Tom Joseph Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 10308.

• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: last time it was touched was when there was Legal Notice No.8 of 1978. The Treasury, being the clever people they are, and trying to raise revenue, which they should, have pulled a legislation which was enacted in 1959 and has never been used since 1978 to try and see how to get money. I have no problem with raising money. The problem I have is the constitutionality by which we raise this money. So, if this Motion becomes the instrument by which we bring the money, then, what we are doing is that we are using subsidiary legislation to ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when I rose on a point of order to urge Members on this issue, I mentioned that you are doyen in these issues. You have just proved it. You have opened my eyes to something which I did not see. The Committee of Ways and Means that is in the Order Paper is a description of how the Leader of the Majority Party may have wished his Motion to be, but not necessarily that we were going to recline into a committee. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I have also reflected on Article 159 of the Constitution, so that procedure should not have a pre-eminence over substance. These are issues that we need to bring up when and if they arise. First of all, sometimes I am amazed because Members are not in this House when we transact business. They are here when we transact sideshows. However, when we are transacting business, you do not see Members in the National Assembly. These are the things that make us legislators. In doing the best we can, we got in a few things that we need to disentangle ourselves ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: them to go on with what they are doing because that is approving. It would come before us for debate only if we were annulling it. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I also want to tell my friend, Hon. Kimunya, whom I really learn a lot from, something. His only disadvantage is that he was not in the House when we were implementing many of these statutes. This is the time he had the health break. The problem is that when you have practices and traditions which are against a statute or the Constitution, the Constitution and the statute take precedence. This is a challenge to us in the Rules and Procedure Committee to relook at the Standing Orders and mention the Committee of Means and Ways the way we have ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker, for your guidance. I have nothing useful to add. view
• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this matter. I am the Member for Ruaraka and people are busy stealing my schools. As a Member, under Articles 95 (1) and (2) of the Constitution, my duty is to oversee only two things – education and security. I oversee Ruaraka Primary School and Ruaraka High School. A gentleman who knows how to go around Nairobi is busy saying that the school which I oversee and which I built classes for using the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) is somehow on his land. I have ... view
• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I am saying that some of these people are hiding behind prejudices that we have had. They are stealing as we watch. So, the fight against corruption must start from this Chamber. We will get rid of them. If you come to Ruaraka, we know how we will sort you. You will never get those schools. Even if you steal them, pay for them and put your name on the title deed, you will still not get them. I am talking as the Member for Ruaraka. view
• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to have a better clarification from the Chairman when we talk about rights and privileges that are not materially adversely affected. What is ‘materially adversely affected’? Can we have a law which is clear so that one may say that those liabilities or privileges should not be taken away from somebody, rather than these variable terms ‘materially adversely affected’? What does it mean in legislation? If a court of law were to decide whether my liabilities or my rights have been violated, what does it mean to be “materially adversely affected?” Would this be clearer from the ... view