9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Prime Cabinet Secretary for finding time to respond to these questions not just in this House. I must appreciate him for his diligence in how he responds to issues raised by Kenyans even outside this House. My question is to speak back on what Sen. Sifuna had initially asked; the availability of Government services to our citizens in the diaspora. I know that through E- Citizen, Kenyans are now able to access thousands of Government services online. They can pay for the same and quickly receive solutions to their problems. The challenge ...
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was beginning to get worried. You know this is the season of “by way of” you cease to be. This is the Statement of the week.
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
It is in my Statement, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am reading it off.
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Not the Chair. It is in my Statement that even Sen. Hezena needs to be careful of where she goes this weekend. At its meeting held on Tuesday, 8th October, 2024, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) approved the next set of Questions to be scheduled in the Order Paper for Wednesday, 16th October, 2024. However, given our schedule for the aforementioned hearings, we will reschedule the Questions to Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024. The summary are questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum by Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga and Sen. Shakila Abdalla; a question to the Cabinet Secretary for ...
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to Move that the Electoral Offences (Amendment)(No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.28 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. This is the third in the series of the so-called National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Bills. I have reminded Senators many times that we must remain true to our call. We had a very difficult time as a country in 2023, and when we went to the NADCO negotiations, there were many things that we agreed on. Sen. Okong’o Omogeni from the Minority Side represented his side of the Azimio la Umoja Coalition. I believe ...
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 150 (1)(b) and (2) and Article 145 of the Constitution and the National Assembly Standing Orders 64 and 65, on 8th October, 2024, the National Assembly approved a Special Motion for the removal from office, by impeachment, of H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH, the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate.
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
AND FURTHER, WHEREAS by letter Ref: NA/DLP/TBO/MTS/2024/(025) dated 8th October, 2024 and received in the Office of the Speaker of the Senate on 9th October, 2024, the Speaker of the National Assembly informed the Speaker of the Senate of the approval of the Special Motion, by the National Assembly, and further forwarded to the Speaker of the Senate, documents in evidence of the proceedings of the National Assembly; AND WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 145 (3) (b) of the Constitution as read together with Article 150(2) of the Constitution and Standing Orders 78(1) and 79 of the Senate Standing Orders, the ...
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
I have since seen that our colleague, Sen. Cherarkey, has done another Constitutional Amendment Bill, and some of the provisions borrowed from the NADCO Report. That is a conversation that we are going to have. Today's Bill, The Elections Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.28 of 2024) principal object is to amend Section 6 of the Election Offences Act of 2016 that we passed in this House about eight years ago. There was a very interesting debate at that particular time. If you have seen some of the snippets from the debates and the things that were said at ...
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9 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I do note the change of Chair. Therefore, the Bill has two clauses; Clause 1 and Clause 2. It is a very straightforward Bill and I know Sen. Omogeni, you remember quite well why we had to distinguish it from the other Elections The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate.
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