18 Oct 2018 in Senate:
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18 Oct 2018 in Senate:
through corruption. Why do we not fight corruption and get the money to pay the former councillors, most of who are suffering? During the transition that was done through the Transition Authority (TA), functions were transferred from the defunct municipal councils. Workers were also seconded from the national Government to county governments. We need to relook at that and ensure that our former councillors are paid.
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Madam Temporary Speaker, most former councillors or grassroots leaders have families that they cannot sustain. Some of them live in deplorable conditions. Leadership is a God-ordained role that should be protected. For example, you have served as a Member of Parliament for Eldoret East and a Cabinet Minister. Sen. Irungu was the Chair of Murang’a County Council and Member of the National Assembly. We pray that he becomes the Governor for Murang’a County. Those who have served their second term as Members of Parliament are well taken care of. As I speak, the forum called Former Elected Members of Parliament ...
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Even as we take care of Members of Parliament and other former elected leaders, we must also include councillors. Most of them cannot even educate their children. Some of them are old and sickly. Their families have crumbled because they gave it all.
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Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker---
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Madam Temporary Speaker, I appreciate that the Attorney- General emeritus is the institutional memory of this country. However, as a country, there is a way we must insist and urge.
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Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that this Motion – as Sen. Wako has said – is one that this Senate has taken with the seriousness it deserves. I, therefore, call upon the Government and the necessary agencies to work together to ensure that we give a dignified life, and not a dignified exit, because we do not want to--- I, therefore, call upon all Senators to come together and support the 12,000 former councillors who are watching us today. That is the reason they brought the Petition to the Senate and not the National Assembly, because they know that ...
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18 Oct 2018 in Senate:
With those few remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second.
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17 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the outset, I want to congratulate Sen. Pareno for this Bill. There was a petition that we brought here when I was the chairman of Nandi Team Transparency Group. I remember the first encounter when we wanted to present a petition to the County Assembly of Nandi in 2014; it did not end well. This is because, apparently, there was no standardized procedure. I ended up being injured. Apparently, there was no standardized procedure. That is when I was injured. In fact, the reason I suffered injuries is because we were taking a Petition ...
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(g) indicate whether any efforts have been made to have the matter addressed by a relevant body and whether there has been any response from that body or whether the response has been satisfactory; (h) Indicate whether the issue in respect of which petition is made is pending before any court of law or other constitutional or legal body.
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