Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I hold nobody’s brief. I do not hold brief for my leader, the Leader of the Minority Party, neither do I hold brief for all the honourable Members of this House. I hold brief for the Procedure and House Rules Committee. It has been a trying moment in this Parliament to find out the correct constitutional position of petitions. Petitions are a big step that has been brought to us by dint of Article 119 of the Constitution and domesticated under the Standing Orders in almost the same language as the Constitution. We have been agonising on how ... view
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: was right in one aspect in that we should not defy it – although it means the same thing - but to retire and relook at it to determine whether there is a constitutional issue that has been properly brought and whether that issue can determine the fate of this Petition. If you come to the view that there is no constitutional issue, the matter can still be put on the Order Paper and then we vote on it. I humbly beg. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, they are coming for the nurses and the doctors. Next, they will come for the lawyers. If they get the lawyers, I suppose they are going to come for the Council of Former Speakers which Hon. Speaker, you will not join since the faithful one will be the President of this country… view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, they are coming for the nurses and the doctors. Next, they will come for the lawyers. If they get the lawyers, I suppose they are going to come for the Council of Former Speakers which Hon. Speaker, you will not join since the faithful one will be the President of this country… view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Allow me to say that the Mwongozo being touted all over… I sat on the Committee on Delegated Legislation for the full term that I served in the other Parliament. Mwongozo was never brought to us as an instrument to consider as the law requires. We took it that Mwongozo was just like any other paper in the beautiful offices and as long as it did not affect us, we would leave it at that. Under the Constitution, any edict of law or anything which appears or demands Kenyans to obey in some way, must have force of law that ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: How many times will we talk about Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) law? We have spoken about it. In the other Parliament, the environment was a little sour but we have agreed on many things in this Parliament including the fact that if there are issues which demand substantive legislation, they must be introduced as stand-alone Bills or Amendment Bills to be considered on their own merit. I have been with the Leader of the Majority Party in several forums and he agrees that you cannot bring fundamental issues and call them miscellaneous amendments. He knows that. I do not know ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Allow me to say that the Mwongozo being touted all over… I sat on the Committee on Delegated Legislation for the full term that I served in the other Parliament. Mwongozo was never brought to us as an instrument to consider as the law requires. We took it that Mwongozo was just like any other paper in the beautiful offices and as long as it did not affect us, we would leave it at that. Under the Constitution, any edict of law or anything which appears or demands Kenyans to obey in some way, must have force of law that ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Kenya, by dint of the Constitution, is bound by international conventions. International convention is about freedom of professional practice. So, doctors are governed and regulated by peer regulations. They must regulate themselves. All over, all literature suggests that when professionals regulate themselves, there is better value because they are the professionals and they want to make things much better for their professions. Any time world over when Government has had to intrude into such management of internal organisations, they fail. Think of a situation that maybe the Attorney-General or the Solicitor General or somebody wants to regulate how the Law ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: We will speak on it when the time comes. I do not know where the appetite for foraging on professionals comes from. Today, they are on lawyers, the next day on architects and on another they are on engineers. The other day they were on accountants. It can only be that there is an ulterior motive which is not advised or which does not come from a point of reasoning or a point of professional discussion. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: How many times will we talk about miscellaneous law amendments? We have spoken about it. In the other Parliament, the environment was a little sour but we have agreed on many things in this Parliament including the fact that if there are issues which demand substantive legislation, they must be introduced as stand-alone Bills or amendment Bills to be considered on their own merit. I have been with the Leader of the Majority Party in several forums and he agrees that you cannot bring fundamental issues and call them miscellaneous amendments. He knows that. I do not know at what ... view