James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Order, hon. Members! Before we proceed to the next speaker, I mentioned to you that we have visitors from Taita Taveta County Assembly. I have already introduced the first group to you. However, due to the size of our galleries, we cannot accommodate all of them. However, I do not want them to go to Taita Taveta and say that the Senate has no gallery. These are temporary premises. When you visit us next time, you will find us in a place with a complete gallery. I will call the next group. When I call you, please, stand so that ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Let us determine the quorum. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Okay. Let us proceed with the business on the Order Paper. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Hon. Senators, could we, please, consult in lower tones. You can consult, but do it in a manner that the Member can be heard. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I wish to refer you to Standing Order No. 224(2). A petitioner brought a petition through you, I committed it to the relevant Committee and a report has been brought. The Standing Order No. 224(2) says clearly that no debate in relation to the report shall be allowed. So, the report has been laid on the Table. So, no debate or report shall be allowed, but the Speaker may in exceptional circumstances allow comments or observations in relation to the petition for not more than 20 minutes. So, it is not a right. The next thing that ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, do you wish to make any comments on what Sen. (Dr.) Kuti has said? view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Okay, but you cannot debate. So, you should make an application that you wish to comment on the report of the petition and then state the exceptional circumstances; then I have to make a decision on whether or not to allow debate on it. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, because you are the one who brought the petition, I will allow you five minutes to make a comment on it. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Kuti, would you like to give a response to that very briefly? view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Hon. Senators, I assume there is nobody else who wishes to comment on that issue, so we proceed to the next order. view