Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought that when such things happen as a matter of procedure, the Ministry responsible would ideally, even without prompting by the House, have a statement ready. When something of professional negligence to that scale happens, normally they would have a statement ready. Therefore, I am surprised that a week after the incident, a statement from the Ministry of Health is not forthcoming unless they are trivializing the matter because normally they would have a statement by now on what actions they intend to take. view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be brief. The Chairperson read out a very good response. However, in the end he used the term “militia.” The meaning of “militia” invokes people who are armed and out to kill. He needs to substantiate because he is the Chairperson and this is a House of records. If he refers to it yet it is not contained in his statement, it would be risky. Could he clarify? view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no, he said it after he finished reading the statement. He referred to them to as militia. view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no. I just want the same definition of the English version; whether by that definition the group that accompanied the Hon. Senator to the Milimani Law Courts, was a militia or not. view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, long before counties came into being, the famous Nairobi City Council askaris had actually been engaged in the same thing for many years. They maimed, injured and in some cases even stabbed to death innocent Kenyans or hawkers in the streets of Nairobi. It is very inhumane and reports have been written about it. There is a problem. Could the Chairperson tell us what action the Government will take to come up with appropriate policies and measures to prevent this inspectorate, enforcement officers or whatever they are called, in counties from descending into the kind of ... view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: who are really nothing but people whom I described earlier? view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Temporary Speaker, Sir, indeed the leader of the delegation from Mandera County will speak to support this Motion. The essence of prison is correction. In the United States of America (USA), a prison is referred to as a correction institution. The idea is to change an offender in prison so that when he is released, he is reformed. Unfortunately, our institutions, historically, have achieved the opposite objective; that after coming out of those institutions, one comes out a more hardened criminal than before. The obvious reason is about the prison environment. However, over the years, attempts have been made to ... view
• 22 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that you brought up that point. I want to include people who nowadays are being held in the usual detention by either the armies, intelligence or many others. It all falls under that word, ‘persons held in custody’. The Constitution is very clear. It says:- Anyone held by any institution, say, Kenya Wildlife Services, the Armed Forces, Kenya Police, the Prisons Department, the following should happen. It is covered and needs to be looked at in a broader sense. view
• 15 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 15th October, 2015:- The Report of the Controller of Budget on the Annual County Governments Budget Implementation Review. The Report of the Controller of Budget on the Annual National Government Budget Implementation Review. view
• 15 Oct 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is, in fact, selective application of law when it comes to demonstrations and picketing. Some people are allowed to demonstrate, 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