28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a person who wishes to enter into a contract for supply of goods, works and services with a national or county government entity shall make a declaration to the accounting officer of the entity on any pending payment owed to a small micro enterprise (SME). This Bill has taken care of the special groups as well. Like 70 per cent of the economy of Kenya at least the last time I checked the statistics is through SMEs. If those are the ones that are the drivers of the economy, then there is need to also let ...
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I am also in the Committee of Finance, Commerce and Budget. This order was given on Thursday and we were told to go to the
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
ground on a Monday. Many politicians had already made their own arrangements in terms of where they need to be. The other challenge we had was, there are two committees – a joint committee. The other thing we felt was if, the people we were to meet ---
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Please, listen first, I finish, then you can comment. Madam Deputy Speaker, you need to protect me.
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, no, I am not. I am a member.
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21 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to talk about the issue of quorum in our Committee on Finance and Budget. Only Sen. Nyamunga confirmed. The Chair asked on our platform who was ready to go to Vihiga on Monday. Most importantly, both the governor and Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) were not ready for us. Who were we going to meet? That is another question that we need to answer. My Chair had the intention of us going there to follow the directive of the Speaker. However, practically that could not work.
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15 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I thank Sen.(Dr.) Milgo and the Committee for the foresight to address a glaring gap in legislation.
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15 Jul 2021 in Senate:
We have been churning out many persons for white-collar jobs in our institutions. Is there proper career guidance when people are completing school in terms of their skills and where they can branch into? We cannot explain that everybody goes to university and we have many graduates out there who do not have jobs. What mechanism has the Ministry of Education put in schools to ensure students are properly guided in career?
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