Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 921 to 930 of 1873.

• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was a Co-Chair to the Mediation Committee and I am sorry for coming in late. I should have been the one moving this particular motion. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving it on behalf of the committee. I want to inform the honorable distinguished Senator from Bungoma County, who is my leader, that the Mediation Committee did not delete any forest from gezettement. 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, ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was a Co-Chair to the Mediation Committee and I am sorry for coming in late. I should have been the one moving this particular motion. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving it on behalf of the committee. I want to inform the honorable distinguished Senator from Bungoma County, who is my leader, that the Mediation Committee did not delete any forest from gezettement. 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, ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that our target is to get to 10 per cent and we are not there. I may not have the exact figure but I can check and report back to the House. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that our target is to get to 10 per cent and we are not there. I may not have the exact figure but I can check and report back to the House. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the adoption of the amended version of the Bill. As stated earlier on, I had the privilege to co-chair the Mediation Committee together with Hon. (Dr.) Wilbur Otichillo from the National Assembly. We had debated the Forest Conservation and Management Bill extensively and what we are doing today is just to adopt the mediated version. Having been a co- chair and your representative in the Mediation Committee, I owe you an explanation of what transpired. It should be noted that this Bill originated from the National Assembly and the Senate had made ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the adoption of the amended version of the Bill. As stated earlier on, I had the privilege to co-chair the Mediation Committee together with Hon. (Dr.) Wilbur Otichillo from the National Assembly. We had debated the Forest Conservation and Management Bill extensively and what we are doing today is just to adopt the mediated version. Having been a co- chair and your representative in the Mediation Committee, I owe you an explanation of what transpired. It should be noted that this Bill originated from the National Assembly and the Senate had made ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only aspect that we lost in the mediation was that we had moved an amendment as the Senate, so that all the relevant counties are furnished with pertinent copies of all relevant documents maintained by the Chief Conservator of Forests. The National Assembly argued that under the Constitution this is public knowledge and the counties are at liberty to access this particular information. Therefore, it would be cumbersome for the Chief Conservator of Forests to furnish all counties with all these documents. We let go that one. Otherwise, we won all the amendments that the ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only aspect that we lost in the mediation was that we had moved an amendment as the Senate, so that all the relevant counties are furnished with pertinent copies of all relevant documents maintained by the Chief Conservator of Forests. The National Assembly argued that under the Constitution this is public knowledge and the counties are at liberty to access this particular information. Therefore, it would be cumbersome for the Chief Conservator of Forests to furnish all counties with all these documents. We let go that one. Otherwise, we won all the amendments that the ... view
• 14 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 14th July, 2016:- Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on The Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.43 of 2015). view
• 13 Jul 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Did you hear the hon. Senator say that he sought a statement from the Committee on Interior? Probably, now that explains why he has not got his statement because we do not have any Committee like that one in this House. view