Kiraitu Murungi

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• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Powers and Privileges Act gives a Member of Parliament absolute freedom to vote in any way that his conscience dictates. Is it in order for a senior counsel, the oldest serving Member of Parliament on that side, to try to interfere with a Member’s freedom to vote in a manner he wants? view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like the House to know that Sen. Orengo and the Minority Leader, Sen. Moses are my very good friends. However, I am not in this House to please them. I am not in this House courtesy of Sen. Orengo or Sen. Wetangula. I am here as an independent Senator; a Jubilee Senator. I am not here to please CORD. Therefore, to their great disappointment, I will support this Bill. I am very sorry for you, my friends, but I am supporting this Bill. It is true that we have been involved in this struggle ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the greatest leaders in this country, who we shall always remember is the late former Vice President, Kijana Wamalwa. He will go down in history for a very famous statement he made; that, good ideas must always give way to better ideas. It is true we developed a Bill for which we are congratulated all over Kenya. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not opposing our Bill. There has been an addition. We are supporting the Bill that we will develop through the consensus process but we are fine tuning it. We are creating new layers of backup. In the old Bill we supported electronic backup to electronic voter identification and electronic transmission of results. What I am supporting now is that we have electronic voter identification and transmission system but we also have electronic backup and manual backup just to make sure that --- view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Senate Minority Leader asking to see the letters from Isiolo and Samburu delegations. Why is he elevating himself to be the Speaker of this House? These delegations have voted before in this House. They write their letters to the Speaker. They do not write their letters to him. Who is he to ask that the letters be brought to him? Sen. Onchwangi is already in the list of the two Senators appointed by Sen. Obure to represent the Kisii delegation in this House through a previous letter. Why do we doubt ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Chairman Sir. We are on the Third Reading in the Committee stage. We will not have time for debate like in the Second Reading. Whereas I appreciate that the Senate Minority Leader has got his say on this matter, could he be conscious about time and be precise in the comments that he is making. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I agree with Sen. Billow that Section 44 (a) should not be read in isolation and a vacuum. It should be read in the total context and we should read the whole of it. The word ‘notwithstanding’ should also be read with the word ‘complementary mechanisms’. In this context, the word notwithstanding could be understood to mean in addition to. So, in addition to what is provided in Section 44, the Commission will put in place complementary mechanism for identification of voters and transmission of election results. Again, that is the broader The electronic version ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I think we have heard enough. It is time for you to make a decision and then we move on. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir. I kindly request that the bell be rung for another one minute. I know that some of my colleagues are coming; we need one minute to allow them to come. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: seconded. view