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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support the Statement by Sen. Miraj on the alleged transfer of gender desks from police stations to the public hospitals. I would make this proposal that instead of that transfer, why not have the gender desks, both at the police stations and in public hospitals, so that we make the fight against gender-based violence effective? This is because, the first point of call when one has been attacked is the police station. Therefore, moving it from there does not make it any easier. The moment you go to the hospital, you will need the legal processes to take place. You will, therefore, need to have the Occurrence Book (OB) number that will justify that indeed that has happened and action needs to be taken. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to talk about the Statement by the Embu Senator on the introduction of KCSE examinations. I am a product of those examinations and maybe, we need to see what is informing the Ministry to re-introduce that for the current breed of students. This is so that we can weigh the pros and cons of that at this point."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to comment on the Statement by the Senator for Machakos, the Hon. Kavindu. I believe Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale misapprehended the thrust of this particular statement and he should know that just in the recent days, over 100 Kenyans were stranded at the border between Thailand and Myanmar. These people were not criminals. In fact, they had been lured to the Far East countries to purportedly go work there. However, when they get there, they get held against their will as part of the online extortion gangs. They got released but they were stuck at the border with Thailand because Thailand authorities were not opening the border. That is the statement that Sen. Kavindu was talking about. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there were reports that a few days ago, about 64 of them had been rescued and this week, another 20 or 24. Therefore, this Statement was not speaking to the people who have been caught on the wrong side of the law. These are unsuspecting victims of a global ring of online extortionists and the Government must do everything to return these people home. That is the only comment I wanted to make. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "Lastly on the Statement regarding rates in Nairobi, I wanted to inform the Senator for Narok that the County Government of Nairobi City, just like the national Government, also passes what we call a finance bill every annual financial year. In that finance bill, the Assembly proposes for the county government to levy various fees here and there. There is a discussion to be heard on whether the services are commensurate to the fees being charged but you cannot challenge the legality of the levying of those rates, especially because the finance bill at the county level is also subject to public participation. The fact of the matter is that when it comes to land rates, we have not reviewed our valuation roll for a very long time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember that every single time the County has tried to do a new valuation roll, there have been obstacles that have been placed on its way. Therefore, and rightly as we should, pursue service delivery, but then again, we cannot cry that rates have not been reviewed yet. If you look at the rates that some of these properties were paying, they were not commensurate with what is actually the market value of those properties as of now. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those are the only comments that I wanted to make and I thank you for the opportunity."
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"content": " Sen. Sigei Wakili."
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"content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will comment on the Statement by Sen. Mwenda Gataya on the need to have this particular data and the criteria for the allocation of resources for purposes of KURA and KeRRA The Statement will guide the country in building some level of affirmative action with regards to the criteria with which the agencies under the Ministry of Roads and Infrastructure allocate resources. Lately, we have heard comments in the National Assembly, where Members, wherever there are issues regarding the budget allocation, speak about the many infrastructures on roads under KeRRA and KURA ongoing; whereas, there are other places where accessibility, even to some public places is not available because of unavailability of resources. With this Statement, I would wish the membership of this Committee gets facilitated, so that they can deal with it and go beyond the period that the hon. Senator has listed, between 2022/2023 to date. This is so that we ensure we have affirmative action in areas which for a long period of time have been ignored with little or no resources at all in terms of allocation get consideration. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly is to enhance the ability of those agencies to classify the various roads because roads under KURA and KeRRA sometimes fall victim to what we have experienced in our county governments. Resources which have been allocated to a road that is classified KeRRA and KURA can still get allocation from county governments and that allocation is put into abuse by the county government and the relevant agencies within that county government because of double allocation. People use it as an opportunity to steal and misappropriate the resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the Committee that will be involved in dealing with this particular Statement will go beyond the number of years or the period that has been identified, and further ensure that they deal with the aspect of classification. This is so that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "we have all the relevant agencies understanding this aspect and ensuring everyone knows of the allocation criteria."
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"content": " Alright, so we move to Sen. Ali Roba."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will use the restricted minutes to comment on the power outages in Mombasa County, the second capital of this country. It is extremely embarrassing. Just last week, we were complaining bitterly about Mandera's desperate situation. If counties like Mombasa, a city county, start complaining about that now, I believe that Kenya Power needs to be seriously investigated. As a leader who comes from an area affected by terror and insecurity, I also support the Statement on these security challenges in Samburu County. If terror becomes a challenge for security agencies to manage, then this issue of communal insecurity should be something that the Government of Kenya should tackle firmly. To make sure that our public does not suffer perennially every year discussing some small-time crooks in the name of the community trying to cause havoc in the Baragoi area and other areas, including Isiolo County, where cattle rustling by communities has really been a major challenge affecting the population of Isiolo and Samburu counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to comment on Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe's Statement on the insecurity of Samburu County. Security personnel are facing serious challenges in handling the issue of cattle rustling. It is the reason most of us sit down to listen. In the counties of Samburu, Marsabit, Turkana, Isiolo, and West Pokot, insecurity is prevalent. People are killed, and property is taken. Less is done to those people who are affected. This is because these communities have decided this is their state of nature where they just kill people the way they want and take property, and there is nothing that is being done to these bandits. This is why they raid homes, kill children and women and the statement of their action is not taken in a police station. We can take a case study of what happened recently in a place called Todonyang, where more than 30 people were killed in the lake Turkana. Up to now, their bodies have not been retrieved. Most of our borders are porous. For example, in Turkana County, we border almost three states: Ethiopia, southern Sudan, and Uganda. All these borders are porous, and there is a highly established insecurity in them. In our area, we have no Kenya Defence Forces to counter the attacks from the other states. Empowering the National Police Reserve (NPR) in these areas is important because NPRs are locally informed security personnel. They know the terrain and how to handle bandits because they live with them."
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