Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am serving my fourth term in this House. Chairpersons and Members have been removed from committees and so have whips. There never has been debate when a Chairperson, Member of a committee or a Whip is removed. Why not allow the removal...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to make it clear …

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I want to make it clear that the debate before us is not about the ODM. It is an Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party issue. Azimio has several parties. It is not just ODM. That is one. Two, when Azimio decided to...

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

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, you have clearly heard the Leader of the Majority Party say that the Kenya Kwanza Alliance protects the rights of women, yet they have just sacked a woman who was the Director of the National Youth Service.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You have clearly heard Hon. Kamket insinuating that what was happening in Nairobi is comparable to people carrying guns in the villages and terrorising people. Here in Nairobi, people were following the Constitution and picketing. Demonstrating is enshrined in the...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you need to balance. You should not pick from the same side twice like you have done with Hon. Waluke. It is well known that Hon. Waluke is on the other side. We need someone from this side. Hon. Waluke is not...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am one of those people who struggled to bring the CDF in the year 2003. We started in the year 2002, and it was not possible at that time because the Kenya African National Union (KANU) regime would chase...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Sorry?

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) We would sleep in hotels or in friends’ houses just to avoid being arrested. Anything would happen to you. It was not easy, and we have come from far. At that time, the Leaders of the Opposition were Hon. Mwai Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga,...