29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Finally, let me give a short story so that we can learn from it. When I was the Chairperson of JLAC, we visited a place in Kwale and had a meeting at the Kwale Social Hall. The meeting was to do with enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings. Only women came to that meeting. I asked the County Commissioner what was happening, such that it was only women who had come to our session. He told me that their husbands had allegedly been killed through extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
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29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
There is an animal that we need to strangle. Here in Nairobi City County, it is dangerous to be young in some estates. When you are young, you become an easy target of extrajudicial killings. We must ensure that young people, especially young men, live in a safe environment. I am told in some of these estates, young men are killed and the
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29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
parents are told to pay up to Kshs20,000 for the bullet. Where are we heading as a country? I want us to use the bomb blast victims as an example of not doing wrong to a Kenyan. If you kill someone in some of these slums and it is two bullets, they say they will pay for your son Kshs40,000. We must ensure that the human rights of every Kenyan is respected. As they say, justice delayed is justice denied. This is what has befallen the victims of the 1998 Bomb Blast.
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29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish the Committee led by Sen. Kavindu Muthama ‘ Kavaa Mama’ all the best. I challenge her that this is not going to be an easy fight. It will involve diplomacy and many agencies. So, be ready. I know that you are a prayerful woman. Please, pray for other Members so that they can have the courage, zeal and passion of ensuring that justice is done for our fellow Kenyans.
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29 Jun 2023 in Senate:
With those many remarks, I support this Motion. I hope when the report comes, we shall have appropriate recommendations.
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27 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on the suspension of the use of ledger accounts by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) state reasons for the suspension of payments using ledger accounts by the KPA, indicating whether there are the specific commercial banks currently rendering these services in real-time; (2) clarify whether public participation/stakeholder consultative meetings were conducted before the decision to scrap off the use of ledger accounts; (3) table a report on ...
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27 Jun 2023 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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27 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to draw your attention to Standing Order No.98(1) which states- “Any Senator may raise a point of order at any time during the speech of another Senator stating that the Senator raises a point of order and that Senator shall be required to indicate the Standing Order upon which the point of order is based.”
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27 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Sen. Faki is the one who read the earlier Statement. When you look at Standing Order No.105, he read a Statement about harassment of the media. I am trying to put it in English.
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