Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1491 to 1500 of 1873.

• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that that is really a handful but I will attempt to answer. Sen. Murungi, my senior, wants us to expedite the process of bringing the comprehensive list and he has specifically said that he wants it in three weeks’ time. If you may remember very well the history of this Statement, we had requested for three months two weeks ago, but you ordered us to come with this initial Statement. Therefore, for us to come up with a comprehensive Statement, we still insist that we will need three months and not three ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are fully aware that the answers are provided by the Cabinet Secretary and I am not a member of the Executive. But I want to state that most of the issues that have been raised by the Senators, I think we will put them into consideration so that when we come up with a comprehensive answer to this particular request by Sen. Murungi, we should be able to address most of these issues that have been raised by Sen. (Dr.) Kuti and Sen. Kagwe. Therefore, I want to request that we table this Statement, let Members ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you may remember, it is just last week but one that we requested for three months and you ordered us to come with an answer last week which we were unable. So, three months minus two weeks is two-and-a-half months to be very precise. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am aware that the Statement that Sen. Haji is going to issue is a Statement that I requested for. So, before I get into the other side of asking questions, could you allow me to remain on this side, finish with mine and then he can proceed? view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 23rd October, 2013, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. requested for a Statement from my Committee. In the Statement, he wanted to know the names of persons logging at the said forests, the number of trees so far cut down, whether The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to answer Sen. Murkomen’s question, outrightly, we all know that under the Schedule of Distribution of Responsibilities, forests fall under the national Government. Therefore, I want to believe that it is the national Government. But I think that it is up to this House to decide whether we want to transfer these powers to the county governments. This is because we all know that we are pushing for the county governments to benefit from the resources that fall within their jurisdiction. Therefore, it is important that this House considers making an amendment, so that this responsibility is ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with him. As I said, these are some of the grey areas that I think, as a Senate, our job being to protect the county governments and ensure that county governments have enough resources to run, it is important that we come up with clear laws to ensure that this function of forests is squarely put under the county governments and Governors. So, I agree. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have the answer to that question, but given time, I should be able to get this answer for the hon. Senator. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second Statement is on Masongaleni Settlement Scheme. We are still--- view
• 5 Nov 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is a statement on the settlement scheme and we are not very ready with it. We still need some more time. view