31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this Motion contains information which affects this nation in a most profound way, as it puts its great focus into world focus, and I dare add the leadership of this nation at its very highest level in the national Government, county governments, the National Assembly, the Senate and our independent institutions of governance. Article 132(1)(c) of the Constitution mandates the President once in every year to report in address to the nation all the measures taken and the progress achieved in the realisation of our national values. The same Constitution, Article 132(2)(c)(ii), mandates the President to publish in ...
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31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Article 254(1) says that as soon as practicable, after the end of each financial year each commission and each holder of an independent office shall submit a report to the President and to Parliament. I agree that what the President did is good. He should tell the country who are corrupt and who are not, but the mandate of making the report to Parliament is vested in the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission. I have not seen compliance with Article 254. I wanted to know whether they have submitted any report to Parliament as an independent institution.
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31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
To finish my point of order, every report that is required from a commission or holder of an independent office under this Article shall be published and publicised under Article 254(3). I do not think anybody has complied with that Article. Article 254 says that you must publish and publicise it. Article 35 also says that you must publish and publicise it. So, we cannot debate a Motion which is not in concurrence with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya.
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31 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I request your ruling and indulgence as to whether the Motion that the Leader of the Majority Party is about to move is in line with the great Constitution of this Republic.
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24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker----
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24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I would like to say that if you have been keenly following the happenings in the news in this country for the last two, three or so weeks, there have been a lot of issues with Parliament. This Parliament has been described as a House of shame and as a House of people who are hopeless and people who do not know what they want to do. It has been said in all the news channels that you watch at night. It ...
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24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
It is a high time we came up with a strategy as a House to redeem the future of this Parliament in this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker---
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24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you look at the history of this country, I do not think there has been a lower moment than it is today since Independence. We have to come up with a collective responsibility on how we can redefine how Parliament conducts its business going forward. We have been accused. We have lost the trust Kenyans had in us, to be honest with each other. People of this country are talking badly 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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24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
about us. It is very difficult nowadays to introduce yourself as an hon. Member in any function. You feel ashamed of what is going around in this country. It is high time we came back to our senses. It is high time we talked to each other. It is high time we reasoned together. It is high time we looked at the future of this country. Parliament is one of the greatest institutions in this country that people look up to for them to get solutions to problems that this country is facing. When people lose faith in the institution ...
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