25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to thank Sen. Githuku; Senator for Lamu County for bringing this Statement. Article 27 of the Constitution talks of the Right to Freedom from Discrimination. It states that no person shall be discriminated against on any basis; be it religion, race or tribe. What the Senator for Lamu County has brought to the Floor of this Senate is an important issue. We debated earlier on the issue of county boundaries and conflicts between certain communities. At the back of our minds, we must always remind ourselves that people ...
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
something that I have personally tried to remind my community. It should never happen that a community living in a certain area rises up in arms against another community.
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
The Senator for Nairobi---
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
I can now proceed, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We have heard of leaflets being distributed in Lamu---
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25 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Sure, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support this Statement. I wish to state that the path or direction that the people living in Lamu are taking is not right. Those few elements who are distributing the leaflets should be picked by law enforcement, brought to book and justice be served. Otherwise, we will not have a country if we are to probably say that the Luhya community, which is the majority in Kakamega County, should be the only tribe allowed to live there and any other community that lives there must permanently disappear from that region. If we do so, ...
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I will say just two things in support of the Petition that has been presented by Sen. M. Kajwang’. First, I find it a clever way of pushing forward the accountability agenda. What Sen. M. Kajwang’ has done is that together with the petitioners, they have identified the funding that has been set aside for this project, including the vote head. With that, it will be difficult for anyone to say that funds are not available for the project because the question would be, where was Kshs300 million allocated for the project diverted to? Therefore, it is ...
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, have you seen what Sen. Orwoba did? She walked across to this other side, just to talk to Sen. Abdul Haji.
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18 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for indulging me and giving me an opportunity to seek this Statement on matters security. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the heightened insecurity situation in Mutha Ward, Kitui County. In the Statement, the Committee should – (1) Apprise the Senate on the measures the national Government has put in place to respond to the current insecurity situation affecting the residents of Mutha Ward in Kitui South Constituency of Kitui County, perpetuated by gun-wielding bandits who have ...
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