21 Jul 2020 in Senate:
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21 Jul 2020 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, in my second request for Statement, I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee of Health on the issue of public notice issued by KEMRI that they will no longer be handling samples and testing of COVID-19. In the Statement, the Committee should- (i)Explain why KEMRI has stopped collecting, handling and testing of COVID- 19 in their headquarters and all their branches in the country; (ii)Explain the roles of the institution and the reason why no any walk-in by the members of the public will not be tested of COVID-19 at any KEMRI laboratories in ...
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14 Jul 2020 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My issue is to the Committee chaired by my good friend, Sen. Githiomi. Since we came from Senate
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14 Jul 2020 in Senate:
in Uasin Gishu, the Petition of Karebe Goldmine in Chemase, Nandi County has never been reported; there is not even a supplementary Statement on the same. Those people have been waiting for around two years now. Secondly, the issue of Mau; the Chair of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources must look into that issue to bring it to a conclusion. What we are seeing in Molo, Nakuru is happening silently in Mau as we talk today. It is fair that when the Cabinet Secretary comes in tomorrow, I request that we have the entire Plenary where all ...
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14 Jul 2020 in Senate:
I just wanted to rectify what he was saying about what the Cabinet Secretary can do now.
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14 Jul 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, on a point of information. I am the people's Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I am no longer the substantive Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. What I am saying is that I am not aware whether that matter was to be handled by the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights or Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry cannot do anything now. However, he can order suspension of eviction of people in Molo. That is what we are ...
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13 Jul 2020 in Senate:
On a point of procedure, Madam Deputy Speaker. We agreed that we are discussing the Motion and not the contents of what is to come. This is anticipating debate, and it is as simple as that.
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7 Jul 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I condemn the arrest of many Saba Saba Day protesters today. That is a violation of Article 37 of the Constitution. I have seen people like Frank Chacha and many others who were arrested in Kibera and other police stations across the city. We ask the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, the President and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to release them because they were not violating any law. They were just exercising their democratic right.
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7 Jul 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, and apologise to the nation. Being my neighbour, you are aware of what happened in Lessos. Yesterday in Rioma in Kisii County, we saw police applying excessive use of force, and even extra-judicial killings. This made the people to riot and burn down a police station in Lessos in Nandi County. This police brutality must stop. We are seeing a very dangerous trend in this country where the police, instead of maintaining law and order, are now misusing that power they have been given under the law. Madam Deputy Speaker, I laud the heroes of Saba Saba ...
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7 Jul 2020 in Senate:
started but I encourage people like Sen. Orengo – although he has stepped out – to continue keeping the fight of democracy and freedom of expression and space in this country, unlike what we are witnessing at the moment.
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