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"content": " Hon. Senators, I will allow comments on the Statements as sought for a maximum of 15 minutes. If you have an opportunity to speak, kindly keep it under three minutes."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want to quickly comment on the Statement by the Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Wambua, on the issue of the Kibwezi Road. Particularly, I commend his courage to have brought a comprehensive Statement for the Senate to understand the issue of the Road Bond. This Road Bond that has been taken is Kshs175 billion. We loosely hear of the fact that about Kshs39 billion of that is supposed to go to the project-affected persons that Sen. Wambua has talked about in his Statement. However, the biggest concern is how this Road Bond, which is part of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), is helping county roads as well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while we have national roads that are affected by lack of capitation for them to be completed - for which this Kshs179 billion was taken - there are also pending bills in counties of contractors who are doing county roads that are supposed to be financed by RMLF. We see a second tier of confrontation between county governments and the national Government on the issue of Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF). We do not get the 18 per cent that is originally supposed to be money for routine maintenance. We are supposed to benefit from it by ensuring that contractors have gone back to the county roads. They cannot be financed from county small fiscal space. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I belong to the Committee in charge. I wish ourselves the courage to go deeper and look at the comprehensive agreements under this road bond and ensure it all includes counties."
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"content": "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": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Joe Nyutu."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to comment on the Statement made by the Minority Leader, Sen. Enock Wambua of Kitui County, regarding banditry that has resurged in Kitui County. It is important that we call out the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, who is responsible for internal security. We cannot afford to continue having security problems while we have the necessary infrastructure with the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this must be taken very seriously considering that we have also had killings, especially in North Rift where we even lost a Catholic priest to this kind of crime. We must see to it or persuade the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration to disarm criminals. Firearms should not be in the wrong hands. I believe that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration can do better in our counties. We must ask the Cabinet Secretary to be serious and do things that matter, and not get bothered with politics and who says what. Get to the ground and have the criminals disarmed and necessary action taken because this is very serious. Every Kenyan has a right to live anywhere in this country and to engage in any form of economic activity as long as it is not illegal. We must also protect our pastoralists and those who do other forms of farming, for them to be safe in their country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me, I also want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Mo Fire on the welfare of the boychild who has been neglected for ages. Since 1985 when we heard of - I do not want to call it infamous - the Beijing Conference. We have been empowering the girlchild at the expense of the boychild. You would even see some laws that discriminate against boys. For example, if an 18-year-old boy is found to have engaged in a sexual affair with a 17-year-old girl, he is considered to have done what we can call child abuse or defilement and is jailed, yet they are age-mates. We must speak out for the boychild who has been neglected and also socialized not to speak about his problems."
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Beatrice Akinyi."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support two Statements by Sen. Enock Wambua and Sen. Mwenda Gataya. I will start by congratulating the great people of Homa Bay County. Last Sunday, Madaraka Day was celebrated in my county of Homa Bay. I thank our people for the show and demonstration of patriotism. They came in large numbers, Mr. Speaker, Sir. A number of them came on foot. They have been so happy. Most people were very cagey about the numbers that were in Homa Bay, but that was real demonstration of the resolve of our people, especially from the Lake region. These are people who when they mean yes, they say yes and when they say no, they mean no. The demonstration on Madaraka Day was very clear to everybody that our people were happy. We are a community who show it on our face. We said yes because we meant yes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I now support the Statement by Sen. Wambua about the resurgence of banditry in Kitui County. Banditry has led to a lot of suffering in regions. We have witnessed loss of lives, destruction of properties and interruption of livelihood"
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"content": "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": "of people. I must join in mourning the loss of the priest that was murdered the other week as a result of banditry. I condemn the act and support this Statement. Lastly, I support that boys and men must be protected in this Republic. We support that both boys and girls must live in dignity. I support these two Statements. Thank you to the great people of Homa Bay County. Thank you."
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