All parliamentary appearances
Entries 151 to 154 of 154.
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22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, my humble submission to the specific and targeted questions that you raised which were: "Were the mandates agreed at the beginning of this Parliament?", is that yes, they were. "Were they legitimate and assigned to an Opposition parliamentary party other than KANU?" Yes, they were, and that party was FORD (P). "Did the political party called FORD (P) legitimately cross the Floor to be a legitimate Government party?" Yes, it did. Did it have the right to transfer its mandate to the side it moved to?" Yes, it did. If those are correct premises, the answer is ...
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22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Thank you, very much Mr. Speaker, Sir, for what you have said. Sometimes marriages are very inconveniencing. However, we can externalise any differences that we have as parties and the spirit of fairness---
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22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the principal matter at hand is the Official Opposition withdrawing candidates from Membership of a parliamentary committee, whom we understand they had presented. Let me jog your mind, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This morning, the main contention of the Official Opposition was that they were entitled to seven and not six Members in the committee. Further to that, they went through the motions of appropriating the additional slot allotted to them. If you accepted that you wanted seven Members in the committee and even went through the process of giving a seventh name to join the committee--- We ...
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22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As we seem to be setting a precedent, I would like some assistance from the Chair to understand this. What does it mean if a Member of the House feels so strongly about a position that he moves the House to go into Division and him and his seconder abstain from supporting the Motion they have moved?
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