Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have three Statements to give as requested yesterday. However, I will start with the one about the Business of the Senate for next week. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, next week, in the RBC, we will ensure that the report appears on the Order Paper. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I was ordered by the Speaker to bring three Statements that were supposed to be answered by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. I have the Statements, but I request for your advice since all the Members who requested for them are not in the House. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Bill. This Bill brings in the issue of equalization in the education sector that we have been talking about. We started free primary education but forgot the main foundation cognitive to the development of a young child which starts at ECDE. We hope that as we pass this Bill, we shall ensure that the curriculum that they are proposing will be inculcated across all the counties. I know that education is still a national Government function but this will ensure that parents take their children to school. We must start ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:- REPORT ON COUNTY ALLOCATION OF REVENUE BILL, 2015 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2015 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
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. It is time Members of the National Assembly started reading the Constitution. They need to count 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
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to Article 124(1) of the Constitution, the Standing Orders of the Senate and the resolution of the Senate during the Special Sitting of the Senate held on Monday 15th June, 2015, I beg to move that the Senate approves the following Senators as Members of the Select Committee on Legal and Constitutional Review;- (1) Sen. Murkomen (2) Sen. Murungi (3) Sen. Lesuuda (4) Sen.(Eng.)Muriuki (5) Sen. Billow (6) Sen. Orengo The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank Senators who have spoken. I believe this Committee will move to ensure that we flag out the issues affecting the Senate and also ensure that they stay steadfast as we have requested. This is a roadmap and guidance in flagging out the issues. Therefore, we do not want to hear the media saying that the Senate has now joined the referendum. We are doing this in a sober way. The Senate will be the spring board for everybody who would have wished to see a referendum in our ... view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2015. We have seen this Senate go through mediation for this Bill to come. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important for the county governments to understand that while the Senate allocates funds to them and the national Government remains with a huge sum, we expect them to provide quality services to people. Many years to come people should be able to appreciate why this Senate was the foundation of devolved governments. Looking at the allocations, Nairobi County takes the lion’s share. But ... view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a Catholic. I am sorry to tell the Senator that we Catholics do not use public funds for beatification. Everything was done through the Catholic church and he needs to go and look at the records. Regarding the preparations for President Obama’s visit, I was just giving an example. It is unfortunate that we have to wait until there is a planned visit for us to do something, yet we know that Kenyans need services always. I am happy that Obama is coming. However, shall we be waiting for a guest to come before ... view