Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order. view
• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: i: Yes Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is a serious allegation and my leader – because he is going to be the next President of this country – should know the numbers of security forces correctly. When he says that the President lied about the ratio of police officers to Kenyans, then it is important that he tells Kenyans what our ratio is today so that Kenyans do not get confused. The young people who are employed are very many. Again we will start interrogating budgets and wondering who the ghost workers are. It is an issue that we need ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. While I agree with the Senate Minority Leader that the policeman who gave him information will be sacked, that is a public office and I believe the Inspector General(IG) should now give the figures. The Senate Minority Leader cannot tell the country that we will not get the figures right since he has the right figures that we cannot get it from the IG. We need to substantiate those figures and facts. We will get it without having the policeman who gave him information being named. This is a very serious ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is the Senate Minority Leader in order to bring the issue of standard gauge railway up when we know that the standard gauge railway of Kenya and the standard gauge railway of Ethiopia have a very big difference? Our standard gauge railway line is of a higher quality than Ethiopia’s. It is wrong to compare the terrain of Ethiopia and Kenya yet we know that we have had to take care of our wildlife and that is why it is more expensive. It is generally wrong to tell Kenyans on the ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have listened to the Senate Minority Leader and I think some of his allegations are not true. In Ethiopia, the Government does not pay for the land. It only allocates itself land to do their SGR line. In our country, we have to pay for land. That accounts for the cost of constructing a railway line in both countries.. Having said that, is he in order to say it is the sons of the rich who concentrate on deals? The truth of the matter is that it is the politicians ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on a point of order. Is the Senate Minority Leader in order to allege that the Jubilee Government has abandoned Vision 2030, knowing very well they have been complaining that we have been concentrating on projects which they started while serving in the Grand Coalition Government? In fact, the Jubilee Government is focused and committed to Vision 2030. Are you in order to tell Kenyans that what we are doing are not your projects but other things? view
• 2 Mar 2017 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when we go on recess, I hope we will attend the conferences that have been scheduled. There is also a lot of work that we need to clear. If this Senate wants to be in history, it is time we cleared all the Bills that are pending. This will help our Senate to stand and the next Senate will appreciate what we have done. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is time for women to take over our country. If the men continue pushing our country to the direction they are doing, we will lose our country. Our children ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Bill. This will be my last Bill to talk about in the Senate. When I go to the National Assembly, I will look at it better. This Bill is about a budget that will take us to the end of our term. As we head towards campaigns we need to ask ourselves whether the Senate has performed its responsibility to guide and protect the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the National Treasury for allocating the monies that we had requested for the four headquarters. ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, we should understand that this is a very sensitive matter. Last year when we were about to embark on this Bill, we had a lot of consultations with the Council of Governors and a lot of interruptions came in. If the Majority Leader has the Bill that he is talking about, he should meet with the Chairperson, sit and agree and then next week we move on without the interruptions we are having so that this Bill moves forward. The Bill deals with the lives of those who are currently employed at the counties. Governors ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. It brings out one of the key functions that have been very contentious between the national and the county governments. It is a Bill that has been well elaborated but also that has key issues that as we continue debating on it, we will have to look at. 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