Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am quite clear about that, but that improper motive must have been expressed in certain words. Those words must be specific. We have to leave this House feeling that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said these words and withdrew these words. We cannot just leave here with “improper motive”. The phrase “improper motive” does not mean anything, unless it actually did impute improper motive. Those words must be clear, specific and withdrawn from the HANSARD. view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The matter raised by our sister, Sen. Elachi has been eating me since I joined this House. Before I joined this House, I read the Constitution. Otherwise, I would not have come to this House. I read the Constitution again and again and realized that the sovereign power belongs to the people. That 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
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of information, if he agrees. view
• 23 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also appeared before Justice Aragon. Justice Aragon would not even allow you to adjourn a case on the basis that your opponent was not there. If he thought that actually what you were adjourning was not a case after all, he would dismiss it and immediately say: “Okay, I would have allowed you an adjournment, but unfortunately, your case is useless. So, I dismiss it.” view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: First of all, I must thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and the Clerk of the Senate for extending my travel abroad this afternoon to tomorrow so that I could attend this sitting. It is important because if I did not, I would have been disturbed. I am not very intimately knowledgeable about the proceedings like those which were in the Committee. I have read it rather sketchily towards what I consider to have been the resolutions. Impeachment is a very, very serious matter. In fact, it is an offence greater than most of the crimes that we know. This is ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: First of all, I must thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and the Clerk of the Senate for extending my travel abroad this afternoon to tomorrow so that I could attend this sitting. It is important because if I did not, I would have been disturbed. I am not very intimately knowledgeable about the proceedings like those which were in the Committee. I have read it rather sketchily towards what I consider to have been the resolutions. Impeachment is a very, very serious matter. In fact, it is an offence greater than most of the crimes that we know. This is ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should not just disturb other people’s trail of thought because you do not agree with them. If you do not agree with them, you will get your time to say what you want to say. There is nothing out of order— view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should not just disturb other people’s trail of thought because you do not agree with them. If you do not agree with them, you will get your time to say what you want to say. There is nothing out of order— view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, after looking at the recommendations of the Committee, earlier on, I was of the view that the recommendations would be bipartisan and unanimous because if really somebody has created a crime, then it should be unanimous that there is a crime and if somebody has killed another one, then it should also be unanimous. However, immediately I saw that there was a vote taken, then I knew that there is something more in this thing than meets the eye. What was the real charge? It is on Page 20, paragraph 29 allegation No.1, because usually, you put ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, after looking at the recommendations of the Committee, earlier on, I was of the view that the recommendations would be bipartisan and unanimous because if really somebody has created a crime, then it should be unanimous that there is a crime and if somebody has killed another one, then it should also be unanimous. However, immediately I saw that there was a vote taken, then I knew that there is something more in this thing than meets the eye. What was the real charge? It is on Page 20, paragraph 29 allegation No.1, because usually, you put ... view