23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to the Statement by Sen. Sakaja.
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
I will say only three things. First, it is unfortunate that a Government that is keen on increasing the number of people that own houses has a Cabinet Secretary saying that they will demolish houses and acquire land for reasons that can only be explained by the Cabinet Secretary.
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
The people that live in Sunvalley and KMA estates followed due process. I know this because I am a member of the African Inland Church (AIC) and we have a church in Sunvalley Estate. I know that people followed due process to acquire land and erect their buildings.
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
The second thing I want to say about this matter is that matters land are the province of the National Land Commission (NLC). The core mandate of the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry is to ensure environmental conservation. We are speaking at a time when this country is suffering great loss of forest cover. What the Cabinet Secretary should be doing is to look for those forests that are being destroyed and come up with programmes for proper re-afforestation. If he does not know some, I will direct him to some forests in Kitui. We will show him where ...
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
Lastly, Madam Temporary Speaker, the people who own property in these estates are servicing loans. They have taken loans and other credit facilities on account of the titles that were issued by this Government.
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
I want to call the Cabinet Secretary to order. If he has decided to do what is called compulsory acquisition of property, there is a procedure to follow and the people should be compensated fully and promptly. In the absence of that, the Cabinet Secretary must be called to order.
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23 Jun 2020 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, this is astonishing. The Report that the Senator for Mombasa County was supposed to move on the Floor today, is here. The Report is signed by the requisite number of Members. We have patiently waited to debate this Report. You have assigned time for this Report to be debated just for the Senator for Mombasa County to ask for the postponement of the debate when he is called to move the Motion. That is ambushing the Chair and the Members. I urge that we do not set a bad precedence. There are Members of that Committee who ...
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16 Jun 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I do not know what the cause of excitement is. I want to thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to begin by reminding us that the motto of the Parliament of Kenya clearly states that both Houses of Parliament exist to push forward the welfare of society and the just government of the people. The people of Kirinyaga County are crying out for justice from the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. They define justice differently according to different segments of that society. However, all of them are crying ...
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16 Jun 2020 in Senate:
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