James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Where is the Senate Majority Leader? Sen. Billow, are you the one moving the Bill? Can you proceed? view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Order, Members! Order! The consultations are too high and we have a very serious business to deal with. So, consult in low tones. view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Level 5 hospital not Level 3. view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: There is a lot of interest on this issue, as indicated on the screen. So, I may have to reduce the time to speak in due course. view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Order, Senators! I have 15 requests on the screen and each of you has 15 minutes to contribute. If you multiply that, it comes to 225 minutes. This is equal to 3.75 hours or almost four hours. You realize the fact that we do not have four hours remaining. If I give you 10 minutes each, that will translate to 150 minutes, which is about 2.5 hours. I think each of you would like to contribute. Therefore, I am proposing each Member to contribute for 10 minutes. But in fairness--- view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Order, Senators! You will contribute for five minutes, as you request because it is still within 10 minutes which I had earlier proposed. So, it is up to you. You can contribute for five minutes and you will save us a lot of time. However, I am looking at the bigger picture. So, it is going to be 10 minutes. But since I had granted Sen. Kagwe 15 minutes, I will grant 15 minutes to the next speaker. But he can speak for the period of time that he wants to speak as long as it is no more than ... view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Okay; let us look at this. Does that sound equitable? view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Does it? view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: I am asking that question because I do not want anybody to say that they were shut out. First of all, if you refer to Standing Order No.29(5), there will be no need to apply for extension of time. We shall proceed until we finish Business, subject to not going beyond midnight. Howevesr, you do not need to make an application for the extension of time. So, you have until midnight. But if you want us to do five minutes, I will be quite happy because we are going to Committee of the Whole Stage which, in my view, is ... view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Okay, let us be fair to each other; if we can do two minutes, five minutes or whatever number of minutes, it would be very good, indeed. However, it is too early to curtail you to five minutes. Proceed, Sen. Musila; you have 10 minutes. view