Otieno Kajwang

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• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: This will ensure that when you go home, he knows you, he will give you your ID card when you attain the age of 18 or 16 depending on what this House will resolve. If we did that, we would not have that mlolongo and the corruption that goes with it. I can tell you that centralisation has its own problems. Procurements become bigger and people fight for them. Bureaucracy has a way of feeding itself. I think that if we can take our title deeds at Homa Bay - now it is in Mbita - which entitles you to ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: The ID card only shows that you are a Kenyan. But a police officer cannot demand that you show him or her whether you are a Kenyan or not. I remember that when I was a young man from the university, I was walking in Buruburu in 1982 after the coup de tat . I had left my ID card in the house. A band of police officers stopped me and I was alone. They asked me: "Where is your ID card?" I said: "It is in the house." They said: "We said where is your ID card?" I said: ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: If you go to police cells, you will find it full of people who did not have ID cards, as if it is an offence to walk without one. Our magistrates do not seem to discourage it because every morning, you are found without an ID card and because you do not want problems, you say: "Of course, sir!" Then you are fined, maybe, Kshs500 and you go away. But it is a way of harassing Kenyans. I hope it can stop. On the real issue of the Motion, whether to combine voting and national identification in one document, I ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for seeing the BackBench. Thank you, again for giving me this opportunity. I am glad that I am in this House this afternoon because this is a momentous moment in this country. It is of tremendous national March 18, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 193 importance that the country is looking at us. It is waiting for what this House will do this afternoon. The last time I was in this House in such a momentous moment, I was sitting at the Public Gallery. I was then a teacher of the law in 1982. I had come ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard of jurisprudence coming from the teachers of law and practising lawyers. But I want to tell them that when I read law, I knew of only one meaning of jurisprudence. It means the "command of the sovereign". The sovereign are the people of Kenya. They have commanded us to make this law this afternoon. view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: As I understand it, that is the jurisprudence! Of course, the courts will apply the law and the teachers of law will teach the law. But this House will make the law. That is the difference between this House, the professors and the courts. We make the law. This afternoon, we are making the law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya should be proud because it is a fortunate country. During the crisis, if I could give you just a few examples, we had two Presidents from Tanzania; one former and one current. Then, we had two United Nations Secretaries-General; one retired ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: If you asked me about how many others spoke--- Superpowers spoke about Kenya. I did not know that they knew the location of Kenya. But now, I know that America knows where Kenya is. Britain was anxious to settle that crisis. I am telling you that Germany, France and all the other superpowers spoke about Kenya. They wanted Kenya to be stable and to prosper. Even China spoke - not negatively. Ghana produced two distinguished men - one is the current President and the other is their son, who is the former UN Secretary-General. Everybody contributed to the goodwill that ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: 194 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 18, 2008 So, these are extraordinary circumstances and we are angry, of course. I saw some of us talking very angrily. But I think we should be happy that, with all that pain that we have gone through, we shall start building with new building blocks which will bring a happy and prosperous country. Let us pass this Bill! Thank you very much. view
• 13 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We cannot hear the hon. Member. I understand that he was once a Provincial Commissioner. Could he speak as if he is in a baraza so that we can hear him? view
• 11 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this Motion. 50 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 11, 2008 Secondly, I wish to say that we expect the House Business Committee (HBC) to deliver. We need a HBC that does not sit on the work of this House. Sometime last year, in the Ninth Parliament, some Bills, for example, the "Keter Bill", never saw the light of day for five years. In fact, if you remember, the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, which you deputised very well, brought before this House a Bill that was well done. However, it never ... view