Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Wetangula that Gov. Akaranga is an ordained reverend in a certain church. view
• 25 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. Khaniri for this Petition. As has been expressed by Members, it is pathetic that we see this kind of picture nearly in every county. Maybe they should be called county “executhieves” because that is the title they deserve. If you look at the Petition, using Kshs1.698billion for unaccountable ventures is pathetic. They did this in the name of allocating Kshs36 million to every ward. Spending Kshs11million to construct a kitchen, store and a toilet abhors straight thinking. In Migori County, the governor’s bed was bought at Kshs1.2million. I wonder how that bed is. ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee reports to the Senate its considerations of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Amendment Bill (Senate Bill No. 4 of 2015) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.4 of 2015) be now read a Third Time. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand under Standing Order No.54(3) to request that putting of the question be deferred to the following day. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have served with Sen. Billow from the Ninth Parliament. I know him as a skilled politician, very knowledgeable and one who knows how to express what is in his mind in good language and sense. His nomination to this position is not a surprise to some of us. However, it has to be accepted that Sen. Billow is a Chairman of an active Committee. I am concerned about Members of the African Legislative Assembly serving in important positions such as the Speaker’s or Chairpersons Panel and other active Committees such as the Committee on ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I strongly feel when a Member is appointed to that position to represent this Parliament in the Pan-African Parliament, he should be relieved of some active positions in this House so that he takes enough time to plan on how to represent this country in that Parliament. In so doing, we will have a more productive representation in that Parliament. Whereas I also thank Sen. Murkomen for having represented us effectively, we all knew the incapacitation he had when he was the Member of the Speaker’s Panel. More often, he was not around. This should ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in Senate: Thank you Madam Chairperson. My concern is the phrase “for the avoidance of doubt”. Really, Sen. Sang is a lawyer and I think this phrase was unnecessary if the objective was to have that status, then the phrase should just be “the county attorney shall have the status and rank of a member of county executive committee”. Madam Chairperson, I do not think Sen. Ong’era’s observation would hold much water. You can have the same rank and status but not in terms of payments and respect but you are not an executive member. So, you are out of the constitutional ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we make a lot of cries, speak a lot of English and Kiswahili languages in this House, but if the Constitution and the Standing Orders do not prescribe any mode of action, it is all zero. It is an exercise in futility. The best way forward for us is to look at pitfalls, loopholes, omissions and commissions in the Constitution. We should also review our Standing Orders so that we have a specific way of action. The Speaker of the National Assembly has done whatever he did, but so what? Our cries will not do anything to ... view