James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2711 to 2720 of 7781.

• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Yes, it is courtesy but the Speaker’s Office has no business with voting. Voting is a function of the House and the Whips have a function to play in seeing that Members are here to vote. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Order, Sen. Sang! view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Order! Take your seat! Are you questioning what I said? Are you suggesting that what I said was wrong? view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: You are completely out of order. That is why I asked you to take your seat. You are misleading the House. I will reiterate, at the risk of repeating myself, that it is not the Speaker’s function to whip Senators to come and vote. That should be very well ingrained in every Senator’s mind because that is the procedure. We have Whips in the House and it is their duty and role to whip Members to come and vote. If you have received any message from the Speaker’s Office, it is courtesy and not a practice for this House. I ... view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Are you asking me to direct the Office of the Speaker? view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, that is a very rare kind of request because you know it cannot happen. You are asking me to direct myself on what the Office of the Speaker should do. It does not happen. Sen, Sijeny, I hope that is on a different issue now. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Thank you. Shall we go to the next Order? Order No. 10 will be deferred until Thursday for the Select Committee to move that Motion. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Let us proceed to the next Order. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the Floor is open. Sen. Murungi is the one who spoke last and he is not here to complete his contribution. Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, there is no request for the Floor. Do I give you the chance to reply? view
• 6 Oct 2015 in Senate: Order! Sen. (Prof.) Lesan did not mention you. He said that there could be a person from Kakamega who will be toothless and needs to be taken care of. view