Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I know there is a lot of pain across on the issue of distribution of the new constituencies. I will go on record that the people of Homa Bay County and I are not happy because from the submissions that were made to the Joint Committee, Homa Bay County deserved at least two constituencies. However, we need to look at the bigger picture. Is it the constituencies or the strengthening of devolution that should be the conversation at this point? Being in the Senate, I will spend more time to see how this Bill will strengthen and entrench devolution because ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, we are strengthening devolution by increasing the allocation from 15 to 35 per cent. I disagree with those who think that it is impossible to allocate these resources to counties. I know that many functions that have been allocated to counties in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution are still sitting in Nairobi. If we took the money that is in the Ministry of Lands, the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Irrigation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives and the Ministry of Health to the counties where it rightfully belongs for implementation, we will have achieved 35 per cent of fiscal transfers to the counties. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I like the proposal of having accountability of the Government in Parliament. You can clearly see even in this House. Our colleagues who have been in charge of Ministries and those who have been Ministers and Assistant Ministers, even the quality of their debates and participation in this House is much higher because they were brought up in an environment where there was accountability by coming to Parliament and explaining what they were doing in their Ministries. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I am only unhappy because I said the glass is half full. It means that I am generally happy, but I am also unhappy about certain provisions. How I wish that that accountability, through Parliament, that even the Senate was involved in a way. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I am going to speak about my feelings around Article 257 of the Constitution. My view is not as boisterous and elegant as the lawyers’, but I see Article 257 as a very dangerous provision in our Constitution, especially if we develop a jurisprudence around it that Parliament has got no role in amendment to the Constitution by popular initiative. What is going to happen is that this process is going to be a dry run for further constitutional amendments. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: If we establish today that the people can come up with a million signatures, get 24 county assemblies, go through Parliament as ceremony and take it to a referendum, I foresee a number of things happening. One day this Senate will be scrapped. Already the Senate is a nuisance to the powers that be. We speak too much English and spend too much time. We were supposed to have passed this last week, but we are here still debating. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: When the Prime Minister will be sitting in the National Assembly and we subject his laws to review in the Senate, after three or four attempts, this Senate will be dissolved through Article 257. How I wish that in the spirit of consensus, we allow the Joint Committee to advise us on a proper jurisprudence that will guide us in future in the event of a popular initiative. Even though--- view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: One minute, Madam Deputy Speaker. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I agree with the Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Right that amendments to the form should be considered rather than amendments to the substance. However, whatever we establish today, if Parliament is just to pass through as ceremony, then Motions to abolish the Senate, extend term limits, and extend the tenure of the current presidency will come hot on the heels of the BBI amendment. view