6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to contribute to this Bill and state that I fully support it. It is worth noting that many Members have contributed. It has been a very robust debate and Members have given their views. This is a House of debate and this Bill has proved to be a Bill that interests…
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I hope I will get back my minutes.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this Bill is very important as I had earlier stated. Members have contributed to this Bill and have given their views. This is the best way to make a Constitution; allowing everyone to speak their mind on behalf of the Kenyans they represent. I have heard Members raise a few issues. Some have said that this Bill is clawing back on the gains that we have made in the 2010 Constitution. Some of the issues raised are abolishing the National Police Service and giving powers to the Inspector-General of Police. I want to jog the memory of this ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Today, the same Members are complaining after they have joined the other side of the divide. They knew that they were going to Canaan in Jubilee. Now that they have joined another wagon, they have forgotten that they are the ones who weakened the Inspector-General.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Another issue they have raised is the issue of vetting ministers. From 2013 when we came to this House under the new Constitution and your leadership, we have been vetting cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries. Tell me one PS or CS this House rejected? Even the one that 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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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
came without papers, we passed. You know who I am talking about. I do not want to mention names. He only came with a birth certificate.
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Let us not be people who forget what we have done. If vetting of PSs and ministers was helping this country, why are we complaining about the corruption malpractices that are happening now? We should have vetted the right people to go to the right offices. Let us not use avenues that have no value to mutilate the Constitution. People are talking about eroding the independence of the Judiciary. It is true that I am not a lawyer and I have not gone to a law school, but some of these problems that we are suffering from were created by ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The JSC can only discipline magistrates. Magistrates also make rulings like judges. You can only appeal their rulings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. In this country, the Executive is held to account through an election every five years. You elect the President who is the head of the Executive and if he does not run his Government well, you can throw him out. Members of the Legislature here are held accountable by the people through an election. If you do not perform according to what your constituents require, they will throw you ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We know the kind of problems this country has gone through from bad judgements by certain judges. Some of them have been sacked because of corruption. Let us not throw the baby with the bath water because of politics. Political issues will be sorted out politically, but issues that that are going to make this country economically, politically and socially stable must be looked at in a bipartisan manner and in a way that is led by wisdom. This country is bigger than all of us. Today you may think this Bill is supported by the ...
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6 May 2021 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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