13 Nov 2024 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It has now become a trend for the cabinet secretaries not to appear before this honourable House. For example, the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Health is supposed to communicate to us 24 hours before. Sending a letter today means that she does not care. This is a trend that has been going on and on. We have said many times, if you can remember, that the only issue that can allow them not to come before this House is if they have a Cabinet meeting. I want this House to ...
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31 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have two Statements to read today, with your permission. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the utilization of development funds by the County Government of Marsabit. For the past seven years, funds allocated for development in Marsabit County amounting to billions of shillings have been consistently diverted towards relief supplies. This is despite the existence of a separate allocation specifically designated for drought mitigation and relief efforts. This diversion has hindered the achievement of the core purpose of ...
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31 Oct 2024 in Senate:
(3) Outline the amount of money set aside for pro-poor programmes, unforeseen emergencies, relief efforts and drought mitigation during the same period.
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31 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the state of ongoing investigation at the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC). The KNTC has lost over Kshs6.5 billion under unclear circumstances with established suspicion of fraud. This led to constitution of disciplinary committee which has been looking into the matter and dealing with all staff involved. The DCI and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have also been investigating the matter for fraud and potentially other offenses. To this end, there have been dismissal of some ...
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31 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the reallocation of development funds by Marsabit, Turkana and Samburu counties towards special programmes for distribution of food and other relief supplies. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Indicate the original and supplementary budget allocation for those counties for the years 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024. (2) Explain all instances where the said county governments reallocated development funds to a special programme for distribution of foodstuffs and other relief supplies in the aforementioned financial years, stating whether ...
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30 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have three statements. Let me start with Statement number one. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism regarding the importation of rice by the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC). In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State the quantity and price per kilogramme of all consignment of rice imported through the KNTC from 2020 to date. (2) Clarify whether KNTC floated competitive tenders for the supply of rice during the aforementioned period, and if so, disclose the companies ...
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24 Oct 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to support the Statement by the distinguished Sen. Kibwana. Health issues are a big problem in this country. The MLKH issue is not just the only one facing this country. A few days ago, a hospital in Laisamis Constituency had a problem. Two people died because of a problem that could be managed easily. The two died because they did not have drugs to treat snakebites or antivenom. If you look at hospitals around this country, there are many problems. When the national Government was running the hospitals, problems were not much. I even said ...
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