James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5961 to 5970 of 7781.

• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Hon. Senators, there is one thing I will not allow. If you want to make a point of order, I will allow you to do so. As I ruled earlier, this is a very important matter we are discussing. I want to imagine that the points of order you will make will be within the ambits of what we are discussing and that they will help move the debate. If you want to make a contribution, you have to wait until I ask you to do so. I think that needs to be respected because short of that we will ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Order, hon. Senators! It is important that you clarify this position so that we understand one another. We also want Sen. Wetangula to finish. What Sen. Muthama is saying – you need to clarify this – is that the total sharable revenue is Kshs1.026.31 trillion. That is the figure shown below. We have a national allocation of Kshs799.65 billion plus Kshs1.45 billion and Kshs3.4 billion and Kshs226.66 billion. That comes to Kshs1.026.31 trillion. Am I correct? The question The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Sen. Wetangula, we have only one Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and he is the one I asked to make a clarification. view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Order, hon. Members! There is one thing I want to clarify here and that is Sen. Muthama is satisfied with the figures that have been given. He did not understand the difference between Kshs1.026 trillion and the amount being shared now and the Kshs529.3 billion. If that is clear, Sen. Wetangula can proceed with his contribution. view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Sen. Muthama, when Sen. Billow was explaining the figures, you were talking to the Clerk-at-the-Table. Therefore, you may have missed a point. You may have missed the trend of the argument. I will not go back there. I made it clear that if you want us to proceed together, let us concentrate on the Debate in the House at the moment because it is very important. It is important that we move together in this debate, whether or not, we have differences in it. Sen. Muthama, with respect, when the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget was ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Sen. Lonyangapuo, you will not have an argument with Sen. Wetangula. Address the Chair. view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: What point of order are you making? view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Sen. Khaniri. I want to reiterate what Sen. Khaniri has said. That is the point I have been trying to make throughout this afternoon. I will not say that anyone has raised a frivolous point of order because points of order are important matters of procedure. However, I will also ask you to state under what Standing Order you are raising a matter. It is very difficult to stop a Member from raising a point of order because you cannot anticipate what they want to say. At the same time, I hope that you will respect the orders ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Sen. Hassan, when I sit here, I am able to follow debate and I understand when you want to solicit, to inform, which is different from giving information. What you are saying is important and in due time I will give you a chance to contribute, but let us not try to use points of information to debate through the back door. That is not allowed. The problem is that I am not able to anticipate what a Senator is going to say. I hold every Member in a lot of respect, but you have now taken about three minutes ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Order, Sen. Wetangula! You cannot say that the Office of the Speaker has failed you. I think that is wrong and you need to withdraw. When you make such kind of statement, I will not let it go. I do not want you to substantiate, but you need to withdraw. view