Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I did not hear the Chairperson talk about the profits that our banks seem to compete in making. In fact, they are no longer even obscene profits; they are windfalls. I want to know why a bank should compete to make the kind of profit of over Kshs5 billion. The only way in which they have raised this money is actually through increased interest rates, increased penalties and no serious trade. This is not very healthy for the economy; that money is being sucked from the investors and even from the small people by the ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a progressive Bill because it helps us in the implementation of the Constitution. That is why all of us support it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, procurement has been a serious problem in this country, especially because corruption flows from it. In fact, if you talk about corruption, you are talking about procurement. Secondly, procurement has been dominated by a few people or clubs in this country, to the exclusion of others; to the extent that the gap between those who make a lot of money and those who are making nothing widens ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In that case, I have some time. If we were to say that any business that goes up to Kshs500,000 where you do not have to go to public tender, you give to the youth, women and persons with disability. That would be the best beginning point and then we progress that way. I have realized that some Government entities do a lot of tendering under Kshs500,000 without going to public tender. That is where the money is if you multiply so many of those little things that are supplied from exercise ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have for a long time substantiated and sometimes withdrawn things that I said here if I cannot substantiate. But the basis of substantiation is like evidence. If you have seen or heard that is all you can say. If you have heard, been informed or read, that is all you can substantiate, because that is what came to you. If I have heard the debate here, Sen. Elachi heard and Sen. Wetangula also heard. The only difference is that Sen. Elachi heard from State House and Sen. Wetangula heard from ... view
• 10 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a way of asking for clarification, although I also sit in the same Committee, but I think the Chairperson should come up with a broad policy statement as to what happens to the roads which have stalled all over the country. The fact is that all the roads that were being constructed, including one from Mbita to Homa Bay, which is 43 kilometres, have stalled. They only did 20 kilometres of the road from Mbita to Homa Bay. They have been giving them money as little as medicine just to keep them alive, but not enough ... view
• 10 Jul 2014 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I did not know that your machine is so efficient in names; you have called me by all the three names. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what was the reason for enacting this particular act of Parliament about three to four years ago and why do we now want to amend it? We must go to the intention of Parliament at the time that we made this particular Act of Parliament. In fact, earlier even before this Constitution came into operation, there was actually no reference to political parties in our Constitution or ... view
• 10 Jul 2014 in Senate: You may disagree with me, but let me just--- view
• 10 Jul 2014 in Senate: My point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is on speeches made in this House. When a Senator stands here, he should not make a speech an attack on the character, credibility or personality of any Member in this House unless he has a substantive Motion. This will ensure that we do not become very angry against each other when you touch somebody and he has no chance to respond when he is not in this House. So, I wanted Sen. Murkomen to recognize that attacking people by saying that they have withdrawn from parties and that their party is ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view