30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bill No.09 of 2020) be now read a Third Time and request Sen. Farhiya to second.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, on my behalf and on behalf of the people of Kitui County, I want to really and sincerely thank the 30 delegations that have voted to pass this Bill. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am very sure that if the other 17 delegations had been accorded an opportunity to vote virtually, they too would have voted ‘yes’ as the Senator for Tharaka Nithi, Sen. Kindiki did. Madam Deputy Speaker, having passed this Bill in the Senate, I want to make a very passionate appeal to the National Assembly; that, when this Bill goes to the Floor of the ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope that this Bill will not queue unnecessarily in the National Assembly and that it will be enacted into law to help the millions of farmers across this country. Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to make it very clear that this Bill seeks to empower n dengu farmers, not just in Kitui, or Makueni, or Machakos any more than it seeks to empower the farmers in Embu, Tharaka Nithi, Taita Taveta, Meru, Kirinyaga, Kajiado and in all parts of the country where this crop is grown. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am also happy that we have ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I want to be clear that I support this Motion as amended.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
In supporting the amendment to the Motion by the Senate Majority Leader, I want to remind all of us that we are here to exercise the sovereign authority donated to us by the people of Kenya. I am not denying that we all need to exercise a lot more caution and greater fidelity to the containment measures as given to us by the World Health Organisation (WHO) globally and the Ministry of Health at the national level. Even as
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
we observe containment measures and protocols, we must also be reminded that we have a job to do. The job should be done in good and bad times, in good or in ill health. I welcome the amendment to ensure that the committees of the Senate will continue to meet virtually and where necessary physically, to address themselves to the challenges and the plight of our people.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I was a bit worried by the ruling of the Speaker in the morning that even before anyone approaches the Speaker to seek to have either virtual or physical meeting of the committees, that request had already been denied pronto. I am happy that these amendments have been brought and I thank Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko for bringing that amendment. Our first encounter with this pandemic sometimes last year, when we sort of lowered our guard as the Senate, we all know what happened. Within a few months, this country had evolved several billionaires benefiting from monies that ...
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