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"content": "Hon. Senators; we now have quorum. Clerk, you may proceed to call the First Order, please."
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"content": " Hon. Senators, as you may recall, at the Sitting of the Senate held on Thursday, 8th May, 2025, the Temporary Speaker, Sen. Veronica Maina, MP, directed Sen. Samson Cherarkey, MP, to substantiate utterances made in the course of his contribution to the Motion on the consolidation of bursary funds for equitable access to education in Kenya. The direction was as a result of a point of order by nominated Sen. Raphael Chimera, MP, pursuant to Standing Order No.105. As hon. Senators are aware, Standing Order No.105 provides as follows: 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": "“ (1) A Senator shall be responsible for the accuracy of any facts that the Senator alleges to be true and may be required to substantiate any such facts instantly. (2) If a Senator has sufficient reason to convince the Speaker that the Senator is unable to substantiate the allegations instantly, the Speaker shall require that such Senator substantiates the allegations not later than the next sitting day, failure to which the Senator shall be deemed to be disorderly within the meaning of Standing Order No.121 (Disorderly conduct), unless the Senator withdraws the allegations and gives a suitable apology, if the Speaker so requires”. Hon. Senators, in the course of debate on the Motion at hand, Sen. Cherarkey, MP, made the following comment: “My Governor is notorious. He has changed Nandi from being the source of champions to source of corruption, where they write cheques that bounce and some to places that do not exist. They exist up there.” It is at this point that nominated Sen. Raphael Chimera, MP, raised a point of order pursuant to Standing Order No.105 to require Sen. Cherarkey, MP, to substantiate his claim. Hon. Senators, Sen. Cherarkey, MP, was not able to substantiate his statement as required pursuant to Standing Order No.105(1) and subsequently requested the Temporary Speaker, Sen. Veronica Maina, to provide the evidence at the next sitting day in accordance with Standing Order No.105 (2). Having acceded to the request, the Temporary Speaker, Sen. Veronica Maina, directed that the Senator substantiates the allegation at the next sitting day. Pursuant to Standing Order No.105(2), I now invite Sen. Samson Cherarkey, MP, to forthwith substantiate the claim as raised in the point of order by Sen. Raphael Chimera, MP, failure to which, Sen. Cherarkey, MP, shall be deemed to be disorderly within the meaning of Standing Order No. 121. In the absence of such substantiation, the Senator will be required to withdraw the statement and apologise to the Senate. Senator for Nandi, you may proceed to substantiate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.1. Since our office was closed yesterday up to today morning, I did not access my documentation. Would it be in order that I am given seven days? You know I was incapacitated since I could not access my office up to today morning. I know that it is through a judicial notice that that happened and the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Nyegenye, is aware that we could not even access the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) parking. Would it be in order under Standing Order No. 1 to be given an extra seven days so that I can give an elaborate and substantive response, kindly?"
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"content": " You have not given any correlation between what you are supposed to substantiate and what is contained in your office. Your office being closed does not in any way relate to this matter. Are you saying that the evidence is locked inside there? 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": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your indulgence, with a lot of tremendous respect, it is true because I work from the office that you have assigned us. I do not walk around with my documents because I can be hijacked and documents can disappear. So, they are still locked in the office. I will need your guidance. I do not see why the Parliamentary Service Commissioner is agitated yet he is the one who locked our offices. He should even be ashamed and embarrassed for allowing Senators to be subjected to undignified treatment. We could not even access the parking lot and the public toilets. He should be ashamed."
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