24 Jul 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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24 Jul 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. You have reminded me the rules of ethics because this Senate is like a High Court. Anytime a senior counsel like Sen. Orengo talks, another counsel is not supposed to be on his feet and the same should apply here.
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24 Jul 2019 in Senate:
My curiosity has been aroused by the opening statement by the distinguished Senator of Nyeri County when he said God left us with lions. Could he tell us when God visited and left us the lions?
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18 Jul 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also speak about this very important issue, which is bedeviling the economy of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, KP is a notorious monopolist and it, indeed, exhibits bad manners of monopoly in that they exploit the consumers economically. Some legal framework needs to be put in place to seriously regulate this uncanny behavior. Some of the economic pursuits should include - (1) Put legal frameworks. (2) Introduce competitors or other players in the economy in the energy sector so that we will be in a position to have some kind ...
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18 Jul 2019 in Senate:
The other problem which is associated with the KP is within the public domain, where consumer protection agencies in this country are not very active, unlike in developed economies. We, therefore, need to have forensic audit on the KP in order to unearth the magnitude of the rot in this company. We are also aware that the procurement laws were put in place sometimes in the last 10 years. However, it is again within public domain that the transformers which were procured at that time were defective. That is why we are usually given a raw deal in the supply ...
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18 Jul 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, the Standing Orders are very clear that there only two languages; either Kiswahili or English, and not Sheng.
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18 Jul 2019 in Senate:
All of you are missing the point here. My point is the language here. You cannot speak in Kiswahili and Sheng. There is a difference between referring to a subject using two languages at the same time; not Sheng . Shida yangu niSheng .
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11 Jul 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was consulting my colleague on a different matter.
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