Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to add my voice to this Motion which is very important. I think what has happened is that when in August last year the university lecturers called off the strike for their allowances under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), they were very patriotic. They called the strike off because they were promised that the money was going to be paid. We were told that the money was part of the Kshs7.8 billion that was paid. My arguments are very simple. If the money has been paid, the reason we have two Houses of Parliament ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in Senate: You can say that the Government is fighting it, but as far as we are concerned, it is the number of corruption cases being reported. I want to appeal to every Member of Parliament and every Senator that when we speak here, we pretend to be speaking for the people of Kenya with regard to corruption, but when we go out there to our “manyattas”, we start defending our people. We all saw what the Administrative Review Board came up with regarding the procurement of lap tops. It is very clear in their report that in addition to what those ... view
• 18 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. You heard the hon. Member literary rubbishing the contribution that these hon. Members have been making. We are not simply criticizing the Government for the sake of criticizing. Is he in order to really belittle the contribution that these hon. Members are making with regards to the performance of the Ministry? view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Devolved Committee – sorry, the committee is not in place - I wish to seek this statement from the Majority Leader regarding the Gender and Human Rights Commission. Two vacancies for the commissioners were advertised in May, 2013. The interviews for the positions were conducted in June, 2013. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President forwarded the two names to the Kenya National Assembly last week, one of whom was rejected. Of the five commissioners, there is no commissioner from North Eastern region of this country, which has ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the information that I have is that the Gender and Human Rights Commission, as we speak now, falls under the Ministry of Devolved Government, initially Devolution and Planning. Maybe I need to be guided. 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
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Hon. Haji had asked me to stand in for him on this Statement as I reported yesterday. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was distracted by a Statement that one of the county Governors has been removed by a court. So, I was paying a lot of attention to that story. My apologies! view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chair of the Committee for that response. I want to also take the opportunity to thank Kenya Power and Lighting Company and KenGen, actually, for moving very fast to restore power supply to Garissa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just wanted the Chair to clarify two things. To avoid similar challenges, has any investigation been done regarding the cause of the fire? If so, what is the cause of the fire that blew up all the engines? Secondly, with regard to the national grid transmission line that is being worked on between Kamburu ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate what the Chair has said, but the issue of the transmission line being built from Kamburu to Garissa has been going on for years. I think that it is important to get to know whether there is actually a contractor who has been engaged. Has the work started and where has it reached? I think that it would be important if the Chair could get us that information. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view