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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I saw you grill your Governor in the morning on the status of education in Bomet County. I hope the 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": "Governor was not crying. I hope he had a problem with his eyes because the pictures seem to be communicating something. You will probably tell us more about this when you get chance. I rise to support this Motion. We were horrified of what happened. Under the law, EPRA is supposed to regulate. How would one allow a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas company to operate within a residential area? There is so much impunity in this country that if Jesus Christ were to come back to Kenya, he would be worried. We have many good laws but no one is complying with them. There is a problem with the implementation and effectiveness of those laws. EPRA should not have licensed an LPG gas company that is within a residential area. Remember we passed the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act, the famous Mututho Law. We have the issue of churches and mosques within residential areas. I normally see the environmental compliant officer running around Nairobi telling people that they cannot operate a disco or mosques and churches within residential areas. My two sisters from Nairobi City County, Sen. Nyamu and Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, will tell you that. The same applies to opening of bars. One cannot open a bar near a school and there is a regulation on that. That is why we were horrified. The least that the Ministry of Energy, through EPRA and other agencies, can do is to compensate those families for the loss of lives and loss of property. As a country, we cannot allow EPRA to be only good at regulating prices. That is not what the law provided for EPRA. Under the law, EPRA has more mandates other than just telling us the price of petrol. They are not to only tell us that the price of petrol is Kshs200 shillings and it will be Kshs100 tomorrow. There is a big confusion with the management of EPRA. They think that their work is to only tell us that the fuel prices have gone up or down. They must tell us who issued the licenses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are a senior lawyer in this country and you know that there is what we call criminal negligence. They have to tell us who issued the license for the operationalization of the lpg company in a residential area. We are closing alcohol places and outlets around schools because we want to comply with the law. Therefore, the loss of life in Embakasi East, Mradi area and loss of property should be looked at thoroughly. As we talk, there should have been investigation and prosecution of the owners of the LPG company, officers from EPRA who approved and officers from Nairobi City County. They should be in court facing prosecution for criminal negligence for loss of property and lives. I thank the Committee on Energy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you had not joined us in the last session because you were busy in litigation, but we were able to sanction the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the Ministry of Energy then. He was sanctioned by this House. Do you remember the Solai Dam tragedy? This House did not allow Chief Kiragu and County Commission Nkanatha to take Kshs20 million to families in Solai. I am happy that today, the owners of Solai Dam, the likes of Patel and Mashakuru are being prosecuted for criminal negligence for the loss of life on Solai Dam tragedy. So, EPRA officials who approved the license must be charged. Nothing much is expected from Nairobi City County on what happened in Embakasi, Mradi area. This is because they were dumping garbage at Stima House. 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": "First, the families should be compensated for loss of life and property. Second, we should have investigation and prosecution of all the officers that I have mentioned. I used to sell meat at King's Butcher in Mosoriot Trading Center and the public health officers used to come. If you walk to hustlers’ shops, in Chepalungu and Longisa in Bomet County, you will see that the wall is mosaic. It has actually lost colour because of display of many things. They have license from public health, the county and even the national government. My question is; what were the inspectors doing? We must be told. That is why there is the possibility of prosecution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have seen, in the Speaker's Gallery, students from ACK Bishop Kogo Cheptil from Mosop Sub-county, Nandi North, Nandi County. The 109 students and 16 teachers are here with us I am happy they have walked in when I am dispensing wisdom, freely, on this Motion on compensation. As they go back home for holidays this Easter week, I request them to greet their parents and tell them that their Senator is overworking. It is now 6.00 p.m. The truth is that Senators overwork."
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, it would have been prudent, and of utmost respect to them if you made arrangements for them to be formally welcomed to this House. Nonetheless, I am happy that you are acknowledging them. Of course, as you have said, Senators are overworking and that includes their Senator."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for that indulgence. I was told by the secretariat that we have so many schools coming in, even from Bomet County and across the country. This is because most of them are going for their holiday. However, I know that they are welcome and they should learn as much as possible. I am happy that they have had an opportunity to see one of their representatives in action. In future, we want them to be Senators and Members of the National Assembly. We even want some of them to be a Speaker like you. We also want them to be lawyers, pastors and people who can serve this nation with distinction. They should feel welcomed. On behalf of you, the Temporary Speaker and the House, I welcome them. I have addressed them outside and done the needful which we do when we have visitors from our home counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you are gracious enough and you feel that your message should reach Nandi County, then you are welcome to organize for something. The same applies to Sen. Abbas, who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my other point is in relation to the connection of electricity in this country. We should relook at the connection of electricity. I went to a village somewhere in Tinderet, and noted that most of the wires belonging to Kenya Power and Lighting Company were almost falling off. The issue of gas is very sensitive issue. We have had cases of gas explosion. We have seen lorries carrying LPG gas involved in accidents. We should earmark roads or ensure that the lorries carrying inflammable gas use a different road. I remember in Karai, Naivasha, many years ago, there was an accident where there was a spillover of a highly inflammable material. So even as we talk about Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) licensing within the residential areas, we must also ensure that transportation of gas and many others is done within the proper regulations. 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": "Sometimes, as you drive to Bomet through Mai Mahiu, you see highly inflammable gases being transported, and when accidents happen, it becomes a danger to pedestrians. Why can we not regulate and say, the LPG carrying lorries, should perhaps have their own lane, or they should be driven at night or at a particular speed, because most of them get accident. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the fifth point that I would like to make is, the Committee of Energy within 90 days, should give us an audit of LPG gas production companies within the estates. In fact, I would have expected the Committee by today evening, or by the laying of this Motion, to tell us there has been an order by Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) and through the Senate Committee on Energy that, any liquefied petroleum gas plants within any residential area should be banned. That is the only way Kenyans will respect us as a House. They should be closed down, and any person found operating without the approval of EPRA and other regulating agencies should be charged. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you made your submission today in the afternoon, you mentioned career progress of the Assistant Chiefs and Chiefs, which was brilliant. These Assistant Chiefs, the Chiefs, Nyumba Kumi, the Kokwet elders---"
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, mind your language. Please, use parliamentary language. They are called village managers."
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"content": "I had gone back to my village in Kapkeben. I am sorry."
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"content": " Mind your language; you are still in Parliament. Mind the parliamentary language that is approved to be utilized while you are addressing the House."
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"content": "My apologies, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I withdraw and apologize. When I am thinking, I do so in Kinandi then translate into English. So, you have to forgive me, for that slip of thinking. It should be village Elders. You were clear, that in ngao, we need career progression of Assistant Chiefs, Chiefs, Nyumba Kumi and village Elders. Where I come from, sometimes they are referred to Mukasa . Where you and me come from, they are referred to Kokwet elders with the indulgence of the Standing Orders. Those people are critical and important in our society. How do we ensure compliance and intelligence within a community? We should ensure that ngao have opportunity. They should have an opportunity to give intelligence of the LPG plants that are normally operated. We should use ngao. That is why I was saying, today in the afternoon, and the House agreed with me, that village Elders, whom we call them Kokwet Elders, or Mukasa, or village Elders, must be remunerated. For example, in Kapkeben village in Mosoriot, where I come from, my local village Elder is called Christopher Arap Rotich. If I want to listen to the intelligence of the ground on security and marital issues, and what is happening in the society, he is the correct person to talk to. However, we do not need them to go to school to qualify. Why would you need academic qualification to be a village Elder? You just need to understand the culture and 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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