Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not imputed any improper motive. Somebody is trying to impute it for me. All I have said is that many of us, having been investigated – the list was tabled here and nobody is disputing that fact – are interested parties in this matter; why is it that we are in a hurry to make a decision on it without giving the courts the first opportunity to play the role that the they were established for – interpretation of the law? We are trying, as Parliament, to assume and usurp all the powers that ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Not at all, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a fairly informed man on these issues. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I was saying that it is all very well for the two Committees of the House to sit down and make a report for Parliament. Parliament is playing its oversight role of scrutinizing the actions of the Executive. It is all very well for the two Committees to compile reports and bring them to the House for debate. It is all very well for the two Committees to say that the Executive erred. That is in order because it is our role as an oversight body to question actions and behaviour of the Executive. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: When we purport to take over the responsibilities of the Executive by trying to imagine that we can annul a Gazette Notice which can only be challenged in the courts because they have the instruments of annulling them, we are overreaching, as a House. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Ruto seems to be even supporting what I am saying that we do not have the powers of annulment of a Gazette Notice. We can recommend. We can make a decision and say we are not happy with particular actions of the Executive. To purport that we can actually annul a Gazette Notice as a House when we are not a court of law, is where we are overreaching ourselves. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you Mrs. Kilimo, I have already acknowledged that Ms. Karua and my friend and classmate Mr. Mungatana were able to take that step of faith and resign. I would like to see some of my seniors here taking that step instead of challenging the law all the time and trying to trash the law whenever it does not suit them. Whenever the law does not suit them, it will be challenged. The principle of collective responsibility will be thrown out through the window as trash as long as it does not serve their interests. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I ... view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: It is even bigger than this Parliament! view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose the amendment for two key reasons. This House should never act in vain. What the Mover of the Motion is asking is for us to refer a report prepared by a technical taskforce that had the opportunity to go to the ground to investigate facts and make a report. The Committee will not have time because we are being asked for seven days, to verify the facts that are already investigated by this taskforce. So, the House will, therefore, be wasting time if it refers this matter to a Committee because it is ... view