Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: will be so busy in Nairobi, you will not know what goes on in the village. By the time you wake up, there will be a better representation wanting to come on your behalf. Because the chairman’s position is so critical in the committee, we are proposing to make this chairman very accountable and responsible. We call it legislative responsibility of the chair to that committee. Because of that, we are proposing, as you will see here, that if you are a chair of a committee, you will not serve in another committee. You will not be a member of ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: When you go to the PSC, they mutate into several committees. There is Committee on Audit, Committee on Procurement; there are several committees getting into seven, eight or nine. We do not want people to be in committees just to make money because of allowances. We want people to be useful in those committees, put their mind in those committees and help Members. When you are in the PSC, you are there as a welfare person from this Chamber. You do not just go there to make allowances because you are a member of the PSC. Because of that, we ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: You will not serve in a committee because you have serious other committees that are going to serve this Chamber. I have seen PSC has, for example, elicited a lot of interest. I would really love to one day serve in the PSC, just to see for myself what happens in this commission that people will just literally die. Actually, they campaign harder to get to the PSC than they campaign to get to this august House. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Whatever it is that is so interesting in the PSC, we will now say: “You cannot serve in these other committees if you are there.” 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. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: The other issue of principle that we see here is equitable distribution amongst Members without discrimination. There is nothing called “Government” or “Opposition”. You have for five years tried to explain this. I do not know why Members do not take this home. There is nothing like that in the constitutional order we have today. What we have is the Minority Party and the Majority Party. We have a legislative assembly. At some point, we will be so jealous about the independence of the Legislature that we will all come together to guard the independence of the Legislature; whether you ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: It is called “Members’ Services and Facilities”. Those of you who served in the 11th Parliament will know my friend and my leader Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo was a very active member of this committee. If there is any committee from which you do not take stress home and you just grow fatter and fat, it is to be in this committee. We have realigned the Standing Orders with the Standing Orders of the other House. We used to have joint committees. They are now not necessary because the other House has taken away those titles and committees. So, we do ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: The last is that we have a special committee on the special funds we have as a House. There is the Special Judiciary Fund; there is the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF); there is the Equalisation Fund, and there are such other funds that are created by the Constitution. It has been felt by the Committee that we create a standing committee that will regulate all those funds that we as the Legislature have made certain legislation to regulate how they are spent by the Exchequer. aI want to thank you Members for giving us an opportunity to make ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Standing Order 172 be amended in paragraph (1)(c) by deleting the word “nineteen” appearing immediately after the words “not more than” and substituting therefor the word “twenty-one”. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: On my part as the Mover, I want to be very brief on this. You will see this recurring in several other proposals which we have made. The intention of these amendments is to increase 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. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: with a regular margin in almost all the committees which are in the Standing Orders. If we can increase them by a margin of three or so and they become 21, we will then have about 547 slots, which will be shared amongst 347 Members. This is the thinking of the Committee. That way if every Member is serving in two committees it will be easy for the Committee on Selection to give every Member a committee. view