Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must agree that we are in a new dispensation and it will take us a long time to really cope with some of these new provisions. But there is no Government and Opposition in this House. There are only two things; a Majority Party and a Minority Party in Parliament, and that is the Senate. So, the Executive, which we now call the Government, is very far away from here. We evicted them from this House, and I was one of them. We were evicted from this House and sent to State House. Now, we have ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to shorten it, let us accept that we are in a new dispensation in which there is the National Assembly and the Senate, for that matter. Our job is merely to oversight and make law. That is part of oversight. A Committee may be asked: “You are the ones who met the Cabinet Secretary in your Committee. What is he doing?” You then come and report as a Committee, otherwise, we will be “killing” each other here, that a leader of any Committee must be a Member of the Majority, which would be an absurdity. Thank ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that when a senior Member of the House says that we think that we are in a coalition, I think that he is referring to the old coalition. Of course, even Jubilee is a Coalition, but look at the Presidential systems all over the world. America and Nigeria are good examples. If you go to their National Assemblies, you will find that there are no Minister there and no questions being asked. I think that we should revise what we started, because this system is still lingering on. We must cut the umbilical cord and ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not see the problem here. First of all, you cannot summon the President or the Deputy President with all due respect to the Attorney-General emeritus, so that they can come and address us at will, when they think that there is something that they want to address. We do not need the Senate Majority Leader to facilitate a chairman of a committee. The chairman of a committee is facilitated by the Speaker and can summon anybody at any time. Secondly, all of us can attend any Committee meeting when we want to. If you think ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have also received some information from Homa Bay County that the Governor, as the head of that government, has been required to submit to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of devolution, their budget. I do not know under what provision of the law that request has been made. In fact, it no longer sounds like a request, but an order. We know where budgets go. We know that the county government makes its budget and submits it to Treasury and if, of course, the Minister in charge of devolution – which as I earlier said is ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a point of order. Is he in order to keep on talking about the Opposition in this House and some people pretending to be the Government in the House when we have no Government here? view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, let me start by saying that I support the Motion and I want to thank Sen. Elachi for bringing this Motion. This morning, there was a radio programme in one of the FM radio stations; I think it was Radio Ramogi, and they were talking about the National Youth Service. It was a joke that really made me laugh; that when you go to the NYS, you are trained how to use the shovel; how to throw it this way and that way, and sometimes you learn how to slap your wife with it. I was quite ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: I pambanad with him very seriously. view
• 11 Jul 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I gave him the cheque but after he left Form Four and because of the adolescence stage, he got a C+. He would have gone to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view