Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have done so well, until the last Statement. If you look at our Standing Orders, there is no mention anywhere about an injunction; either Parliament injuncting itself or anybody else injuncting Parliament; there is no mention. I have the distinction of being one of those who drafted these Standing Orders with the late Dr. Godana, Julius Sunkuli and the late Henry Obwocha. Even at that time--- view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at that time, we visited comparable jurisdictions in the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia, Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria and New Zealand, and we found absolutely no provision where Parliament can be injuncted by any authority. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have analyzed Standing Order 98 very well, and I agree with you that even if the courts issued a restraining order, it will be invalid against Parliament. You have rightly said that we are not party to the proceedings that you are taking cognizance of. More importantly, this House has already set up a Committee. I ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: as you wish. You must hit the water. We have taken a dive and we must hit the water. After yesterday’s proceedings, we will be sending a very dangerous signal for this House to start--- It is Sen. Orengo who said yesterday that at no time should a House of Parliament ever imagine limiting its jurisdiction on its own Motion. The world over, everybody looks for more and more jurisdiction. Look at the judgments of Chief Justice Madan; his says, jurisdiction is so sweet that even when you are given, you grab it. This is what this House must do; ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the distinguished Senate Majority Leader that, in fact, any party that fails to appear after proper summons and constitutional proceedings, then the Committee is entitled to pass an adverse inference against it and proceed to make a sound legal justifiable decision. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The distinguished Senator for Narok County must know that in the Queen’s English, we construct houses. We do not do the other thing that he has said when dealing with houses. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, statutes are born from the Grundnorm which is the Constitution. These Standing Orders are also born from the Grundnorm . They get their legality and foundation from the Constitution. In fact, these Standing Orders enjoy stronger constitutional protection than ordinary statutes because it is through these Standing Orders that we create those statutes. This is the departure point, that the Standing Orders, where they give you time bound process, the House has absolutely no opportunity to expand that timeline. This is born out The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: of the philosophy that a President, Deputy President, and a Governor are elected by people to hold serious constitutional offices; that when they are subjected to the trauma of impeachment, it cuts like a saw. It cuts back and forth. It cuts the governor and the people over whom they have authority. So, we must not let the people of Taita Taveta; for example, go without their governor, neither should we let the Governor of Taita Taveta have his fate hanging in the balance without knowing which direction he is going. That is why the time limits are set. The ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. Sen. Ndwiga is right. I would like to inform the Senate Majority Leader that in the previous Parliament, we had some very questionable payments from counties to the Council of Governors (CoG) amounting to billions of shillings. In fact, some counties with starving and dying people were paid Kshs28 million and another one paid Kshs47 million to the CoG. Which money is used to fight even processes of legislation that enforce accountability? view