Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1321 to 1330 of 1873.

• 26 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution of Kenya gives Parliament three broad responsibilities. The first responsibility is legislation; where we make laws for the country and laws that have to be abided to by every citizen and institution. The second responsibility is representation, where we represent our counties and our colleagues in the “Lower House” represent their constituencies. The third broad responsibility is oversight; a very important responsibility. It is because of the third responsibility of oversight that Article 125 was put in our Constitution. This is the power to call for evidence. For those who may not be very familiar ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order on procedure. When we came in this afternoon, we found Order Papers as usual on our desks which contained the business of the day as provided for in Standing Order No.37. A little while ago, a Supplementary Order Paper has been circulated, which, when I look at it, it is exactly the same like the Order Paper that we got earlier. I want to get clarification, what was the essence of printing a new Supplementary Order Paper? My understanding is that the Supplementary Order Paper normally comes in when we ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw my point of order. I have been guided. On the back page, there is a new Motion by Sen. Billow, which I had not seen. I apologise. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: I stand guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to give my full support to this Motion and enjoin myself in the statements that were made by Sen. Musila, that Members should not be taken for granted. When reports are tabled, it is only fair that Members get possession of them before the Motion is moved. I rise to support the Motion to adopt the Report of the RBC on increasing the Members of the Chairman’s Panel. Further, I support the proposal of Sen. Mositet as the right person in filling that particular position. This is because he has, in the past, demonstrated his ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Sorry, the Standing Orders. The Standing Orders happen to be the constitution of this House in terms of debate. Sorry, I withdraw. I discourage piecemeal amendments of our Standing Orders. We adopted them about a year ago. Therefore, by this time, we know where the shoe pinches. I would encourage a situation whereby we take a retreat and re-look at the Standing Orders and come up with proposals of amending them rather than amending them in piecemeal when The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me start by saying that I stand here with a very heavy heart. In the tragedy that happened in Mandera, I lost two people from my county, I lost young Douglas Dikatso, a 24 year old trained teacher, who was there in Abakarai Primary School as his first posting. He was a very young man, not married, the sole breadwinner of his family and he is gone. I also lost Hilary Lusaka Jumba. Another young teacher of 25 years who had worked there for a very short time and ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the said county is the county that I represent in this Senate. I must admit that I am shocked that all these allegations are being made. These are many and serious allegations. Obviously, if these allegations turn out to be true or if, it is, indeed, true that this is happening, then this will definitely hamper the operations of the County Assembly of Vihiga. I want to agree with the petitioner that the Senate should urgently investigate this matter and come up with a solution, if this is happening. I would urge that this matter be ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, suggesting addendum to what Sen. Khalwale has raised, Standing Order 227 (2) gives the Committee 60 days within which to report back to this House. This happened about a month and a half ago and we realize that we are going for recess. Therefore, if this does not happen in the next week or so, then we will have flouted the provisions of Standing Order 227 (2). view
• 20 Nov 2014 in Senate: It is the same, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view