Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 2209.

• 21 Nov 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for reminding me. I want to repeat; the sense and, indeed, the necessity of respect of law as very much clearly stipulated in Sections 105, 110 and indeed other parts of the Constitution, give us that authority that we deserve not to cry because, as has been put by some of our legislators, speaking out for what is good for us is not crying. It is not at all. It only reminds some forgetful minds that they need to read the Constitution and understand it better. I am very happy that despite you not being ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very disheartening report that we have received from a very senior Senator; a Senator who has even served as Minister for Internal Security and even taken up other responsibilities in Government than the Cabinet Secretary. This is just a Secretary not listening to the orders from our senior Senator. We are very disturbed as the Senate and I really sympathize with the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Relations. I want to thank him for the role he has played to date. He has reminded them three times and even shown ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Mositet has raised a frivolous point of order. Standing Order No.88 does not include the Cabinet Secretary in charge of security as one of those that cannot be mentioned on the Floor of this House. Is he in order? view
• 20 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in recent times in this country, most crimes have actually been propagated by the uniformed staff or forces. Could the Chairman confirm that actually all these kidnappings have been planned and carried out by the security forces? view
• 20 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In the answer by the Chairman, he refused to give information on the number of arms and types to the Senate of this country citing matters of security. The worst that he could have done is to ask the Chamber to be heard in camera, because that information is very important to this House and matters of security lie in our hands. Is he in order? view
• 20 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You did give a direction and maybe it could be taken as a ruling; that unless the Chairman quotes the section of the law that he thinks privileges his information, then he should give us the information that we want. Instead, the Chairman has stated that it adds no value despite your directive. Is he in order? view
• 20 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on Standing Order No.108 as regards the conduct of Sen. Munyes on his address to Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. If that trend continues, where hon. Senators cannot ask about issues which are pertinent to the neighboring counties, then we will be mouth-gagged. Is he not out of order? He should actually be declared disorderly and so punished. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support the request by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I would like my question to be answered even before that is done. In the Statement, the Chairperson of the Committee has actually given a general picture that all or nearly all road construction projects in this country have stalled. Even for the Sigalagala-Butere-Sidindi Road, the Government has been planning to allocate Kshs100 million, but that has not been effected. Is the Government broke? Is it not true that the Government is on the verge of bankruptcy? view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in her submission, she alluded to the fact that, indeed, contractual obligations of the Government in payment of the contractors has not been carried out. They have not done their obligations as per the contract. Is it not true that several contractors have actually taken the Government to court demanding the cost of non-payments in time? Where does the Government intend to get that money that will be used to pay the contractors for their omitting or refusing to respect the contractual obligations as signed by the two bodies? view
• 19 Nov 2013 in Senate: Nakushukuru sana, Bw. Spika wa Muda. Wazo hili la Sen. Liza la kuleta maendeleo katika taifa la Kenya limekuja wakati ufaao. Bw. Spika wa Muda, Sen. Liza ameangazia mawazo yake kwa hili shirika la fedha la kilimo ambalo linajulikana kama AFC. Naomba kwamba riba ambayo shirika hili linawatoza wakulima ya asilimia 10 ipunguzwe hadi asilimia tatu. Kwa kufanya hivyo, shirika hili litakuwa likiangazia mawazo yake kwa shida za wakulima. Tunajua kwamba tangu Uhuru, miaka karibu 50 iliyopita, kumekuwa na mambo ya kunyanyasa wakulima kila wakati. Kuna utumwa mamboleo kwa sababu mambo yao ni kufanya kazi lakini hawaoni yale ambayo wanafanyia ... view