Mutahi Kagwe

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Feb 2017 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to mourn with my brothers and sisters, a great man who lived amongst us. On behalf of my family and on behalf of the people of Nyeri County, I want to extend our condolences to the family of the late Sen. Boy Juma Boy as well as the people of Kwale in general. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Boy Juma Boy served in the Committee of Information and Communications Technology which I Chair. In our Committee we set up a project where we visit each other’s homes. In so doing, ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the outset I pass my salutations to the Speaker himself, the team as well as my Co-Chair, Sen. Amos Wako. From the outset, we have listened to the public. That is one of the reasons we started this process. We have listened to many people both for and against; institutions and individuals. One thing that was clear is that the spirit of the Senate and its maturity was maintained throughout the entire discussion even when we debated both in the Senate and at the Windsor Hotel. My hope and prayer is that even today, as we ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you know I have tremendous respect for my brother from Kwale County who is a Member of the Committee on Information and Technology(ICT). Therefore, I would have expected better. However, my brother from Kwale is actually misleading the House. This is because, and he has read his own conviction. He has said very clearly by using the words we have used “complementary system”. There is a narrative out there--- view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: I have already responded to him. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the protection because in the amendment it does not refer anywhere. It is possible that electronic systems, even if you have two of them, can fail at some point. We are being given examples of countries that have got an electronic voting system. What we have in Kenya, in reality as we speak, is not a full electronic system because the counting of votes is not electronic but manual. In the USA where they have got a complete electronic system, I could read for you a litany of failures of the system. In fact, ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have tremendous respect for Sen. Khaniri’s knowledge. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: However, we have just gone through exactly the same part of the Constitution with Sen. Orengo. Is that not repetitive? Is it in order to go through exactly the same thing, over and over again? view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, not to belabour the point, but just to follow up from what Sen. Orengo has said. I am not repeating, but to further highlight Article 123(4)(b) which says that there will be consultation with other Members. Article 123(4)(c) states that it will be supported by a majority. It appears to me that there are three members of the Kisii delegation. Sen. Obure is the Head of it. It they are three members and he has written one letter and he has consulted with the one person that he has written to and Sen. Onchwangi is waiting to ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I appreciate the passion with which my former teacher, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, is addressing the issue. In many legislations, “notwithstanding” is a very common word. However, if indeed, this matter is as grave as my friend, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o thinks, in good spirit, what we should do then, is we pass this law and once we have passed it and it has been signed, this is a very simple thing to change. Let us bring an amendment and change it because the problem is that the spirit of good faith is unfortunately not there. Therefore, what I ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o did not understand what I meant. Professor, I agree that the deficit in trust and good faith is on both sides. Therefore, it is by building that trust together that we can eventually resolve all the issues that we are raising in this House. view