15 Feb 2024 in Senate:
subsequently the following year, he also finished first in 21-kilometre marathon in France. Madam Temporary Speaker, it has to be noted by many Kenyans that Kelvin Kiptum was self-coached. Most of the professional athletes have coaches who give them technical advice and support. However, Kelvin was self-coached until 2021 when the Rwandese coach, Gervais Hakizimana came on board. Unfortunately, they perished together on that tragic road accident. We express our condolences, empathies, and sympathies to the family. The late Kiptum was due to race in Rotterdam Marathon on 14th April, a run that may have further cemented his first rise ...
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15 Feb 2024 in Senate:
named people whom we do not know their track record like Githeri Man; a person who queued eating githeri while voting. This is somebody that has raised the Kenyan flag. The people who are seated here have never raised a flag even outside the country. Our National Anthem has been sung in honour of this young man and many others in football, volleyball and basketball. Let us respect the legacy. I want to touch the soft underbelly of the issue of anti-doping by sportsmen and women that is trying to kill our sports in any discipline. Be it volleyball, athletics ...
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, and Happy New Year. It is good to have you back on the seat. I congratulate Sen. Osotsi. He is starting the year with a bang. I agree with him. You know him, being the Chairperson of County Investment Public Committees (CIPC), he is proposing very important - and it will spur accountability committees. Sen. Osotsi being the Chairperson of CPIC and my neighbor where we come from, this is a good and nonpartisan proposal. I think that all of us should support. It will make our work easier and efficient. I have met Sen. ...
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
Our agenda is to inflict the pain, to ensure that it becomes so painful that when you hear that you need to appear before a Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya, you shudder with morbid fear and appear. That is the love we should share with people who do not want to appear before Parliament. Therefore, when it comes for the Third Reading, we need to enhance. I propose, because I know the Powers and Privileges Committee has already elaborated, we recover. You must prove that is from your own resources. In fact, we should have an ...
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
When you are fined by the Committee, it must be shown that the Kshs2 million or 5 Kshs million that you paid before the Committee through our Clerk, you own each and every cent. This will fight corruption where it matters. My only concern is on Clause 3. We should also propose - I do not know what we can tinker with this. If we have an urgency, like the case of Embakasi gas explosion that happened, should we wait for seven days for the witness to appear? If there is something that is urgent like Corona Virus Disease (COVID) ...
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
aware that these are the problems we are facing in committees. When we tell a witness to produce a document, we are not doing it for the sake of the Senate. Maybe we want to see the expenditure of voucher of Dandora Stadium in Nairobi. We would want to know who has paid and what the company was. For example, what happened in Embakasi explosion, who did not do their job? Who derelicted their job? That is the future of the Kenya we want. Fourthly, when we visit your county like Busia, Kakamega, Mandera, Kilifi or Kitui, it is good ...
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
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14 Feb 2024 in Senate:
In all instances, this is a good Bill. Since it is a straightforward Bill, I do not want to belabour the points, and I know most of my colleagues want to say something. I am happy that my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, is here. Happy New Year. I am told you are still a young child; I heard him saying something like that. It is good to see him well, alive and smiling. Let us process it quickly for our committees to function efficiently and effectively. I support.
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