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"content": "I thank Sen. Syengo for giving me accolades. I wish her well as she pursues her ambition of becoming the woman representative of Kitui County. Before I joined Parliament, I used to admire how fiery ‘mla mamba’, Sen. Mungatana, used to articulate issues on the Floor of the House when it was just the National Assembly. It is an honour to serve in the same Chamber as him. His wisdom is valued. I agree with him that we need to protect these professionals. We cannot create a CCM to be a graveyard of careers. You cannot headhang someone who used to be a Chief Executive Officer by giving him the CECM position and subjecting him to unpredictability, yet that person comes into that position with a wealth of experience. I agree with Sen. Mungatana that we must have stability in devolution. The fact that we oversight governors does not mean we do not like devolution. We know that if devolution works today, no one will care who the President of Kenya is. If it works, you will have water. You heard the other day that Garissa Town is less than one kilometre, but they need water. I saw the Garissa Water Company saying that the people of Garissa should harvest water because the rains might end. If those people had water, no one would care about who would become the President. If they have access to bursaries, drugs in hospitals and good roads--- In Nandi County, all roads in the 30 wards are virtually impassable. Our governor has resigned technically because he is no longer in office. He is doing nothing while it is raining and the roads are impassible. I advise our people to be careful because of the rainfall, which could result in landslides. The rats are walking around the Kabsabet County Referal Hospital. In the town market there is no water, it is dirty. There are no working toilets or electricity. If it rains, those women will continue to suffer not only in Kapsabet town markets, but in most of the town markets from Maraba, Kabiyet, all over Chepterwai and Mosoriot, who are just sitting in the sun. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you can see that in Garissa County, they are still paying 11 people who are retired and should not be paid. Therefore, we need oversight. I am calling upon the MCAs to do their primary role of oversight, even as we assist them. We want to see the MCAs of Bomet or Meru doing their job. This means, that when we give them the opportunity, they should take the necessary action to ensure they do their job. Let all governors be accountable going into the future. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I want to thank the Members, on a small matter that I have brought before you and the House. I am bringing a progressive statement to the House. As I had said, and I want to repeat, we are the apex of democracy. The principles of equity say, ‘he who comes to equity, must come with clean hands.’ We do not have the moral authority to oversight governors, the Executive, the Judiciary and other independent institutions if we cannot question and oversight ourselves. If there is something wrong within the management of Parliament, no one should gag us, unless there is a gagging order that has been issued. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know you have attended our session at the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). For instance, Sigor is famous for other things, but before an Early Childhood Education (ECD) Centre in Sigor or Bomet is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "completed, when your governor appears before the Senate, one of the questions we ask him is if the ECD classroom has a certificate of occupation?"
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"content": "The governors normally produce pictures that show that the classroom is available for occupation. If you are building somewhere in Kaplelartet, you must produce evidence of the same. Therefore, I want to say this in conclusion. The fact that most Members do not have offices or they have offices that they are sharing is okay. We do not have a problem with it. However, the point we are trying to make is to follow the law. We are the lawmakers. Why is it that if today a Cabinet Secretary comes here and they are building an institute, we cross-examine or question them by asking them to issue the certificate of occupation from public works and they do not have a problem with it? Why is it that when it comes to us, as Parliament, we do not want to produce the certificate of occupation and we want to bend the law? I was asking about the certificate of occupation, certificate of completion, pending works and public health. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, how safe are the offices? As I said yesterday, some offices do not have windows. If you do not see the sunlight for some time coming through those windows, you can get jaundice that is if I am right in Biology. Yesterday, Members got stuck in the lift for the better time of their hours. One has to wait for the lift for more than 15 minutes. Therefore, what is ultra-modern about it? My brother, the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, told me to use the gym. However, I went there, but there are no exits. It is not in use at the moment. Let us be honest with ourselves, as Parliament. When this idea was conceived, it was Kshs5.6 billion. However, it has now gone beyond Kshs9 billion. When we ask our governors, for instance, the Nandi Governor here, we gave you Kshs7.5 billion, what did you do with it? The governors are ready to account, but when we ask on the issue of Bunge Tower, they do not want to account. Let me give you a comparison, so that Members can understand. The Central Bank of Kenya Towers is a 27-storey building and it is here in the Central Business District (CBD). It was built with Kshs2.5 billion. The cost of Bunge Tower has been inflated from Kshs5.2 billion to over Kshs9 billion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kshs4 billion to Kshs5 billion cannot be accounted for. Those are three or two mega buildings of Kshs2.5 billion each, that can be built within the CBD of the Republic of Kenya. As we say, we want to sort out the issue of renting offices for Members, we must also show due diligence and account for the money that we give out. If this will force some of us to appear before the Powers and Privileges Committee, so be it. We need members of staff in Parliament not to live under fear. Article 34 and 35 talks about media freedom and freedom to information. Why would you interdict two officers who allowed media to do a tour of a public office, unless you are telling the country that Bunge Tower is a private property? Then, put a big sign so that it will not be accessible to the public, but that is a public office. Media have a right to access, look at it and share with the nation. I hope the interdiction of the two members of staff will be withdrawn. They should be allowed to report back to their offices immediately. They should not be victimised because some of us understand the labour laws. That is what I wanted to say. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "As we go into the future, I will not be intimidated. We shall continue to ensure that we call for accountability and sobriety. I want to confirm to the nation that because of the reservations I have against the opening of the Bunge Tower offices, I will keep off to retain my sobriety and integrity. I assure the nation that I will not show up. When we asked questions, we were told you cannot question. If you question, you will appear before the Powers and Privileges Committee. I said before that there is one man called Uhuru Kenyatta, the former President. There was a powerful Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government during his term, who used to arrest and intimidate me every Friday. The price of the era of intimidation, blackmail and coercion has gone down in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be enjoying myself and discharging my duty because you will release us today. I can even come to Bomet County and enjoy the wonderful football match that you have prepared under the Wakili Sigei Football tournament somewhere in Silibwet Stadium or Bomet Green Stadium. I can start enjoying from Friday to the final day in support of what you are doing to empower the youth talents in Bomet County as their Senator. We have so many places we can go. No one should blackmail or intimidate us. Let Members be allowed to express their reservations. We understand there is need for office space, but that one does not give a ground to break the law. I thank my colleagues and request that pursuant to Standing Order No.66 (3) of the Senate Standing Orders, you defer the putting of the question on this Motion to a later date when we have good numbers to go for division. With those many remarks, allow me to rest my submission. Thank you, for the opportunity. I wish all of us a blessed and safe weekend. I ask Kenyans wherever they are to be careful on our roads and farms. As I am told there is going to be heavy rains during this weekend. Let them not cross a river during flash floods. I know there was an incident in Chemase, where I come from. Let us be careful in the City too as the flash floods continue. The young people going for Aluta or any other business in the City, as they do their TikTok movies and filters, let them ensure they are safe wherever they are. Let them not overdo it. The floods do not know you. Be careful."
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"content": " Thank you, Sen. Cherarkey. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.66 (3), the question regarding the Bill is not put today, until the next sitting of the House."
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"content": "Hon. Senators, owing to the earlier rearrangement of the Order Paper, Order Nos.9, 10 and 11 were deferred for the next sitting, owing to the numbers in the House."
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