James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Order. Sen. Chelule, which word did you use? Proxy? Sen. Wetangula, what do you have to say? view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Order! Sen. Wetangula. You know you are the Leader of the Minority, you hold a very senior position in this House. I have said this in the past that the Chair is not asking too much in asking you to respect your colleagues. If you refer to Article 123 of the Constitution and the Standing Orders, it talks about the nominee designated by the head of delegation. If a Member takes offence by being called a proxy, why is it difficult to use the correct term which is nominee? The Constitution talks of the nominee. That settles the issue. The ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: This is not an issue I wish to protract. The point has been made and I do not think by entertaining more points of order, we will help the situation. The Senate Minority Leader, the Senate Deputy Majority Leader and Sen. Obure have all put it clearly the need to take the business of the House seriously. By the time we went to the Committee of the Whole, there were enough delegations but when we came back, we had inadequate numbers. We would have finished with this issue but it appears that progress has been reported and that will have ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: I have stressed like you have stressed, the importance of taking the Business of the House seriously. I cannot say anything more than that because I cannot possibly tell where the other Members are. It will be pursuing a futile route. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: That is an important point Sen. Wako is making. The Deputy Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader are here and they have heard that they need to whip the Members to be here tomorrow. If the Order Paper is such that Order No. 8 will be as it is now, then we can finish the business if there is quorum tomorrow. The appeal is to have Order No. 8 tomorrow as it is and that the Whips do their work to have sufficient numbers to vote. Hon. Senators, for the same reasons that I have stated, we have to ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Is it on something else, Sen. Wetangula? view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Sen. Wetangula, I have done consultations on the issue. Therefore, I made the ruling with my eyes open. Therefore, we shall move to Order No. 14. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: He is here but we shall move to Order No.14. I have already ruled on that. view
• 6 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, I am the Senator for Murang’a County. I have heard what the Committee has said. It is important that they have said what they have to say. I reckon that, maybe, we now have to go back and do what we have to do in Murang’a. The Senate is entrusted with issues like the one we are dealing with today and issues of oversight under Article 96 of our Constitution. These are extremely important positions of trust that have been granted to us, as Senators, as an institution. By taking our work under ... view