11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
I must be heard in this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am standing on Article 124 of the Constitution of Kenya on the Establishment of Committees and the Standing Orders. Did you hear the Parliamentary Service Commissioner, who was assisted by the Majority side to become the Commissioner, calling the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader?
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
We are allowing bad precedent in this House. Let the Standing Orders be followed, even if there is a court order, which I am not aware of, and is not there. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate.
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
You can howl and shout as long as you want. Sen. Sifuna should be telling hon. Sakaja to fix potholes, which are deeper than his dimples, instead of shouting at us in the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can you direct the Parliamentary Service Commissioner, Senior Counsel (SC) Okong’o Omogeni, who is now embarrassing the people who are learning from him by calling the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, to withdraw and apologise to the Senate Majority Leader and the House? I do not know why the Minority are making noise. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can you at ...
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
You must also be fair---it is procedure. I am not against you---
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, as a Senator in this House, I also have a role to guide the House sometimes when there are lapses as per the Standing Orders and the Constitution. Let me begin by saying that I support the SBC membership. My simple advice to the Senate Majority Leader is to at least rotate the membership in future. I can see we have Sen. Crystal Asige, Sen. Shakila Abdalla, a Nominated Senator from Lamu, and a number of colleagues. In order for people to learn, in future, at least let us have a rotational way of choosing the membership.
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, you need to protect me from the Senate Majority Leader. I was protecting him a few minutes ago.
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
No, I was just saying that as a way of learning and I protected him when he was under siege a few minutes ago. That is my advice because the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. M. Kajwang’ and I have been here for some time. We thought the membership would be rotational. Borrowing the Senate Majority Leader’s word, in the last session when we were forming Impeachment Committees, he insisted on rotational membership. I am just asking that in future, let us see how we can do it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not doubt your capacity. I know you have ...
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11 Feb 2025 in Senate:
I was in Meru, Mandera, Nandi and Murang’a. The question that people are asking is that we send money to mashinani, but why do we not follow it up and see if it is working? That is the question that all Senators here are asked. We need to be creative and innovative. Let us do away with the Senate Mashinani and start breaking away in 10 groups. In one weekend, two Committees can go to some regions so that we reach various counties. I hope the Senate Majority Leader will take it up with the House leadership and the SBC. ...
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