Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: – we wanted the State to bring them so that we could see them . The Director of Public Prosecution then, who is a former Chief Justice came in quickly and said that there was already a Gazette Notice and that they had already been detained and so there would be no proceedings. We told him: “We want to see them because we came in here earlier than you brought that Gazette Notice.” Of course, we were heard a bit but still they ruled the same way. What is interesting is that when the lawyer for these three, Dr. Khaminwa, ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, power is a terrible thing and it is also a beautiful thing. Those who exercise it enjoy it. Those who are oppressed by it really feel terrible. There is a very old man who never went to school and used to preach to us when we were in high school. He used to say that power is dangerous and it must be guarded like fire, because if it is not guarded, it can burn the whole world. That is what power is. It can also be enabling, empowering and bring wealth, industry and all those ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: There was another voice that gained a lot of momentum recently that said power must be in one centre. What it means is that power must be in one hand. I was afraid that we are going back to where we came from. But it is good that we have realised that it is dangerous enough to be checked. Even if it is God himself who is in charge, the Satan ran away with one-third of the angels. Satan rebelled against the power of Almighty God. So, it does not matter who you are, power is bad. So, it must ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Proposed Constitution is a collective aspirations of the Kenyan people. I am sure the Kenyan people are happy. In one of today’s newspapers, the headline was: “Good Start.” I am sure we will have some good Press because this is good. Let me tell you why. For the first time, the President will not take half of this National Assembly and make it part of Government. If you do so, then Mr. Otieno Kajwang’ who was very vibrant automatically becomes silent and opposition loses massively. Let the President be where he is and let ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I also saw the Judiciary. The Judiciary was made of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) which is not a JSC at all. This is because there was the Attorney- General, Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Chief Justice and some other two judges who are all appointed by the President. So, appointees of the President view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: must give the President want he wants. For the first time, we will have an independent JSC. This JSC will be independent of this House and the Executive. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: For the first time, we will have a police force that will answer to some civilian authority. I had a beautiful debate with some of my colleagues whether we should retain the Administration Police (AP) as they are or not. My reason for saying that the AP should be merged with the police and not answer to one body, was that the AP as they are, are a militia of some politicians. They are used to do whatever a politician wants. That is the danger in which we put ourselves. I accept the design that has been given that they ... view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I will give one last example on impunity; I saw the Attorney-General; I think he was then the fourth Attorney-General. The Fourth Attorney-General came to this House and was proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would remove his own security of tenure. Just imagine an Attorney-General coming to this House and saying: “Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Attorney-General does not need the security of tenure. His Excellency the President can hire and fire the Attorney-General.” These are some history that we must remind ourselves joyfully today because we are dismantling this impunity. view
• 24 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must make this Constitution difficult to amend. I had a friend of mine speak ahead of me and say that it is so difficult to amend it. We must make it difficult to amend it because it has been amended before very easily. The Senate was disbanded together with the regional assemblies one afternoon. In fact, they brought a Bill that said, amend this, remove this, and create more constituencies for these guys so that they can--- In fact, Mbita Constituency was a creation of this House. It was hived off of Ndhiwa Constituency ... view
• 23 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The staffing levels of the Department of Registration of Persons in North Eastern Province are 106 officers. In 2009, the officers worked for 12 months less their leave days. The total gross salary paid to these officers in 2009 was Kshs24 million. (b) The number of applicants received from North Eastern between 1st January, 2009 and 10th March, 2010, was 12,236. Out of these applicants, 9,497 were issued with identity cards and 1,641 are in progress while the remaining 1,098 applications were rejected on either of the following grounds:- (i) Some applicants had ... view