16 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and duly apologize to Sen. Mungatana.
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. The CS said that this is a first time for him to appear before the Senate to engage in this manner. It is also my first time to engage with a CS after the court ruling the other day. So, I beg your indulgence if I am off the track. You know, we are just learning these things.
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. The CS said that this is a first time for him to appear before the Senate to engage in this manner. It is also my first time to engage with a CS after the court ruling the other day. So, I beg your indulgence if I am off the track. You know, we are just learning these things.
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the beauty of it is that you are dealing with a fast learner. I am guided.
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the beauty of it is that you are dealing with a fast learner. I am guided.
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the matter of human-wildlife conflict, it is a shame that 60 years after Independence, we are still grappling with the basics of the issue of human-wildlife conflict. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a case in point. Two weeks ago, in a ward called Tharaka in Kitui County, we lost a schoolgirl to a snake bite. The agony of the loss is that she was bitten by a Black Mamba, and in the list of the animals which would attract compensation from Government, Black Mamba is not listed. So, in essence, that girl is lost ...
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the matter of human-wildlife conflict, it is a shame that 60 years after Independence, we are still grappling with the basics of the issue of human-wildlife conflict. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a case in point. Two weeks ago, in a ward called Tharaka in Kitui County, we lost a schoolgirl to a snake bite. The agony of the loss is that she was bitten by a Black Mamba, and in the list of the animals which would attract compensation from Government, Black Mamba is not listed. So, in essence, that girl is lost ...
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also add my comments to the Address by the President. I seek your guidance first before I make my comments on whether you have ruled on the admissibility of the statements and documents laid by Sen. Sifuna to substantiate his claims on the Floor; specifically, in relation to the issue of the fertilizer subsidy. In my comments, I want to touch on that issue of fertilizer. However, I do not want the wrong impression to be created that I am commenting on a matter that you have not made a ruling ...
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also add my comments to the Address by the President. I seek your guidance first before I make my comments on whether you have ruled on the admissibility of the statements and documents laid by Sen. Sifuna to substantiate his claims on the Floor; specifically, in relation to the issue of the fertilizer subsidy. In my comments, I want to touch on that issue of fertilizer. However, I do not want the wrong impression to be created that I am commenting on a matter that you have not made a ruling ...
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15 Nov 2023 in Senate:
I am well guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will see how to navigate my comments. First of all, I want to say on record that before I joined the Senate in 2017, I was a senior editor in this country. I used to dispatch journalists to cover this very event; the Address of the President in Parliament. The first question I would detail my journalists to ask Members of Parliament before the Address would be: What are your expectations on the presidential Address? After that, I would debrief them on whether the expectations were met. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that ...
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