28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
matters and debates that go on in PSC. I know this for a fact having served previously as a Commissioner representing the Senate in PSC. I know the important role that members of the public who are nominated to PSC serve. On many occasions when we have our debates, they remind us that despite the fact that Parliament is a very powerful institution, it is important that we shoulder and carry the responsibility bestowed upon us, even as we do our budget and all matters that we consider before PSC, members of the public are looking up to us. I ...
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
because, out of the four positions that are granted, the Majority side will always divide two from the Senate and two from the National Assembly. It is our colleagues from the Minority side that can help us to pass the point to the leadership of their parties to understand that in a particular term of Parliament, if you give out your three slots to PSC; two to the National Assembly, this term, then it follows that in the subsequent term, the two commissioners should come from the other House. I wish they were here when I spoke about this. I ...
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
as much as we wish and desire to have as soon as yesterday, is not a decision that only we, as a House, can execute. In fact, some have falsely held the view that that decision can be made at PSC. The answer I have for the House and I know this from practice having tried five times to appear before the Committee on Finance and Budget of the National Assembly, is that the decision rests there. As PSC, year after year, we made recommendations, and we put them in our budget and our annual estimates. However, when presented before ...
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I welcome the visiting delegation from the Parliament of Gambia. Although I have never visited Gambia, I have many Gambian friends who do business and work in Kericho. They are led by a gentleman called Mr. Jipi Chor, who has been with us in the county that I represent in this House for quite a while.
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
I feel a special connection to the visiting team. I hope that they get full value of their time in the Republic of Kenya and get to learn and interact with Members of Parliament. To the best of my knowledge, their Parliament is pretty much similar to ours both in structure and size. Therefore, their pick and choice of Kenya and the Kenyan Parliament as a place to take their study and comparison is most welcome. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate them because they live up to the spirit of what I have chosen to advocate for in the last ...
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of order.
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28 Feb 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.109. It is not one of my favorites. However, with the indulgence of colleagues noting that it is barely 14 minutes to the rise of the House. If we were to go into a long debate, there are Members, who for one reason or the other, are requesting that we conclude on this matter. The problem being that today is the last day. One of the things we struggle with as a House, is that our recommendations on the BPS that Sen. Ali Roba is presenting, which I have presented for ...
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