Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you as the Speaker and the Chair and all the Committee Members that have laboriously worked on this Bill to reach where we are. I also want to thank my wife for whom I have really worked for today. If I cannot work for my wife, then I cannot work for anybody else. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you were not around, but my wife became the symbol of the great women of this country that their husbands must stand for and fight for when their offices are under siege. However, I want to speak on two things here. First, the boards of those organisations are now complete. You have a chairperson and members. You have an Act which designates very clearly who the Secretary shall be and who the Director-General of those institutions is. So, it is very clear since it is not left for adventure or speculation. The other thing I like about ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to repeat what my elder brother, Hon. Olago Aluoch, has said but issues that have been raised by the Leader of the Majority Party are weighty. They are things which we need to reflect upon, discuss and debate freely in an environment that will enable us to add value. As a matter of procedure, the Leader of the Majority Party has referred to newspaper reports. It could or could not be the issue that Members have engrossed in their minds. This is a House of procedure, and for us ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I am on a point of order. I have said twice that I am on a point of order. The Hon. Leader of the Majority Party knows that when I am on a point of order, he will allow me to finish my point of order before he can rise on his feet. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we listened to the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party without raising an eye, even though we had preliminary issues that we wanted to raise with his address. This is simply that he is referring to technical issues over how a judge approached interpretation of the Constitution, reasons that the judge gave, decisions that the judge made and how it impacts both on the Legislature and the Judiciary. To be honest, Members would have looked at the ruling and understood it, and then we could come before the House to debate these issues freely. So, I do not ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Please, may the Member for Kericho give me time to speak my mind? These can be small things, but they have taken the blood of people. People died to have this negotiated thing come before us. I want to invite you to the emotion as it is and read with you the Constitution in Article 1(2) that my senior, Hon. Midiwo, has read. It states:- “The People may exercise their sovereign power either directly or through their democratically elected representatives.” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: You come to the Motion as it appears on the Order Paper and it says the word ‘indirectly’. My point is that the phrase which goes through their democratic elected representatives is an indirect representation. So, when the Motion says ‘indirectly’ it is only semantically affirming the fact that there is a direct and an indirect representation which is through their democratically elected representatives. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The substance of this Motion is not going to change the Constitution. We are not amending the Constitution. Whatever Motion will come out of this will never ever amend any Constitution. It will be an expression. So, even if it is expressed in terms which are not in the Constitution, but to the extent that it affirms the principles in the Constitution, that principle needs to be entailed. The second thing, as I sit down, is that we must know that this is a negotiated document and it is bipartisan. There is a principle that it has been negotiated elsewhere ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want us to have enough time for this Motion. So, I do not want to drive Members to side shows. My learned friend, who is my junior, knows very well that you cannot mention a Member in an adverse way without bringing a substantive Motion. If my whistling is adverse or it displeases him, he is entitled to bring a Motion and discuss me. I have my mouth and I have pressed a button. I have my whistle too. So, allow me to speak and whistle my way. Do not tell me when to whistle and ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Add him five minutes. view