Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 May 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. If Members decide to behave the way they behave in conferences, nobody will differentiate what happens in a conference and what happens in the National Assembly. So, that is why when I hear Members say that they will be in their houses, for example, in Mathare or Ruaraka and as they serve their constituents with one hand, they will also be virtually participating in proceedings… Parliament has been made of traditions over the years. You must equate yourself with parliaments in closed jurisdictions. There are issues that must come to bare. Article 10 of the Constitution ... view
• 6 May 2020 in National Assembly: So, the Parliamentary Service Commission has a facilitative role. We may go back to the debate we had in the 11th Parliament when we said that Members should carry a tablet or an iPad. There were heated discussions, with people saying we had increased our allowances and now we wanted to walk with iPads. We were just creating a situation in which Members are better equipped to be able to participate in the proceedings of the Assembly. In one of those rules on the use of technology, we have said that the Clerk shall facilitate the participation of Members. Meaning ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Allow us to congratulate the venerable Chairman because he has come through for the people of Kariadudu, Riverside and Kasabuni in Babadogo. Last year, there was hue and cry when the price of sugar in consumable confectionery was increased. Now that it is going to be zero-rated, my people can go and work in the industries and do not have to be at home. It is that confectionery factory that is keeping more than 15,000 people in Kariadudu. I support. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, is it in order for the Committee Chair and members of that Committee, in the report that they have given us, to present us with items which have nothing to do with COVID-19? It seems we are going to handle tax laws outside budgeting and appropriations procedure. The underlying principle was that we came here to pass proposals that will make COVID-19 manageable. Is it in order that we should entertain proposals which have nothing to do with COVID-19? I request for a ruling. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, ears are given to all but very few people hear properly. I also heard Hon. Kioni refer to this speaker as “Chief Justice Sake”. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I wish to second this Bill. It has been a long journey getting this law together. I can assure you that some of the best brains have looked at this Bill. However, I also want the lady Members of this House to come and support this Bill. Initially, all of them wanted us to get into something called two-thirds or one-third. Now, we have legislation specifically for the women. They now need to see the advancement that this House has made, and the country should know. The other day, I saw a Judge rush to give an injunction. In fact, ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I second. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to agree that the thematic arrangement of this new approach is very good because it will allow departmental committee leaders to go to the depth of the subject matters in their thematic areas. However, if I were given the opportunity, I would have amended this Motion. Judging from all the Motions that we have passed before, we have been giving the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party so much opportunity to address the House. We give them so much opportunity that we kill free speech and contribution by Members. This ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hearing my friend from Emurua Dikirr, would it be in order if you consider giving this eminent Member paternity leave for the good things he has done to himself and this nation? view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am pleased to see we have a Bill in the Assembly to operationalise Article 100 of the Constitution. One of the things I must note is that not many of the women in this National Assembly are speaking to this Bill. This is what they should have spoken about in the last seven or eight years. They have been trying to find means and ways of amending the Constitution. We made response in this Assembly and told them that the Constitution has already given a mechanism through which issues of gender and marginalised ... view