8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Those people came to the office as an after-thought. When many politicians lost elections as governors and Members of Parliament, is when the Government thought of where they could fix them. They said: “These people can help CSs run some errands.” I do not know whether they will be required now when they appear before Parliament to have letters written by CSs. The CSs should write them a letter. They should come with a letter where the CSs expressly says - even though he cannot delegate his powers - that they will hold brief for him. They should write: “I ...
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
We should not vilify them so much because we might find ourselves in that situation. As we sit here, we are all potential CASs. So, we should not vilify them so much. The President is allowed to create offices administratively. In his own wisdom, when he saw some of the people who lost elections, he created those positions. It was a desperate The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
situation. Some of them could not even afford to put food on the table. He then realised that he should fix them somewhere so that they can survive and deal with their family issues. We should not impute improper motives on people who are not in the House. I request Hon. Ichung’wah to substantiate where Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Shebesh had….
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Lastly, let us come up with a law by amending the Constitution or enact an Act of Parliament to give the CASs some teeth or accommodate them because some of them do a good job. They represent CSs in many meetings, including in Parliament. The majority of them are politicians. I have not seen a CAS who has been picked from outside politics. All of them are politicians who lost in the last general elections. I urge the Members of this House to be lenient with them. Please, let us be lenient with them. When they appear before the House, ...
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8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order.
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1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the matter is very simple. This is a House of rules and procedures, as the Member alluded to. The question we are asking ourselves is: Is this Motion placed before the House in a proper manner? The answer is yes. Did you approve an amendment to the Report that has been placed here? The answer is yes. The next thing is to put the Question to determine whether the Report can be amended or not. At this point in time, we have not reached the level of debate where to adduce new evidence or not. Hon. Speaker, I ...
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24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to support the “petition”.
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24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
I support the Statement. I am very unhappy because the SGR has not reached Kisumu. If it had reached Kisumu, I would have supported it. We must accept as a country that SGR is something that has happened. It has come. So, people must look for ways and means to diversify the way they were doing things. If you expect that the SGR will not be there, then you are living in the old days. Many people have lost jobs because of robots that are doing the work of many people in the world. We must come up with a ...
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24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I said “No”.
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