Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I waited to speak at the end of all these procedural motions because I would like to propose that the Senate Business Committee relooks at the time devoted to these procedural motions. If you look at the time that is allocate to the debate on the President’s Address, it is three sitting days and not more than 15 minutes for each Senator speaking. However, looking at the Adjournment Motion, especially Motions of national importance where you are only The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am glad that Sen. (Dr.) Machage has moved this Motion which I was really looking forward to, to make my contribution. First, reducing the time from six to three months makes sense because we are going to elections in August. This is now February and if we say we will do it in six months, we will be more or less time barred because by the time six months are over The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief and I will not speak for more than five minutes. I want to say the following. First, I agree with Sen. Elachi that we have created too many authorities and boards in the road sector. We have four boards and four authorities and I do not understand the rationale. We have two mischiefs in our management of roads. The first one is to distinguish between local and trunk roads; in other words, local and national roads. A road that goes from one county headquarters to another one is a national road. ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in expressing our deepest sympathy to the family of Boy Juma Boy, the people of Kwale and colleague brothers and sisters to a departed Senator. It will be said and we shall not be tired of repeating that we have lost a very polished, humorous and committed Senator. Death is like a thief; it steals at the most unexpected hour. That was a surprise and a deep disappointment to those who are left behind. I do not think that anybody could have imagined ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I choose to continue. The point I was making in the morning was simple. When I was using that story of Othello, I meant to use it as an illustration. This law that the Committee Chaired by Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murungi produced is like a maiden. It is fresh, beautiful and not to be contaminated. The people of Kenya are in love with this law, Senators are in love with this law and the people who appeared before Sen. Wako’s Committee the other day - if you listened to them - are in love with this ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, anybody who knows the “a”, “b”, “c” of sounds today will know that in any part of this country, given the level of technology, people can communicate easily through satellite and ViaSat. That is why I can sit in my Rata home without a Wi-Fi but a ViaSat and watch Liverpool playing Manchester United in England with local natives and a television will not go off. In any The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you understood me, I said let us stop these uncertainties because they lead to talks and rumours that create further fear in society. I said that I was told and I was alarmed that this kind of amendment creates such fear and uncertainty and it is not necessary. Let us stop the amendment so that we avoid such uncertainties and fear in the society. view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am being misunderstood. What I said was the following and I do not want to discuss the President. I just said that this kind of amendment creates uncertainty in society and that I was alarmed when somebody approached me on their own and asked if I knew why this thing was being amended. They said that it is being amended because some lawyers have gone to the President and told him that; if this law stays as it is, do you think you can win elections? That is what I was told and I am telling ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for allowing me to contribute to this discussion. Whereas, I appreciate Sen. Murkomen’s point of view, you know how weighty this matter is and you know how important those public hearings were and the Committee was there to listen to the public, synthesize those views and bring them to us so that as we debate the substance of the amendments in the Second Reading before we go to the Committee Stage, we can also digest the Committee’s proposal, which would then help us in making further amendments at the Committee Stage. It will be penny ... view
• 5 Jan 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, would I be in order to request Sen. Wamatangi to explain to the House what the significance of the word “notwithstanding” is in this particular amendment? The word “notwithstanding” negates the original legislation. view