Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. First, I want to thank the RBC for ensuring that the new Senator, Sen. Cheruiyot is now able to discharge his duties in terms of legislation. I want to make it clear that it is important that as we put them in the committees, they are able to attend and be part and parcel of the decisions being made. I hope Sen. Mungai will be able to attend sittings of the Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities. This is a critical committee that he needs to be attending for ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: He is a Member of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and for a while we have not seen him. Going forward, I hope we will deal with the issue of billboards. The Bill that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. brought to the House is a critical amendment to bring sanity in the counties. Every project in the counties is accompanied by a billboard bearing the photos of the governor. Since these are public resources being spent, we should stop this practice. Even projects initiated by the President do not bear the pictures of the President. Governors should know that ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support this Motion and I thank the Senators because we have worked together and finalized some critical Bills. However, we still have a lot pending that we have to work on. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 24 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes. I beg to give Notice of the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 28(4), the Senate resolves to alter its calendar in respect of the first part of the Fourth Session for the recess to commence on Friday, 1st April, 2016 and sittings to resume on Tuesday 12th April, 2016. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion which seeks to adjust our calendar. We have just had a meeting with the Intergovernmental Committee and what we discussed there was sad. If this Senate does not live up to Kenyans’ expectations, it will be judged harshly by the future generations. The Council of Governors (CoG) wants to weaken the Committee which replaced the Transition Authority (TA). We are in a dilemma trying to decide whether they should take over the functions of the TA or not. The Senate must make sure that county governments operate within the ambit ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in Senate: Yes, we are, Mr. Temporary Speaker. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 24 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me finalise. As we point fingers; let us remember that the four fingers are pointing at us. For example, you have a lawyer who is in court and is supposed to ensure that monies to the tune of billions of a county are taken to the county, but the same lawyer is active as a commissioner of the JSC. How will that judgement be? First of all, when he goes to court, he is the employee of the JSC. So, the judge looks at him as a lawyer and wonders what he or she will ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. When I started contributing to debate on this Bill, I raised key fundamental issues and I wish to continue. Indeed, I know the Homa Bay Senator clarified some issues but when you go beyond reading the Bill, we will have created two new funds. One of the funds will be for the management of the fisheries and the other one will be for the new authority of food. It is important for the Government to also help us understand this whole process. When you say you are reducing authorities and yet within new Bills, ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Food Authority that has been created completely contradicts the Food Security Bill and the structures we had. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill with the amendments that will come. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Deputy Majority Leader and the Senator for Kakamega who was the originator of the Bill. As we step down this Bill in a political process, the National Assembly should understand that while we bring Bills in the National Assembly or the Senate, it is always important to appreciate the originator of the Bill and the amount of work they have put in and resources they have used to do research or draft those Bills. One of the things that the Constitution did not envisage is how to deal with such a ... view