Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 1112.

• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to oppose this amendment. Kenya is a multiparty democracy. By virtue of being so, that is enough choice. Once you have made that choice, we want to have multiparty practice thrive in this country. It would be legislating in reverse if every time we make a gain, we reverse it. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, is it in order for the Member for Turkana Central to attempt to bring an unconstitutional and illegal amendment given the fact that this House has already legislated to the effect that Kenya shall be a multi-party democracy and the essence of a party is in its membership? This is because a party is defined by its membership. To the extent that you want to create a law that dilutes membership of a party, you are running counter to the spirit and letter of the Political Parties Act. Is he in order? view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Chairman, Sir. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I just want to bring to the attention of the hon. Minister that what this amendment seeks to do is to open a window whereby the same gang of people are able to nominate in party X, party Y and party Z. That in essence will kill democracy. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead this House that the independent candidates have no supporters when we know very well that the people who do not have political party affiliation are more than those who are registered in political parties? view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. Pursuant to what hon. C. Kilonzo has just said, I need your guidance here. For us to be able to canvass this amendment that has been brought by hon. Kimunya, we need the assurance of the Chair that we will get back because the entire Article 22 was recommitted. That we will get back to Article 22(3). We need that guidance that Article 22(3) that was brought here by hon. Dr. Nuh will be recommitted. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank you for your magnanimity and generosity in your ruling today particularly to the Minister for Finance. But I must say that we are doing the right thing the wrong way. None of us is opposed to this Motion on Vote of Account. We all swore to defend and uphold this Constitution. The Constitution says that Parliament shall approve the estimates. As we speak, we do not have approval of the estimates. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the same Constittion says that Vote on Account shall not be more than a half of the ... view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister is advising me that we should be going on recess. We must not run away from our responsibility to go on recess. We should finish our job in this House. We should do it diligently. I want to continue giving the Minister the benefit of the doubt but I would like that this House learns from his mistake so that we look better tommorow. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank the Leader of Government Business for his understanding of this issue but I know they can do better. The new Minister for Finance had done very well and he enjoys a lot of goodwill from this House. We are doing this for the good of the country and we do not want to get it wrong. The Public Financial Management Bill is going to be the lifeblood of these two governments and it is imperative that this thing is interrogated with a toothcomb. To that end, even the afternoon Session will ... view