James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Hon. Senators, you all have an Order Paper in front of you. If you look at the Appendix, you will see that there are several statements sought. The second one is by Sen. Khaniri. Is it ready? I can see Sen. Adan is on her feet. view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Sen. Adan, why do you not have an answer? I do not think that it is enough for you to stand up in your place and say that it is not ready. view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Sen. Adan, sometimes I appreciate the difficulty the Chairs of the various committees go through. Sen. (Dr.) Machage here chairs the Committee on Health. I appreciate that very much but on the other hand, statements are sought so that answers can be given and citizens know what is happening on each and every issue because there is no Senator who would seek a statement for the sake of it. Last week, Sen. Khaniri reminded us about the old Constitution where we had statements by private notice which were to be answered within 48 hours. So, I cannot accept that the ... view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Sen. Haji, nobody is vilifying you. I started by saying that sometimes I appreciate the difficulties Chairpersons go through. Nobody is vilifying you but the hon. Senators who seek statements must be satisfied that effort has been made and that is the point I am making. view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Order, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. I will not allow you or any Senator to go into a debate on the merits and demerits because the statement has not been issued. Once the statement is issued, then there shall be open debate on the matter. What you are doing now is to pre-empt the situation. We must wait until we get the statement. view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Order! Why do you call for a point of order when I am already addressing an issue and I have not finished? Sen. Madzayo, your name is on the screen for a point of order and I will deal with it. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, I will not allow us this afternoon to go to the merits and demerits. Let us get the statement, interrogate it and see whether such an order was made. If so, we need to know the effect and how to deal with it which is what we are now trying to do. You are entering into ... view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Nimekata kaulil gani? view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: I do not understand. view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: Order Sen. Madzayo! When you raise a statement, you take responsibility for it. How have I made a decision? Ama kukatakauli ni kufanya nini? view
• 6 Apr 2017 in Senate: What ruling have I made? I just said we will not go into the merits and demerits of the statement. If that is what you are referring to, yes I made a decision on that. If it is something else, you can raise the point of order. view