Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 701 to 710 of 1613.

• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I think you have presided over this House for over a year and you are aware of the character of most of us in this House. In your Communication about the President’s Address, you reminded this House of the requirement of the Standing Orders that in an address to the House, the Head of State shall be heard in silence. Now, knowing myself and knowing the President, I chose not to attend the President’s Address at the National Assembly. This is because I knew for a fact that at the first instance where I felt ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: would not be able to manage to keep quiet. I would have been strongly pushed to say something. I would have, therefore, run afoul of the rules of this House. Although the Speaker of the Senate might be lenient because he knows me, I was not very sure about the Speaker of the National Assembly whether he would extend some of the courtesies that you have extended us in this House. I suspected that if I went for that speech, I probably would be serving an expulsion from the House for a minimum of six months. I will go into ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: would not be able to manage to keep quiet. I would have been strongly pushed to say something. I would have, therefore, run afoul of the rules of this House. Although the Speaker of the Senate might be lenient because he knows me, I was not very sure about the Speaker of the National Assembly whether he would extend some of the courtesies that you have extended us in this House. I suspected that if I went for that speech, I probably would be serving an expulsion from the House for a minimum of six months. I will go into ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, replace every time I have used the words “open lies” with “untruths” or “misleading” or what other synonym is there? view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, replace every time I have used the words “open lies” with “untruths” or “misleading” or what other synonym is there? view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: Or nonfactual and I will demonstrate point by point what I thought was not factual or was misleading. My expectations with these speeches ever since I became acquainted with the Constitution is that you must address yourself to the specific steps taken and progress achieved in realizing the values under Article 10. I was specifically looking out for the presidential speech to address three values set out under Article 10. The first one is national unity and inclusiveness, which I will take together. We live in an era where we are reminded every single day that if you did not ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: Or nonfactual and I will demonstrate point by point what I thought was not factual or was misleading. My expectations with these speeches ever since I became acquainted with the Constitution is that you must address yourself to the specific steps taken and progress achieved in realizing the values under Article 10. I was specifically looking out for the presidential speech to address three values set out under Article 10. The first one is national unity and inclusiveness, which I will take together. We live in an era where we are reminded every single day that if you did not ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: all. What I expected the Head of State to do was to tell us that ever since those pronouncements were made, he has taken certain steps to rein in members of his administration who might not understand what Article 10 speaks about when it speaks on inclusivity and national unity. He would have given an undertaking that we will not hear about that issue of shareholding any more. The first untruth that I want to invite this House to agree with me that I encountered is in paragraph nine of the President’s Speech where he acknowledges that it is the ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: all. What I expected the Head of State to do was to tell us that ever since those pronouncements were made, he has taken certain steps to rein in members of his administration who might not understand what Article 10 speaks about when it speaks on inclusivity and national unity. He would have given an undertaking that we will not hear about that issue of shareholding any more. The first untruth that I want to invite this House to agree with me that I encountered is in paragraph nine of the President’s Speech where he acknowledges that it is the ... view
• 14 Nov 2023 in Senate: handicapped. Some things you do not want to say openly here on the Floor or even in public gatherings. Sen. (Dr) Khalwale, those confessions you have made here that in your stellar career as a politician, you have never been as unpopular as you are right now; it is not because of your undoing. I honestly believe Sen. (Dr) Khalwale has not changed. The only thing that has changed is that you are defending the indefensible. I can confirm that the people of Malinya still love their Senator, but they do not agree with the policies of the Government that ... view