Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala

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.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) I am sorry. It is the Speaker. I would like to bring to the attention of the Speaker the information on page 21 No.45 about the nominee’s background. I can see the nominee…

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

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am not debating. I am bringing a matter to your attention to make a ruling on whether we are properly debating the right person to be appointed as the Inspector-General. The nominee was born on 22nd September 1963. We are now in...

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

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, recently, this country almost went into a revolution. The Generation Zoomers (Gen Zs) said that they do not want people above 60 years to hold Government or civil service offices.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of the Chair that on page 21…

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I want to give some additional information that I have just received to support her Request for Statement. On 11th July, Ugandan police operating in Lake Victoria arrested eight people from Bunyala South Location, Bunyala South Ward, Budalangi Constituency. They are:

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Thank you for responding to the several issues that Members have asked you because these were the questions that were disturbing Kenyans out there. This Bill has really cost some of the people who voted yes. Therefore, we do not want...

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

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

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. (Hon. Shakeel Shabir carried a placard in the House)

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, you have seen what has happened in the House. Hon. Shakeel Shabbir was very orderly, just carrying a placard. How can the Orderlies grab and mishandle an honourable Member in the House who was not violent and 25th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

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

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Standing Order 91.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to oppose the Finance Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 30 of 2024) . I am cognisant of the fact that it went through the First Reading on 13th May 2024 and was committed to the Department of Committee on...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Five minutes.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am not reading but just referring.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, you did not ask him which Standing Order he was rising on. This is the bias that we are talking about.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I do not disagree with what he has said. What we are doing is simply making amendments. If a section we amend collapses, the parent Act still remains unchanged. These newcomers may not be familiar with how things work here. We know that...