Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the National Cohesion and Peace Building Bill, brought to this House by Sen. Pareno. She has said good things about the Bill. The Seconder has also cited some of the good things about the Bill. Therefore, allow me to be a bit critical, so that we can improve the Bill as it progresses. I also take note that this Bill has been before this House previously. It is because of the concurrence process that it has been brought back. However, it gives us an opportunity to maybe get a better understanding of what ... view
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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: I want to compare those objectives with the job description of the President that is in the Constitution. Article 131 of the Constitution lays out what the President is obliged to do. Remember these functions cannot be changed by Parliament; it is only by Kenyans through a referendum. The President is the symbol of national unity. The duty of the President is to promote and enhance national unity. The President shall promote respect for diversity on ethnic and racial grounds. Those three points stick out in the job description of the President. In fact, we are moving away from a ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: What are the causes of strife? I recall when former Speaker, Hon. Ole Kaparo, was chairing NCIC. We realized that when we talk about hate speech and what goes on in social media, is nothing compared to shedding of blood in places like northern Kenya, where the triggers of conflict are competition for resources such as water that we take for granted. You have water on this table and no one is taking it. However, in northern Kenya, people are killing each other because of access to water, pasture and land. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Laikipia is a ticking time-bomb. There are people sitting on thousands of lands of conservancies and the indigenous population whose cattle is dying under their watch. In this law, we are writing that it will be criminal to talk about these matters that way. Who owns the conservancies? Are they Kenyans? Are they politicians? Most of them are colonial relics. If we describe them as such, this law will make it criminal for us to stand up and fight for our rights as indigenous Kenyans. view
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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: This law defines discrimination in various ways. One is on ethnic grounds. It makes it criminal for any public entity to have more than one-third of an ethnic community in public offices. It means that all the 47 counties are criminals who should be charged. Unless the good Senator corrects me, the offence under the Act is a fine of Kshs200,000 or imprisonment for one year or both. Therefore, the Governors will be more than happy to pay that. I do not know whether there is a specific fine that applies to an offence under that Act. Even if you ... view
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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: gentleman from my county. Do you know what my people are telling me? Senator, go and talk to the PS, he comes from your county; let him divert funds to Homa Bay County. They do not know that it is criminal. The whole notion of taking advantage of a tribesman to bring development to your region is itself impunity. Last week, I was with a group of teachers reflecting on the changing face of academic results in the country. We never used to hear of St. Patricks’, Iten. When I was in high school, we never met Kapsabet Boys in ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: roads are not enough, I wish he would bring some of those roads to places where they would be appreciated. The driving motivation for some of these politicians is that the President coming from a certain community should have done more for that community. This should be criminalized. In fact, to that extent, I agree with Sen. Pareno. The only problem is how do you effect it? When people elect you, they expect that you will bring things back home. For example, the Arror and Kimwarer dams and the billions that were set aside. Magwagwa Dam that was supposed to ... view