6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those very many remarks, I support this Statement. I commend Sen. Miraj for this wonderful Statement. It speaks a lot. I hope we---
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I applaud the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. I know it is one of the busiest committees.
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for that guidance. I was to indicate, but it is important you did. I support and the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget Committee has done a good job. This Report is well captured. Apart from the Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), the second busiest committee is the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. I have seen the credentials and the role of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Under Article 230, the role of SRC cannot be gainsaid. It is very critical because of the decision of review of several civil ...
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
We have sat and they never assisted us, for example, in the case of Universal Health Care (UHC) interns. We spend hours here. They told us that they will work with the Council of Governors (CoGs) to confirm the interns under permanent and pensionable terms. The UHC interns served this country as true heroes when we had the COVID-19 in 2020. We have had push and pull over the issue of personal emoluments and welfare of the Members of County Assembly (MCAs), but they have done nothing. You know, under the labour laws, the law does not allow anybody to ...
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
security team are sitting while criminals hired by the Governor are walking around with the jembe sticks, harassing young men and women, pregnant mothers and the disabled in Kapsabet Town in broad daylight. Why should this happen yet we are struggling here? As we talk, the Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers of Nandi County are supposed to go on strike because they have not been paid. The county has money to hire hooligans, but cannot buy drugs and pay ECD teachers well. The roads are impassable in Nandi as we speak. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will bring a comprehensive Statement ...
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
“There is established a Parliament of Kenya, which shall consist of the National Assembly and the Senate.”
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Security is a shared function and that is why we fought in this Parliament. I know people who have stayed longer in this Parliament like Sen. Madzayo and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who will tell you, we wanted even governors to sit in the County Security Committee. If a problem occurs today, you will need that governor to be part of security restoration within that county or within that constituency. We fought for long. It was embarrassing and I even thought that senior House leaders like the National Assembly Majority Whip, hon. Silvanus Osoro, should know better. The HANSARD can bear ...
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
HANSARD and video recording. This is to help some of us to go through the videos where people are being vetted. Subsequently, for the exercise that has been carried, we hope the report will be tabled. Going into the future, let us ensure the track record, the capacity and ability is taken care of. Madam Temporary Speaker, we believe in the vetting that was being done. I request that we do not follow the way vetting in National Assembly with the Cabinet nominees was being done. However, I do not know if we should have structured questions to be used ...
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, there is what you call fair comment in a fair administration process. I am just making a general comment. I have not mentioned anybody's name, unless you know that person. Have I?
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6 Aug 2024 in Senate:
I leave that process there. However, for the benefit of the House, I would want to refer the House to Speaker Mate’s case on the decision of his removal as the Embu Speaker. If you read the principle of the High Court, it talks about such instances. Nonetheless, I stand guided by your directions. Madam Temporary Speaker, I might be your voter in future, so you need to handle me very nicely also, as you try to get back to be the Secretary-General of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
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