Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, allow us to ventilate on this. This is the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya. We were here in a kamukunji. If the leaders thought that there was something which is good for Kenyans in amending a simple Act for which we have not had the basis of investigating and debating, we should have heard them in the kamukunji and they would have convinced us that it is in the interest of Kenyans that that amendment is withdrawn. This is because from where I sit and from Ruaraka, that amendment was the best thing for Ruarakans . ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, I appreciate that it has been withdrawn but I must express my frustration at how the leadership has gone about creating a situation where that amendment has been withdrawn. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. (Ms.) Millie Odhiambo! view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Speaking after eloquent speakers like hon. Ng’ongo who wants us to go to the cross for the ladies, perhaps, I may not do justice but I want to try to mention just a few things because I intend to be very brief. view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to talk for the people that I represent. I represent an electoral area that is politely said to be low cost neighbourhood; the Korogocho Slum, Mathare Valley and what you call Kariandundu and Gurukola. Those are names that you will not be conversant with until you face life squarely. Looking at this Bill, one gets the impression that it is a Bill whose time has come and needs to be supported. But I have been anxiously asking myself whether it targets the real problems in society that bring about the violence that we are talking about. I imagine ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: you that if it was left to me to make decisions, I would want to operationalise Article 43 before I even operationalise Article 45 because Article 43 says: “Every person has a right – (a) to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive health care; (b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation, (c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food and acceptable quality; (d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities; (e) to social security; and (f) to education. I think that ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have the court which is said to be one of first class. In Nairobi, the court of first class is either in Milimani or in Kibera. It takes about Kshs170 at the minimum for a person from the electoral area that I represent to get there and yet the monthly rent for this person is Kshs150. He is unable to afford that rent because he cannot get it. So, how will he benefit from this Bill by going to Kibera or Milimani to access those courts? This Bill would have thought of how to decentralize the court ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: However, more telling is the fact that you look at the Bill and the narrative seems to be penal in nature. It seems to suggest that either our penal system is failing or that we need to review our Penal Code. This is because everything that is here is captured in the Penal Code. The question is; why do we need another legislation to duplicate what is already in the law? Should we not look at what it is that the Criminal Procedure or the Penal Code has failed to do? This is because if we are going to intervene ... view
• 19 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: drafting another proposal without taking stock of how that legislation is affecting us, this Parliament will be keeping a lot of legislation on the shelves. This may not be useful. view