Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2941 to 2950 of 2972.

• 25 Jun 2015 in Senate: If I look round, it seems that if this Bill was in force at that time, our parents would have been fined Kshs500,000, jailed for two years or done community work which would have meant even flogging in public. With a devolved system of governance, it now becomes much easier for us to see the priorities at the local level and use the county governments to come up with solutions to those local problems. For this Bill to be meaningful, we will need to conduct some civic education for parents. The fines here are quite punitive. I guess the intention ... view
• 15 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. We started this debate on a very divine note. I wish that the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Murkomen, was here because I would have referred him to the book of Daniel Chapter 4 where the story of Nebuchadnezzar is found. I wish and I hope that we will send a message to those who are in positions of power the kind of message that God sent to Nebuchadnezzar. God reminded him that the position of influence, wealth and everything else that he had ... view
• 15 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. We started this debate on a very divine note. I wish that the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Murkomen, was here because I would have referred him to the book of Daniel Chapter 4 where the story of Nebuchadnezzar is found. I wish and I hope that we will send a message to those who are in positions of power the kind of message that God sent to Nebuchadnezzar. God reminded him that the position of influence, wealth and everything else that he had ... view
• 15 Jun 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The good Senator for Makueni County has talked about some people who have been selected to sit in the Select Committee. To the best of my knowledge, that has not been tabled here yet. Is the Senator in order to anticipate debate on this matter? view
• 26 May 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. That statement has revealed something that many Kenyans were not aware of; that the President was scheduled to go to Hollywood around the same time when people were dying in Kenya. That is extremely unfortunate. For some reasons, I feel happy that the President did not make it to Hollywood when our children were being killed in Garissa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, more specifically, I would have wished that the statement told us a number of things. One, it has been reported that the President had been dropped from the detailed programme. If you go to ... view
• 26 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to hail the Committee that went into mediation and came up with this formula. Due to the amount of effort the Committee has expended, I do not think it would be fair for us to re-open this debate. I just wish to thank them for having the foresight to come with a negotiated position. The environment is the only inheritance that the current generation can hand over to the future generation. This Bill, which hopefully will become an Act, sets the framework and lays the foundation for us, as a generation to hand ... view
• 26 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was referring to my good friend, Sen. Khaniri. As a member of the CORD Coalition, when this Committee was set up, I had full confidence in the membership and I wish to thank them and vindicate that it was the right Committee that was set up. The grumbling was on the consultation rather than on the composition of the Committee. view
• 26 May 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me start by looking at Section 3 of this Bill which talks about the objects and purposes. I wonder whether reproductive health or rights are only for women. The first object says: “Provide a framework for protection and advancement of reproductive and health rights for the women.” I need to be corrected on this so that we are clear that reproductive health and rights do not only apply to women but to all equally. Having said that, let me talk about four things that every leader must take a position on. One is ... view
• 26 May 2015 in Senate: Article 26 of the Constitution has really addressed the issue of abortion. Probably, all we needed to do was to define who a health care professional is and I believe that has also been defined in other statutes. All that we needed to have done was to strengthen penalties for people who violate that article. If we say that life begins at conception and someone undertakes abortion, that someone has killed something that is alive. Therefore, when it comes to the issue of penalties which other speakers have also touched on, Clause 21 of the Bill is too docile. Talking ... view
• 20 May 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I also support the proposal to delete Clause 39(3). I also sympathise with some of the concerns raised by Sen. Haji but probably those concerns could be misplaced. I still believe that if an auditor has be sent by the Auditor-General to go and audit those security related sectors, there would still be certain procedures that they have to go through; procedures for access to premises and so on. There would still be procedures that would not need to come here. When you put 39(3) in this Act, it means that the person being audited will ... view