Wakoli Bifwoli

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Entries 981 to 990 of 1336.

• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: It is just deletion! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the new Subclause 17(7) which this House passed either yesterday or the day before and which read as follows:- "THAT, the concurrence referred to in Subsection 5 shall be communicated in writing to the Speaker of the National Assembly by the recognised leader of the political party concerned, naming all Members of the party in respect of whom there is concurrence. The Speaker, shall, in writing, notify the Chief Justice accordingly before such Members are sworn-in". That is Paragraph VI. You may recall that I stated clearly that the ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is clearly unconstitutional, particularly in reference to Section 40 of the Constitution in as much as the provision is stated here. I reminded this august Assembly that this is the same argument that we had. This National Assembly had passed the Election Rules of the Members of the East African Legislative Assembly and had stated that as soon as the House Business Committee finds the nine Members and the Leader of Government Business lays the names of those nine Members on the Table, those Members shall be "deemed" to have been elected. That was ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order, when I have really explained that I am moving it here, but, clearly, it is Mr. Muturi who should have moved it? That is why I have explained what the position was very clearly. In other words, it was not for me to come up with a draft which meets the Constitution. It was for the hon. Member to come up with a draft which meets with the constitutional provision. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, according to my brief, it was a very strong suggestion from hon. Muturi. He acted in accordance with those instructions, but it is I who has moved it in this House. Rather than just argue about it, let us vote on it and move on. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the National Assembly and Presidential Elections Act and its approval thereof without amendments. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move 3958 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 13, 2007 that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I need your guidance on this very Act. We had proposed the amendment as it appears on page 1336. Messrs. Ojode and Muturi have proposed amendments to that. We have also proposed a new Section 37. Do we deal with Section 37 now or we dispose of the amendments to Section 119(1) before we come to the new Section 37? That is because on Section 119(1), Mr. Ojode has proposed to delete it, which I am still opposed to. Mr. Muturi has proposed to amend the same, which I agree with. How do we go ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I strongly oppose this proposed amendment. Many people have died and others have been maimed. Some of them are paraplegic. We have widows and orphans not because they were drunk, but because the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol. There was an accident or he or she ran over them. Anything that this House can do to reduce road carnage, this House should stand up to it. We cannot deny an amendment here just because there could be some possible abuse of the law. We must assume that the law will be implemented ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, at the outset, I had said that I support this amendment. However, I have a slight addition to make. The word "devices" should be added after the word "tests." We do not want to lose the issue of "devices," which is there. So, I support the amendment but we should add the words "choice of tests and devices" in the last paragraph and then we can all agree. view