Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to oppose hon. Kimunya’s amendment. This is the Kenya National Assembly (KNA) and it is an elected House. The Senate is also an elected House. So, we are trying to set up a system that is relying largely on academic qualifications and yet the people of Kenya are supposed to elect their representatives to this House. The people with degrees in Kenya are less than 200,000 people. Now, you want to limit. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I was saying the people with degrees in this country are a minority and it is the majority of Kenyans who have a right to elect their representatives. When you limit them to only an elite in this country, what you are creating is not a democracy but it is a dictatorship. Form Four education is sufficient education to be able to open up how you have to debate, understand issues properly and to be able to be an effective Member of this House. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, we have seen people who have no formal education and who have been great leaders in the world – people who even dropped out of school but who have the intellect and who were able to educate themselves to become great leaders. Winston Churchill who was one of the greatest Prime Ministers of Britain did not attend formal school. So, if we have to amend this, we need to include also self-education where people educate themselves and are able to sufficiently debate. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: I oppose. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I also oppose the amendment and I plead with my brother, Linturi to withdraw it. These are complex matters that should really be left to the judge who can make a decision on the basis of the application by the prosecutor. So for us to give a timeline is really trying to tie the hands of the court. We may commit injustice by trying to give time limits when sometimes certain investigations and evidence can take many years before the evidence comes out and justice may not be done. So in this case, I oppose the ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I am wondering what we are discussing. If the amendment has already been withdrawn, what is the Member amending? view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support this amendment for one very key reason. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: The Bill of Rights ranks at the top in the hierarchy of norms in our constitutional make up. A cardinal principle in the Bill of Rights is freedom of association. When you are restricting enjoyment of a fundamental freedom, you have to be extremely careful. When you tell people that if you have disagreed with your party or you no longer share your ideology with that part, you cannot move out, is unreasonably restricting your freedom of association, which is a fundamental principle in the Constitution. Especially in a country where parties are really shades, and not real parties, and ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment only gives hon. Members the convenience that the law gave to Martha Karua to be fowarded to PNU and forward herself back to NARC-(Kenya). So, I do not see anything wrong with it. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I agree with your ruling and directives on what hon. Martha Karua needs to do, it is extremely unfair when you have made such a ruling for her to stand up again and make generalized accusations that are intended to injure the reputations of hon. Members of this House. view