Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are one hour, fifteen minutes behind schedule. This means that it is inevitable that today’s sitting will end anytime earlier than 8.00 p.m. Mr. Speaker, Sir, would it be in order to seek your indulgence that the one hour fifty minutes that is pending for presentation of evidence and prosecution of the case by the executive start counting at 2.00 p.m. when you took that seat. This is because the delay cannot be off-loaded on the Senate when we were here on time. That kind of ruling will also cause the executive to hasten. We cannot ... view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are considering impeachment by way of a Committee, it has been established that the presentation of evidence in the four hours available, we have traditionally given three hours for the evidence in chief, 30 minutes for cross-examination and 30 minutes for the re-examination. I think that is the point that Sen. Orengo has been attempting to canvas since morning. Since we did not have that clarity, we must find a way of making a judicious decision that will guide us tomorrow. This is because tomorrow the Executive is supposed to present its evidence. To avoid ... view
• 9 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been one of those advocating for virtual and hybrid sittings. I am glad that today, on a very important matter, we will put it to the test. I have looked at Standing Order No.251F on Voting, particularly when we are doing the virtual or hybrid sittings. It leaves a lot of room for interpretation because Standing Order No.251F(2) says- “Where a decision is to be made by way of secret ballot, a Senator shall cast their vote by- (a) roll call; or (b) electronically, as shall be determined by the Speaker.” The problem with that ... view
• 9 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could you just tighten those gaps and make it clear that the vote on this particular subject for which the Senate has been called back into a Special Sitting shall be by Roll Call? This means that a Senator sitting and voting virtually must be physically present, and be seen rather than it being an electronic vote. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to express thanks to the President for the exposition of public policy contained in his Address to the nation which was the Seventh State of the Nation Address. Even though the President has benefited from very poor legal advice as evidenced by the last decision of the High Court, the President has been faithful to Article 132. Article 132 says the President shall in an address to the nation, explain measures taken to ensure the realization of values and principles of the nation. It was interesting that in this Senate, we considered a case ... 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: the county and that the interpretation was that that address must be held in the county assembly. We realized that it is possible for a governor to address the county from a hotel or even a bedroom. It is possible for the President to address the nation from Manyani. However, in this particular case, the President has been faithful to the Constitution and he has come to Parliament for the last seven times. This is one Speech that I heard in silence without disrupting the President. I do recall that on the occasion of the Fifth Address, some of us ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yes, I am not embarrassed to say so. The message we must send out is that we, the political class, we are not immune to COVID-19. There are Kenyans who are waiting for a politician to die of COVID-19 for them to believe that this thing is real. This is not a disease for the forgotten. It is not a disease for the people at the bottom of the pyramid. This is a disease for all of us. The President talked about measures that he has put in place to safeguard lives and he talked about ... 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: When you talk about reduction in corporate tax and PAYE, these are people who are already in the formal space and that is the minority in this Republic. What about the informal sector? Of course you will tell me that VAT applies to everybody because it is a consumption tax. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President needs to think much more about the informal sector because that is the driver of this economy. It is easy for the President to tell us how many companies are registered every day. I do recall he gave us a figure of about 400 ... view