25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
On many occasions, we do not see this category of legislators who come with the kind of gusto and passion with which you speak to matters to do with PWDs. Therefore, I encourage you to continue to soldier on and not be discouraged by anything. I also encourage you that this Motion speaks about something that is so important that cannot be left at the level of a Motion. What you are proposing must be captured in a Bill. There are many issues that have been canvassed by various Senators about challenges that are not specific to citizens with hearing ...
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Therefore, I learnt from a very early age, although it was not the right set of education, that there is a special need for this group of children. However, as a country, we have not grown in our sophistication to the level that we can propose proper solutions and ways of taking care of them. We should know that they are not poor to understand. We should avoid the kind of attitude that we normally show them. We should understand that God gifted them separately from what we consider to be normal. Madam Temporary Speaker, a living example is Richard ...
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
With those many remarks, I support this Motion.
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I apologise to my Chairman for interrupting him. I just want to bring to his attention that while he was speaking, the Speaker changed and now we have a lady Speaker. He referred to you as Mr. Speaker.
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21 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support this Petition because it is the right of all the citizens of this Republic to petition this House at any point in time on any matter they feel warrants its attention. However, it is just a point of concern that if my memory serves me right, I have seen Sen. Mwaruma speak to two or three other petitions that have almost similar grounds to what is being raised by these residents; things to do with ranches in his county and human-wildlife conflict. Procedurally, of course, any petition that comes, if it meets the ...
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21 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Secondly, a deeper or better public participation so as to consolidate all these efforts, because these are all residents of your county and it would be good to bring them all together at one table and put together one Petition on this ranching problem that appears to be a big challenge in your county.
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21 Nov 2018 in Senate:
However, I support the Petition as you seek justice for citizens of your county.
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21 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This matter stinks to the high heavens. It is unfortunate that, as a House, we have beaten around the bush---
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21 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am saying, for a long time we have played and fiddled around this matter because if you read the last two committee reports of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget, we have raised our concerns about this issue. I think we also need to save the Senate from ourselves; Senators, because we are not so keen on how we do our work. We started raising this matter more than two years ago but up to date, nothing has been done. That is why I agree and see the wisdom in the proposal ...
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