1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This was an initiative that was started by two people, but as time went by, other leaders got involved. I thank the President for making it very clear that the purpose of the “handshake” was to ensure stability in the country.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Anything else beyond stability is an addition of other people, not what the President committed to. He committed to stability and we support him fully to ensure there is ample time for him to govern and for this country to prosper.
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Lastly, on military involvement in civilian activities, the President said that he wants to tap on military efficiency because of the discipline and efficiency of the Armed Forces, which is a good thing. There is a reason world over that military people are kept in the barracks. We do not want to give them ideas about civilian practices. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the barracks, they are shielded from civilian activities that tempt leaders and other people working in the big offices to be involved in corrupt practices. I believe that is possible to some extent. Let us keep the military ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise in support of the quarterly report from the Chairperson of the Committee on Information and Technology where I also sit. I want to begin by saying that I am a Member of three committees in the Senate and I wish to reiterate without any fear of contradiction that if there is one committee where Members have exalted and given themselves for service, they are in the Committee on Information and Technology.
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I heard the Senator for Nandi County, who is now engaging my Chairman and taking away his attention from my presentation, contributing to a Statement from the Senator of Kakamega County on Konza City. He pushed a very dangerous narrative. He said that he would want to see people arrested on account of an audit query. If people are going to be arrested on account of audit queries, then there will be no people in the offices to work. The thing to do is to make sure that because that matter is before a very competent committee of the Senate, ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
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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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
There is also a Statement on the alleged monopolistic practices by Safaricom. That is one Statement that has elicited a lot of positive interaction between the committee and stakeholders in the industry. I really like the submissions that have been made available to the committee by Telkom Kenya, Airtel Kenya, Safaricom Limited itself, the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, the CA and the CAK. The committee has been able to get inside information about the performance of Safaricom Limited.
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for coming to my rescue. Sen. Cheruiyot is very excited to see Sen. Moi in the House. He cannot sit pretty on his chair. In conclusion, on the matter of Safaricom Limited, as the Chairman has said, the Committee will retreat to do a report on the operations of Safaricom Limited and alleged abuse of a status and attendant issues around pricing. The committee will do a thorough job on that report. The interest of that person who buys airtime worth Kshs20 will be at the heart of the final report of the committee. ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information.
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to inform Sen. Cheruiyot to be patient, sit back and wait. The Report on the alleged market dominance by Safaricom is on its way. The Committee is yet to do the Report. In my submission, I stated that we have received a lot of contribution from all stakeholders in the industry on that alleged market dominance and abuse of dominance in the market by Safaricom. We are retreating very soon to do the report. Be ready to contribute to the Report.
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