Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 1873.

• 14 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will need your guidance. On the issue of noise pollution, the Cabinet Secretary said that was not under her jurisdiction and that we can get answers from the Nairobi City County Government. However, she answered Part (3), (4), (5) and (6). With your permission, I can read the response. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may be if I read the reply, then the House can be informed of the response that came from the CS. Basically in Part (1) and (2), she says that the issue of noise pollution is a devolved function and can only be responded to by the Nairobi City County Government. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give the following response: The first question was: Whether the Lions Eye Hospital is licensed to play loud music in the Hospital up to and including at night to the detriment of the patients and residents of Loresho surrounding the hospital. The control of air and noise pollution and other public nuisances and outdoor advertising were devolved to the county governments. This is in line with the provisions of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Article 3 as read with Articles 185(2), 186(1) and 187(2) which set out the devolved functions. The Environment Management and ... view
• 14 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said at the beginning, it is unfortunate. I regret that part one and two of the question were not adequately responded to by the Cabinet Secretary and for the reasons that I already gave. Of course, if we had time--- I have an obligation to this House to provide answers. If we had time, I would have gone further to seek for these answers from the County Government of Nairobi or compel the Cabinet Secretary to get the answers from the County Government of Nairobi and provide this House with answers. We will still do ... view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Report on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 13th June 2017: The National Land Commission (NLC) 2015/2016 Annual Report themed: “Devolving Land Governance”. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Are you satisfied that the Chairman, Retired Justice, is responding to the point of order raised by Sen. (Dr.) Machage? He had earlier said that the responsibility lies with the Ministry but Sen. (Dr.) Machage has challenged him that he owes an answer to this House as the Chairman. He has the relevant Articles of the Constitution that he can use to compel the Ministry to supply the answer. He is still telling us that the responsibility lies with the Ministry yet he is the one answerable to the House. Is he ... view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity. I am sure that this Statement is long overdue. It was requested before we took a break. We took so long to view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fully concur with the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Sen. M. Kajwang, and supported by Sen. Abdirahman. Mediation is a process that is provided for in the Constitution. Therefore, it is absolutely important that once we embark on that route of mediation a report is filed because we gave them a responsibility, as a team, to represent us. It is important that there be a report of this particular Committee on the HANSARD because this is one of the core responsibilities of the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge you to compel the team to file ... view
• 13 Jun 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Mover of this Bill, who is the Senate Majority Leader is sending mixed signals to the House and the nation. I wish that as he moves this particular Bill which is very important, he should guide the House on how he wants the Senate to treat this matter. The Bill he is moving is granting the counties Kshs291 billion, which he is objecting to. He says at least the minimum we should go for is what the Treasury had proposed - a figure of Kshs299 billion. So, is he really moving ... view