5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Of course, in his beginning, he noted that for the first time, this is a Parliament that has had as many as 193 Members of the National Assembly and 17 Senators re- elected to this House. That has not happened under the new Constitution before. We have such a high attrition rate as Members of Parliament (MPs) that it was getting to a place where being an MP in Kenya was about to be added to the list of a thousand ways to die. When you are an MP, after every five years, you have to face the electorate and ...
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5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
as we continue to place Senate in its rightful place, we can convince Kenyans to vote in many women as Senators. Did we have four? I am being reminded that we had four last time, when we added Sen. Kavindu Muthama. It is actually a downgrade. It is something that should worry us, Senators. We now have only three elected Senators. Secondly, the President moved in to remind us about our duties as Members of Parliament (MP) where the nexus is drawn between us and the agenda that he has for the people. Of course, there was a moment of ...
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I, however, at least celebrate him. It begins by first voicing it and admitting that there are people who may not have necessarily voted for you and do not see you as their President. Regardless of that particular situation, he says he will still undertake his duties, execute programs and run his development agenda so that every Kenyan will feel part and parcel of this country. That is something worth applauding. He then moved on to lay the legislative agenda in this House. We have a long- standing issue between us and the National Assembly, on which Bills are supposed ...
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5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
or afternoon and ask them issues about our constituencies and things that are dear to our constituents. This will be different from just being in an enclosed session in a Committee. You know how much we have struggled on many occasions. In fact, towards the end of the last term of Senate, I can count on one hand how many CSs used to honour summons to this Senate. Therefore, should we agree with the request of the President, the Senate will be a beneficiary to this policy shift. We will get a chance to interrogate these CSs. Let them come ...
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5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not mind being informed by my neighbour, the Senator for Nyamira County. In any case, if he wrongly informs me, I will block his way home to Nyamira County.
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5 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will try and make progress. Sen. Omogeni has sent me to the President. Before I deliver his message, I must first get an undertaking from him that he will read paragraph 16 of the President’s speech. If he did so, then he will not need to send me to the President. The President gave his commitment. He said: “On this matter of oversight and holding Government accountable, my administration commits to restore the place of Parliament in our democracy by respecting the autonomy and oversight authority of Parliament on the Executive.” If that ...
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