Billow Kerrow

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• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate:- Report on the Examination of the Petition by Mr. Joseph Tipanko ole Karia on the Management of Revenue from Maasai Mara Game Reserve by Narok County Government. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Yesterday, the Senator for Wajir and I rose on a point of order--- view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I actually sought his indulgence yesterday that the Statement is not ready and I really appeal to him to give me another one week to get the Statement because it is a very important one. 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
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on the same issue. This is a House of decorum. It is very important that the distinguished ladies and gentlemen who are in this House respect each one of us and also respect the values that are enshrined in our Constitution; values that are clearly set out in Article 10 of our Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) Act is very clear. It outlaws and, in fact, makes it an offence to engage in ethnic The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am reading page 39 of the HANSARD. It says:- “The proportion of the Somali youth who have been recruited into the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) is not proportionate to the rightful quota as per the statistics of the population of Kenya.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, two issues arise: First, you are singling out discriminatively one community. That is outlawed and it should not be allowed in this House. Secondly --- view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are allowed to seek for a point of order. What I have is on a different perspective, but not on your ruling. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek your guidance, as the Speaker of this House. If a statement which contravenes the law of this country is made in this House, what would be your guidance? Should we not have that matter discussed? This is a House that must, by all standards, respect the Constitution of this country. We all swore to respect the Constitution. Therefore, if I stand here and make a statement with legal implications or a statement that contravenes the Constitution, what would be your guidance? Can I not rise on a point of order and seek clarification? That ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have discussed with the Senator for Kiambu. I will table the Statement next week, but we have agreed on two actions that we are taking as a Committee. One, our Committee will on Monday visit Kiambu County. We will liaise with him because one of the requests he made is for us to visit. Secondly, we, as the Committee, are directing that the County Government of Kiambu suspends the application of that law, the Finance Act of 2014, until this Committee is satisfied that it meets the requirements of the Constitution. On Monday, we will ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that the directive is coming from the National Treasury. As a House, the position is this: Under Section 161 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, any Finance Act by a county government must be forwarded to the Treasury so that it complies with Article 207 in terms of the economic interests, business environment and so on and so forth, of the county. To an extent, that has not been complied with and there are questions on the legality of the Bill because of that. As the Chairperson of the Committee, I ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the case of the suspension of the accounts of those four counties, which was pursuant to Article 192 of the Constitution, that request to suspend those accounts came to the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee, it was not from our Committee. There is need for that Committee to follow up with the Treasury and the Controller of Budget to find out why the resolution of the Senate was not complied with in that respect. view