Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. Member for Garissa Town says that he has reflected on the constitutionality of this Motion and is able to give us a new reflection. I think you will give new vigour to the new debate. Can you now let us see the other side of it? view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Really? view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I will take time to peruse the document as to the authenticity and signature of the person that is expressed to have prepared it. Leader of the Majority Party, thank you for giving guidance to this debate. The issue is that under Section 23 of the Transitional and Consequential Provisions, the Constitution gave the Legislature the freedom to draw a timetable for the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board. In other words, the Legislature could put a timeframe and extend it so long as the extension was once. This does not seem to be the case with Section 15 of the ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Member for Bondo, I can see you making happy faces, but you will be the next speaker according to the request list. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: You can just walk across the Bar and source that information. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Can I just peruse the document he has brought before I can pronounce myself on it? Member for Ndhiwa, proceed. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Chair of CIOC, can I have your attention? Order! Can I have some order there? Member for Ndhiwa has raised a very interesting analysis of the Constitution. I am here as the presiding officer trying to understand what all of you are saying without bias, with all the neutrality and impartiality I can find and trying to read the Constitution in every new way that every member brings it. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: This makes a very interesting debate that I need you to carefully follow as you will be making a response at some point. Please read with me the Sixth Schedule Section 15. Perhaps, you may need to pick a Constitution so that you can see the syntax and wording. It is on page 198 if you have this long type of Constitution. It says:- “15(1) Parliament shall, by legislation, make provision for the phased transfer, over a period of not more than three years from the date of the first The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: election of county assemblies, from the national Government to county governments of the functions assigned to them under Article 185.” view
• 25 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: His argument seems to be - although he did not put it in those terms - the defining verb “makes provision”; whether the three years should refer to the period by which Parliament should make that legislation, or the period through which the TA should last. When you look at the way in which the commas behave, they are definitive of what Parliament is supposed to do. His argument is “make provision for the phased transfer,” the verb which is active is therefore “make provision” over a period of not more than three years. view