15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. I thank Hon. Ichung'wah for proposing this Bill. The colleagues who have spoken before me have talked a lot about disaster management in the country. Disasters have been happening since time immemorial, and they are still happening today in some parts of the country. We know that in the near future, we will have many of them. Someone said that almost three to six months ago, we had a serious disaster in West Pokot, which affected people close to Marakwet. You can imagine that we ...
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this mask will conceal my handsomeness!
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15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that the proposed Authority will, if well-funded, coordinate disasters across the country and develop policies on disaster management, and disaster preparedness will possibly be devolved. It can be devolved so that, at least, every county will have a unit, department or county offices. This is so that whenever there is an issue of disaster across the country, there are immediate people who are deployed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, currently, we can say that the only disaster management unit in the country is Kenya Red Cross. When there are disasters in Makueni or Turkana, ...
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6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Fourth Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on Amendments to the Standing Orders to facilitate Virtual Sittings of the House and its Committees.
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6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Fourth Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on Amendments to the Standing Orders to facilitate Virtual Sittings of the House and its Committees, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 6th May 2020, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 124(1) of the Constitution and Standing Order 265− (i) resolves to amend its Standing Orders as contained in the Schedule to the Report; and, (ii) orders that the amendments to the Standing Orders as contained in the Schedule to the ...
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Fourth Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on Amendments to the Standing Orders to facilitate Virtual Sittings of the House and its Committees.
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Fourth Report of the Procedure and House Rules Committee on Amendments to the Standing Orders to facilitate Virtual Sittings of the House and its Committees, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 6th May 2020, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 124(1) of the Constitution and Standing Order 265− (i) resolves to amend its Standing Orders as contained in the Schedule to the Report; and, (ii) orders that the amendments to the Standing Orders as contained in the Schedule to the ...
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11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the amendment by the Chair of the Committee.
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11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
I support the amendment by the Hon. Chair of the Committee because it will be difficult to operationalise this without the PS. In most cases, and in many SAGAs, the Principal Secretary is always an automatic member. I am happy the two The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
Questions are separated because Members do not have a problem with the Principal Secretary. We had a problem with the reduction of the number of persons appointed from four to three. I support the amendment.
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