18 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I heard your ruling that there should be no more debate on this, but before we proceed, my point is: the Chairman of the Committee on Mediation, to which I was a Member, did write a letter to you, Mr. Speaker and the Speaker of the National Assembly protesting about what was about to happen in the National Assembly. It is important that this House is informed whether that letter was treated in contempt or what happened to it. As Members, we need to know whether our Chairperson‘s letter was treated with ...
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill. As a Member of the mediation team, I want to say that we agreed to live to fight another day. As the Japanese were told by Mark Arthur; we shall revisit.
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to emphasize and ask the county governments to give priority to various issues. One, as we went about our duty in the County Public Account Committee (CPAIC), we found that the county financial statements have a very low absorption rates. At the close of the financial years, there is a lot of money left. We were in Mombasa and Kwale and the coast had in excess of Kshs2 billion that was not absorbed within the financial year. Fine, we understood that there were late disbursements from the National government. That is ...
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Committee on medical equipment. In the report of the mediation committee, one of the recommendations that must be executed before the end of the session is that both Houses must come up with an ad hoc Committee to look at this issue of medical equipment services. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to end there. As I said from the beginning, I support the Bill.
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12 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I will use the three minutes. We, as a country, we are becoming jokers. We spend a lot of money on the Medical Equipment Services (MES), which was a bone of contention in the mediation of the Division of Revenue Bill. Yesterday we discussed about a Level 4 Hospital that has stopped operations in Kitui County. Today, we are talking about a hospital in Kiambu County that has stalled. At the same time, the policy makers and the top leadership of the country are talking about universal healthcare. Are we talking without walking the talk? Whichever Committee ...
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12 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to start by thanking Senators who have contributed to this very important Motion. We have Sen. M. 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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12 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Kajwang’ who seconded the Motion and other Senators including, Sen. Halake, Sen. Ndwiga and the rest.
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12 Sep 2019 in Senate:
I picked a number of issues that we shall address. One critical thing that has come up, and I like what Sen. Halake has said, is that we need to address the issue of “how.” The idea is good because we need trees. We know where to plant trees, but the question is; “how?” As the Mover of the Motion, I intend to go a notch higher and, probably, come up with a Bill which will make some of these issues mandatory.
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