Paul Muite

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have been waiting for the Front Bench to raise a point of order. You have heard those very serious allegation that Kshs36 million was given to State House to be used for education in North Eastern Province, but it has not been used. There is even a suggestion that, that is corruption. Is it in order for such a serious allegation to be made without the hon. Member substantiating or is the Front Bench accepting that, that is the truth? view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I tender my apologies to the House. I hope that at a more convenient time, Mr. Speaker will give a more comprehensive guidance on this matter. Would a Committee be breaching any rule by saying that Mr. "X" attended or did not attend the Committee? Is it any mention of anything that constitutes a breach of the House rules? The Chair should guide this House and hon. Members of the Committees on that issue. Secondly, today, we are talking about opening the deliberations of the House to the media. I plead with you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, to ... view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Adminstration of Justice and Legal Affairs has just come back from a visit to the Senate of the United States of America. The Committee saw their deliberations in public, except where a Committee considers the public interest demands a particular matter to be heard in camera. Has time not arrived for us to--- view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, obviously, as you said, the whole country is waiting for this matter. So, are we, as hon. Members of the House. The only way in which the House can proceed in an orderly manner, is by respecting the law and acting within it. The mandate of the PAC stems from Standing Order No.147. The mandate of the PAC is basically to look at the Controller and Auditor-General's report. How do these queries get to the PAC? It is by the Minister first laying the report of the Controller and Auditor-General--- view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the report of the Controller and Auditor-General gets to the PAC when the Minister first lays it here. That report is taken to the PAC where they go through it, address any audit queries, make their report and then they bring that report here for adoption or rejection. This particular query raised here about the passports, was a Special Audit Report by the Controller and Auditor-General that was tabled here by the Minister and then it went to the PAC in terms of Section 11 of the Public Audit Act. They deliberated on it, came up with ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will deal with that in a moment. Since the House made a decision and there was a resolution of the House on this matter, the correct procedure is for a substantive Motion to be brought seeking to rescind that decision. That is when this matter can be reopened. The other alternative is, if there is a further audit report tabled by the Minister here, then it can go to the Committee. As far as I know, there has been no further report by the Controller and auditor-General, which has been taken to the Committee. In fact, ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that would be the position. Of course, it would not stop the other investigatory arms like the CID, the police and the KACC from doing their work. But as far as the House is concerned, the decision of the House would stand. I am not suggesting that we should not debate this Report. All that I am suggesting is that they should follow the law. Let them bring a Motion first to rescind the decision of this House so that this matter can be reconsidered. I would like to draw your attention to Standing Order No. 73(2) ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sub-Section (2) says:- "It shall be out of order to introduce an argument on any specific question upon which the House has taken a decision during the current session except upon on a Motion to rescind that decision made with the permission of Mr. Speaker." Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point is that once the House has made a decision on a matter, that is the end of it. view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: I am addressing Mr. Speaker. view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You ruled - and very correctly in my view - that these positions are allocated on the basis of political parties represented in Parliament. I rise on a point of order to ask about those of us who are termed as fringe parties--- Incidentally, a party that ruled India for many decades had two hon. Members at one time. Should our voices not be heard? Those are parties like FORD(A), Sisi kwa Sisi and so on. Should we not be given an opportunity to be heard? view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. When that amendment is moved, will you give hon. Members an opportunity to vote on it and either to agree with it or reject it? Secondly, when you were calculating the numbers for KANU, where did you place the two SAFINA Members of Parliament? Did you include them in KANU? view