Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. This is the second such Motion I am participating in since I became a Member of Parliament. It is the second one to discuss the impeachment of our Deputy President....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The accused, whom we are debating, was supposed to be here by 5.00 p.m. It is 5.07 p.m. Can we bar him from coming because he is late?

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Minister for Environment said that bamboo trees are used to stop flooding. I do not want to say...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Sorry. Mitigate flooding. I do not want to challenge him. However, I want to tell him that flooding is one thing, and mitigating flooding is another thing. Bamboo will only stop soil erosion. It will not prevent water from moving. It will stop soil erosion....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Most obliged.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Let me just complete. The Minister has been in the Ministry of Defence, and they did a good job in Kisumu, where they had desilted Kisumu, where the ships are supposed to dock. They had the equipment. We also have equipment in the dams. The...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this extremely important Motion. Education is an equalizer. If you ask these Members which families they come from, each one of them has a history to tell on how they grew up,...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the First Report of the Committee on Implementation on the implementation status of Reports on Petitions and Resolutions passed by the House, laid on the Table of the House on 26th...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) I now request Hon. Koimburi to second the Motion. (An hon. Member spoke off the record) I request Hon. Mwalyo to second the Motion.