Paul Muite

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 261.

• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Rule 8, which appears at page 83 of the Rules, be amended by adding a new Sub-Rule 4 to read as follows:- " Any Member may, at any time, Move that the House votes for a particular nominee or nominees individually." Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the absence of this amendment, what Rule 8 is asking this House to do is to vote for all the nominees as a bloc. You either vote for them or vote against them. Many Members will not have any problem with 90 per cent of the proposed ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are being forced to do is to vote as a bloc for even those who, for various reasons, we may not wish to vote for. What we want to do is to promote the letter and the spirit of Article 50, so that, in the majority of cases, there is not going to be any problem. But if a Member wants to move that a particular individual nominee be voted for individually, the rules should facilitate that. Otherwise, we are violating the spirit and the letter of Article of 50. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me ... view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member for Laikipia East is saying is exactly the intention of that amendment; namely, that the names are tabled here. If there is nobody with any question, then we vote by acclamation. But if any Members wants to move that: "On this list which has been tabled, I would like a vote on so and so for the following reasons!" He or she will be able to persuade a majority of Members to vote for the removal of that name. That is what we are exactly seeking to do. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move an amendment to the amendment. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought that the Rules of the House permit one to move an amendment to an amendment. view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: So, I agree with his intended deletion--- view
• 23 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, give me just one minute. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to raise a few issues of legality. I would like to draw the hon. Members' attention to Article 152 of the Treaty, which appears on page 319 of the Treaty. It says:- "The Treaty shall come into force when ratified by all member States." The Treaty requires ratification by all member States. So, the issue is beyond any argument, namely, that for the Treaty to become operational, it must be ratified by each member State; Otherwise, it cannot become operational. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 150(6) says:- "Any amendment to ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: This is an important matter, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. When you look at the Act of Parliament which we passed, as the National Assembly of Kenya, in 2000, you will find that, that is the Act of Parliament that ratified the Treaty for the East African Community. Section 1 of that Act says:- "This Act may be cited as the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community Act, 2000." The definition of the Treaty under Section 2 of the Act, at page 225, says:- "The Treaty means the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community, entered ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Remember, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that you have to file that case also in the East African Court of Justice for them to decide whether the amendments have been done in accordance with the terms of the Treaty or whether they have been done in violation of the Treaty. I mean, it is quite clear; as clear as daylight, that any court will decide that those amendments, because they have not been ratified by the National Assembly, have been proposed illegally. With those few remarks, I beg to second. view