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  • 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: (Inaudible) view
  • 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order! 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. view
  • 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Maize farmers have problems in this country and he is representing them. view
  • 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: He is claiming I am from Eastleigh when he knows I am from Suna East Constituency, Migori County. view
  • 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I am happy to come back from the recess. It was a bit long. I am grateful to God that I am back safely from the recess. While we were away, I came across a matter of national importance that I thought I should bring to your attention when the House resumes at the first sitting. While we were away, I saw a group of legislators demonstrating on the streets of Nairobi, especially Members of the Senate. When legislators who are elected by the people to legislate, play oversight role and represent them demonise their ... view
  • 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The Division of Revenue Bill is a legislative agenda. It is not a street matter. It is a matter that goes through a legislative process, including publication of the Bill, First Reading, Second Reading, public participation, Committee of the whole House after which it goes to the second House, which also goes through that process followed by mediation, if necessary. There is a process that is outlined in law on how that Bill is considered. Demonstration is not part of the process. In the Standing Orders of both the National Assembly and the Senate, as well as in the Constitution, ... view
  • 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: how are you going to stop that from happening? Because you have allowed them to divide money between the two levels of Government, why can they also not divide between the three arms of government: Parliament, Executive and Judiciary? They can say Parliament should get only Kshs10 million. So, I stand here to condemn that act of demonstration. It is uncouth. It is unacceptable. It is lack of decorum. It is demeaning the status of the Senate, whose position in the Constitution is very low in the first place. Now they have taken it lower than it is in the ... view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Standing Orders are very clear that if you use one language, you must continue with that language all the way to the end of your contribution. The Member is talking about petitions and he is speaking in Kiswahili. Can he tell us what the Swahili word for “petition” is? He chose to speak in Swahili. Is it “ petishoni” ? Could it be “ swala nyeti” ? view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will try my best to be as brief as possible so that other Members can get a chance to speak. I rise to support the Motion with a heavy heart. This is because it appears to me that the Second Senate of the Republic has learnt nothing from the first one. In 1966 just three years after Independence, Kenyans decided to do away with the Senate that existed then. It was one of the issues Kenyans The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report ... view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: identified at that point in time. They could not live with the Senate, including illiteracy, ignorance, poverty and disease. At that time, the Senate was put in this category. Kenyans said they could not live with it and it had to go. view

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