Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: colleagues who have argued that bringing 47 women into this Chamber is going to weaken this House. Let us ask ourselves: The functions that are devolved, who do they affect more? If it is water, it is women. If it is health, it is women. If it is other things like Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE), it is women. What do we lose by making sure that we mainstream gender in this House? In fact, in this House, we should be happy that we will achieve gender parity. The people who should be concerned are those at the National ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: If going by the Supreme Court of Kenya opinion and the High Court of Kenya ruling that made it mandatory for the two Speakers to consult before Bills are introduced in either Houses is applied faithfully, it is only the Appropriation Bill and maybe three or four other Bills touching on the national Budget that will not come to the Senate. What will stop the Senate from being the check on the excesses of an Executive that sits in the National Assembly? view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Let us look at the silver lining on this cloud. The Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights has brought a wonderful Statement in this House on matters that can be considered. Even if they cannot be resolved, we can have it on our to-do list so that even post BBI---. We are not saying that there can only be one referendum in the Republic of Kenya. We can have as many as possible but because this BBI process is aimed at fixing electoral injustices, we must get it done so that we have enough time ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Why do I say so? What are the churches not coming up with issues around the Kadhi Courts because that was a point of conflict in the last referendum? What, if people come with issues around abortion or the rights of LGBT? Are they BBI issues or are they the things that will divide us? view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: The President and the Rt. hon. Raila have always asked us why we cannot for once, focus on the things that we are agree on and that unite us a nation and there will be time for us to address the other things that divide us. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: I encourage this House that, even if we are going to support the proposals as they are, truth be said, they do not address the aspirations. That is why even in the US there were various amendments. No one can argue that there was only one amendment to the American Constitution that fixed all the problems they had. Even today, the struggle still continues. With the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, new issues keep coming up. People keep discovering things in the Statute books that made black people look like they did not belong in the American society. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, bringing the Cabinet in Parliament is an important move because the Cabinet has been far detached from the interest and the welfare of view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: 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
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: As Chair of the Devolution Committee, if I needed quick answers on devolution, I will have to go and line up to, God knows where, but if it was in this House, I can assure the nation that---- view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I comment on this Statement by Sen. Malalah, allow me to mourn with those families that have lost loved ones in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic; not just in Kenya, but across the globe. If we are honest with each other, this virus is in our midst. It is in Parliament and all over in our communities. It is only that the stigma associated with it does not allow us to come out openly. It is not just the stigma, but the process of managing an infection, particularly for those people who live in informal ... view