3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if somebody from Marsabit calls me and asks; Mzee,
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
I tell them that I do not know. I saw a Cabinet Secretary (CS) wearing a Hublot watch costing Kshs 3.2 million, his belt costs, Kshs500,000, shoes, Kshs680,000 and the suit, is almost Kshs1.2 million. That is Kshs6 million walking on the street.
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
Then if somebody asks him where he is getting this money from, he says that he will go to court and sue them. Waende huko kortini sasa . Gen Zs have brought out these issues and we are going to face it head on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if, as a Senate, we want to stop corruption and excesses, we must start from the counties. I am in the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and my committee Chairperson, Sen. Abass, is here. Development projects and programmes in some counties are up to the tune of 6 per cent ...
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
On the borrowings, if you look at President Moi's Budget in 2007, it was Kshs2.18 billion and the expenditure was Kshs324 billion. Similarly, in 2012, the budget was at Kshs1.52 trillion and today, our budget is at Kshs3.9 trillion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a problem which is not taxes that are being paid, but our expenditure. We live beyond our means; we have thieves as Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries (PSs) and MPs. Let us not spare this House. We also have a problem and we must start from this House. Everybody knows how much we are earning but ...
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
correct and you are trying to help a certain region, stop doing that. Do your work, sack all of them. We have lost a lot of money. I ask our Senate Majority and Minority Leaders to think about what we are going to do in handling the county governments’ issues. The problem starts with the counties. Every Gen Z comes from a county. If you go to your county today, you will find foreigners, including people we do not know, working in those counties. If these Gen Zs are allowed to work in their counties, do you think we would ...
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was before us and they employed 56 per cent of their staff from one community. Do you think the President is aware? No. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate.
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
Additionally, some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) working in institutions are worried. They are being forced to do things that they are not supposed to do. They are being told that this money has been sent by so-and-so and you must do this or that. They have a problem. The only way to solve this problem is for the President to do a memorandum to all CEOs and Director Generals to tell them not to listen to anybody who uses his name. That memorandum has to be publicized. We need to see it. That the President has--- Please give me one ...
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3 Jul 2024 in Senate:
So, if we have that kind of a memorandum, I am sure these thieves will stop stealing from our people. In conclusion, I thank Members who are here. Last week, we almost adjourned. I want to thank the 19 Senators who said we should not go for recess, including myself. Today, our Majority Leader has seen the fruit of us saying no. I want to also thank the Majority and Minority Leaders for bringing this issue today before the people of Kenya and the Senate. I thank you.
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26 Jun 2024 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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26 Jun 2024 in Senate:
Asante, Bw. Spika. Ninasimama kuunga mkono mjadala huu. Pia, ninachukua nafasi hii kutuma pole zangu kwa wale vijana waliuwawa, walioumizwa pia na wale wako hospitalini kwa ajili ya maandamano. Jana, mimi, Seneta wa Pokot na Wajumbe sita kutoka Bunge la Taifa tuliingia kwa ambulensi ili tuweze kutoka kwa majengo ya Bunge. Tulikutana na vijana waliokuwa wanasimamisha ambulensi na sisi tulikuwa kwa moja. Hiyo gari imenyoroshwa na mawe, mbele, nyuma, katikati na kila mahali. Bw. Spika, leo ungesikia vifo vya Wabunge nane vilivyotokea jana. Mungu alikuwa nasi na akatuokoa. Kuna askari walitupa vitoa machozi na tukapata nafasi ya kutoka kwa hiyo ...
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