21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to thank the colleagues who have taken time to debate on this Water (Amendment) Bill that is before this House. I have listened to colleagues speak on this, many in support and some with concerns. Unfortunately, many of those concerns like the ones by my colleague, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, arising either from a point of not completely understanding the proposal and the Private Public Partnership (PPP) architecture in the Republic or there might be other reasons beyond which I can understand. Why do I say so? In the PPP law that we passed ...
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
The contractual agreement that the Government of Kenya enters with any private player under the PPP agreement details how you arrive at the price. Taking care of the concerns of many Kenyans such as what Sen. Okiya Omtatah has carefully brought out; that this is a commodity that many Kenyans cannot even, first of all, find it, forget about purchasing. Subsequently, it is on that premise, my good friend, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, that the thinking has been that we wait for a time that we believe Government, using our own taxes, living in a country with such a crowded fiscal ...
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
The two gentlemen earlier on had informed us the kind of things they do in public washrooms. When you see them excited together, I am tempted to think other things. Madam Temporary Speaker, the point I was making is that when a Bill is proposed before the Parliament, I see a lazy argument being peddled on the Floor of the Senate many times when colleagues say that they oppose a certain Bill because it rolls back the gains of devolution. I wonder what their job is. Under Article 95 of the Constitution, no other body has the power to make ...
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
In accordance to Standing Order No. 66 (3), I beg to request that we defer the putting of the question on the Water (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.33 of 2023) until a later date. I thank you.
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second.
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second.
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21 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir for this chance. I rise to move the following Motion- THAT, AWARE THAT the 2024 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) was tabled in the Senate on 15th February, 2024 for consideration pursuant to the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act; THAT, AWARE THAT, the 2024 BPS was tabled in the Senate on 15th February, 2024 for consideration pursuant to the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act; NOTING THAT, the 14 days timeline for consideration of the BPS lapses on Thursday, 29th February, 2024; CONCERNED THAT, the magnitude of the work involved in the ...
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