8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support Sen. Faki for bringing this Statement. One of the campaign issues of the Jubilee Government was infrastructure. We all remember the other day the President was in France for Ksh180 billion loan to construct a road between Nairobi and Mau Summit. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this aspect of infrastructure is very critical. If we are to move this country to from a third world country to a middle economy country, or even possibly first world country, we need to work on infrastructure. When you look at the issue of most of the projects that ...
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the road going through Eldoret-Mosoriot-Kapsabet-Chavakali- Kopere needs to be expanded---
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why there is excitement in the House today. Maybe it is because of the expected recess. The road going through Eldoret-Kapsabet-Chavakali connects Rift Valley and Western Kenya. It also connects Rift Valley and the Nyanza region. The contactor has been chronically doing substandard work for the last so many years, yet KeNHA has been sleeping on the job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy that I see the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation here. They should do an audit and call to order KeNHA and KeRRA for the lack of ...
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate Sen. Dullo for that Statement of unfair dismissal. It is so sad that parastatals, Government agencies and county governments nowadays fire their staff in a wishful thinking. I request the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, where I used to be a Member, to look into this matter expeditiously. We are worried when such agencies like ENNDA are accused of issues of nepotism. According to Public Service Commission’s audit report that was released on September, 2020, the parastatals and many Government agencies should reflect the face of Kenya. They should ...
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
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8 Oct 2020 in Senate:
parastatals are operating because they have become the bastions of negative ethnicity, promoting nepotism and cronyism. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we hope when we come back from recess, the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare Committee will table a report. As I conclude, Article 41 of the Constitution talks about labour rights. Where are the labour rights in this country to protect 96 Kenyans who have been working for 10 years as casual labourers? That is unfair, unconstitutional and illegal. It is infringing on their labour rights and abuse of their dignity. The Authority must be called to order and ...
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought after you had read that Message, I could just make a quick comment.
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the National Assembly for expeditiously passing The County Allocation Revenue Bill. I wish that, in future, the same National Assembly should be fast-tracking the passage of some of the Bills that originate from the Senate, so that we can continue to work together as a Parliament, as envisaged under Article 93 of the Constitution. Secondly, the Chair of the Council of Governors (CoG) and counties are complaining that there is a chronic delay of disbursement by the National Treasury. I hope that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of the National Treasury and ...
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7 Oct 2020 in Senate:
As you transmit the Bill to His Excellency the President, I urge him to assent to it expeditiously because our counties are going through hard times. Salaries have not been paid and development programmes are stalling. When development programmes stall in our counties, it translates to a lot of pending bills and, therefore, service delivery is delayed.
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