25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I take this opportunity to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi, although I am not happy to have cut him short. I know that he takes security issues seriously and is a committed leader in this Senate. I would like to inform him that the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations we now have, led by Sen. Cheptumo, is likely to be different. To their credit, I raised the issue of insecurity in Kitui, just a week ago and today, they invited me to deliberate on my Statement. By a resolution of all the Members, ...
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With your permission, I will seek the two Statements at the same time.
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the drought mitigation programmes in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). In the Statement, the Committee should – (1) State whether the Government has an integrated drought management plan or framework for combating drought crisis and mitigating their socio-economic and environmental impacts and if there is one, the status of implementation of the same. (2) Explain whether the Government has any plans to roll out a national livestock off-take program to mitigate the huge losses suffered ...
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. I am sorry for interrupting Sen. Olekina. The full context of this Statement is that, last year, I raised a similar Statement, which went to three Ministries; the Ministries of Devolution and Planning, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the National Treasury. All the CSs met the Committee that was then led by Sen. Sakaja and a decision was made in writing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you look at today’s Statement, it makes reference to a resolution that former councilors should be paid at least Kshs200,000. The money was supposed to have been ...
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