Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1711 to 1720 of 6535.

• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker for this opportunity. I join you in thanking the Kitui County Government and its people for the warm welcome. We should never be complicit to sacrificing the constitutionality and legality at the altar of convenience. It has been very convenient to say that counties and people are suffering but there is no achievement of rights without sacrifice. What is happening in this country is entrenchment of impunity, absolute disregard for the law, absolute disdain for institutions and the Executive has found a bogey boy in the Senate to bully and molest at will. The National Assembly ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief. This Bill has been ably moved by my Chairman in the Finance Committee. As we pass it in the manner that we are going to do, I want to start where Sen. (Prof.) Kamar has left. The commitments by the Kenya and other African governments in Abuja and Maputo touch on the most devolved functions. Agriculture is wholly devolved, while health is 95 per cent devolved. Yet they are the functions that the national Government least want to support the counties to achieve. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I want to urge that we remain eternally vigilant to make sure that devolution is not killed the way Majimbo was killed in 1965. This House will go in history as standing up with the bully-boys who do not want devolution and standing up to defend devolution. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been in this House for a very long time. I do not know of any Standing Order under which a Member after conclusion of debate and the Mover has been called upon to reply stands up and purports to correct his speech. Is he in order? view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I second. view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know if it has been brought to your attention that these gadgets are malfunctioning. Every time you want to get the Order Paper, you are only limited to Order Papers for August, yet we are in September. I experienced this yesterday and it is the same thing today. I called the officers yesterday who fiddled with my machine the whole afternoon and it did not work. Mine is not the only one which is malfunctioning; I know of other Senators who were unable to access the Order Paper on the gadget. I request that ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is the law that requires security organs in every county to work in harmony, co-operation and collaboration with the county governments, with the governors of counties being the chairpersons of the security board of their counties. The national Government has arrogantly and defiantly ignored that law. The Speaker has been a governor and he knows how much we tried to have him Chair that board and this was rebuffed. To the extent that there are parallel systems literally in the counties, county management, devolution and all other local issues are strangers to matters of security. This ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker Sir. It is interesting, listening to my distinguished colleague from Elgeyo-Marakwet County who is the Senate Majority Leader and, therefore, the representative of the national Government in this House. Is it in order for him to continue belabouring a point that appeared to point to the fact that the Government has abdicated its responsibility on security and left the communities to deal with security in their own way? Is this what the Government is supposed to do? view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I had drafted a similar Statement to bring to this House. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for running ahead of the pack. What is going on in South Africa is a terrible shame. In 2008, when I was the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in this country, similar attacks erupted in South Africa. The South Africans senselessly killed fellow black Africans. This time round, populations of frustrated black South Africans have unleashed terror and violence on fellow blacks with the pretext that they are responsible for their unemployment and state of economic hopelessness. view