Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: I beg to move. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was waiting for you to give me an opportunity to do that. Madam Temporary Speaker, having given me that opportunity, I rise under Standing Order No.51 (3) which reads:- “Despite paragraph (2), the Speaker may, on the request of a Senator, defer the putting of the question to the following day in which case the Speaker shall thereupon nominate a time at which the question shall be put.” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I, therefore, request that we defer the putting of the Question to Wednesday next week. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to give notice to move a Motion of adjournment today, 15th October, 2013, under the provisions of Standing Order No.33 to discuss the national crisis emanating from the ongoing industrial action by the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) countrywide over poor terms and conditions of service. The action of the MCAs has adversely affected the work of the county governments and, therefore, the Senate should adjourn its business to deliberate on this urgent matter and offer proposals on how the crisis can be resolved. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to, first, thank the Senators for accepting to debate this issue today. As I mentioned, under the Standing Orders, indeed, this is a national crisis. If you look at what is happening within the country--- view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the House do now adjourn. I began by saying that it is important for us to look at what has been happening since June. In June, the leadership of county assemblies met in Nairobi on 12th with the Chairperson of the Salaries and Remunerations Commission (SRC) and agreed to carry out a job evaluation which she had requested. She had requested to be given three names by the county assemblies so as to carry out the job evaluation until 12th September. In August, when they met, they decided to follow up since ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Indeed, even his family members are wondering what he is doing in that office if he will end up dying. These are some of the things that Commissioner Serem must look at seriously. One of the things we do not understand, even in the Senate, is whether the Commissioner’s powers override the Constitution. These are jobs which were created after the new Constitution was passed. Since 2010, Commissioner Serem cannot tell us that she has not had time to evaluate people before they came into office. She should have known how many people would be coming to office and how ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion which is directed to the Department of Devolution and Planning;- THAT, aware that Section 7(2) of the Transition to Devolved Government Act requires the Transition Authority to carry out an audit of the existing human resource of the Government and local authorities and advise on deployment to either level of Government; further aware that Section 57 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act provides that every person who, immediately before the commencement of the Act was an officer, agent or member of staff appointed, seconded or otherwise employed ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.43(2), this is to present the Senate business for the coming week starting, Tuesday, 15th October, 2013. The Rules and Business Committee will meet on Tuesday, 15th October, 2013, at 12.00 noon to schedule business for the Senate for the week commencing 15th October, 2013. The Senate will continue with the business in today’s Order Paper that will not be concluded including the Motion by Sen. Elachi urging the Transition Authority to finalize the audit of employees for the defunct local authorities and put in place a framework to absorb ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: 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