12 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Ideally, it is Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud, I think I forget the exact name of his governor. It is his governor who is supposed to be asked that question because the good
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12 Feb 2019 in Senate:
engineer has done his bit. He has passed the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) and Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and ensured that there are resources in Marsabit County. If the good governor and the governor who served before, did not ensure that the citizens of Marsabit County have clean and accessible water, how is it the Senator’s problem? Is it the Senator’s problem right now? It is like citizens have given up on county governments and are now beginning to point fingers at us. They are asking: “You fellows that are supposed to be oversighting these county governments, ...
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12 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Therefore, it is really important---
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate or rather agree with the issues that are being raised by our colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Ali. To the best of my recollection, the first hospital to carry out this exercise was Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. The explanation they gave following the protestations that were coming from citizens was that, that money would be used to run charitable activities within the institution. Of course, nobody audits to find out whether it is true or a lie.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Within a short period of time, every other public space has caught up with this very bad behavior. Even public parks like Uhuru Gardens along Lang’ata Road cannot be accessed until you pay Kshs300, even at 5.30 p.m. These are public spaces and, therefore, it falls upon us, as a House of Parliament to act. One of the dictates of our Constitution is that no other institution apart from Parliament can issue directives that have a force of law.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
What they are subjecting people to pay is equivalent to giving a directive that has a force of law. Therefore, as a House, this is something that we urgently need to address and find a long lasting solution to. I hope that the Committee that will look into this will give a long standing solution.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, would it not have been in order for the Senate Majority Leader, to tell us who this Governor is, now that he went into great lengths to explain to us that he is a senior leader in a party that he belongs to yet he continues to undermine the great work of the Senate, a House that he leads? That is important for future references because anybody reading the Hansard of this House in another 20 years’ time will not know who this Governor is. He should be named and shamed for them to know that they ...
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When my good friend, the Senator for Murang’a, Sen. Kang’ata, contributes, he is generally very loud, audible and clear but, today, he was whispering. That tells you how vicious his Governor is, and that his Senator fears him even in Parliament.
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