28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the situation of lacking a deputy governor, a speaker and a number of CECs in Nairobi is a result of poor governance which has been caused by lack of experience and enough academic credentials to lead this---.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the safe way to go about it is by carrying out an audit of governors who have fake degrees. The IEBC has got no capacity to ascertain the original degrees and fake ones. As we move forward to---.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I wind up, I want to be guided accordingly. I encourage the Committee to delve and interrogate the matter deeply and even look into the issues that led to the absence of the deputy governor, the speaker and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
County Executive Committee (CEC) members. You will end up finding that it borders on incompetence and---.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a serious matter which requires even deeper interrogation on matters pertaining Nairobi City County. Nairobi is our capital city; the heartbeat of our country and economic hub. Therefore, we must look at Nairobi City County with a special microscopic eye to ensure that it is handled by competent people.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
I have people from Kakamega and Bungoma counties and the western region who reside in this city. We need a Governor who is competent.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Senate Majority Deputy Whip in order to contribute on a Statement that he has not heard or read? The Senator was out of the Chamber. He has walked in and sneaked to sit next to me. He has no idea of what we are discussing but he has started contributing. I wish that you can give him adequate time to refresh himself by looking into the Statement before he starts to contribute.
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to continue seconding the Report of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget on the County Governments’ Infrastructure Projects, comprising county executive headquarters’ offices, county assembly chambers, county assembly offices and county state officers’ residences. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Committee and the Chairperson. As I do that, I remind this House that Article 201(d) of the Constitution of Kenya on the Principles of Public Finance provide that- “public money shall be used in a prudent and responsible way;” This Report has clearly reported on how counties have used monies on non-core ...
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28 Mar 2019 in Senate:
We also need to find a mechanism through which we can monitor the implementation of the various resolutions of this House. This is because we have turned into a House of debating; coming up with very good suggestions, yet they are not being implemented. How I wish the Chairperson, through his oversight role, would ensure that the resolutions of this report are implemented to the latter. Let us share the resolutions of this report to the CoB, the Commission on Revenue Allocations (CRA) and other relevant offices which deal with the disbursement of monies to the respective counties. Mr. Speaker, ...
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