Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6991 to 7000 of 10308.

• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: come here and give a Report. Where a Cabinet Secretary chooses not to give a Report, or does not respond to the request, we will still obligate him or her that once in a year, every Cabinet Secretary must give a Report to this House. Hon. Speaker, I think this issue has been canvassed very well. Members must know that on Wednesday morning, the Session will only be for two hours. The Speaker, however, in his own discretion can add one more hour. We want to thank you, hon. Speaker for leading us very well. I beg to move. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to move the Motion which is in the Order Paper. The time is running fast and I need to take as short a time as I can to cover the subject. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: This concerns the Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on Review of Standing Order No.44; Statements and actualization of provisions of Article 153 of the Constitution of Kenya. The Paper was laid on the Table on 5th June, 2014. Hon. Members have access to the Paper that was laid and I hope that they have familiarized themselves with the--- view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Procedure and Rules Committee Report on Review of Standing Order 44 (“Statements”) and Actualization of Provisions of Article 153 of the Constitution of Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 5th June,. 2014. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Having moved, I just want to expand on two items that hon. Members would find most pertinent. The proposal is to amend the Standing Orders in Part 5(a) and Part 10(a). Part 5(a) will deal with the admittance of Cabinet Secretaries and Part 10(a) deals with Cabinet Secretaries’ reports. Hon. Members know how we have lamented on several occasions about the whole question of Statements. Many times hon. Members have asked questions that the responsible chairpersons of the respective Committees have not sufficiently answered. Chairpersons of Committees have also found themselves on grounds that are unfamiliar, that they have to ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: to interface with them meaningfully so that things that concern the constituents can be brought to the Floor of the House in a meaningful manner and can be addressed. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, Article 153(3) requires Cabinet Secretaries to come to the Floor of the Assembly or to make full and regular reports to the National Assembly. We have not been able to provide a legislative framework within which we are able to implement this provision of the Constitution. “The Cabinet Secretary shall attend before a committee of the National Assembly, or the Senate, when required by the committee, and answer any question concerning a matter for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible.” This is the constitutional genesis of the statements that hon. Members always ask the Cabinet Secretaries but they do ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: So the amendments that we are going to propose will create an avenue for the Cabinet Secretaries to fulfill this part of the Constitution. In itself, it will be implementing the Constitution. The other provision of the Constitution that I bring the attention of the Members to is Article 125, where the House can summon the Cabinet Secretaries. The House will, therefore, possess the powers of the High Court, either in Committees or plenary, to amplify a specific issue. This is an issue that has troubled the mind of the Committee for quite some time. We have deliberated on it ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: from the Floor of the House. They will be granted privileges which are in Cap.6, National Assembly Powers and Privileges Act. Hon. Speaker, we propose also in the Standing Order No.30 to readjust the morning hours of Wednesday, which is the Members’ Day, so that we can address the problem that we have seen in the House; the issues of traffic and issues that Members must look into every morning. It has been very difficult to convene at 9.00 a.m. sharp in the morning, so that the business of the House can begin. So, we have proposed that we can ... view
• 5 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.262, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report on the Procedure and House Rules Committee on review of Standing Order No.44 (Statements) and Actualization of provisions of Article 153 of the Constitution of Kenya. view