19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, is the issue of delegated legislation. The Committee membership I have seen is important. Before I go to the final part, I thank your office, the Clerk’s Office and colleagues whom we have worked together. Your office has been instrumental in providing us the necessary support in terms of researchers, report writing and facilitating venues. I thank the Speaker’s Office for doing a good job. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to inform all the governors that there is no option. They must appear before committees of this Senate once summoned. If they do not, we will ...
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19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
At times, we do public participation as per Article 118 of the Constitution. We do sittings and report writing, but annul when it comes to the Floor of the House. It is waste of public resources I call upon the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation to come up with a more innovative way so that we do not waste a lot of Government resources by bringing regulations, sitting here, dispute and then annul. That is how the Executive and other Government agencies normally sneak in regulations. The Data Protection Act, which Sen. Olekina talked about yesterday, was sneaked in through ...
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. The Senate Minority Leader should be fair since he is a lawyer. I noted that during the last contribution on the Petition, you gave two Senators a chance from the Minority side. Saying that there is discrimination in terms of people who can speak on a Motion, Statement or a Bill, is a bit unfair. For Heaven’s sake, it is your maiden presiding over the House. Let us be fair at least. However, you are doing extremely well. Furthermore, for purposes of record, the Statement came from the Minority side. They should ...
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand under Standing Order No.52. I appreciate the fact that Sen. Abdul Haji has brought a very serious issue to the Floor of the House. On Sunday, Safaricom decided to switch off my line. Some of us were supposed to be praying and I think my prayers were affected,
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Standing Order No.52(3) on Senators’ General Statements says: “The Speaker may, where appropriate, refer a Statement made under paragraph (1) to the relevant Committee for consideration.”
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Therefore, this matter is serious and I know almost every Member has an issue with it. Now that the Committee on ICT has been formally formed and having heard what the Senate Majority Leader has just said about a communication from CA extending the deadline, I request that this matter be referred to the Committee so that these issues raised by Hon. Senators can be looked at.
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Madam, Temporary Speaker, I request that this matter be referred to the relevant committee although it was a general statement. I thank you.
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