28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee of Land, Environment and Natural Resources regarding the compulsory acquisition of private land, LR No. 2086 belonging to the late Reuben Mutuma, Nthwaka in Mutituni Market, Machakos County by the defunct County Council of Machakos. In the statement, the Committee, should- (1) Explain the factors contributing to the delay of compensation on the 7.4 hectares of land compulsorily acquired in Mutituni Market detailing the roles played by the defunct County Council of Machakos, the Ministry of Lands, Public ...
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27 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to congratulate Madam Cabinet Secretary for the good work that she is doing. However, I have complaints about Machakos registrar's office for failure to issue title deeds. The process there is very slow. We only have that registrar in the Machakos sub-county. As far as Masinga, Yata and everywhere else in Machakos, citizens have to travel all the way to Machakos for their title deeds. Whenever they go there, they are told to go back the following day. They can go there and stay all day without being attended to. I ...
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26 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the approved budgets for Machakos County Government for the financial years 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Provide the financial search for the company details, CR12 certificates from the registered companies of each of the suppliers contracted to undertake approved projects valued at Kshs500,000 and above, listing all approved suppliers and service provided; and, (2) Furnish ...
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26 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Temporary Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute towards this Boundaries Bill. Sen. M. Kajwang, I congratulate you for the work that you put in here, but I want to support this Bill with amendments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other day, I sat in a room with Sen. M. Kajwang’ and our surveyors from Machakos County because this Bill suggests that Kalama Ward be moved to Makueni County. Kalama is in Machakos County, and this demarcation, which was done in 1992 moved Kalama Ward to Makueni and the people of Kalama demonstrated. They wanted ...
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26 Mar 2024 in Senate:
The other day, I saw some counties being given more sub-counties and we did not see anything for Machakos County. We had also suggested that Masinga be divided into two, and Mavoko be divided into two.
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26 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. M. Kajwang’ should reverse it back to the 1960s instead of 1992, because the people who made the boundaries in 1992 did not conduct proper public participation. I suggest that even the people who will be now working on this Bill should have public participation broadly because there are those elders in every county who know the boundaries of the counties where they were, even from the colonial days. Like in Machakos County, we are talking of Machakos being from the Museum Hill here in Nairobi. However, we were moved, until now Machakos County is having ...
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14 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When the witness was answering the question he was asked by Sen. Wambua, he contradicted himself because when the lawyer was asking him questions, he said that he is aware of where his officers are all the time and every day. However, on this particular one he said that he was not aware until when at the County Assembly. Can he clarify that?
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13 Mar 2024 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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13 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought we should be having copies of what he is taking us through so that we can follow with him. He taking us through a process so that we can give a ruling. Therefore, we should have those documents.
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7 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion - THAT, AWARE THAT, at the Sitting of the Senate held on 29th June, 2023, the Senate, resolved to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the compensation to the Kenyan victims of the 1998 bombing of the United States of America Embassy in Nairobi and report back to the House within three months of its establishment; FURTHER AWARE, that on 3rd October, 2023 and on 15th November, 2023 the Senate resolved to renew the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee for a further period not exceeding 45 days, and ...
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