Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Inspector- General of Police was vetted by this House. Someone who is an appointee of the Senate cannot then have the guts to defy legitimate instructions and directions of the Senate. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the Senator for Kakamega, has gone down in history as having led a match to the Office of the Inspector-General of Police. We should never appear helpless. Finally, I want to encourage the citizens of Isiolo to go to the County Government's Act and push for a Motion for suspension of that county government The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: because the activities of the governor and the ruling class in Isiolo are contrary to the common good of the people of Isiolo County. However, this conversation should not be localized to one governor or one county. We are seeing this problem across several other counties in the 47 county governments, and we need a solution. We need to strengthen the consequences for contempt of Parliament without subjecting them to judicial review. Thank you. view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of limits of judicial authority on independent institutions has been settled. I think we have seen some precedents that have been presented to us. Secondly, we need to make a distinction between procedural fairness and procedural technicality. Procedural fairness demands that we give the governor of Kericho County an opportunity to defend himself because he has been accused of gross misconduct. All sorts of allegations have been made against him. This is, therefore, his opportunity to defend himself against those allegations. There should be procedural fairness as required in our Constitution. The other aspect is ... view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: petition in a foolscap, rather than on an A4 paper. We are getting different interpretations to the ruling that has been referred to by both parties. On this matter, we should not go with Rule No.30 of the Standing Orders, which empowers the Speaker to make a decision. I want to encourage us to do what we did in the case of the Governor for Nairobi City County, Hon. Sonko. Some affidavits were sworn by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) that discredited the outcome of the vote. The Speaker ruled that we should allow all parties to prosecute their ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also rise to support The Election Offences (Amendment) Bill that is before the House. It is important to reflect The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: that this is one of the outcomes of the National Dialogue Committee which was established at some point in the history of this country to stabilize the political situation. I would like to hail those who participated as rapporteurs, as chairs, as members of the National Dialogue Committee and even those who presented memoranda to that very important committee. We are now starting to see the outcome of the work they did in the form of various amendment laws. We are also seeing that result in the pacification of politics. I hope that we shall find an equilibrium where our ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: If there is one exercise that we must completely ring-fence and keep away foreign influence, it is in our elections. I read somewhere today that if news can be fake, then history can also be fake. The history of Africa is replete with rigged elections, assassinated leaders and coup d’états engineered by the West. I am a Pan-Africanist, and I believe that there are those forces out there, out of Africa, that believe Africa should never be fully independent and never self-determine its direction. We need a law that says that when it comes to the infrastructure, the systems, the ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: On election day, they have to be at the polling station. They have to be at the tallying centre at night. They have to sit for three, or four days waiting for the results to come out. Meanwhile, you are maintaining them, paying them allowances, giving them airtime, taking care of their food and accommodation. Election day expenses of a Senator in this House are on average Kshs10 million if one decides to deploy agents properly. Of course, some of us sometimes find you do not have strong opposition, and then you decide to just ride on existing systems. Where ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: and say that, “we the Abasuba, Luo or the Kikuyu are many, and so we are going to take the next election.” In the last conversation, there was the Building Bridges Initiative. It was bastardized, it was shot down in the courts of law for lack of public participation but there were some interesting proposals. I recall a proposal that came from the Governor of Kisumu, who is currently the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) interim party leader. He had a proposal that we cannot take these Western systems in their entirety. Let us try and build a home-grown solution where ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, while I support this amendment to the Election Offences Act, I believe that a complete overhaul is necessary along the lines that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale had mentioned earlier. In 2016, when we were in this House in the 11th Parliament, there was a crisis prior to that election and there was a bipartisan approach committee. We called it the Windsor Committee, led by Sen. James Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu Murungi, that gave us the minimum reforms that were necessary then. I believe that we have enough time not to go for minimum reforms, but we have enough ... view