19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
We hear you, hon. Wanyonyi. Hon. Members, on behalf of the Office of the Clerk and the Technical Department, we really apologise. This afternoon, we have had technical issues. Even from where I sit, I have been trying to strain to be able to hear the hon. Member on the Floor. There is a lot of feedback. However, we are trying to overcome those technical issues. So, hon. Members, I beg your indulgence to suffer a little in silence and try to strain your ears as much as you can. Just as hon. Wanyonyi has said, I would like to ...
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much. Who is seconding the Bill?
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Please, proceed, Leader of the Majority Party.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, we have ten requests by now. This is the order we will take them strictly, according to how they have come:- Hon. (Dr.) Pukose Robert, hon. Njenga Francis Kigo, hon. Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua, hon. Tonui Ronald Kiprotich, hon. (Prof.) Nyikal James Wambura, hon. Kobado John Owuor, hon. Mbadi Ngong’o, hon. Kimaru Anthony Mutahi, hon. Mwaura Isaack and hon. Ottichilo Wilber Khasilwa. I do that so that there will be no necessity for Members to approach the Speaker’s Chair. Alright, so let us go that direction. Hon. Pukose.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Njenga.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Kanyua has raised an issue to do with explanatory notes. In legislative practice in most Commonwealth, that is taken care of by the memorandum or the objects of the Bill, which appears in this Bill. But I suppose the Member is raising a fundamental question so as to make the Members really know what we are doing. We, perhaps, may not be as legislatively aware as the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Member who has just spoken and we need to help each other. The Member has raised a question which should be taken up by the Chairs of Committees to inform the Ministries where these Bills come from. This is not our role from the Clerk’s Table. These Bills are coming from elsewhere. If they were to come with explanatory notes, it should come from there because that is where they have the drafting instructions.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Nyokabi, you do not have to prosecute it further. But I suppose I heard the Member saying that you need to break down the issues before us so that Members can follow the policy from which these legislations have been drafted. In a presidential system, the National Assembly is an important legislative arm. Since we cannot say that everybody has reached the same level of legislative information and yet everyone of us must contribute to that legislation, we need a way in which we can break it down in such a manner that every ordinary Member in this House ...
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Tonui, if I have not intervened, it means that I am blind.
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19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Fair enough. Hon. Prof. Nyikal.
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