Clement Muturi Kigano

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Hon. Speaker, I present a response to a Request for a Statement by Hon. Aden Duale regarding appointment of the Chairperson of the Committee on the Assumption to the Office of the President. Hon. Speaker, On 11th May 2022, the Hon. Member sought a Statement,...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Please, do not ask. Let me answer you. Do not keep interrupting me. Hon. Speaker, please protect me from the ranking Member. He appears to know everything. Why do you ask then? In that capacity, the Head of Public Service has been discharging functions set...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Without any qualms, acquiescence works like the bands of marriage in Christianity. You were asked to raise a query and since 2017 you have not. I am not saying this is right. Secondly, what is not specifically forbidden in law is allowed. The Constitution does...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank the Members for their contributions, even if they were of divergent views. I still encourage them. When we differ in law or in certain opinions, we all score 100 per cent. Whether your argument was wrong or...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Hon. Speaker, these hecklers are demonstrating how they will run the Government by heckling. Tell these Members speaking that their president is not in power. They can heckle when their President comes in power. For now, there is a civilised Government and a civilised Speaker....

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Hon. Speaker, in the circumstance of these hecklers, I do not think they want to listen or reason or hear of any reasons. There is nothing that I can usefully add to what is on this Statement. What I stated is on the Hansard and...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Member 001 happens to be a Kikuyu. You become a Kikuyu through your mother. His mother is Waithera. I do not know what Hon. Ichung’wah is talking about because he is a Kikuyu. All it means is that one is a leader. It is like...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) I am sure you are, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) I can assure you that you are; you will be acceptable, but the Member for Kikuyu is not yet.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Not necessarily the age. There is also conduct. There are many other considerations like respectability, the way he carries himself.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) No, it is not.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) It is not only him but even his mentor, Carey Francis, is not. He has to go and talk to the elders.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) I want to contribute very fast. The amount of money that the Member refers to is not 20 million Pounds, but 18 million Pounds that was advanced when Hon. Ronald Ngala from Kilifi was the Chief Minister. It came on the understanding that it would...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have always had a lot of respect for the ranking Member. However, his statements this afternoon appear to impute some improper motive by making a claim of incapacity or incompetence on a Committee which has been constituted and approved by...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Are these matters going to be considered in the Second Reading or are you going to give a ruling?

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) I was just trying to request that, in considering KJ’s presentations, you note he is a Member of my Committee and he can do it. KJ is a Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. You also, perhaps, may consider the import...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your direction. I beg to move: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its Report on the Vetting of Nominees for appointment as Chairperson and Members of the Kenya...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to reply. Since no Member was in disagreement and no Member opposed the Motion, I really have nothing useful to add to the sentiments of the Members. I thank all of them for supporting the nominees. I...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) If I do recall, the operation of the Scrap Metal Act falls directly under the Office of the President. The licensing is under the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of the Police. The minister under that Act means the Minister in the Office of the President. I...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) I would be very surprised if the oversight interfaces with that Ministry when they say the definition of a minister under the Scrap Metal Act means the Minister in the Office of the President.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The moment you allow this, you are going to open the flood gates. The next people to apply and ask for permission to use the Chamber will be the so-called bishops like Bishop Ng’ang’a and other people. This is a House...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) All that I am saying is you represent this House. You epitomise the law and the moment you are seen to allow this Chamber to be used to perpetrate an illegality, then our character stands… Hon. Speaker, your reply to them should be a big...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that the national Government is heavily dependent on foreign exchange for the sustainable growth of the economy; recognising that tea and coffee are major foreign exchange earning cash crops and greatly contribute...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before my erstwhile colleague got the Floor, I was rising under Standing Order No.95 (1) to ask you to close the debate. Everybody understands the implication of this Motion. We should not waste time debating it in detail. Everybody understands its...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to raise a point of order under Article 255 of the Constitution. I am sure you are aware. You have observed that this amendment intrudes on the sovereignty of the people spelt out under Article 1. The sovereignty of...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) My point of order is that the Bill is unconstitutional. This Bill as it is, without a reference made to a referendum is unconstitutional. It cannot move as it is. Thank you. That does not mean that there will be a lacuna because any aggrieved...

Hon. Clement Kigano (Kangema, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join my colleagues in congratulating you. In the last few years, you have set up a fairly advanced jurisprudence in parliamentary practice. I remember the last ruling you gave on a point of order raised by my colleague and...

Hon. Kigano On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Kigano Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Motion smacks of unconstitutionality in the category laid down under Article 127 (c) (ii) . The second category of nominees appears to contravene the provisions of Article 27 (c) (ii) . Sub-article (ii) is in plural and it says “parties.” So, it is...