Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 1873.

• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Chairman for the response but I am disappointed by the response that he has given. It is extremely inadequate and does not respond to the issues that I had sought in my Statement. Clearly, even after none other than His Excellency himself was on national television giving assurance that all public schools will have been issued with title deeds by the last day of March, which is just a few days from today- this was a deadline that he imposed on himself and the Government- nothing has been done since then. ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether you are satisfied that the Chairperson should continue answering because I am not. He has been unable to answer the first and the most basic question that I asked him; to provide a list of schools in Kenya and the status of the title deeds. I had a reason to ask this question. The Chairperson has only provided information on a few schools and says that the information is not under his jurisdiction. I know that there is a Liaison Committee and we have a Chairperson ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As you correctly pointed out, my first question was in two bits; the list of all public schools which he says he is unable to obtain but I also requested for the status. The Chairperson has said that he can only have information about schools that have applied for title deeds or those which have already been issued with. Then he goes on to give us the applicants who are 5,319. He says out of that only 345 have been issued with titles. I believe these are the new applicants. So, ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is raising is constitutional. We, as a House, should take it more seriously than we are. If the “lower” House has breached our Constitution then we should not join them in doing so. As the “upper” House we will uphold the Constitution and its provisions. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale cited Article 110(3) and you also cited it during your communication; when delivering the message. It was breached. It would be wrong for us to continue the process on this Bill before that anomaly is rectified. It is my wish that this Bill ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 17th March, 2016; The Annual Report of the National Land Commission for the Year 2014/2015. Thank you. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a request. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I know the questioner says that she is satisfied with the answer. However, let me make it clear that the Chairperson says that the Government has made it mandatory for Safaricom Ltd and Airtel to extend their services to those areas. Safaricom Ltd and Airtel are business enterprises and the reason they are not extending service to that area even if you force them, is because it is not profitable. That is why when I was at the Ministry, we established the Universal Service Fund which the Government controls so that they can assist such areas where ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not riding on the same, but I am rising in regard to Statement No.(a). We expected that this statement would be issued today because it was on the Order Paper yesterday. The Chairperson was here, ready with the answer, but we requested for time to interrogate the written reply and that it be issued today. The Chairperson has been here and immediately we came to the Order of Statements, he disappeared. This was very deliberate and in contempt of this House. He should be reprimanded or some sanctions be taken against him because he ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Speaker, allow me to join you in welcoming the delegation from the great County of Vihiga, the county that I represent in this Senate. I would like to note that Vihiga County has taken full advantage of the Speaker’s capacity building programme for counties. You will note that this is the fifth delegation that is visiting the Senate from that county. I wish to encourage them and tell them that as a nation, we rely fully on county assemblies to ensure that devolution benefits Kenyans. We struggle to send The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Speaker, allow me to join you in welcoming the delegation from the great County of Vihiga, the county that I represent in this Senate. I would like to note that Vihiga County has taken full advantage of the Speaker’s capacity building programme for counties. You will note that this is the fifth delegation that is visiting the Senate from that county. I wish to encourage them and tell them that as a nation, we rely fully on county assemblies to ensure that devolution benefits Kenyans. We struggle to send The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for ... view