Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also rise to support The Election Offences (Amendment) Bill that is before the House. It is important to reflect 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
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: that this is one of the outcomes of the National Dialogue Committee which was established at some point in the history of this country to stabilize the political situation. I would like to hail those who participated as rapporteurs, as chairs, as members of the National Dialogue Committee and even those who presented memoranda to that very important committee. We are now starting to see the outcome of the work they did in the form of various amendment laws. We are also seeing that result in the pacification of politics. I hope that we shall find an equilibrium where our ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: If there is one exercise that we must completely ring-fence and keep away foreign influence, it is in our elections. I read somewhere today that if news can be fake, then history can also be fake. The history of Africa is replete with rigged elections, assassinated leaders and coup d’états engineered by the West. I am a Pan-Africanist, and I believe that there are those forces out there, out of Africa, that believe Africa should never be fully independent and never self-determine its direction. We need a law that says that when it comes to the infrastructure, the systems, the ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: On election day, they have to be at the polling station. They have to be at the tallying centre at night. They have to sit for three, or four days waiting for the results to come out. Meanwhile, you are maintaining them, paying them allowances, giving them airtime, taking care of their food and accommodation. Election day expenses of a Senator in this House are on average Kshs10 million if one decides to deploy agents properly. Of course, some of us sometimes find you do not have strong opposition, and then you decide to just ride on existing systems. Where ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: and say that, “we the Abasuba, Luo or the Kikuyu are many, and so we are going to take the next election.” In the last conversation, there was the Building Bridges Initiative. It was bastardized, it was shot down in the courts of law for lack of public participation but there were some interesting proposals. I recall a proposal that came from the Governor of Kisumu, who is currently the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) interim party leader. He had a proposal that we cannot take these Western systems in their entirety. Let us try and build a home-grown solution where ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, while I support this amendment to the Election Offences Act, I believe that a complete overhaul is necessary along the lines that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale had mentioned earlier. In 2016, when we were in this House in the 11th Parliament, there was a crisis prior to that election and there was a bipartisan approach committee. We called it the Windsor Committee, led by Sen. James Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu Murungi, that gave us the minimum reforms that were necessary then. I believe that we have enough time not to go for minimum reforms, but we have enough ... view
• 26 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you and the House to welcome the delegation from the Africa Parliamentarians Network on Climate Change (APNCC) as well as the delegation from Makueni. Allow me also to take this opportunity to wish you a happy birthday. view
• 26 Sep 2024 in Senate: I know there are some old men such as Sen. Abass, who do not know their dates of birth. So, he is not very amused. view
• 26 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we welcome the delegation, I also thank you for creating time. I know that at four o'clock, you will be having a conversation with the hon. MPs. I want to thank you that when Kenya hosted the African Climate Summit last September, this Parliament brought together MPs from 28 African countries. The meeting was held under your direction and patronage. Today, we have MPs from 12 African nations who have come here to strategize on how MPS can be players in the climate change conversation. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 26 Sep 2024 in Senate: Yesterday, the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency William Ruto, was hosting African Heads of State in New York, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Heads of State Climate Change Committee. Kenya has always provided leadership on climate change matters. I know at the right time, you will allow me to make a substantive statement on the reason why the MPs are here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming them so that I do not waste a lot of time. If you may have noticed, the Member from Guinea Bissau drew the loudest applause, ... view