Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 10291 to 10300 of 10304.

• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving us an opportunity to debate this issue exhaustively. Many of my colleagues who are senior have spoken. Allow us also juniors to speak on this subject. If there is any important subject, this is the most important subject so far as we are concerned in this House. I have listened to Members who have said that we are wasting time, or this is an issue which they have discussed elsewhere and that we should move on. If there is anything that has brought me to this House as a Member ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, we have discussed issues of rules, traditions and practices. But this House proceeds, first and foremost, on the Constitution. The Constitution says: “This Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and binds all persons and all State organs at both levels of Government.” In Subsection 4 it says: “Any law, including customary law, that is inconsistence with this Constitution, is void to the extent of the its inconsistency and any act or omission in contravention of this Constitution is invalid. So, even though I appreciate that we have rules of this House; even though I appreciate ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, as I wind up, I just want to call up on you on this very issue; being one that touches on fundamental precepts of the Constitution, I beseech you to retire and make a considered decision on this that makes this an opportunity as Members sitting on this side of the Speaker to know exactly how we are supposed to play our roles to oversight the Government and also to give the majority the correct expectation on how they are supposed to support that Government that they seek to be supporting. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, in terms of practical solutions, allow the Whips and the Leaders – the four of them to caucus on this even this very hour so that they can come back and be able to get back to us with a consensus because I think the consensus lies with whether the Government of the day is able to be oversighted by the Opposition. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I stand to be corrected. I think I am also drunk with the same hangover. view
• 30 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to thank you for the Message that you have given us from the Chair. I also want to reinforce what my friend and colleague, Hon. Ng’ong’o has brought before us. This Message that you have brought to us is welcome but it is overdue. It is a Message that we, as legislators, were expecting that it would be in the possession of the Speaker but that was not to be until today. I want to say that the Jubilee Government went into an election and it was ... view
• 30 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you for protecting me. I just want to keep it short that given the dalliance that the Government has shown--- (Technical hitch) But everyone can guess what has been happening--- (Technical hitch) The Jubilee Government to agree on these names all this time. That is why these names have delayed and that is why we are being given a dead baby and being asked to resurrect it. Just to reinforce, therefore, what Hon. Ng’ong’o has said, could we have directions on how we can clean up this constitutional mess that we find ourselves in because of ... view
• 23 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I hate to interrupt the business of the House, but this being a House of rules and procedures, even as we debate this Motion that has been brought to the House by the Majority Party Leader, I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No.83. Hon. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order 204(2) states: “The Committee on Appointments shall be appointed within seven days on assembly of a new House---” That is the operating paragraph that I rely on. It would appear, therefore, that by the rules of the House, the Leader ... view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me an opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Address. I want to thank you on your election as the Speaker of this House. view
• 17 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me an opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Address. I want to thank you on your election as the Speaker of this House. view