21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
What will I be withdrawing, Madam Temporary Speaker?
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, we must also be factual. It is very unfortunate because we have to discuss this. When I say the simple English meaning of the word rumored cannot have a different meaning only because I am speaking about a colleague. I have said that we have read elsewhere that so-and-so’s house is on riparian land. What am I supposed to withdraw?
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, because I do not have newspaper cuttings here, I went online in order to further understand the source of this rumor. The report I am reading is that, there is a chairman of Western Land Alliance Owners, a gentleman by the name Ayub Maleche, who I want to believe Sen. Malalah knows. He has been mentioned as having sought the Senator to clear himself from such allegations. Therefore, what is out or order? I said I have not confirmed whether it is true or not.
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, so that the House makes progress, I want to withdraw the rumor that Sen. Malalah’s house is on riparian land. As to the facts of it, it is only him who can help us. I wish I could withdraw the house also from being on riparian land.
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to lend my support to this Bill. I am a member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget. It is unfortunate that as a Committee we have not concluded our Report to be able to table it before the House. As a Member of the Committee, my thoughts are richly filled up with the deliberations and discussions that went on during the public hearing phase of this particular Bill where we had organs and groups come before us to deliberate and discuss the Bill.
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
We had the Controller of Budget and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) who came before us---.
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not think Sen. M. Kajwang’ has the right Report because as a Committee we have not Tabled it. I have just confirmed from my Committee Chairperson, Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud.
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21 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. In terms of suggestions, one of the things we may need to consider as a House moving forward is that on many occasions when we find ourselves in similar situations one of the things that the Table Office does is to give us a Bill digest on some of these Bills. It is also important for the originator of the Bill sometimes to try and share his thoughts because I understand what Sen. M. Kajwang’ is saying.
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