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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need your guidance on further interpretation of Standing Order No.29. While I appreciate that we can caucus and that parliamentary caucuses and consultations are allowed, the interpretation of Standing Order No.29 says there can be modification. We want to know the modification that your Office and the Clerk’s Office will apply because this is a distinguished visiting dignitary. He is not an ordinary mortal, the hoi polloi of the street. This is one of the Prime Ministers of this Republic. He is one of the senior members of the Broad-based Government. He has the eye and ear of the President. We need to know how we can prepare to receive and engage him. Even as we sit, it is important to know what the agenda will be. Many Kenyans will want to know, noting that the former Prime Minister, as they say, ‘ Baba Pod Pek’ has always been for the agenda of having money devolved to counties and the removal of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). The modification of Standing Order No.29 is important as we go to consultation. I thank you."
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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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"speaker_title": "May 21, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 5 The Speaker",
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"content": " Hon. Senators, our Standing Orders can only be invoked when the Senate is officially sitting. The meeting that will take place tomorrow is not an official sitting of the Senate, but a consultative forum. In fact, we had chosen some hotel somewhere in the outskirts of Nairobi to hold this meeting, but because of logistics challenges, we decided to have it within the precincts of Parliament. So, it is not a sitting for purposes of our Standing Orders. Let us go to the next Order. Sen. Boni, take your seat. I am just about to report a petition."
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"content": "INACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OFFICES BY PWDS IN MOMBASA COUNTY"
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"content": "Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a petition has been submitted through the Clerk by members of the Core Civil Society Network for Human Rights concerning the inaccessibility of public buildings and offices by persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Mombasa County. As you are aware, Article 119(1) of the Constitution states that- “Every person has the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending, or repealing any legislation”. Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the Petition are as follows- (1) THAT, a majority of public buildings in Mombasa County, including Bima Towers, the Betting and Control Building, the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Mvita, the Mombasa County Assembly, Uhuru na Kazi, the Mombasa Law Courts, and the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA), are inaccessible to PWDs; (2) THAT, the Betting and Control Building, which houses several county government offices and departments, has been inaccessible to PWDs for at least five years; (3) THAT, the Uhuru na Kazi Building, which accommodates major government offices, including the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), often has lifts that are out of service; (4) THAT, despite numerous renovations, the Mombasa County Assembly has not complied with the accessibility requirements, and its gallery remains inaccessible to PWDs; (5) THAT, the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Mvita at Treasury Square lacks access provisions and lifts for PWDs; (6) Additionally, the building housing the Mombasa Law Courts also lacks lifts, with most courtrooms located on the first floor; and, (7) THAT, the petitioners have made several attempts to resolve the concerns presented in the Petition, with the Department of Lands, Housing and Urban Planning, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, the Mombasa County Commissioner,"
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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": "May 21, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 6"
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"content": "the Governor of Mombasa County, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Mombasa, and the National Gender Equality Commission, all of which have yielded unsuccessful results; Consequently, the Petitioner prays that the Senate intervenes by doing the following- (1) Instituting an inquiry into the status of accessibility of all buildings in Mombasa County to PWDs in accordance with the Constitution and all other relevant regulations and standards; and, (2) Making recommendations to relevant Government agencies to ensure that all buildings in Mombasa County are accessible to PWDs. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.238(1), the Petition is hereby committed to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for consideration. In terms of Standing Order No. 238(2), the Committee is required in not more than 60 calendar days from the time of reading the Prayer, which is today, to table its report to the Senate for consideration. I thank you. Let us go to the next Order. Sen. Joe Nyutu, proceed."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had requested to comment on that Petition. I do not know whether it is allowable."
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