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• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have tremendous respect for my learned friend, Sen. Murkomen. However, we are guided by our Standing Orders. One of the cardinal rules is that when you are on the Floor, you should not become emotional and not use unparliamentary language. Is the Senator in order to state that he is about to lose his cool? view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to correct the impression that is being created before this House that Governor Waititu was denied an opportunity to be heard. We all know that an opportunity to be heard does not mean that we pull you into this House and force you to bring evidence, so that it can be considered by this House. Opportunity to be heard means that we accord you an opportunity to present your The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: evidence before this House. The rules give hon. Waititu three days under Rule 6. What have we seen? We have sat here and accorded Hon. Waititu four hours; there was no evidence given on oath by him, there was not even a name of any one witness that was put forth before this Senate who could have come to give evidence to rebut what the County Assembly of Kiambu had placed before this Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we all appear in tribunals or courts of law. If you are given an opportunity to present evidence and you do not present ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for according me the opportunity to also make my contribution on the Report that has been tabled by CPAIC. First, I wish to thank the Chairperson of this Committee, my good friend the Senator for Homabay who as usual continues to do a very good job together with his team of Members. This is on record as one of those Committees that have tabled so many reports before the House. We must commend and encourage him. The job he is doing is not easy, it is a difficult job. When fighting corruption and seeking ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: and our people being able to receive treatment. However, that is not the case. If you read the Report that has been tabled before the House, in a County like Migori, there are no records for medical supplies that were delivered. The stories that you get across the counties makes you wonder: This money that we send to counties where does it go? Hospitals do not have drugs. It is like it was better when the national Government was running hospitals than now when hospitals are under counties. That is not what we need to see. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot allow a case where in this era and age, counties are unable to have proper book keeping. I mean, how can that be the case? If you are a county government and you cannot keep proper books, that is unforgivable. I hope what we are doing is not in vain; that these reports will not be put in some shelf to gather dust, but that some authorities will pick them up and action will be taken. We need to see deterrence. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Let me speak to the Office of the Auditor-General because at times, there is a feeling that staff in the Auditor-General’s office get compromised. A case in point is the Kiambu County case where the Committee had to make recommendations for another audit to be undertaken for that county government. I was in the session of my own County of Nyamira, when the auditors had given an almost clean bill of health over the accounts of Nyamira County and yet there were glaring issues. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: May I ask the EACC and the DPP to also have a very keen eye on the Auditor- General. This is because if they get compromised, we get shoddy jobs being delivered to us and we will not be able to play our oversight role. They must remain professional. It should not be the case that if your hands are greased with some good money, then you give shoddy reports but you do adverse reports for those who do not “see you”. No! We need to see a professional team from the office of the Auditor-General. I hope the new ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: professional, detailed and can do good work so that when we get these reports at the Senate level, our work can be made easy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, corruption has caused the downfall of many countries. Venezuela was doing very well 20 years ago, but because of corruption, it has gone down. A report was done in the 1980s that picked out Nigeria, India and Brazil as one of the countries that could have attained industrialisation at the turn of the century. Nigeria was singled out because it has been blessed with so many natural resources. However, because of corruption, ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also according me an opportunity to contribute. First, I thank my good friend, the Senator for Bomet County, Sen. Dr. Langat, for introducing this Motion for debate before the Senate. I would like to register my condolences to the people of West Pokot County who have been affected by this natural calamity. On behalf of myself and the people of Nyamira County, I say, pole . We hope that they will be strengthened because whatever happened is beyond the prevention of human beings. Secondly, we should not be embarrassed by what occurred in West ... view