4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the dismissed employees of the Kenya Medical Research Institute, (KEMRI). 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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4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the reasons that led to termination of employment of over 35 workers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in 2009 and 2010, including the specific allegations of misconduct or poor performance. (2) Provide reasons for the failure to comply with the Labour Court's ruling in a case No.37/2010, issued on 14th October, 2020, which directed the payment of salary arrears to the affected staff, stating the reasons for the continued non-compliance with the Court's directive. (3) Provide justification for the unprocedural dismissal of senior research officers from KEMRI ...
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson.
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I can see the Chair did not pass through the Long Title on Clause 2. You went straight to Clause 3 and 7.
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I want to make two comments on this proposal. First; the Senate is supersonic in agreeing with the National Assembly Amendments. The National Assembly should also extend the same goodwill. On many occasions, we have made amendments to a number of legislations but the National Assembly sabotages them. You can even see the condescending attitude of the National Assembly leadership. In the same spirit, the Senate has extended and worked quickly on this Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bill No. 5 of 2023). I could not believe that there are 55 amended Clauses from the National ...
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
want to tell the National Assembly they should extend good faith the way we did with their 55 amended Clauses to the Cotton Bill. Secondly, I want to agree with Clause No.2, where the interpretation and the meaning of the cotton industry, processing, ginning, cotton plant, collection centres and spinning are now cotton industries. The definition should be broad so that it can agree with growers, ginners, spinners, cotton value addition, and marketers. In conclusion, Elgeyo-Marakwet and Kisumu Counties and part of Nyanza grow cotton because they have black cotton soil. Rivatex East Africa Limited was given more than Kshs4 ...
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report progress that the Committee of the whole has considered the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.25 of 2024), and seek leave to sit again tomorrow.
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report progress that the Committee of the Whole has considered the National Assembly amendments to the Cotton Industry and Development Bill (Senate Bills No.5 of 2023) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.
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4 Dec 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to support this proposed Motion to consolidate bursaries. The right to quality and basic education should be a basic right to every Kenyan wherever they are. As a country, we should be pushing for free education from Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE), primary, secondary to university. Other countries have done it before. Even with the free primary education that was initiated in 2003 by President Kibaki's Government, we must ensure that access to quality education is a basic right of every Kenyan child as enshrined in the Constitution. Apart from the ...
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