22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 57(1). I hereby present the business of the Senate for the week commencing Tuesday, 27th June, 2023. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the last few weeks, the Senate has made commendable strides in processing of legislations. At the sitting of the Senate held on Thursday, 15th June, 2023, the Senate passed the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No. 16 of 2023) and on Tuesday, 20th June, 2023, the Senate considered and passed the Preservation of Human Dignity and Enforcement of Economic and Social Rights Bill (Senate Bills No. 7 ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Petitions procedures, however, has timelines set under the Petition to Parliament Procedures Act and our own Standing Orders. Twelve Petitions are now due for reporting. It means that the 60-day calendar period allowed for consideration has been exhausted. Specifically, four Petitions by the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing, one before the Standing Committee on Agriculture, one Petition by the Standing Committee on Education, three Petitions before the Standing Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee and one Petition by Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. I have not seen Sen. Thang’wa and Sen (Dr.) ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, the Senate will proceed for a short recess at the rise of the House next week Thursday, 29th June, 2023 pursuant to the Senate Calendar. I urge the Standing Committees to make use of this period to conclude pending business before them and table reports pursuant to Standing Orders. I thank you and do hereby lay the Statement on the Table of the Senate.
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a curious matter that we still have IDPs in the country. It is something that pricks my curiosity. This is because, before Parliament, that is in the National Assembly and I think if I am not mistaken, even before this Senate, there have been reports of billions of Kenya shillings that have been spent to resettle IDPs that came as a result of the difficult times that we had in 2007/2008 election cycle. That we still have Kenyans who are still living in camps is something that should prick our conscious and establish what basically ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
This House has just passed the Preservation of Human Dignity and Conservation of Economic Rights Bill sponsored by Sen. Mungatana, a few weeks ago. The Bill has just been referred to the National Assembly. This is part and parcel of what we are talking about. We cannot live in a country where other Kenyans feel more Kenyan than others. If there are those who unfortunately for one reason or the other, such as there being political challenges that came their way and up to date they have never been able to recover, reconstitute and build up their life, then they ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, I want to extend a warm welcome to the students that have found time to be with us. They have patiently been sitting in the Speaker’s Gallery since 2:30 p.m., if I am not mistaken. Even when we had a quorum hitch, I saw them excitedly chatting amongst themselves wondering that even Hon. Senators can be late. Please, do not pick such bad habits. Always be in time for your classes then when you finally get here, you can delay a bit because there would not be too much to lose at that particular time. Welcome to ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will respond later to the misleading information by my good friend, Sen. Sifuna, but first thing first. Let us deal with mung beans first. The only thing that I share with Sen. Sifuna or I share is that like him too, I came to learn in the Senate that ndengu is called Mung Beans. At least that much, we agree. Secondly, this is very personal to me and perhaps that is also close to what he said. My mother would have been very proud of you, Sen. Wambua, because of what you are doing to ...
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