Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Even in Nairobi, there are by-laws that run this city. In my reading of statutory instruments, a by-law would qualify for each of those regulations that should be brought before the assembly. Nairobi has very interesting by-laws. I want to challenge the County Assembly of Nairobi County that once they pass this and it becomes an Act of Parliament, they should subject it by the by-laws, proclamations by the governor and the executive to Parliamentary or assembly for review and ratification. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, even as we talk of a statutory instruments law for county assemblies, we know that at the national Parliament, we have a problem. The Statutory Instruments Act that governs the national Legislature – the Senate and the National Assembly - has a lot of friction. I was in the last Parliament and we saw a situation where the Senate approves a statutory instrument and the National Assembly rejects it. Then, the question was: What next? view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: I remember in the wisdom of the Chair and both Houses, we said that, that then should trigger mediation. The common understanding of mediation is when both Houses pass different versions of Bills. What about statutory instruments? Unfortunately, when a mediation team was set up to fine-tune and harmonise the thoughts of both Houses on a particular statutory instrument, one House decided not to show up. Unfortunately, we do not have any legislation or procedures to help the nation when one House decides to abdicate its duty. That was the collapse of that statutory instrument. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: We need to make sure that we fix some of those issues at the national legislature. County assemblies will be lucky enough because they are unicameral, but the bicameralism we have at the national level can trigger a lot of conflict. As we legislate for the counties, let us make sure that we have taken care of our interests. If we do not do so, then we will have situation where it will depend on the mood of either House for a statutory instrument to be passed. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, also in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Kenya, virtually anything and everything in this Republic concerns counties. It is difficult to draw a line on statutory instruments that would be treated by the National Assembly and the Senate. However, it is still possible, by reviewing that Act, to come up with a definition that will not encourage acrimony, conflict and competition; that will guide us going into the future and say that these kinds of instruments that can be dealt with by the National Assembly exclusively, others by both Houses and some exclusively by the ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: As we go to the Legislative Summit in the wonderful City of Kisumu, I hope the organisers will not put us in the Big Four Agenda straight jacket. We went to Kirinyaga County to discuss the Big Four Agenda, which is a national Government initiative. We need now to go back to the Constitution. Whenever we sit down in a devolution conference or legislative conference we need to go back to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution and focus on the function that have been allocated to the Senate and county assemblies. That way, we will make sense. If we ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, my understanding of devolution is that it does not stop with county assemblies and end with governors and the Senate. When we go for the Legislative Summit, I dare propose that this time we need to involve our brothers and sisters from the National Assembly. This is because, at the end of the day, it is a 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
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Legislative Summit. We all have a legislative duty. It should not be an exclusive preserve of county assemblies and the Senate. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: I also hope that governors will show up because they have the tendency of thinking that matters to do with legislation are beneath them. Therefore, they stay away from legislative summits. The manner in which we honoured the entire nation and the devolution space by going to Kirinyaga in our numbers from day one to the last day, we expect that governors will also be humble and civil enough to sit down, so that we look at the success of devolution, or the challenges that come as a result of legislation. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are going to support county assemblies, then a number of things must happen. However, it must start with each of us. I chair the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) that relies a lot on county assemblies. That Committee of the Senate can never be successful if county assembly public accounts committees are not. Here we are in Nairobi trying to make a determination on audited accounts for the Financial Year 2017/2018 and yet, there are counties that have never tabled a single report before the House since their inauguration in 2013. How then ... view