Charles Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if he is in Accra, we still have time to communicate to him tonight to cancel his engagement, he comes here tomorrow and we transact the business on Friday. We cannot just make a decision for Saturday because the Speaker is not there. What about us? We will also not be there. That is why were are saying, let it be on Friday so that even if we will not finalise the decision on Friday, we will still have Saturday. We can postpone to midnight and finish. Even we can agree to do a gazette notice ... view
• 4 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are making a request to hold a sitting on Friday, since we have made prior engagements for Saturday. We are ready to sacrifice and sit on Friday, for the sake of executing what is required of us. Whatever we have planned for Friday, we will shift it to Saturday. If some of us travel out of Nairobi on Friday, we will not come back on Saturday. You and I have been in Parliament for long. We have had constitutional Bills being tabled and we adjourned for an hour for Members to go through them and ... view
• 4 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Order No.13, we did not debate it last week because Sen. Musila really wanted to be there. However, as we are aware, Sen. Musila is chairing the Special Committee on Impeachment of the Governor for Murang’a County. It is good to stand down this issue until next week because it is very key to him. view
• 4 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very crucial Bill. Last week when I was responding to the issue of El Nino, one of the issues we noticed is that there was no legal framework on how to deal with or manage disasters in this country. That is both in the national and county governments. So, the essence of this Bill is to give a platform whereby all these disasters can be dealt with from a central point. I urge my colleagues that this is a very crucial Bill. With the legal mechanisms in place, we can address some of the ... view
• 3 Nov 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is the third time that I rise to attempt to answer this Statement. All along, we have been getting the same answers until 2.00 p.m. today, when I personally went to the Ministry of Health, met the Cabinet Secretary and the relevant officers. It is at that point when I realized that request that was sent is not what was approved by the Office of the Clerk. Therefore, whatever they have been answering is not what Sen. Khaniri, the Senator for Vihiga County really wanted. Therefore, I have explained to the Senator for ... view
• 3 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of stepping down the two orders has not been canvassed here or put forward to us. I do not know about it, therefore, I do not subscribe to it. Unless otherwise, the issues which are said to be procedural are in order, I will agree to that. Maybe, at this point, before we make a decision on whether we are steeping down the orders, we should allow Sen. Wetangula to raise the issues which he wanted to raise. Thereafter, we spend some time to see whether they are really weighty. We cannot step down these ... view
• 3 Nov 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. May I concentrate on the issue on whether we have to have 24 Members for the vote to be called or not. The Constitution under Article 121 states clearly that the quorum for this House is 15 Members. The other issue which arises is whether to approve the Bill or the Motion when there is a minimum number of Members. Therefore, the argument on whether there should be a minimum of 24 Members before calling the vote is wrong. If there are 24 or 26 Members for the Bill to be passed, there should ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.45, I rise to present the business of the Senate for the coming week. The Rules and Business Committee will meet on Tuesday, 3rd November, 2015 at 12 noon to schedule business of the Senate for the week. Subject to further directions by the Rules and Business Committee, the Senate will continue with business that will not be concluded in today’s Order Paper focusing on debate on Bills at the Second Reading stage and Committee of the Whole. In addition, the following Bills will be scheduled for Second Reading and ... view
• 29 Oct 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have just received the Statement although it was never directed to the right place. We did it within last night and we have an answer. I will just read it and Members may seek clarifications. This is the Statement on the preparedness on the forecasted El Nino rains. It is a very long statement. Do I have to read the whole of it? view
• 29 Oct 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view