Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are very happy that you are in the Chair today. This is because it looks like an eventful day and Members are very happy and pleased for some reason. You can see this House has some very well-dressed Members. They are undoubtedly very pleasantly dressed for sure and somehow, they are coping from you because they are taking the strips of your gown. Whereas the meaning of that is unknown, I can also see the former Leader of Majority Party has also succumbed to this temptation of wearing very colourful ties. view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I am addressing myself to the Order in plenary. Those of us who have been here for a little longer have come to know the tradition of attire, decorum and proceedings of the Assembly. Also, many of us who have not been here for a longer period are learning. But is it in order that a general group of MPs find themselves dressed in a particular manner, so as to suggest their political affiliations and aspirations in terms of political parties? This is the National Assembly of the people of the Republic of Kenya. These Members represent not only their ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: When we come to this Assembly of course, we come with our political persuasions at heart but we do not express them. This is because we express the nation as assembled and this is the essence of Articles 1 and 10 of the Constitution, that we are the people. When we come here, we do not show our partisan approach to issues. We show that wherever we are and the divergent extractions we find ourselves in, expressly we are the people of the Republic of Kenya. When I see the Member of Garissa dressed as he is and that nominated ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: better dressed than you anyway. As a matter of preference, I know for me orange is more colourful than yellow but I have chosen not to bring my orange dress to the House because when I come here, I am representing the people of the Republic. This is a very important issue. It is not only constitutional… Yes, it is constitutional. I have referred to Article I and Article 10 on national values. These are principles that we hold dear and we come here to protect the Constitution. All of us are here and we swore to protect the Constitution ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: If the Members would tolerate the discussion, this is a debating chamber and so I request you, Hon. Speaker, to make a considered ruling within the law and within the Standing Orders applicable whether Members who are adorned in a particular colour which suggests their political affiliation that we know in the public, are properly dressed and they are properly before the National Assembly in the manner in which they appear. The thought that went into making the robes that you wear was a patriotic and thoughtful decision. You are representing the nation and the National Assembly of the Republic ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I had not begun, so my clock should read 00.00. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to speak to this. Yesterday we had a lengthy discussion on it and I appreciate the Members who spoke both from their hearts and from a point of law and facts. Sometimes one of the things that we see as leaders of committees is that we prepare very well, but when we come to the plenary the Majority Leader or the Majority Chief Whip lead the discussion. Therefore, we do not get as much time as The ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: we should to be able to explain to Members where we are. However, I said that today, on behalf of the Committee, we will set a few things straight so that we allow this Bill to mature to a Third Reading. This is a very good Bill in respect of the people that it is concerned. You know as I do, if you were a student in those days, you would not get your Trust aggregates in the faculty of law, if you did not attempt a question on Waqf, because very few people understood or could even pronounce what ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: In this legislation, at that time, it only would apply to areas that the Provincial Commissioners would gazette. Meaning that in the coastal strip because of application of the Sultan protectorate, certain laws did not pass beyond Mombasa into the hinterland. Muslims are all over. There are Muslims in Gendia, Kendu, Kisumu and in Ndhiwa. In fact, people have changed names there. People who were called George Onyango, nowadays are called Abdullahi Akbar Onyango. So, if you only limit the application of legislation to a particular region, you miss a people that should benefit from the legislation. One of the ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: just be applicable to a certain group of people and not applicable to others? She says, if a Waqf is set, then the benefits of that Waqf should be applicable to everybody, regardless of religious persuasion or doctrinal issues. That is why it is personal law. People choose the regime under which they want. There are people who have professed Christianity, there are people who have professed African customary law to guide their personal law. So, if persons have professed Islamic law, just the fact that this law, therefore, benefits such group of people, it does not make it unconstitutional. ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I think I must have prepared too many things to say. So, I need to say them quickly. Section 4 would really need to be looked at in terms of validity over Waqf. It is this Section 4 that is talking about applicability of the law and the sources of law, especially the fact that there needs to be a very clear sentence that, notwithstanding the fact that somebody does not profess that faith, a Waqf can be given in favour of that person. A poor young man in Luanda is just as ... view