Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 601 to 610 of 1873.

• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: employment bureaus. They just get enough to pay salaries and other recurrent expenditures. They are left with very little to do the actual development that was the main reason of creating counties and devolution. Therefore, I support those who have said that we will oppose reduction of the Kshs9 billion and ensure that we insist on Kshs335 billion to the counties. I support those who are opposed to the leasing of medical equipment. The Kshs6.2 billion to me is a fraud. We have talked about it several times in this House but we must now walk the talk and ensure ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I see the Statements are listed up to ‗g;‘ there are quite a number of them. I do not know how many Members are here to request for a Statement. We started this yesterday, where the Chair allowed comments after all the Statements had been requested for. I think we will save more time if you do 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. view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: that. All the Statements listed on the Order Paper can be requested for, and then you can allow 10 to 15 minutes for those who want to make some comments or to ride on them. view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make my comments on the State of the Nation Address by H.E the President. However, before you came to the Chair, we had struck a deal with the Temporary Speaker who was in the Chair then. We had agreed that in the interest of time, we would use this period to make our comments on the Statements that have been sought. Seven Statements were raised and the then Chair said that we could take a minute of our time to comment on them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: However, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my opinion, there are a few issues that I deem extremely important and which I feel he did not come out very clearly on them. First and foremost, is the ravaging hunger that has stricken our people in Turkana and parts of Baringo, caused by the prolonged drought that we are experiencing. For a country as fertile as ours which boasts of enough food in our strategic reserves, it defeats logic to hear that people are starving; and that they are going without food. We hear that there are deaths, although the Government is ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I usually go to my county every weekend, and all I see is poverty. People do not know what they will feed on; it is a dire situation. If the economy is growing, we expect to see that trickling down to the common people. How can the economy be growing yet we are being told that the allocation to the counties in the next financial year will be slashed by about Kshs9 billion? That is a contradiction, because if the economy is growing, then we expect that the revenue collected is higher. Therefore, it follows that ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: There is one thing that I was impressed with and I want to state here that I support the President fully. We will stand with him all the way in the fight against corruption. It was refreshing to hear that there is no turning back in the war against corruption. It was also refreshing to hear that there will no sacred cows in the war against corruption. That was refreshing to me and many Kenyans. However, that has been the talk for the past one year or so. We would like the President to walk the talk. The electronic version ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, corruption has brought a lot of suffering and problems to the people of the Republic of Kenya. Our situation is that the elites in the leadership are the ―chosen few,‖ who have taken advantage of the positions given to them by Kenyans to loot the very Kenyans. They loot the Kenyans whom have been entrusted to ensure they change their lives and bring development to them. Money meant for development is pocketed, and people want to invest I do not know what for. They spend money with their families yet the rest of Kenyans are suffering. ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can see that my time is almost up. The other issue that should be given a lot of emphasis is agriculture. A speaker who spoke before me noted that over 75 per cent of our population relies directly and indirectly on agriculture. However, I believe the percentage is much more than that; maybe it is around 85 per cent. If you talk about those who rely on agriculture directly and indirectly, I think it is about 85 per cent. Despite that, the Government has been giving what I would call ‗lip service‘ to the farmers. view