Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Kioni has repeatedly suggested that the Cabinet is disagreeing here on a matter which they have agreed on somewhere. I would have thought that they had some facts to suggest that on this matter, which we are now discussing, there was a Cabinet decision and that the Cabinet decision says that we will re-appoint – in the words of the notice – Justice Ringera, and that we have now come here to oppose that position. If they did that, we would have understood it. However, to suggest that merely because ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that although that section has been read out, it does not seem to give us the foundation on which it wants to stand. The foundation would have been that this was a Cabinet decision and, therefore, all Cabinet Ministers are bound by it. However, that foundation is lacking. He merely says that when you are a Minister, you are bound by any action done by a Minister. So, if I were to do something wrong, I would expect all Cabinet Ministers to support me, merely because they are also Cabinet Ministers. ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not want to disobey the orders that you have made or the rulings you have made. But really, what is the direction that we are taking? Assuming that hon. Kioni’s amendment is actually accepted that this House should not debate the question of annulment, then the debate is over. Assuming that we actually agree with him, then the Motion is over. So, are we suggesting that hon. Kioni is actually bringing this debate to a halt, so that we know that when we vote and he loses, then ... view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure that the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs must have been very happy when this matter was filed yesterday evening because he armed himself with a loaded gun to come and deal with us. However, that is on a light touch. The most important point is to check whether this matter is actually sub judice within the meaning of Standing Order 80. I would like to give a small history. These are new Standing Orders which we adopted this year. When we were working on the new Standing Orders, we visited many ... view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: This House tried to debate the Goldenberg issue several times, but could not because the matter was purportedly sub judice because it was in the High Court. So, the House was troubled when we were looking at this Standing Order. We made amendments to the previous position of the sub judice rule to bring us to the level of the jurisdiction on the matters now operating in Canada and Britain. One of the things that we thought would help the House to determine whether debate on a matter would prejudice a hearing view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Very many things have been said about this Budget. It has been described as bold, imaginative, to some people reckless and to some, clever. It has been many things and more. The proposal to borrow Kshs109 billion, they call it a “whooping Kshs109 billion”, to support the projects in infrastructure, especially the rail, road, energy, irrigation, water and many other projects that create employment is ingenius. There is a huge deficit of 6.5 per cent of our GDP. I think that there is nothing to worry ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, balanced budgets are not fashionable in the current economic crisis. In fact, people are now talking about economic stimulus and stimulus packages. That is what is now fashionable from Obama, Gordon Brown, Angela Michael to Uhuru. They are all doing it. In fact, capitalist countries said laissez faire are now buying their banks and investing in car-making companies to create or save employment. Nobody is ashamed about this. They are not talking capitalism or socialism, but economic stimulus. That is the language we are talking. What we are staving off is a meltdown and social ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point or order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very major issue. We are being told something very alarmist that if you ate a portion of ugali one night, then you will, all of a sudden, become very stupid and your bones will become terribly rickety and things can go wrong. The hon. Member is alarming this country. What we want to know is this: What is this thing called “chronic consumption”. How much aluminum would you have consumed in one year, to be termed as chronic so that this country can know? We may be consuming ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support the Motion as amended. I would also like to say very quickly one or two things. First, this bulky Report was about food security and the status of maize shortage. However, I have looked at it and I have not seen much about food security. I thought the Members of this Committee should have come here and told us this is what Kenya should do so that we can have food security. That has not been done. The Committee has failed miserably even on the title of this ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly, when you make recommendations, you must make them based on findings. You must find and then recommend. You do not come here and give us recommendations based on no foundation whatsoever. This demeans this House and the Committee system. view