{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137888","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137886","results":[{"id":1395281,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395281/?format=json","text_counter":137,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Kinyua, proceed."},{"id":1395282,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395282/?format=json","text_counter":138,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kinyua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13202,"legal_name":"John Kinyua Nderitu","slug":"john-kinyua-nderitu-2"},"content":"Asante, Bw. Spika, kwa kunipa fursa hii. Nasimama kuunga mkono Kauli iliyoletwa na Kiongozi wa Walio Wachache, Sen. Madzayo. Kampuni zinapaswa ziwe nyingi. Tukiwa na kampuni nyingi nchini tutaimarisha uchumi wetu. Kampuni hizi ambazo zinakuja zisiwe ni chanzo cha kuharibu mazingira na kuangamiza wananchi wa Kenya. Nimemsikiza kiongozi wa Walio Wachache akisema ya kwamba kuna kampuni ya Uchina ambayo kazi yake ni kuchimba madini. Baada ya kuchimba madini, inaharibu mazingira yetu. Hivi juzi tu tulikuwa na kongamano kubwa katika Jamhuri yetu ya Kenya na tukasema ya kwamba sisi tuko katika mstari wa mbele kusema tunapaswa kulinda mazingira yetu. Lakini ni kinaya wakati sisi tunaposema hayo maneno na unapata ndugu zetu kutoka Kilifi wanaendelea kusononeka na kupata taabu kwa sababu ya hizi kampuni ambazo hazisumbuki au kuangalia watu ambao wanaishi katika sehemu zile. Bw. Spika, nilikuwa nikifuatilia hili jambo kwa sababu niliona mambo haya yakiangaziwa katika vyombo vyetu vya habari. Nilipoangalia, niliona ya kwamba mahali hawa wananchi wanaishi, wale waliyo karibu na ile kampuni, hata baada ya wao kuathiriwa na yale mambo ambayo yanatendeka pale; watu wamepata kifua kikuu na sehemu ile hata haina zahanati. Watu wanawachwa kuendelea kusononeka na kupata taabu. Ndio tunaunga mkono kuwa na kampuni, lakini hizi kampuni zisiwe ndizo chanzo za kuangamiza wananchi wetu. Kwa hivyo, hizi kampuni ama idara ambazo zinapaswa kuhusika kuangalia hayo mambo kama hii idara ya National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), inatupa kiwewe kwa sababu ikiwa inapaswa kushugulikia mambo haya, inapatia hawa watu leseni namna gani, ilihali hawa watu wanaendelea kuharibu mazingira yetu? Ndio tunataka uchumi lakini tusije tukaharibu mazingira yetu tukiwa tunazingatia mambo ya uchumi. Naunga mkono taarifa iliyoletwa na kiongozi wa Walio Wachache na ninamwambia ashikilie papo hapo ndio Wananchi kutoka Kilifi wasipate shida. Kwa sababu, watu wa Kilifi wakiwa na shida, hata wananchi wa Laikipia wanapata shida kwa sababu ni marafiki. Sisi ni ndugu wa kufa kuzikana. Asante."},{"id":1395283,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395283/?format=json","text_counter":139,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Proceed, Sen. Onyonka."},{"id":1395284,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395284/?format=json","text_counter":140,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Onyonka","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13592,"legal_name":"Onyonka Richard Momoima","slug":"onyonka-richard-momoima"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a pleasure that you have given me an opportunity to contribute to these serious issues. In the morning, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Roads and Transport in this country was in this House. However, I did not have an opportunity to contribute. He answered the question as to why we are having accidents, but I felt like his answer was not satisfactory and I did not have an opportunity to ask him any question. What is the international best practice right now? Go to two or three countries within the region, the Government and, indeed, the NTSA, do not have to institute roadblocks. All they need to do is to use current technology. Every single vehicle in this 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."},{"id":1395285,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395285/?format=json","text_counter":141,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Onyonka","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13592,"legal_name":"Onyonka Richard Momoima","slug":"onyonka-richard-momoima"},"content":"country has a Tax Invoice Management System (TIMS) number. That number actually can be linked up to a satellite. When that vehicle is moving, the satellite will display what the distance, speed and condition of that vehicle. Why are we putting roadblocks on the highway? This is simply because you know we are encouraging corruption. We know that people are receiving money and this is not something that has started recently. This has been there for the last 30 years. Why are we not doing what Rwanda is doing? All of us have travelled to Dubai. We see what happens in Dubai. Nobody crosses the lights or over speeds. The vehicles are in good condition and everybody follows the law. So, what is difficult with us following the law? Nothing. It is just implementation. In addition, I listened to my Deputy Speaker talk about the young man Snipper who was killed in Meru. People were arrested and a young man was killed. We do not know whether the trial is proceeding or not. Nothing is happening and the story is somehow dying. Why? This is because of the political disagreements that we are having. Now, we are cascading our noise and personal disagreements and grievances to the point where we want bloggers killed. We look around it and do nothing about it. I want to thank my brother for saying that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the issue that my leader, Hon. Stewart Madzayo has raised, if you go to Kakamega, Migori and every place in this country, you will realise that mining is taking place. People’s lives are in danger. The environment is being depleted, we have no by- laws and the county governments are not involved. We only come to this House, talk about