Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 955.

• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, let me reiterate once again, the absolute resolve of His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister to ensure that the referendum campaign is decent, free and fair. I urge all political leaders in both Yes and No camps to encourage objective and reasoned debates and to refrain from statements that stir emotions. I appeal to all Kenyans to actively engage in civil, decent and peaceful campaigning. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are a number of issues which have been raised. I will respond to them not in any order because I was taking notes in a hurry to try and capture the many speakers. The first thing that I want to deal with is the issue on whether the enactment of a new Constitution would entail the collapse of the current Coalition Government. I wish to state here that, that is not true at all. If one looks at the transitional arrangements within the proposed Draft Constitution, he or she will find that there are ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will just remind the hon. Member that we are seeking a new Constitution because we want to have better rules and legislation for our country. So, I stand by my words. I also want to tackle the issue raised by the Member for Mosop because he said that clips of speeches should be made available. Actually, this can be extracted. Our media houses today have very good equipment and if one wants to extract or get a speech that was given by any individual, it will not be difficult to access that. What is important is ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: We expect the speeches to be civil and decent. This issue was raised by the Member of Parliament for Kandara. This can be done if we, as Members, project leadership qualities and come out forcefully to show that we are not about playing games with Kenyans, but we are serious in conveying what the contents of that Constitution are. If we are able to live up to that and be disciplined in the conveyance of our messages, I believe that the content of the speeches can be realistic and fair and we can avoid hate speech and falsehoods. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of meetings, including church meetings and so forth, what happened in Uhuru, if I can recollect very well and based on the information that I have, the police were notified by the church leaders that it would be a crusade. In fact, the church leaders are the ones who went and gave that notification to be allowed to participate at Uhuru Park. They did not at any one time indicate to the police that the crusade at Uhuru Park was going to be turned into a No political campaign. So, the Government ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to state that to the best of my knowledge, the official campaign period has really started because it was supposed to be a one-month period to the date of the referendum. Today is 7th July, 2010, and so clearly we are in the campaign period. What has been happening earlier has been civic education by both the No camp and also the Yes camp. So, the process of civic education is now complete and now you can engage in hard politics and campaigning for the referendum. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to state here that the registration of the committees actually has started. I think both the No and Yes secretariats have been communicated to; that they should submit particulars of their officials to the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC). So, please, if there is anybody who has not done so, I can only recommend that you should urgently get in touch with the respective secretariats so that they can avail the necessary forms. The rules for the referendum have been gazetted and regulations have also been published. This can also be obtained ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other point that I would want to touch on is the issue of whether or not this is a Government project. This is something that we really need to clarify and be honest on. I think to the extent of ensuring that resources are available to the various agencies that are conducting the referendum, including the IIEC, Committee of Experts or security agencies that will provide security in those areas, that is Government responsibility. That should be a distinction between Government responsibility and a Government project. I think people have been deliberately toying around ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to conclude by saying that on the issue of the prisons, I think even for the Yes camp, nobody has been given access to go and campaign in the prisons. So, they have their right to vote as ordered by the court, but in all fairness if you were to ask me, I would say that really the Yes and No camps can garner enough votes outside the prisons. They should let the Kenyans who are within the prison premises have an opportunity to study the document and then vote according to ... view