28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I also wish to express myself to this Bill. From the outset, I support this Bill. My understanding of this Bill is that it seeks to further empower the role of the National Assembly. If you look at Article 95(1) of the Constitution, you realise the powers that are vested in us by the people of Kenya to represent and deliberate on their issues. The presence of the Report before the Assembly will assist us to sit down, go through it, consider and specifically make reference to the various amendments and ...
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
The people of Kisauni would also like to know what happened to hon. Emmanuel Karisa Maitha who died in a foreign country. These are issues that I believe we will have an opportunity to look at once the Report finds its way to this House. We will see how best we can perfect it.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
But most importantly is the land question. The people of Coast have for very many years complained about land issues. I must say from the Floor of this House that we acknowledged and appreciated when title deeds were brought to Coast region for distribution. I think I will be among the very first people to condemn any person who will be out to say that these were just mere pieces of paper that were distributed and they have no effect.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Coming from a legal background, I know what these title deeds mean. I know the old men who have been looking for these title deeds for very many years. These men are really happy that they have received them and they are now doing what appertains to those titles.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will agree with me that this country has history. There are very many commissions which have been formed. There are also very many Reports which have been prepared but they have ended up lying on the shelves and have not been brought to the House for deliberations. We should welcome the Report, debate and consider it now that it will be brought before this House.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I humbly support this Bill.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, you have already made a ruling that we should not take you back to what we have done, but you will allow me to, in two seconds, say that we have loved the way hon. Gumbo and hon. Seme have put it, so that we can go down to reality in politics.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is hon. Nyikal my good friend, Member for the great constituency, Oseme.
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9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. First and foremost, I must thank the Mover of this Motion, hon. Nyamai, for this noble idea. The subsequent implementation of this Motion will go a long way towards sorting out the problems the people of Kenya have had in accessing these vital documents.
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9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
The relevance of IDs, birth certificates and others as mentioned in the Motion cannot be overemphasized.
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