{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148148","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148146","results":[{"id":1499662,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499662/?format=json","text_counter":119,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon, of visiting Kenyatta University Student Association (KUSA), 20th Congress Members. 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":1499663,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499663/?format=json","text_counter":120,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The delegation comprises 74 students who are in the Senate for a one-day academic exposition. Hon. Senators, in our usual tradition of receiving and welcome visitors to Parliament, I extend a warm welcome to them. On behalf of the Senate and my own behalf, I wish them a fruitful visit. I will allow the Senator for Nairobi City County, under one minute, to extend a word of welcome to the delegation."},{"id":1499664,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499664/?format=json","text_counter":121,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sifuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13599,"legal_name":"Sifuna Edwin Watenya","slug":"sifuna-edwin-watenya"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I can already hear objections from behind because apparently the alumnus of Kenyatta University (KU) is seated behind me. However, I want to challenge them that they should move closer to the Speaker as I have done, so that it is easy for you to catch their eye or for them to catch your eye, so that they can also be welcoming delegations. I am sure they can trust me with just welcoming students from KU even if I did not go to KU. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like them to confirm if any of them has received an invitation from the delegation from KU to meet with the students outside because I have received it here. I am sure they have not received it. There is a reason why those students are insisting on meeting the Senator of Nairobi City County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me do what you have asked me to do - to welcome the students from Kenyatta University Students Association and wish them a fruitful visit at Parliament. Today is a good day to visit. Unfortunately, in the morning, as the Senate Majority Leader has alluded to, there was a bit of a stalemate with the question of Division of Revenue Bill. However, we have reached some sort of way forward, which we will be trying to persuade our colleagues in the House to support, given what we saw there. I know that the Whip is looking at me with a stern look because he might not be very happy with what we have to report. We will be looking to persuade Olekina. I assure the students from KU that despite Olekina’s looks and demeanor, he is an amiable fellow. You can have conversations with him and convince him on a few things, including the Division of Revenue Bill. So, I wish the students well. I heard that they are in the student leadership. Many here started their politics in student leadership. I hope the students can learn something here. Unfortunately, I would not advise them to follow in the footsteps of Sen. Khalwale, even though he says that he is a former student leader. They can see that they are here. So, we hope that this will be a learning opportunity for them. I guarantee them that the Senator of Nairobi City County is available for you to shake hands, take photos and exchange ideas outside. Those who are shouting should join me out there. There are certain responsibilities that come with welcoming delegations here, so that you are not just shouting, but when the rubber meets the road, you behave like the Senator of Nairobi City County. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."},{"id":1499665,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499665/?format=json","text_counter":122,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"},{"id":1499666,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499666/?format=json","text_counter":123,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sifuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13599,"legal_name":"Sifuna Edwin Watenya","slug":"sifuna-edwin-watenya"},"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."},{"id":1499667,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499667/?format=json","text_counter":124,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Kajwang’, you may also extend a word of welcome, and assume the responsibility."},{"id":1499668,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499668/?format=json","text_counter":125,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. M. Kajwang’","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13162,"legal_name":"Moses Otieno Kajwang'","slug":"moses-otieno-kajwang"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Just like the Senate Majority Leader, I am an alumnus of Moi University, during its days of glory, when it was the second university, just before Kenyatta University was established. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are student leaders and I would like to encourage them. I was also a student leader. I was the Secretary-General of the Moi University Students' Organization. I encourage the leaders that they need to build a profile that looks at Kenya as a nation. We were with the Senate Majority Leader at Moi University recently and we addressed a kamkunji where we encouraged the students to desist from district associations such as Nandi Students’ Association and Homa Bay Students’ Association. We lack patriotism and a nationalist approach to issues in this nation. I, therefore, would like to encourage the students since I know that they have just gone through their elections. Build a nation and unity amongst the students of Kenyatta University. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we saw in the news that these students sitting in the gallery might not sit exams because their lecturers are on strike. I would like to encourage the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Education, my Vice-Captain in Athletics. I know he is able and no longer fearful. You can no longer sell fear to him. Please call the Minister in charge of Education. Sit down with him together the Vice- Chancellors (VCs) of our public universities. We have a serious crisis brewing in our education sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Moi University, the university we went to, is collapsing. Soon, you will have a problem with Sen. Aaron and I because if you try to establish the university we went to, you might find it does not exist. I do not know what that will mean for our academic qualifications. Similarly, at Kenyatta, Machakos and Jomo Keyatta Universities are problems. Yesterday, lecturers came to Parliament to present Petitions. For the sake of the leaders who have come from Kenyatta University, let this House, before we go on recess, find a day and do an Adjournment Motion, so that we can discuss the crisis in the education sector, not confined to the universities, but even in primary and secondary schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must press the Government. We must come here in the same numbers that we came in on the impeachment day to press the Government to prioritise the most important social sector, which is education. I would like to assure the students from KU that this House is up to the task. The Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Education is also up to the task. Chairman Joe Nyutu, when you call the VCs, if you need some firepower, you can call some of us, like Sen. Sifuna and the others, so that we can put the VCs online for the sake of our boys and girls at the universities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I welcome the delegation. 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":1499669,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499669/?format=json","text_counter":126,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. Hon. Senators, for the convenience of the House, I will rearrange the sequence of today's Order Paper pursuant to standing order 45(2). We will instead handle Order No.15. Thereafter, we will resume normal flow as contained in the Order Paper of the day. Clerk, proceed to call that Order."},{"id":1499670,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499670/?format=json","text_counter":127,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"BILL"},{"id":1499671,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499671/?format=json","text_counter":128,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Second Reading"}]}