20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 256(1), this House resolves to exempt the business appearing in today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order 40(3), being a Wednesday Morning, a day allocated for Business not sponsored by the Majority or 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.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Minority Party or a Member belonging to the Majority or Minority Party or Business sponsored by a Committee. This Procedural Motion arises from the fact that we have very few days. Our Parliamentary Calendar is now public and is no longer an issue of anticipating debate. We are supposed to go for the long recess on 5th December. If you count the Parliamentary days from today, they are about ten working days. About 12 Bills are pending after being approved by the House Business Committee. Some of these Bills have constitutional timelines and have to be passed before we go ...
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. With your permission I am rising to move an amendment that the Motion be adopted, subject to the following amendment by:-
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(i) inserting the following words after the figure 2013, “Subject to deletion of recommendation under paragraph 5.0 on page 15 of the Report”. (ii) by deleting the word “reject” and replacing it with the words “approves”. The reason why I am moving this amendment is because of what the Committee has recommended; when you read the whole report, one of the Committee’s recommendations and observations is that Mr. Mututho has extensive experience in public service and possesses the requisite qualifications for appointment as Chairman of the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA). He displays the ...
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(a) to be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved, and
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(b) to be informed of the charge, with sufficient detail to answer it; That is the Constitution on fair hearing. I want to say that the Committee might have violated the constitutional rights of Mr. Mutotho by presuming he is guilty yet he has not been proved guilty.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Finally, I back my amendment with the following: If you go to the final case, you will hear that Mututho--- I have had the benefit of being with Mututho in the last Parliament. Just read the note that he one of the most vocal hon. Members in the 10th Parliament; he attended 100 per cent whenever Parliament was in session and he was in the country. Overall, he was rated 4th best in the 10th Parliament, and first among the first term hon. Members of Parliament.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, some of the laws that hon. Mututho sponsored--- If you look at one of these reports--- Just look at the one where Parliament of Kenya put the research done by hon. Mututho at Kshs3.5 million while hon. Mututho put it at Kshs8.6 million. That is really determination. I would wish to ask my colleagues to support this amendment and approve the appointment of the hon. Mututho.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
With the Chair’s permission, I kindly request hon. Chris Wakhungu to second amendment.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Wildlife Conservation and Management Bill, National Assembly Bill No.21 of 2013 be now read a Second Time. Very quickly, I want to say that the goal of this Bill is to create an enabling environment for the conservation in perpetuity for Kenya’s rich diversity of species, habitants and ecosystems for the wellbeing of the people of Kenya. Kenya is rich in natural resources comprising of wildlife richness and ecosystem diversity. In that regard, Kenya is categorized as a mega biodiversity country. It has very many protected areas and wetlands that ...
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