4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
We respect senior elder, Sen. Haji, because he has had an illustrious career. We hope that in future, Members who are appointed to such taskforces should be able to remember where they are coming from; they should remember the Senate. I hope we will have a private kamukunji so that they can tell us what really happened so that we can know---
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
No, I am just concluding.
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just making final remarks. If you read the BBI Report, some of the complaints include stalled projects. I was just mentioning in passing that the goodness is that we have the Chair of---
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would want to encourage colleagues to read the BBI Report. I was just mentioning what I have read; that we have a problem of stalled projects. The Government of course---
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just assisting my friend the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation to look to other sources of information so that they can revive the stalled road projects across the country. I assure the House that I am a peace-loving leader. Despite the fact that I am being politically persecuted, I know we shall overcome. I thank you.
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. I congratulate you for the well-researched and concrete ruling that you have given today afternoon. You have reasserted the intention, spirit and the letter of the Constitution. Article 181 of the Constitution has espoused the grounds in which a county governor can be removed from office. I am happy that you have stated that the people of Kenya still have the power to elect or not elect their leaders. Many people would have thought they can use courts of law to elect or select leaders to their offices, especially the governor. I agree with ...
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
as we anticipate the challenges that are in Samburu and Kiambu counties, that does not give justification or license for anybody to disrupt the implementation of devolution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, if you allow the courts and such individuals to push the agenda through any way, I can tell you that we will be removing the power of the people that has been given in Article 2 of the Constitution, where the sovereignty of the people can be practiced only through elected representatives. Secondly, it is important that you have reassured and instilled confidence in the future of devolution. This is ...
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
give their views to the BBI Taskforce. They fully support devolution, and they want it to work. However, the agencies that fight corruption in these countries should be careful as they investigate and prosecute. Let them not rush to the dailies to publish stories and put it in the media before having a concrete case. We agree that our counties have a problem with issues of corruption. However, that is not a justification to use it as blackmail or with the aim of using it for political gain or the weaponisiation of corruption. I agree that those are some of ...
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4 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you and I appreciate that when I raised that point of order on a constitutional aspect, you have given it life. We now have a different perspective, so that in future when we are developing Bills, amendments, Motions, statements or any matter that comes to the House, we will have a compass that will lead us to the right direction; to the full steps of Jesus Christ.
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