Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I am sorry. I do not know much Kiswahili. view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I am sorry. I do not know much Kiswahili. view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I am sorry, I withdraw and apologize. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the burden of getting this report approved by this Senate is on the people who want it approved. It is on the Committee and those who support it. I know as a matter of fact that for you to get this thing approved, you need at least a minimum of 24 delegations supporting it. If you do not have 24 delegations supporting it or you suspect you may not have, you do not adjourn. Why should we suffer because you cannot raise the numbers? view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I am sorry, I withdraw and apologize. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the burden of getting this report approved by this Senate is on the people who want it approved. It is on the Committee and those who support it. I know as a matter of fact that for you to get this thing approved, you need at least a minimum of 24 delegations supporting it. If you do not have 24 delegations supporting it or you suspect you may not have, you do not adjourn. Why should we suffer because you cannot raise the numbers? view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I oppose the recommendation. view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: I oppose the recommendation. view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have put me in the biggest dilemma of my life. Before I spoke, I had said actually that I should have travelled, but because of your generosity and that of the Clerk, you extended it for one day, so that I finish this business of voting today and travel tomorrow. So, I was very happy. Sen. Ndiema and Sen. Kiraitu are coming along with us. Now that the law as read is that we have the quorum and we should vote, but your own feeling is that this would be unfair – I do not know ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have put me in the biggest dilemma of my life. Before I spoke, I had said actually that I should have travelled, but because of your generosity and that of the Clerk, you extended it for one day, so that I finish this business of voting today and travel tomorrow. So, I was very happy. Sen. Ndiema and Sen. Kiraitu are coming along with us. Now that the law as read is that we have the quorum and we should vote, but your own feeling is that this would be unfair – I do not know ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have even been happier if, probably, we would be travelling at night, because we could do it even in the morning. But we will not be here by 10.00 a.m. So, it means that when this vote is taken and I do not know which date it will be, probably, I will not be here. Likewise, probably our other brothers and sisters will not be here. If we lose by one vote, how will we explain to our constituency why we lost, when actually in law, in the Constitution and Standing Orders, we are in ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have even been happier if, probably, we would be travelling at night, because we could do it even in the morning. But we will not be here by 10.00 a.m. So, it means that when this vote is taken and I do not know which date it will be, probably, I will not be here. Likewise, probably our other brothers and sisters will not be here. If we lose by one vote, how will we explain to our constituency why we lost, when actually in law, in the Constitution and Standing Orders, we are in ... view