15 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to express my comments on the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, 2017. I am a Member of the senate Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations. From the outset, I thank the Senate Majority Leader, who happens to have been my lecturer in international Law at Moi University. I am happy and excited to be part of the Amendments he has brought before the House. This Bill could not have come at a better time. This is because coincidentally, a fortnight ago, the Supreme Court of Kenya under Reference No. 1 ...
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Petition Report on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 15th March, 2018. This is the Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a Petition by Gov. Stephen K. Sang’ on the historical injustices suffered by the Talai Clan, reported by the Speaker on 7th November, 2017. It laid out the historical injustice suffered by the Talai Clan at the hands of the colonial administration. The Petition was presented on behalf of the Talai Clan who are residents of Nandi County and the ...
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, okay.
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
So, do I table the ---
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just go through the recommendations and then Table the Report. I beg your indulgence, just quickly. The Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights resolves that:- (1) The Report of the Committee be forwarded to the National Land Commission (NLC) to undertake investigations on land injustices suffered by the Talai Clan, pursuant to the National Land Commission (Investigation of Historical Land Injustices) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. No. 258 of 2017) and recommend appropriate remedies for the community. Further, that the NLC shall submit a report to the Senate on this particular issue within 6 ...
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Report on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday 15th, March, 2018. Report of the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a petition by Isaac Aluoch Aluochier on the usage of the word “harambee” in the Coat Of Arms and the Public Seal reported by the Speaker on 14th February, 2018. The Committee made the following observations:- (1) That languages are dynamic and often borrow and give new meaning to words, noting that the people of the east African coast have been in contact with many cultures ...
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
is widely used and accepted. “Harambee” is defined in the Kiswahili dictionary as “ Mwito wa kutia moyo watu ili kuweza kusukuma na kuvuta kitu. (3) That the plain and ordinary meaning of the word “Harambee” as defined by
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
is widely used and accepted. “Harambee” is defined and used in the Kiswahili dictionary as such. The Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, therefore, resolved that the Petition did not have merit. It is, therefore, my pleasant duty to lay this Report before the Senate.
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to express my comments on the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, 2017. I am a Member of the senate Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations. From the outset, I thank the Senate Majority Leader, who happens to have been my lecturer in international Law at Moi University. I am happy and excited to be part of the Amendments he has brought before the House. This Bill could not have come at a better time. This is because coincidentally, a fortnight ago, the Supreme Court of Kenya under Reference No. 1 ...
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