26 Feb 2020 in Senate:
sacked through a text message. What happened yesterday is good because it is better to prevent than cure. Nairobians are not receiving any services, but I am sure by transferring these services to the national Government, things will start working. Nairobi City County cannot be run by only one person. I do not know why it took so long for Governor Sonko to nominate a deputy governor. There was something hidden in his mind.
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26 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think those are the repercussions of being a politician. All in all, I am happy because there is sobriety and sanity in Nairobi City County. I thank the President for being there and watching the agreement being signed. Thank you.
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20 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to congratulate my ‘Super’ Senator, Sen. Sakaja, for bringing this Statement. The women of Nairobi City County are tired of mourning the youths. I was born and raised in Dandora, so I know that the extra-judicial killings in Nairobi target the youths in slums. A majority of my former classmates are victims of the extra-judicial killings. The police have delayed in arresting the suspects who killed the boda boda rider at Mama Lucy Hospital. People have been demonstrating for the last two days over the killing of the boda boda rider which has ...
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20 Feb 2020 in Senate:
The issue of extra-judicial killings should be addressed urgently. A majority of the youths in Nairobi are jobless and when such youths sit in jobless corners, they become easy targets for extra-judicial killings or arrest by the police officers. I condemn the trigger-happy police officers who are killing our youths.
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19 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I applaud Sen. Kasanga for coming up with that important Statement. I want to contribute to the Statement on evacuation of Kenyans stranded in Wuhan, China due to the outbreak of Corona Virus. My heart is in great pain. My fellow Kenyans are suffering in China because they have been placed in quarantined premises due to the outbreak of Corona Virus. It is alleged that Kenyans cannot get basic needs and are only getting one meal per day. I watched in disbelief a discussion on Citizen Television last evening between Mr. Jeffery Okundi, a Kenyan ...
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19 Feb 2020 in Senate:
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19 Feb 2020 in Senate:
given good care to avoid any transmission in case of an infection as well as some counseling to ensure mental stability. In addition, we want to know the steps taken to educate the citizens of Kenya on how to deal with this issue, should it arise.
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18 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir---
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18 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on the state of the Industrial Area Remand Prison in Nairobi City County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) state the capacity of the facility and the current inmate population; (2) expound on the state of sanitation and water supply within the facility; (3) elucidate the efficiency of office equipment currently under use within the facility, including how technology has been incorporated in the surveillance and control of the facility; The ...
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18 Feb 2020 in Senate:
(4) state the number of staff currently deployed at the facility as well as vehicles including ambulances, if any, that are available for use by the facility; and, (5) state any action being taken by the national Government to improve the state of the facility, including ensuring the effectiveness and reliability of the available equipment. Thank you.
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