21 Sep 2021 in Senate:
I sit in the Senate Standing Committee on ICT. As Sen. Cheruiyot has pointed out, it would be important for this Committee to have a serious special meeting with stakeholders in the media industry especially the Media Council of Kenya, the Editors Guild and the Media Owners Association, to address ourselves to the question of how the mainstream media houses react and operate within an environment where there is so much pressure from alternative media.
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21 Sep 2021 in Senate:
I also take this opportunity and say that a time has come for us as a Senate to also ask ourselves a very candid question regarding the safety of the online applications that we are using to transact official Senate business.
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21 Sep 2021 in Senate:
When we said we were going to have online meetings for the Senate, I thought the decision was that the Senate was going to procure a system that was almost tamper proof with sufficient firewalls around to ensure that we are not easily infiltrated. I am not certain that Zoom would provide that solution to us. As a Senate, we should also be asking ourselves whether we can do better in terms of the online platform that we want to use to carry out hybrid Senate Sittings.
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to condemn that action by especially the mainstream media houses. I am a journalist of good and long standing in this country. Journalists in this country are guided by the code of conduct and ethics. These are like the Bible or Quran for professional journalists. The principle of the verification of news is a cardinal principle. The code of conduct for journalists demands that before you publicize any information about any person, you must countercheck, verify and be sure that the information that you are publishing is factual. In one of our platforms, I ...
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to condemn that action by especially the mainstream media houses. I am a journalist of good and long standing in this country. Journalists in this country are guided by the code of conduct and ethics. These are like the Bible or Quran for professional journalists. The principle of the verification of news is a cardinal principle. The code of conduct for journalists demands that before you publicize any information about any person, you must countercheck, verify and be sure that the information that you are publishing is factual. In one of our platforms, I ...
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With your permission, I have three Statements under Standing Order No. 48(1). I seek your indulgence to read the three Statements.
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With your permission, I have three Statements under Standing Order No. 48(1). I seek your indulgence to read the three Statements.
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Sen. Wamatangi is holding a parallel meeting in the Chamber. We also wish to be heard. RAMPANT WRONGFUL DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN THE COUNTRY
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Sen. Wamatangi is holding a parallel meeting in the Chamber. We also wish to be heard. RAMPANT WRONGFUL DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN THE COUNTRY
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15 Sep 2021 in Senate:
I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the rampant wrongful dismissal of employees both in public and private sectors in the country.
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