15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Please, protect me from the Senate Majority Leader and the Senator for Laikipia County.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Member of this House, I had an opportunity to see how this House handled impeachment of governors both in Plenary and in a Select Committee. In my humble opinion, having a Select Committee is the best option because the Plenary provides a platform whereby the House can through the gathering of Members--- Members of a Select Committee go to the particular county and bring a report to the House that Members can further interrogate. It provides almost two-layered approach to this particular issue. At the first level of mention is the Select Committee and ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- AWARE THAT, marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge wrote his name into history books by becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, on Saturday, the 12th October, 2019, in Vienna, Austria; FURTHER AWARE THAT, Brigid Kosgei broke the sixteen-year marathon world record for women, to become the new women’s world marathon record holder during the Chicago Marathon held on Sunday, 13th October, 2019; RECALLING the stellar performance by the Kenyan athletics team that participated in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Athletics ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
(a) Mr. Eliud Kipchoge, for his history-defining fete of achieving the 1:59 target to run a full marathon; (b) Ms. Brigid Kosgei for her excellent performance in the Chicago Marathon and specifically for breaking the women’s marathon world record; and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
(c) the Kenyan athletics team that participated in the IAAF World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar from 27th September to 6th October, 2019, for their stellar performance.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last weekend was an extremely proud moment for us, as a country, that for a whole weekend, Kenya as a nation dominated the world news and all over the globe. Everybody in perhaps almost every gathering of people that appreciate sports and what it is, at least had a thing or two to say about Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is estimated that on that beautiful Saturday morning in Vienna, when Eliud Kipchoge did something that no other human being has ever done in history before, close to two billion people across the globe sat ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
We have seen further that across social media and other avenues, he has received commendation and praise from former Heads of State, Nobel Laureates, and celebrated sports people from across the globe and each time they do that, the name of Kenya is held in high honour. The least we can do as a country, especially those of us in this Parliament, is to celebrate these three gallant groups of athletes. One of them is Eliud Kipchoge. The second one is Brigid Kosgei who broke a 16-year old record. For 16 years, various athletes have tried to bring down the ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the third lot that we are celebrating is the team that we sent to Doha to represent us in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. We had a total of 206 countries and Kenya finished second. That is no mean achievement. The question that we should be asking ourselves is what we are doing as a country and leadership to ensure that the great performance continues to be celebrated. There are many other Eliud Kipchoges who are unable to thrive perhaps because of the dilapidated nature of our sports arena across the country. ...
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