must deal with as we debate this issue. The very important thing that we must now do is to look at how we ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: As much as we are passionate about these matters, I beg that we deal with them procedurally, so that we get to the bottom of this serious issue. We cannot do so if we are going to lump them together with what has not been asked by the Petitioner. This House has no right to introduce something else to the Petition. I am not saying this to be cheered. I am saying this to be understood. We must find a way of getting to the bottom of the issues raised by hon. Maanzo. We cannot do it under this Petition ... view
• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to, with all humility and respect, to disagree and unequivocally say that the issue that hon. Nuh has raised--- view
• 31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Allow me to, with all humility and respect, disagree with you. The issue that has been raised by hon. Nuh is much more serious than just a question of interest. This is because the issue is basically how reports from independent commissions come to Parliament. How do they do so? It is important for us all to understand what Article 254 of the Constitution says. That is how reports are received by Parliament. Article 254 of the Constitution says:- “As soon as practicable, after the end of each financial year, each commission view