Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I inform the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay that matters of special sittings do not go through the RBC. It is solely the prerogative of the Speaker. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I start by thanking you for that communication that has elicited facts that require our comments. We all know we are on recess which runs up to early February. Standing Order No. 29(1) that you have cited allows either me or my brother the Majority Leader to requisition for a Special Sitting of the House. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you may advice the distinguished Senator for Lamu to keep his cool. In doing so, fairness has to be at the centre of play. The hallmark of this Constitution is drawn from the holy books and is about fair play at every level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, good practice, common courtesy and etiquette require that in an adversarial system, consultative approach to issues at the mere level of information would make things better. Being on recess, we know that some Members are out while others are on holiday. For instance, our Chief Whip is out of the ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought you were being interfered by a non Member. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: I will come to the point of the distinguished Senator talking to you in a short while. I and my colleagues pray that you rule that we are not in a position to transact the business of the House in view of the unreasonable short notice we were given. The reason the Water Bill was stepped down last time was because of the objections that we needed to look at in greater detail. In a promise I made to this House, my research team is working on amendments that I intend to place before the Committee. The Chairperson of the ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will conclude. But I want to tell this House that we have only one Speaker. Even the de facto Majority Leader has no right to direct the Chair on what to do. I was addressing the Chair and my brother is patiently listening to me with the patience of a good lawyer. I am sure he will respond in the same vein, but the de facto leader is so impatient that he wants to do a job that is not--- view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: Well done, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am sure that those who have been pretending to do your job have heard you loud and clear. Let me conclude by urging you that fairness is not about numbers or who wins and who does not. Fairness is about giving every side a fair chance to contest an idea. In the words of a great scholar, “the race may belong to the strong, but everybody must be given a fair start.” You can notice – in the greatest respect to you – that I have used very constrained language in my objection. I ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank you for that extempore ruling, but I think we are missing the point. The issue is not whether the Chair of the day gave me a day to present amendments to the Committee, the issue is that we are on recess and Members are away. The fact that the Government machinery has whipped Members on the opposite side to come to the House, but privilege and facility is unavailable to us. They can call the District Commissioners (DCs), District Officers (Dos) and chiefs to whip everybody to come. We do ... view