Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I rise to oppose this amendment. The County Assembly Woman and the County Assembly Man are people who were elected. They are elected with a mandate far much greater than what the local authority leaders used to have. They, in fact, represent an assembly – not a national one, but the county one – and in that regard, they are respectable honorable people in the sense that they do exactly the same functions that the other honorable Members in the National Assembly do; they approve budgets, they consider plans and policies of the government. In my ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With regards to the point of order that the Senator for Homa Bay has raised, there is a culture that is creeping into Parliament that we must stop. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: This culture of gracing every Executive function by parliamentarians is not acceptable! view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: It is not the responsibility of parliamentarians to keep attending every Executive function and meeting as if they are part of the Executive. How can you hold the Executive to account if you have to attend such functions? view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: And they are being summoned through Short Message Services (SMSs), asking us to attend this or that function. I think, With all due respect, it is more important for the Members of Parliament to attend to their core function, which is to sit here and legislate, rather than to go and attend a railway launching function! view
• 27 Nov 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
• 26 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. The subject of devolution is a very important one to many of us in this country. What we have seen in the last couple of days on the report that has been published about the level of inequalities in this country is astounding. I think we have all seen the report that was launched this morning but which had been published in some of the papers in the last couple of days. The report reveals a very grim picture of the society that we live in. In this country, there are ... view
• 26 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. The subject of devolution is a very important one to many of us in this country. What we have seen in the last couple of days on the report that has been published about the level of inequalities in this country is astounding. I think we have all seen the report that was launched this morning but which had been published in some of the papers in the last couple of days. The report reveals a very grim picture of the society that we live in. In this country, there are ... view
• 26 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the inequality in Mandera County is so bad that apart from the fact that 88 per cent of the people of Mandera are living below the poverty level, 94 per cent of the people in Mandera have no access to electricity. So, if you look at the inequalities in this country, there is no other way of addressing it except through devolution. This forum that is being addressed in this Bill gives us an opportunity to focus our energies on building our counties. Therefore, I fully support it and urge those who do not understand what is ... view