Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 2249.

• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, where there is a provision, like in paragraph 17 of the Sixth Schedule which says that within five years after the effective date, the national Government shall restructure the system of administration commonly known as the Provincial Administration to accord with and respect the system of devolved government established under this Constitution, it requires, therefore, that two things must be done. One, the Govenrment must provide to Parliament its intentions, and the procedures that it is going adopt to restructure the Provincial Administration to accord with devolved government and, secondly, to establish certain laws. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: The Provincial Commissioners were hurriedly removed and then a few days later, some coordinators were introduced in what is called “the region.” Even “the region” does not exist anywhere in the nomenclature of governance in this country. A region may be useful politically for political parties, churches or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and so on, but in terms of Government lexicon, it is nowhere provided for either in the Constitution or any other laws under the present Constitution. So, really, you cannot structure the Government under something called a “region”, unless, of course, there is, first and foremost, a sessional paper ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: “In addition to the powers of the Commission under Article 253 of the Constitution”--- view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 253 of the Constitution reads: “Each commission and each independent office— ( a ) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal; and ( b ) is capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name.” This is just now operational. Now, these are the things that had been given to the Commission, which are purely procedural, including what it is going to own property and so on. Then it goes further to the membership of the Commission. The Commission consists of nine members appointed in accordance with the Constitution. The chairperson ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: Sen. G.G. Kariuki was the then Minister for Internal Security and he had the detention papers on his desk, ready to detain me, but I escaped and went out of the country before he did so! view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 31 Jul 2013 in Senate: But, nonetheless, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these are some of the things that we were really, as a Tenth Parliament, trying to cure, in the sense that we wanted to separate all these rights that exist among personnel in the police force which should be preserved by the Commission from the command of the police, which exists in the Inspector-General (IG) of Police. He has to command them, he has to tell them when to report on duty, how to dress, how to behave if they misbehaved in the field; how to handle their guns and so on, and so ... view
• 25 Jul 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I asked for a Statement but it has not been delivered. view
• 25 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I asked for a Statement on a road that connects Kisumu and Siaya Counties and the Statement was supposed to be issued today. So, I was wondering what the status of this Statement is; if it is going to be issued on another day, whether I could be given the assurances. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: To the House? view