19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
In honour of the slain athlete, I shall continue to pursue the welfare of our sportsmen and women and also the interest of sports managers such as contracts to coaches, legal framework to facilitate investments, taxation, COVID-19 cushion measures, training gear with improved training facilities and also starting sportsmen and women social welfare.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
I also wish to call upon Athletics Kenya (AK) and the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to set up a fully functional department of guidance and counselling to ensure that at least mental wellness is kept and checked at all times.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
I wish to condemn the brutal act meted on the young promising athlete with the strongest terms possible. I call upon all the relevant authorities to complete the investigations and bring the perpetrators to book as soon as possible and ensure justice is served to the family of the late Agnes Tirop who are my neighbours back in Mosoriot.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
On behalf of the great people of Nandi County, the source of champions, and on my own behalf, I wish to pass our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends and the sporting fraternity in Kenya for the loss of the young hero. We should remember her alongside other heroes and heroines who fought for deliberation of this country even as we celebrate Mashujaa Day tomorrow.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
May her soul rest in eternal peace.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I forgot one small detail. For any Member who would like to support the family, we have a fundraiser tomorrow. The funeral will be on Saturday. If any Member would like to attend or support the family, I request that they kindly see me.
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. This is a national concern. The unsustainable public debt we have as a country continues to be a threat not only to the economic development of this Republic, but
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
also the security and stability of this nation. If the economy is not doing very well, it becomes hard for the citizens to sustain their livelihoods. As we talk today, this unsustainable public debt continues to bite very hard to many Kenyans across the country. When you have a budget of over Kshs3 trillion and by the last projection before Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) projected Kshs1.7 trillion in terms of revenue. We were paying close to Kshs1 trillion towards the public debt. It is very sad for the nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must agree, as ...
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19 Oct 2021 in Senate:
in Kisumu County in Nyando, where you come from, do not have money in their pockets and the economy is doing badly, we cannot be safe in this country. They would want to eat and their children to go to school. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must agree as a nation that this is the right time to have a conversation even as the Ministry of National Treasury plans to increase public debt to Kshs12 trillion. Parliament must make some hard and painful decisions to the interest of the country and protect it. It would be untruthful to tell the country ...
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