Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. What is going on? I thought that during Points of Order after Question Time, hon. Members may make personal statements or clarifications on a matter. Are we debating an Act which was passed by this House before now or is it that the hon. Member voted for something without knowing and now he is discovering it belatedly? 1670 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 29, 2007 view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to also make my contribution. I seek to support the Motion and express my opinion about some of the main issues raised by my colleagues who are dissenting. There are four issues which have been raised by those who are apposing this Motion. First, that there are parties which are known here as parties that are not being given a chance to be represented. Secondly, that minorities are being pushed. Thirdly, that we are actually involved in an exercise which does not amount to electing of ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very glad to have Mr. Raila ask you to dispute the fact that he is the hon. Member of NARC. He is in Parliament as an hon. Member of NARC. If there is any dispute about that, he can seek a ruling, even a court ruling about his identity as an hon. Member of Parliament. What I am saying is that it is always very good for tidy management of Parliamentary affairs to have consensus; good manners towards each other and consult informally. In such cases, you follow the House as is ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Where good manners have failed, people can exercise the worst manners so long as they remain within the confines of the law. So, people are waxing argumentum ad misrecodium ; 1678 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 29, 2007 appealing to pity: "Sympathise with us because we are also a community. Sympathise with us because we were also in this House." That is a nice thing but not a necessary thing. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not believe that, that--- view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that ties very nicely into my next statement about what constitutes electing. This House cannot preside on choosing what method constituent parties of this House use in presenting to the House through its constituted parliamentary leadership, candidates for any position. I have a good precedent! I was the Chief Whip of the Opposition in the seventh Parliament. When at the start of 1993 we were constituting Committees of this House, my Parliamentary leader, Mr. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, asked me to tell our PG to give me their CVs. I sat down with him and we ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I intend to speak for only two minutes or so. I think the hon. Member who brought this matter before the House has some legitimate concern about some things being done the right way. But things being done the right way is not 1364 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 16, 2007 pretending that Parliament is the ratifying authority for any amendments to treaties that Kenya is party to. This House is seized of knowledge that in Kenya Parliament can be notified, but the ratifying authority of treaties is the Cabinet. Be that as it may, ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. With respect, I seek guidance from the Chair. The submissions by the hon. Muturi, the Whip of the Opposition, and myself are suggesting that the Motion is wrongly before the House. This Motion is making an urging which is illegal. Parliament does not ratify amendments to the Treaty of the East African Community, and we have read the operative, law which says that the Attorney-General should notify Parliament of amendments. Therefore, you cannot ask Parliament to pass a law which asks the Government to do things it is not supposed ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had the privilege to be in this Parliament and be one hon. Member who seconded it. There was an Act of Parliament. If you read that Act 2 of 2000, apart from the preamble and procedures of dealing with the Treaty, it contained the body of the Treaty as published. That Treaty was not brought here for ratification. We had to enact a law because we were transferring some of our authority to an external authority. We were allowing that decisions in Arusha to have the effect of law in Kenya. That way, this ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the hon. Member who has shown a substantial concern, beyond the call of duty, on matters relating to Kenya accessing markets in Europe. On the Question he has asked formerly, I am expected to give steps taken according to what regulations have come out of the European Union (EU). I have that answer, but I was not quite sure whether the hon. Member meant this or new inhibitions to market access, like carbon miles, which I cannot talk about. I beg to reply. Basically, there have been four broad ... view