8 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what was the issue because I was not asked to substantiate anything. I am not aware of that.
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8 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would want to make something very clear. The Senator for Embu pronounced my name as Shute.
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8 Oct 2024 in Senate:
The people of Marsabit are asking me when I changed my name to Shute. Even some friends of mine from Embu are asking me what is happening. How comes that our friend and Senator is calling you Shute? If you can remember, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I told this Senate that my name is Chute, C.H.U.T.E and not “Shut”, but the Senator for Embu is calling me Shute. That is not my name. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would want to be given some time and I will kindly table those documents.
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8 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are facts which are in this country and everybody knows. Even a young 10-year-old boy knows this. I am not going to apologize for what I have in my Committee. I would rather leave this House.
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2 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to congratulate our Cabinet Secretary. Karibu sana. My question to the Cabinet Secretary is on NHIF payments. I know you have just joined the National Treasury, but I want you to note that we have a problem. There is an engineer from Marsabit, Mr. Wako Guyo, who died on 24th November, 2020. His final dues of about Kshs15 million, were tabulated and referred to the National Treasury. I know this is not the only case. The problem cuts across the country. I know you are an efficient Cabinet Secretary and will ...
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1 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (b) to make a Statement on the activities of Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration for the period commencing April to September, 2024. . During the reporting period the Committee has carried out various activities pertaining to its mandate. It has transacted the following legislative business- (a) The Committee has processed five Statements which were sought from the committees. Of the five statements, it has considered and concluded one, leaving four pending. (b) The Committee is currently considering a Motion by ...
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1 Oct 2024 in Senate:
governments for consideration in preparation of a comprehensive and accurate report to be tabled in mid-October. (d)The Committee in the course of its oversight role started an inquiry into the representation of Kenya's diversity in staff composition of various state agencies. I am pleased to inform you that the Committee has successfully met with 29 State agencies as part of the inquiry process, with each agency providing valuable input towards the progress report that I will table within the course of this week. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee in future plans to- (1) Conclude on the Motion of the Current ...
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1 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Cherarkey. About 35 governors appeared before my Committee. I have realized that this country is facing the issue of wage bill. We have parallel payrolls in many counties; the manual payroll and the automated payroll. Imagine a county getting a budget of Kshs5 billion and the wage bill is Kshs3 billion. In some instances, it is even Kshs4 billion.
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1 Oct 2024 in Senate:
I want to give you an example of the County of Kirinyaga. Kirinyaga County has got only Kshs800 million for their development programmes. Looking at Kshs800 million per year and their salary is almost Kshs2.3 billion, how would you manage development with only Kshs800 million? I want to thank Gov. Waiguru because she has done a lot with the Kshs800 million per year that she is getting.
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1 Oct 2024 in Senate:
The problem we have in this country is the issue of ghost workers. If you look at the situation in all the counties, their wage bill is very high, but production is less than 50 per cent, maybe even 30 per cent. If you are paying salaries to your people and those people are not working, how do you expect to develop that particular county? That is a problem that people and leaders in this country need to sit and discuss. That is the issue that Sen. Cherarkey is raising. We had his Governor today before us. We discussed the ...
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