Paul Muite

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister clarify how he hopes, or expects, Kenyans to, really, not point fingers in a certain direction given the vandalisation of the view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: and The Standard officer as well as the break into the offices of this big church on Valley Road, without anybody being arrested? The human mind begins to think in a certain direction. How does the Assistant Minister expect to persuade us? view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am talking about the direction of those who owned up to have ordered the vandalisation of KTN and The Standard offices. They are known! view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my name was--- view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand under the provisions of Standing Order No.69 to make the following Personal Statement. You will recollect that during the debate on the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, in particular on the amendments relating to the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, on more than two occasions claimed that the Member for Kabete had a personal interest in the amendments proposed. I have here the minutes of the Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs which considered the amendments and made its report to this House. I ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Did you hear the Attorney-General say that this Section was subject of very intensive consultations during the Committee Stage? Which Committee Stage? view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I appreciate that the Attorney-General, besides being the Chief Legal Advisor to the Government, is also a Senior Counsel and, therefore, I expected him to agree with his colleague Senior Counsel that, in order to understand a section, you read it as a whole. That is how you can understand the intention of the Legislature. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Attorney-General has talked about executive authority, which is to be found in Section 23 of the Constitution. With your permission, Section 23 3930 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 13, 2007 Sub-section (1) says:- "The executive authority ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: So, when we enacted the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, we exercised our powers under Section 23(2) to confer functions and authority on a person other than the President. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, how long have we complained about the over- concentration of powers in the institution of the Presidency? We want powers to be shared between the institution of Parliament and the institution of the Presidency. In fact, Section 24 goes on to say:- "Subject to this Constitution and any other written law, the powers of constituting and abolishing offices for the Republic of Kenya, or of making ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: They should have defeated us on the Floor of this House, instead of maligning peoples' names. Dr. Rotich sold the strategic stock of maize on the instructions from the Cabinet! view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: He was directed in writing to sell. He even wrote to say: "Given the prices that we bought this maize from the farmers, if we sell the maize at the current world market prices, the Board is going to incur a loss of Kshs2 billion." He received a letter signed by the then Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. Sally Kosgei. She told him: "This is not a request! This is a Government directive. Sell!" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what would you have done if you were in Dr. September 13, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3931 Rotich's position? That is the ... view