2 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I really wonder. The Prime Cabinet Secretary is giving us stories. This is a literature that the Prime Cabinet is giving us and it is very unfortunate. My second question is very clear. The question is how are you going to ensure the refugees will be returned to Kenya? They have been there for many, many years. The answers you have given from (a) to (i) are a story of what you are going to do. You have not given us a timeline. You should have told the people of Marsabit and the people of ...
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2 Apr 2025 in Senate:
I really do not understand the stories. I have asked you a question and you are asking me again the same question. Please tell us the timeline. Will they stay for another ten years, or they will be back in the next year?
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2 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Secondly, these people have been in Ethiopia for quite a long time. I want the Prime Cabinet Secretary to tell us when was the last time that officers from his office visited them in Ethiopia; if they have even done so.
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2 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and 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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1 Apr 2025 in Senate:
Housing regarding the progress of the affordable housing and related infrastructure development. In the Statement, the Committee should address the following- (1) The total number of completed affordable housing units, their total construction costs, the amount already paid to contractors, any pending payments and the selling cost of the housing units per square metre highlighting variations based on location and unit type; (2) The role the Ministry of Public Works and National Construction Authority plays in overseeing affordable housing projects, particularly in ensuring compliance and maintaining quality standards; (3) Number of housing units the National Housing Corporation (NHC) is currently ...
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27 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the committee led by my friend, Sen. Ali Roba, for this Bill. Similarly, I take this opportunity to add on what the Senator of Kitui County has just said. I want to start with the Second Schedule on the Road Maintenance Levy. I sit in the Committee on Roads with the Senator Wambua. The Cabinet Secretary came before our committee and told us that he has Kshs 7 per litre added on fuel levy and he was going to use it for offsetting pending bills. If I am not wrong, ...
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27 Mar 2025 in Senate:
chaired by my friend, Senator for Wajir, Sen. Abass, went to Lamu. We found that the county has done some construction work and they have not finished. If you look at where the construction is now, they would need millions of money to finish. So, what is the purpose of sending money to the counties and you do not finish your projects? Two weeks ago, we went to Lodwar in Turkana County. There is a park called Biashara Park, a three-storeyed building, but not finished. It consumed millions and millions of monies. There are projects that are not complete. They ...
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27 Mar 2025 in Senate:
When we support and pass this budget, we think we are supporting the governors. Yes, we need to support the governors, but we need also to support our people. We are not supporting an individual, but communities. If you really care about your community, where you come from, please visit your counties. You should go to the wards and see the project that has been initiated, the ones that have been completed and what has not been completed. With that, you will know the exact situation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I live in Karen and the road going to my ...
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27 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Allow me to speak. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I was just saying is this. At 6.00 O'clock, we have to go to the Mosque. So, considering that we have a few of us here who are going to go to the Mosque, let us limit to three minutes. That is fine with us.
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