John Kipsang Koech

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 21 to 30 of 41.

• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that, according to our practice - that is the Executive, once the Cabinet has ratified international treaties, they become binding. That is the position even with this treaty. According to the Vienna Convention, a treaty is considered ratified or amended when the Head of State or the Minister for Foreign Affairs of a country has signed the instruments and May 16, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1369 deposited the same with the relevant bodies such as the EAC. What has been done so far is legal. Let us be very clear. Let us not ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to hon. Members to be honest to Kenyans--- view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Gazette Notice was given by the Attorney-General. Naturally, it has to come to Parliament. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: All gazette notices are laid before this House. I definitely believe that this was laid before the House. Once this is done, everything is finalised. Hon. Members, let us not argue to make political mileage. Let us be honest. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not finished. Could you, please, protect me from Mr. Kajwang? view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to request hon. Members to be honest when giving information to the public. What I had said earlier is obvious. I want to--- view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, they are eating into my time. I have not even spoken. I have said the truth and it is bitter. That is why they are standing on their feet! view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to urge hon. Members to say the truth always, so that Kenyans can believe in us. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: I am a very honest man. I do not lie at all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have read the treaty. I believe it is very clear. When we talk about partner States, it means the government of the country. I have talked with hon. Members of Parliament from Uganda and Tanzania. They talk about ratification by Parliament because their parliaments have to ratify all international treaties. That is their tradition. We cannot argue about that because it is the way they do it. May 16, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1371 When dealing with these amendments, it took a little ... view