Richard Maore Maoka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I think whoever put the Leader of the Majority Party in the social media helped this country. That was so that he could explode and bring us the truth. The Constitution, in Article 108(4), talks about pecking order of the leadership of the House. Number two is the Leader of the Majority Party. We are appreciating what you have done. A lot of us are very angry with the bad manners in Government. You have helped us by doing a lot of work we would have wished to do if we had the same information. Now, as the ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: We are having a problem of Government licensing and the Kenya Gazette. Sio raia ama Opposition wanafanya. Ni Serikali inafanya. Ni nini shida kwa hii Serikali? view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for your magnanimity. I beg to rise on a point of order, pursuant to Standing Order No. 83 with regard to the functions of the committees of this House, in particular the watchdog committees which are the Public Accounts (PAC), Public Investments Committees (PIC) and several other departmental committees also covered under Standing Order No 216(4) and (5) (e) and (g). If you tie that with the Constitution which creates and empowers the committees of this House, it gives the committees tremendous powers to call for evidence and also demand the public officers to provide information ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Article 125 of the Constitution gives the House of Parliament and any of its committees the same powers as the High Court. Article 165 says that the High Court shall have original jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters. The Committee happens to be extremely powerful and delicate when handling its affairs. Therefore, the point of order seeking the statement is directed to you. As you may be aware, the committees of any Parliament… view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Yes, so that you can give guidance and direction. The committees of any House of Parliament are the turbines which move the House. They are the vehicles upon which the National Assembly is able to execute its functions effectively as per Article 95 of the Constitution. As you ably quoted the other day, the 28th President of the USA, Woodrow Wilson, said: “Congress in session is congress in public exhibition, whilst Congress in committee rooms is Congress at work”. It is the words of “public exhibition” and “Congress at work” that carries serious ramifications for any House of Parliament. Any ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Constitution bestowed upon us to perform our oversight representation and legislative roles or we are busy chasing headlights. The mandate of PAC and PIC and other departmental committees is clearly set out in our Standing Orders. For that reason, they are responsible for among other things examining reports of accounts of public investment and determining reports of the Auditor-General. Other departmental committees can also investigate; therefore they are on the same category. view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: However, I am worried by the recent trends of these committees and a few other departmental committees in the manner in which they have been conducting their activities. Nearly everyday committees appear reactionary and the agenda setting inarguably based on either trending media report or active investigations by other State agencies such as the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI). Suffice to say that the committees are jumping into the traps of investigating what other relevant State organs are mandated to do by law. This is despite the ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. A case in point is the recent National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), National Youth Service (NYS) and Kenya Pipeline headlines about scandals in those departments, where there have been committees of this House falling into the trouble of inquiring what the DCI and EACC are seized of, indicating duplication of roles and probably wastage of public funds. Interestingly, the committees end up with recommendations to the effect that the DCI, or EACC or the DPP should investigate such matters, resulting into an exercise in futility noting that the DCI and EACC would already probably have been ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: submission of progress reports. Of course, that should be submitted in camera so as not to prejudice ongoing investigations. Hon. Speaker, kindly guide us on how the committees of this House should conduct their activities where there are ongoing investigations and how they should execute their functions as espoused in the Standing Orders and the Constitution. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view