Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.227 that talks about engagement of experts. I listened to the long communication that you have made, you have also admitted as the Speaker that the verification of authenticity of records and signatures, is a matter that you are ill prepared to deal with. I want to point to the committee, which you have committed this task, to not be shy from asking the Clerk to get experts with the skills, expertise and subject matter knowledge, to allow the verification of the letters that are in contention. Ultimately, this is the ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On 30th April, 2024, I had moved the House to adopt the Motion on the Report of the Select Committee on County Public Accounts on its consideration of the report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of 10 County Assemblies, which is Isiolo, Kiambu, Kitui, Marsabit, Narok, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, and West Pokot County Assemblies. I have a balance of 50 minutes, and I intend to utilize about 5 to 10 minutes in moving this Motion. I also thank you for indulging the committee and indulging me because this matter was on the ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: As I said when I was moving this Motion, for a long time, the Senate had not considered the reports of county assemblies because we had concentrated and focused on the county executives. The first Chairperson of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), the distinguished Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, laid a firm ground and rules that we have followed to date in consideration of reports of the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG). view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: I agree with the rules and algorithm that they established because county executives take 80 per cent, if not 90 per cent, of county budgets. Sometimes we go for Pareto's principle, “go for the area where you are going to have the biggest impact.” However, along the way, we realized that a lot of the corruption and bad governance is condoned by weak county assemblies. If there is corruption in the county assembly, there is no way they will manage corruption at the county executive level. Therefore, the committee took an interest in the financial statements of county assemblies. Mr. ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: We were only left with the Serjeant-at-Arms officers. I thank those gallant Serjeant-at-Arm officers because when everyone else ran away, they were there to receive us and make sure that we at least had a bottle of water. Isiolo County Assembly has a leadership crisis. We cannot condemn all the MCAs. However, the leadership of this Assembly, particularly the Speakership, the last time they appeared before the CPAC, we had to ask the Speaker for Isiolo County Assembly to apologize for utterances that he made in public, failure to which, he would be ejected from the meeting. He chose not ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must ensure that our assemblies are a reflection of the Senators here. It is only Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale here who could be proud that--- view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologize. As I explained in the earlier case--- view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: The offensive words because if I mention them, I will give further effect to the offence. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologize and withdraw for being offensive. As I had mentioned when we were considering the impeachment for the Governor for Meru County, and I am informed that Njuri Ncheke Council has refused to be drawn into those shenanigans, I think in Suba, translate to Luo and then I translate to English. So, sometimes, when I speak in English, my words can be taken out of context. I had committed to withdraw and apologize unreservedly on the comments I had made that seemed to indicate that there was no lucid person in Meru County. As we ... view