19 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will proceed with my second Statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization, on the Status of Management of Museums and Heritage Sites in Kenya. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State the number of museums and curators under management and employment by the counties, disclosing the amount of revenue generated in the last 12 months from the facilities, noting that the management of museums is a devolved function. (2) Disclose the particulars ...
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19 Apr 2023 in Senate:
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19 Apr 2023 in Senate:
(5) Finally, state the amount of compensation and or repatriation of benefits due to the host communities from which these artifacts were removed, outlining plans if any, including legislative interventions to expand and improve the status of museums in counties, to bring them to a state of preservation of their sacred objects. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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19 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am trying to bring to the attention of the House is the procedure of acquiring that land, through a tender system. Initially, the procedure was for low cost housing. However, later on, it has been turned into another business. I am trying to look at the procedure of how this land was acquired. We want to know how it was acquired. It is not an issue of housing. The issue of housing is before the Committee on Roads and Transportation, which I am also a Member. The issue I am asking here is, how ...
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18 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on the status of carbon credit trading in Kenya. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State Kenya’s current position in the global carbon market, disclosing how the market has evolved over the past few years. (2) State the main carbon trading projects currently being implemented in Kenya, outlining the amount of carbon sequestered in the last five years and state how these projects have contributed to the country’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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13 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. This Division of Revenue Bill was brought from the National Assembly Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 9 of 2023). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the projected revenue as indicated for the financial years 2023/2024, is Kshs2.571trillion. The National Government allocation is Kshs2.155 trillion which amounts to about 84.7 per cent. County governments allocation is about Kshs385.4 billion which is equivalent of 15 per cent. The Equalization Fund is expected to receive Kshs8.4 billion and also not forgetting the Library Fund which is Kshs425 million for only 33 counties, if I am not ...
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13 Apr 2023 in Senate:
and live instead of eating rice and cake, then we face problems later on. Yes, we have a growth of 4 per cent against inflation of 9.2 per cent. Even if we have inflation, that does not mean we are going to increase the cost. We are going to increase monies to our counties and National Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at the mathematics here, if you talk about the Equalization Fund, they are getting Kshs8.368 billion which is 0.5 per cent of our total income which is about Kshs1.730 trillion. I now want to talk about money for ...
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13 Apr 2023 in Senate:
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13 Apr 2023 in Senate:
Northern Kenya. Equalization means everybody should have equal opportunities but that is not the case. The Committee also had issues with the so-called Managed Equipment Services (MES). They have allocated Kshs5.86 billion on top of what they have located to the counties, which is about Kshs4 or 5 billion. The CoB was complaining about monies going to the counties. When we were in Mombasa, she said that she cannot access county governments’ accounts. Some county governments have about 40 accounts and the money cannot be tracked. She said that she has no authority to access those funds. She has to ...
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23 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am completely confused. I am not a lawyer, but the things happening here today are really confusing. People are talking about Articles in law, but I thought if there is any issue that can be discussed about the law, the Supreme Court of Kenya can interpret that law better than anybody else. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this morning, Mzee Galgalo Sora from Marsabit, who is also a freedom fighter called me. We also have freedom fighters in Marsabit. He asked me if we are going to have Ministers coming to answer questions in Parliament like ...
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