{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152684","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152682","results":[{"id":1545022,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545022/?format=json","text_counter":72,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This police officer was actually working in a police station which is next to my mother's house, Kanyanyiane Police Station. I watched some of the videos where this police officer walked to a bus stage and literally beat people up with a very huge cane, and clobbered anybody who did not give him the money he was demanding for. I watched those videos. When the Committee retreats, we want to know whether the police service has a psychosocial support unit, because he did not even look like he was on his normal day, a sane moment. He seemed to have been going through another set of--- I do not know what the doctors would call it, but we want to know whether the police service actually has a psychosocial support, because transferring such an officer does not give answer to Kenyans. You cannot transfer trouble from one police station to another police station. That must be handled and the help that is needed for such an officer must be given. We would like to hear what kind of a structure the police have put in place, because the welfare of our police officers, has been demanding attention from their housing to their welfare. We have had very many police officers shooting one another in police stations. I do not know what kind of frustration they are going through. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, if it is about salaries, housing, welfare and how they are being treated by the public, it is high time that the report that was given by the former Chief justice (CJ) Justice Maraga, is made public, and the implementation of all the dissolutions that are put within that report are also looked into, so that we do not just have reports without implementation of the action that is laid down in that report. So, we would like to hear--- 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":1545023,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545023/?format=json","text_counter":73,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Olekina, please proceed."},{"id":1545024,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545024/?format=json","text_counter":74,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Olekina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":407,"legal_name":"Ledama Olekina","slug":"ledama-olekina"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to two Statements. One Statement which is really baffling is the Statement raised by the distinguished Senator from Wajir County Two weeks ago, the distinguished Senator of Marsabit County raised the same Statement on this Kala-azar. Kala-azar is a very dangerous disease. We only used to hear about Kala-azar from India, and it is associated with poverty. That means there are serious underlying issues that are affecting our people in the north, like the issue of poverty. If the Ministry of Health does not take serious concern, it will spread rapidly, even to those other areas of Kisumu County, where the distinguished Senator of Kisumu was raising a Statement about the dangers of floods. Kala-azar will end up there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to be serious on this matter. It would be sad for us to hear that statement again being raised. I would like to request the Ministry of Health to move expeditiously, and the two county governments to work together in order to deal with the issue of this disease. The second issue is that of insecurity in Samburu. The distinguished Senator of Samburu and the Deputy Minority Whip raised that issue last week. Today, the Nominated Senator from Samburu, Sen. Hezena, has also raised the issue of serious insecurity in Samburu County. If we keep on talking about these things and we do not take action, people are going to suffer. It is about time that the Ministry of Interior and National Administration takes serious action. I also request the two Chairs for the Committee on Health and the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations to move to the departments and Ministries. Let us not go through the secretariat and send these statements, but we should take action. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was very impressed yesterday with the Speaker when he saw people protesting outside and he directed two of our colleagues to go and receive that petition and deal with it. This is the only way. As leaders, when we become proactive, it will be the only way that we can resolve these problems. Therefore, the issue of Kala- azar is a time bomb. The issue of insecurity in Samburu is another one. If we do not deal with it, we will be counting casualties. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."},{"id":1545025,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545025/?format=json","text_counter":75,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Mungatana."},{"id":1545026,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545026/?format=json","text_counter":76,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mungatana, MGH","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to comment on the Statement by the hon. Senator of Kisumu, on the question of floods. Many times when we talk about floods, we talk about floods mitigation, then we go up to that point where people are requesting for support, and then we end the story at the point where people are saying thank you for the support. However, the monies that are utilized to fund these activities are never investigated or reported. For example, the committee that was formed in Tana River County to spearhead fundraising has never reported how much money they raised, how much money was disbursed and who was involved in those contracts. The national Government was also involved in the massive distribution of relief food and non-food items. Again, these were never disclosed. The funds that were utilized were never disclosed. 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":1545027,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545027/?format=json","text_counter":77,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mungatana, MGH","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Other international bodies like the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) and the World Food Programme (WFP) as well as others, came in to support us and we are grateful. However, the finances and the monies that were put towards the floods mitigation measures and support were never disclosed. The Committee should also investigate, call the relevant people involved and the organizations, in order to find out what monies were utilized. This is because, if this does not become the way to operate, then every time we have disasters like floods, we will be having people who take advantage and floods will become a way to earn money and to make people rich, instead of dealing with the problems that are there."},{"id":1545028,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545028/?format=json","text_counter":78,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Sifuna."},{"id":1545029,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545029/?format=json","text_counter":79,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sifuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13599,"legal_name":"Sifuna Edwin Watenya","slug":"sifuna-edwin-watenya"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For me, the Statement by the Senator of Lamu is most critical. We are halfway through the term of this Parliament and the term of everyone who was elected in 2022. The entire discussion for t he remainder of the period should be about development and development-spending. Here in Nairobi, we got some curious information from the Controller of Budget (CoB) that the County of Nairobi City had spent zero on development in the last financial year. I am happy that the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations chaired very ably by Senator of Wajir, Hon. Abbas, has scheduled a conversation with my County Government, so that we go through every single coin that has been pushed through this Senate to the County Government of Nairobi City in the two financial years because we want to be told where this money has gone. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there should be nothing else to discuss. Although I share the concerns by Sen. Osotsi on the confusion on which committee handles which matter, I am more than pleased to have these governors appearing in all of our committees. This is because Sen. Abbas will focus on development spending and fiscal responsibility will be the duty of the Committee on Finance and Budget. We need to have these conversations. If we do nothing else for the remainder of the term, let us have that conversation on development spending. If you look at the report of the Auditor-General, many of our counties are spending much higher amounts on recurrent expenditure. People are doing up to 60 per cent and nothing is happening on the development side. There was also a very interesting conversation on the national Government spending in our counties. Whereas everybody is clear on how much money goes to their counties through devolution, we are not clear on how much money the national Government spends in our respective counties. I would want the Committee on Finance and Budget to also focus on that. We would like to know of the entire amount of money, the Kshs2 trillion that is reserved to the national Government, how much has been spent in my county on roads or on education for instance. This is because I saw the President around and most of the projects he was launching were projects that were either undertaken by the County Government or by the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) through Members of Parliament (MPs). Mr. Speaker, Sir, we want to know how much money of the national Government share has been spent by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports, Ministry of Tourism and Petroleum or the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, how much money of the national government share in our 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":1545030,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545030/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Sifuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13599,"legal_name":"Sifuna Edwin Watenya","slug":"sifuna-edwin-watenya"},"content":"individual counties. That is the only way we can ascertain that there is equity in the spending of national resources, remembering that the national Government will borrow without any reference to the county governments or this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have no sight over that spending. That spending will be spent however they want, but when it comes to payment, all of us are on the hook. Therefore, this is a conversation we should focus on for the remainder of the term."},{"id":1545031,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1545031/?format=json","text_counter":81,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Chimera."}]}