14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), last year, 1.7 million Kenyans lost their jobs. If those Kenyans are evicted, where will they get jobs and rent? The Committee on Roads and Transportation must tell us about the evictions that happened in Ruai, Kawangware and many other parts of the country, including Meru. They must tell us the communication that was made by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government regarding evictions during this period of COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, regarding the first Statement, I just want to make two comments. Of ...
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
the Senate, they sent their secretaries and private assistants to appear before our committees. I think you need to re-emphasize that when you indicate that somebody should appear as per the provisions of the Constitution of Kenya, they must do so. The Constitution is very clear. It does not say a Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) should appear. I was disappointed that when the Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations invited the Cabinet Secretaries, they decided to send some busybodies within those Ministries. That should stop. They should appear before our committees when required, so that we function. ...
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to commend Sen. Kwamboka for bringing this timely Statement. Last time, we had a discussion and I thought that the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health should have been updating the House on the issues of the status of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, just like the Council of Governors have been doing, so that they can be telling us the status. I agree with colleagues that in modern countries, they are now administering the booster after the other doses of the vaccination. However, it is unfortunate that the curfew, amongst other ...
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not affected, but just indicating that by and large, the night economy has seriously been affected. The people who used to go out to relax in the evening have been affected. I want to urge that this matter should be treated urgently. I agree with what Sen. Kwamboka has said that in the high-end estates in this country people operate up to around midnight, but the police enforce the curfew promptly in the middle income and low income estates like the slums. We need uniformity in the implementation of the curfew, and I hope this ...
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Olekina to say leaders drink up to 3.00 a.m., yet he knows very well that not all leaders drink? He should be specific. I think he is casting aspersions by saying that all leaders drink up to 3.00 a.m. I think as Sen. Madzayo has said, he should state these places where leaders drink up to 3.00 a.m. while the “hustlers” drink for only one hour from 6.00 p.m. to7.00 p.m. Is he in order to say “all leaders” while most of us here at this time only go for kesha ...
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Is it in order for Sen. Olekina to say that ‘we’ politicians continue to hold rallies? He is speaking from a high moral ground yet yesterday he was in
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14 Sep 2021 in Senate:
meeting where, as we watch in the news, people were crowded in a room and he was speaking? So, he should lead by example by avoiding the meetings. Is he in order to cast aspersions?
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