Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, as a distinguished colleague in the learned profession, you know that the then Minister responsible for the population census, the current Governor of Kakamega County, went to court and won the case. There was an order for repeat census in certain areas. However, some Kenyans in those areas arrogantly said that if the repeat census were to happen, they would have to count people from the air, and the matter ended there. This is common knowledge and the cases were in court. The Minister is also still living and is the current Governor of ... view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I laud your ruling and want to urge that a better mechanism be designed to handle Statements. If you look at today’s Order Paper, we have 38 Statements. Even if we were to allocate five minutes to each, it would consume the entire afternoon. We have to find a formula on how to handle Statements. Last week, my distinguished brother from Garissa said it all on the Floor, when he read a Statement. When we interrogated him, he said: ‘I did not say it; I just read it’. That means that--- view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the long and short of it is that the Chairman carried a statement from the Executive and disowned the contents. What we want is responsibility from whoever brings the statement. The reason that Chairpersons sometimes fumble is because these statements are given to them as they walk into the Chamber. Sometimes they are not even able to interrogate the Ministries that are sources of these statements. The National Assembly, in the last Parliament, tried to get Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and Principal Secretaries to answer statements and questions in the House, but they did not succeed. Taking cue ... view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also salute my good teacher, Prof. Kibwana, for not only sending a message here, but leading the queue of governors to recognize the importance of this House in protecting and defending devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.44(6)(b) under which the Message has been delivered, gives the Chair authority to exercise a discretion to appoint a day for consideration of the Message. I encourage you that in exercising your discretion under that Standing Order, you give this House an hour or two, either today or tomorrow. We want to ventilate exhaustively, not only on the plight ... view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, this is an emergency. It is requesting for emergency intervention. Two weeks is too long. This is a matter for which the Committee can drop everything and burn their midnight oil to consider the matter in the context of an emergency. A week will even be too long. Secondly, given the complexity of the matter and the far reaching recommendations that may come out of this, it can be considered by two Committees; the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of ... view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I join the House in condoling the people of Nakuru, their Senator, their county government and all the people of Kenya who have lost their loved ones. This tragedy is of a very huge proportion because lives have been lost. I urge those who are involved in search, rescue and recovery operations not to close the door yet, because chances are that there could be children who could have been swept much further than the areas that they are concentrating on. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, rudimentary science and engineering will tell you that ... view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when this answer was brought here by the distinguished Senator for Nairobi, it was inadequate, insufficient and more facts needed to be brought. My good friend the Chairman has come and read exactly the same answer as it was. I would like to ask him a question. From his answer, he says there was a riot; wananchi had barricaded the road using matatus and stones. Then he says, as a consequence the police shot in the air. If the police shot in the air, can the Chairman tell the House how Wellington got himself shot on his ... view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: wherever they are and whatever the situation, must be brought to an end in this country. We have lost too many lives through reckless police handling of fire arms. view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not raise an allegation. I read the statement the Chairman gave to Sen. Khaniri. On Page 2, he says; “On realising the inmates were likely to escape during the fracas, prison officers fired in the air.” This is in his statement. Then he goes on to say; “In the process of firing in the air, people were injured on the pelvis and another one on the shoulder.” That does not add up. view
• 9 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that additional one minute. I encourage that the free trade in Africa should be accompanied by deliberate and serious investments in energy; energy in the connection. The Inga Dam in the Congo that can produce 97,000 megawatts of power is still waiting for Africans to put money together and go and harness clean energy and supply it to turn round our economies. We want to industrialise, but how can Kenya industrialise with a capacity of less than 2,300 megawatts of power? We must have enough power to turn around the economy of Africa. ... view