it and that is it. I want to plead with my colleagues in this House, can we please be proactive and make sure we take it upon our responsibility and do that which must be done? People are dying on our highways because of excessive taxes. I do not know whether my colleagues in this House know that from Kisii County if you are travelling by bus to Nairobi, it takes about four and a half hours. The driver gets to Nairobi and back again to Kisii in another four hours and again he leaves Kisii back to Nairobi. In 16 to 17 hours, it is one driver who is driving a truck. Why do we not have Government regulations? When a driver is driving the bus, he can use his biometric registration so that he only drives for eight hours. People are killing people because of fatigue then we are busy expecting miracles to happen. There are no miracles that are happening. We must regulate and make sure that we talk to our people so that we can follow the law. The judges can make sure that when somebody has broken the law, they are punished and punished to make sure that there is deterrence. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me those few minutes."},{"id":1395286,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395286/?format=json","text_counter":142,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Proceed, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda."},{"id":1395287,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395287/?format=json","text_counter":143,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me start with the issue of our students at KU. My family and I send our condolences to the comrades of KU on the loss of the students. 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."},{"id":1395288,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395288/?format=json","text_counter":144,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"It is a concern that these accidents have been happening very frequently. A big concern as colleagues have mentioned, is in terms of the quality and standards of the roads and buses that these students are using. Nonetheless, I want to bring a different concern. From where I sit as a parent of a student, as you know travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa is about six to seven hours and one single driver is assigned to this particular bus. You will find that the driver has woken up very early in the morning at about 4. 00 a.m., 3.00 a.m. or even 2. 00 a.m. to prepare for this journey because the law says by 6.00 p.m all school buses should be back in the learning institutions. Additionally, this is what the Ministry of Education advises. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it would be okay if the learning institutions would look into the issues of the drivers and be able to assign two drivers per every long trip of more than four or six hours. We must make sure the driver who start the trip is not the same driver who drives back to the institution because it is tiresome. It is very fatiguing to have the same person driving this vehicle for long hours. We have lost this future as a country. It is sad, but this issue can be looked into. Allow me to talk about the issue of the charges or fees that are being introduced by the HRMPB. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you know very well, most of these students who undertake this Board examination, are trying to elevate and become members of this institution. I heard Sen. Oketch talk about the figures amounting to over Kshs50,000 in terms of administration cost--- Where do we then leave our Human Resource (HR) institutions when it comes to employment? Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week, we were here undertaking an impeachment because of a corruption case where a managing director was being bribed to facilitate employment of a youth. As you know, the HRs are the ones who undertake employment. If these are the costs that they are going to incur, then what do you expect when people are in the job market? We will have some who are rogue, corrupt and will try to see how they will compensate their fees. This will result to asking for some of the things that we heard last week through the impeachment process of how money was exchanging hands in exchange and purchase of a job opportunity. Human resource is a very sensitive and important department in each and every institution. So, it is very important that the Committee that has been assigned this get to the bottom of it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I finish, on the last Statement by the Senator for Meru County, I also request your office to speed up on the reports from these Committees, so that we can get immediate answers for some of these issues that have been raised, either through Statement or Motion. As I conclude on the issue of one gentleman, Daniel Bernard, alias Sniper, this is a young man. The Kenya Kwanza Government has put strategies to create different opportunities for the young people. One of those opportunities is content creation. We have many young people who have embarked on making their revenue or earnings on content creation. That is why during the Finance Bill, we looked at the taxation levels, and this was lowered, so that we can encourage them to make a living. 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."},{"id":1395289,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395289/?format=json","text_counter":145,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tabitha Mutinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"It is sad if through our political issues, different young people coming up with their content creation to earn a living can be subjected to death. Sadly, further to that, you will realise that justice has not been served."},{"id":1395290,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395290/?format=json","text_counter":146,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"}]}