16 Apr 2024 in Senate:
If you allow a factory to be established, for example, in Chemilil-Chemase Ward in my County of Nandi, and you are doing around Kshs1 billion, it can hire up to 2,000 engineers, labourers and loaders. So, the value that will come will be much more than the tax that you pay. So, I think we need to look at Clause 7. I know that the Senate Majority Leader is following and listening. We should not allow counties to do more because we have seen what they do when we pass the Finance Bill. We have the Finance Act, which also ...
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16 Apr 2024 in Senate:
sell property after agreeing with county officials on how to do so. I also agree largely on the issue of valuation together with many others. So that I allow my colleagues a chance to also contribute, let me say this in conclusion. I agree that this is an important Bill. We seek to bring order and sanity in terms of valuation and rating. I remember my colleague here, who is also a Commissioner, stated something about corruption. Many people have accused me of not liking the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC). It is not that I do not like ...
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16 Apr 2024 in Senate:
There is no proper guidance in terms of the wage bill. In fact, governors have private militias to harass anybody who oppose them. They also have hired radio callers to call in vernacular radio stations to insult people. Others are what we call online armies for governors who insult people on social media and they are being paid. Those are the ghost workers who are almost in all the counties. In fact, Nandi County is leading in terms of ghost workers. Out of Kshs4 billion that goes to Nandi County, more than Kshs1 billion is paid to ghost workers. Their ...
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources regarding irregularities involving land owned by Kenya Railways Corporation. In the Statement, the Committee, should- (1) Provide details of the land owned by Kenya Railways in acreage, disclosing disputes pending and successful compensations to land owners for railway use, if any. (2) Provide a list of farms and individuals in long and short-term land leases in agreements with the Kenya Railways indicating the terms of engagement.
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
(3) Provide information on the controversies surrounding the Kenya Railways land in Suguta Road in Kileleshwa, specifically regarding the interest of the current Managing Director of Kenya Railways on the said land. (4) State in acreage, the land that has been successfully recovered and the number of illegal title deeds surrounded by railway land grabbers indicating actions taken, if any, on staff found culpable of conflict of interest through illegal leasing and land grabbing at the Kenya Railways Corporation. I thank you.
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing us to proceed debating this Bill. From the onset, I support. I think it is a high time that the fight against corruption must be dealt a big blow to the head. Some people imagine that you need to be in a public office to be wealthy or rich.
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
The Bible says in Proverbs - I do not know the specific verse - your children will inherit the wealth that you have created out of hard work, toil and sweat, but the ill-gotten one, will be eaten by moths, rodents and termites. I know the Bishop concurs with me on that. I agree with the definition of conflict of interest.
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28 Mar 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can you kindly protect me from the ladies.
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