Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 2249.

• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute to view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying I do share the concern of my dear friend, Mr. Mbadi, but I would like to caution him that this is not a competition between the Executive and the Legislature over the role of the Executive to propose how resources are raised and used, and to give the Legislature the opportunity to oversight on behalf of the people. Secondly, we are going to have a bicameral legislature, the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate’s role under the present Constitution is very clear, that it shall be the watchdog over matters concerning revenues ... view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am much obliged to my friend but that is exactly what I am saying; that if you read Part II in toto, you will find that the Cabinet Secretary is not speaking ex cathedra . The Cabinet Secretary is speaking after consideration of all these other sources like the public, technocracy and so on because the public can be wrong. I am very worried about the interpretation of the Constitution. There is a tendency to interpret the Constitution in very populist terms where we think that all powers of the Government have been surrendered ... view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, okay, I will go to the one which he said was unacceptable. It says:- “Subject to the Constitution and this Act, the National Treasury shall-(b) manage the level and composition of national public debt, national guarantees and other financial obligations of the national government within the framework of this Act and develop a framework for sustainable debt control.” Who do you want to do that? view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I accept that but if my friend was patient, somewhere in the same Part II - I read but I cannot quite remember - there is a provision for the Senate to do this. I know that the Treasury manages the level and composition of national public debt, national guarantees and other financial obligations of the national government because view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think the amendments are the same. I concur with the Mover and I wish to withdraw my proposed amendment to clause. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the proposed amendments are the same. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause– (1) There is established a body to be known as the National Cancer Institute of Kenya. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think we can dispose of it now and say that we accept the Mover’s so that when we come to it, we do not repeat. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, why do you not just confirm it now so that we do not do it again and so that we just confirm Clause 5 as proposed by me, because they are the same so that we do not repeat? view