Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will be very brief on this because just as you had guided us this is not business. We have taken a lot of time to go round what business is and we are overrating this thing called “personal interest” or “conflict of interest”. If we have to go the way we are going we will not speak in this Assembly. The Constitution says that this is a debating Chamber and there is freedom of speech. This is why we have put able people as Chairs of Committees so that they can administer them. This is not an ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I have listened to my friends, Hon. Omboko, the Leader of the Minority party and the Leader of the Majority party. They have defined what this pecuniary interest is; it must be something that you will have financial gain. There must be some money or personal interest that comes with it. If I speak about the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), it is because I have an interest in them for being a member. I might as well not speak about anything legal. Everything in law and legislation here concerns members of the LSK. I have understood what the Member ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: How can a fact of life be unparliamentary? Unless the Leader of the Majority Party is indisposed. Hon. Speaker, I have said that, as a Member, you cannot turn again and say that you are a Nominated Member and participate in the same discussion. It cannot be. You may be well instructed by the TSC or by another employer to come and present as a witness before a committee. If you come to present as a witness, you will give the evidence. You will be interrogated and then go. You cannot continue to participate. I am aware of this because ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: So, we are holding you on this and asking too much of you. This is an issue that is in the province of the chairpersons and they should be men enough and women enough to make judgements in their committees. Thank you. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I am not on intervention. I want to contribute, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I rise to acknowledge the Member for Kikuyu as a man who is gifted in what he knows best, but if we go the direction we are going, we are going to do two things: We are either going to debate a Report which has not been moved or we are going to throw poison into something which we do not know because it has not been moved. We have not discussed it with fairness of mind. Is it in order that, we as Members of the plenary, proceed the way we are when the Chair has already given what ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: which is very important? Remember that PAC is a watchdog committee. In fact, it is a constitutional committee of this House. If we are going to waste public funds and then come back and throw it in the face of the wananchi out there, is this really right to be done by Members of the Assembly? This is where we should stop and then go the direction that the Chair has sought. view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know the Member on the Floor is a seasoned veteran and I would not want to disturb him when he is on his feet. But he rose to allay our fears from what the Leader of the Majority Party had given, that we were speaking from a point of distortion. I was listening carefully so that I can bring back my mind to what he considers good information. He has been going through the report page by page. Looking at page 37, number 3, these are observations. view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I am raising it. I have to develop this point of order. When you look at page 37, in the observation of the Committee, No. 6 says that the border wall will enhance security. But somewhere just before that, I cannot pick it up, refers to a fence. So, my point of order is this: Would the good gentleman on the Floor tell us… Yes, it is No. 4 of page 37. It says: “The impact of the project is evident since its commencement since construction of the fence.” And this is what the Leader of the Majority Party was ... view