Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, just allow me to finish this. It was being seconded by the Member for Rarieda and then we discuss it. It is this discussion which then can dispose of this amendment on the other side. Otherwise, what we have is an amendment which has been proposed by the Member for Kanduyi and is being disposed of by way of a point of order. What all these Members were discussing were points of order arising out of an amendment that was proposed. If we come back to consider and approve, we are together. All we are trying ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The devil lives in the detail. After receiving the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, we have to be very careful. This is the time when many of the authorities charged with the duty of proposing legislation bring what can be termed as mischievous legislation. If they are not properly scrutinised, we will find ourselves with a lot of pieces of legislation which can neither be enforced or are entirely unconstitutional. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I have looked at this Bill and I am happy that it was signed by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Duale, for the first time. Before, this Bill was signed by the Attorney-General (AG), he never understood that his role in the Constitution ended at advising the Government. He still thought that he would propose legislation. Luckily, the Leader of the Majority Party has taken up his role meaning that legislation is done by this Chamber. That is the only good thing about this Bill and the rest is subject to debate. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: For example, take The Advocates Act, the Bill proposes that advocates will be forced to practise whether they want or not. Practice is business. You can open a hardware for two or five years and then close shop. After two, three or four years you decide to open again. When an advocate goes to school and is qualified to practise, it is the skill he has learnt. You cannot regulate it more by telling a fellow that while doing the job he or she must be licensed. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: If you look at this legislation, it is trying to tell advocates that they can never fail to renew their annual practising certificate and that is preposterous. For a number of reasons, an advocate can be out of the country, go to school or be a legislator like me representing Ruaraka and I have taken time off. When I go back to practising, I will only dust my certificate and start 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
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: working. That is how it should be and how other professions manage their systems. I am sure my friend Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal who is behind me does the same in the medical practice. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: What is a practising certificate? It is just tax. The Government is taking money from people and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) wants to take subscription money. There is nothing skilled about it that can regulate someone one way or the other. What they should say is that while you are in business you must have a practising certificate that is valid and makes sense. In the Bill of Exchange Act, it is unnecessary to include the words “Rwanda” and “Burundi” because the definition of East African Community states all the countries under the Community. So, it is unnecessary ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: You look at the Auctioneers Act and get the impression just like other several provisions here that some of the things which are proposed in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill are substantive issues which should be dealt with in the pieces of legislation where they fall. For example, this one is incorporating a board and also expanding functions of auctioneer services. Those are substantive things which should be debated and realised within those pieces of legislation. You can go on and find several pieces of legislation which exist in such a manner that they would have been better if ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Let me discuss the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, which I have heard several Members speak about this afternoon. First of all, to the fair gender, this is a matter that concerns both genders and I rise as an advocate of the boy-child not because I do not have a daughter. My first born is a girl and I love her so much, and I love my son equally. So, one has to step back and try to understand the rationale that is being discussed here. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I have listened to members of the Judiciary and particularly the Judges in the High Court, who have bemoaned that many children are jailed for defilement, rape or attempted rape. If you look at the Act, it gives you the parent legislation on attempted rape and defilement. Section 3(1)(a) reads: view