Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: This is because it is something which is fluid; something you cannot hold and say; “now this is called passion”. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was a student at the University of Nairobi, there were two very serious political science lecturers. One of them is a Member of this House called Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o and the other one has since left us; he was called Mukaru Ng’ang’a. they were talking about something called the Murang’a peasantry. After Mukaru Ng’ang’a explained - because he came from Murang’a - what the Murang’a peasantry is, Anyang’-Nyong’o who was then responding said: “Now, ... view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, after they have worked so hard and come up with some three names of persons they consider to be the best in this republic, at least, for those who applied, there could be many other good Kenyans who did not apply. There could be many Kenyans who feared to go through that rigorous--- view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is somebody who is heckling in this House. This House is a House of gentlemen; it is not a House of hecklers. view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know the language. However, as a matter of fact, when I was speaking, and you had not given him a chance, he was making serious noise. view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it was not heckling, then it was very serious noise. However, I withdraw the word heckling and replace it with making noise. view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: First and foremost, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you should not just view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: I am not quite a bishop, but, at least, I have no corruption cases. You know you do not just disturb somebody who is on his feet because you do not want to hear what he is saying. This is a very bad culture, which Members must learn to avoid. There is no such thing and I want to say the following: The people who did these interviews, we did not know them; they applied, they were appointed by some appointing authority and they did their job for a long time. There were many applications and there are many Kenyans ... view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know about that because it does not appear in the Report. What I know is in this Report is passion, which cannot be measured. The Report also talks about sufficient interest in fighting corruption. I do not know how you measure that sufficient interest but it does not matter. All these nominees had had excellent careers and have excellent academic qualifications, but lacked passion. Therefore, this thing is about passion and sufficient interest, both of which cannot be measured. At least, we are not being told how they were measured by this ... view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I forgot. I oppose. view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view