Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 271 to 280 of 955.

• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues of finance are plain and obvious. Also, you can imagine the issues that deal with human resource between local authorities and the county government. Now, if you do not have somebody who is well versed with these matters, we could land into some difficulty. So, many of the Permanent Secretaries that are itemized here are there for a very specific purpose. But the ones who will work on a full time basis are the nine members who are not the Government officials. So, I hope that this will enable hon. Members to understand ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to confirm to hon. Members that this is also one of the Bills that have gone through the Constitution Implementation Commission processes very thoroughly. The Commission has looked at it and made its comments. The Commission has, indeed, made a lot of contribution to it and deleted a lot of things they felt were unconstitutional. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I also note the error that hon. Mungatana pointed out in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons. We need to cross-reference accurately. Clause 36 is not properly reflected in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of the Bill. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to touch a little on the Schedule. It may look simple. We have taken note of the fact that, maybe, some flexibility and greater objectivity needs to be brought in, so that the Authority does not become a stumbling block. That is true but I want hon. Members to appreciate that this is going to be a highly technical process. When you look at the first phase and what is required, you will appreciate that these fellows will be looking at the assets of the national Government and the assets of the local ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to second this Motion and view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to second this Motion. The argument has been well put by the Leader of Government Business and indeed, just to emphasize, the Speaker has been talking of this being a special sitting. We have this business to conduct. So, I would urge the Members to support this reduction from 14 to 5 days. This again, does not prevent the relevant Committees from also looking at those Bills concurrently. I beg to second. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The County Governments Bill be read a Second Time. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: While moving, I would like to, first of all, make some preliminary remarks to acknowledge the people who have a made a tremendous contribution in getting to where we are in the draft Bill being before hon. Members and also to help the country understand through a recap the process that we have undergone to get where we are. I would like to take this opportunity at the very outset to thank the taskforce that I sent up under the chairmanship of Dr. Mutakha Kangu which comprised of very many eminent Kenyans from different parts of the country who had ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: For record purposes, this taskforce was set up on 20th February, 2011 and they had sessions in all the 47 counties running from the time they were inaugurated to 15th view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I note that there is a change in the Chair, and you are equal to the task. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to point out that there is the issue of the appointment of the county secretaries. This is important because these are going to be the top officers in the respective county governments. We are providing for a process on how those persons can be appointed by the governors. We have also provided for the appointment of the other county chief officers, under Article 45. All these processes are important for hon. ... view