Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just to mention that Raymond’s Textile Factory used to export suits. First of all, the material was made in Eldoret and the suit stitched in Kenya and sold in London. At one time, a son bought his father a suit in London when he went for his graduation. The father liked it, but he had not checked that it was actually made in Kenya. When he checked and found out that the suit was made in Kenya, he told the son: “You must take this suit because I cannot go back home with something which is ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you very much; it is a short one. I just want to inform my friend, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, that even toothpicks, which are made of wood from Rift Valley here, are imported from China. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, according to the Order Paper, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade has proposed several amendments, which I require you to look at from page 353 onwards. Those are the amendments that we have suggested on the Bill. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: So, let us start, Committee Chairman. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, this is really to re-number that paragraph from (b)(b) to (b). view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Committee Chairman, you need to explain this to hon. Members very well. This is a fairly substantive amendment. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Sunjeev Birdi. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First of all, let me declare my interest in this matter, because in my other life, I was the Minister in charge of this department and may shed some light of personal engagement on this matter. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion because I have dealt with Sen. Yusuf Haji on this matter for a long time when I was holding this docket. The facts are simple. It is just that because Somalia collapsed, many Somali people came into the camps in Kenya. We have the largest refugee camp in the world, which is ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I think the amendment actually cures the problem that we originally had with the issue of compensation. There is really nothing wrong with this Motion; to say that if you can show you are a Kenyan then you should be registered. That is what this Motion says. What I suppose is that after this Motion, we should proceed to the relevant Committee, call the departments, interrogate further and even suggest an amendment to the Registration of Persons Act. This is because officers in this department are between a rock and a hard place. If they become liberal ... view