Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1501 to 1510 of 1516.

• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on the Presidential Address on the opening of the Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a return back to the House after a very long break during which Kenyans went through something they had never experienced before in terms of the referendum that was held on the proposed new Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the millions of Kenyans who participated in that referendum for the peaceful manner in which it was conducted, and also for the ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot ignore the fact that when Kenyans spoke in rejecting the draft Constitution, they did it not because they did not have a desire for a new constitution. They rejected that draft constitution because there was no adequate consultation as to the content of that document. view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in your own words during the opening of this Session, you said that time had come for us as leaders to dialogue with one another and to consult. It is through dialogue and exchange of ideas that solutions are reached. But for dialogue to take place, and we have experience in trying to dialogue prior to the Referendum, there must be a conducive environment. It is important for me to say that without developing dialogue, the many issues touched on by the President, in his Speech, will not be achieved. In the very same breath, a ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would tend to believe that the reason we were sitting on the Opposition side was because of mistakes like that, and those were the mistakes that this Government was elected to rectify. It actually, therefore, means that this Government very soon will be back where it belongs, on the Opposition benches. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has become even impossible to hold Parliamentary Group meetings in the designated places, because, today, nobody knows which party is which. We have parties that are being announced every now and then in newspapers, and yet, Mr. ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all those groups are sitting on the Opposition side, save for the ones that have moved into the Government side illegally, to occupy Cabinet positions against the Constitution and the written law of the land. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, why are these issues there? Why do we, as leaders, not ask ourselves why it has taken us this long to draw up a new constitution when countries, amongst them our neighbours, have done exactly the same in less than a year, or two? This is all as a result of the mistrust that pervades this House ... view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, sir, as you have correctly said from yesterday, through the entire morning, the issues before us are monumental and posterity will actually judge us. On that basis, unless those issues are dealt with, I beg to withdraw my name from that list and so, I am not prepared to serve in that Committee. 46 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 22, 2006 view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I recall yesterday when you made your remarks, you asked for honesty. I think this is a subject that demands honesty. You have referred to 2003 when the Ninth Parliament convened. It was very clear at the time what was Government and indeed was the Opposition. If the hon. Nyachae was here today 22 March, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 25 and he were to stand and speak honestly, he would confirm that we, as KANU, sat with them as FORD(P), jointly occupying the Opposition Benches and agreed that we needed to work together as the Opposition. In fact, ... view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The formula, as you have referred to in relationship to this particular Committee was, indeed, our understanding. I recall that we had lengthy discussions even amongst ourselves as to the exact number, but the only thing we got was that the Opposition was entitled to eight positions and the Government was entitled to 12 positions. That was the basis in which, and hon. Obwocha, I am not saying that FORD(P) did not have a whip. But the recognized whip was the Official Opposition Whip. It was the Official Opposition Whip who submitted those names on ... view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: 83 out of 222 Members. view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: But, Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view