5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important issue that is being raised by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr. This morning, the leadership of Football Kenya Federation (FKF) was before one of the Committtees of the National Assembly. I happened to be watching, and I realized the tribulations that many of our athletes are going through, especially Harambee Stars and Harambee Starlets. Many of these young people, just out of passion for this country and the desire to represent and carry our flag in great honor, they continue to participate in sports activities despite the fact that the Ministry of Sports ...
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
This issue is extremely urgent, and I want to request that you exercise your jurisdiction and order that the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare brings a response to this House within seven days and not the traditional 14 days.
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to inform the Chair for the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that while that is a valid concern, the truth of the matter is that the Ministry was able to craft this during the regulation phase on how to administer this Fund. This is where they permitted that up to 60 per cent of this Fund can be used to fund universal healthcare. It is on that vote that actually those payments that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr. was referring to were paid. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to oppose this Motion. This is a sad day for Kenya. The National Assembly opened floodgates of local interest rates and the Senate wants to auction Kenyans to international loans sharks. Such situations will make many Kenyans to ask God the reason as to why they were born in Kenya when they get to Heaven. It is extremely difficult to see what is happening in our country. It is also difficult to see that we, the leaders who are supposed to save them, agree with the people who are causing their suffering. ...
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
the things they pointed out is that as at 30th August, this year, our debt was already at Kshs6.1 trillion.
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was making a very important point and, perhaps that is why I was being interrupted so that it gets drowned. In the budget review outlook paper that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) placed before our Committee and the Houses of Parliament the level of debt they want to achieve on each financial year from 2019/2020 to 2020/2021. On their target, it points out that at the end of the Financial Year 2019/2020, they project that our debt level will be at Kshs6.4 trillion. However, the document I had tabled previously shows that by August ...
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
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5 Nov 2019 in Senate:
How will we survive if we get to a point where for every revenue that we will be collecting, close to Kshs60 or Kshs70 out of Kshs100 we will be servicing our debt? Therefore, I want to persuade my colleagues who may have been lobbied or whatever means that may have been used to convince them otherwise---
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