16 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know we are doing ---
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16 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as Sen. Orengo rightly put it when we began these proceedings, these are time-bound proceedings. Looking at the demeanor of the witness, if it takes five minutes to answer one question which requires a “yes” or “no” answer, these proceedings may never come to an end. I urge you to remind the witness that we do not have the luxury of time. If you ask me whether I have refunded money, I will either tell you yes or no, then the Senate will draw conclusions. He should not take five minutes to answer a very simple question. ...
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16 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe I should assist counsel for the governor so that we do not waste a lot of time. All those documents are in this file including the signatures and the dates.
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16 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to make reference to the Fifth Schedule. Under Rule 22, time for Senators to ask questions is limited to two minutes. However, if you go to Rule 21, there is no capping of time for cross-examination. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a lacuna there and we need your intervention. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my proposal is that you invoke Rule 29 and limit time for cross- examination. Rule 29 says:- “Where no provision has been made in the Standing Orders or in these rules, the Speaker of the Senate shall rule on the question or the ...
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I just want to make a follow-up on the issue that has been raised by Sen. Kang’ata that this is a matter touching on dispensing justice to Kenyans. The insurance company is electing to settle claims arising from court orders through installments and in some cases, issuing cheques post-dated to April next year.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
My view is that this is a matter that is squarely within the ambit of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights because there is no way one can dispense 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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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
justice to Kenyans if they have not been able to honour court judgments especially to people who have already paid premiums to the insurance company.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
The law requires that once a claim has been found to be genuine, the insurance company should promptly pay the claim.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, with your permission, I propose that this is a matter that should either be dealt with by the two committees or it should be referred to the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues in condemning any acts of negligence by our medical practitioners, especially the very painful act of taking a person who is still alive to the mortuary. However, we must also be sensitive that as a country we have not done enough to motivate our medical practitioners. We cannot have any justifiable reason why to date, there are hospitals that do not have PPEs for doctors, nurses or clinical officers. Today we had a sad case where we lost a physiotherapist called Ronald Nyarandi in Keroka Hospital. He caught COVID-19 in the ...
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