17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
With this law, no co-operative will come into place and then close within a short time. If it closes, then those who run the co-operative will be answerable before the counties and national governments and justice will be done to ensure they are brought to book. The collaborative venture of the national and county governments is important in ensuring that management is good. There is also need to come up with a standard of management of co-operatives. The management of co-operatives should run across the board so that what works in Kitui works in Nandi, Moyale and any other place. ...
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17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Sometimes you may find two or three co-operatives being run by the same people. When it is detected that a certain co-operative has a similar name to another one, that is also ground for rejection. There will be a lot of scrutiny for co-operatives. That is important because sometimes board members could be in a co-operative that is performing poorly but the same people are also board members in other co-operatives. This Bill will ensure that such issues are sieved out so that if there are co-operatives with similar names and all that, then they will not be registered. It ...
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17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
You can imagine an ordinary Kenyan saving money in a cooperative, that he or she has denied himself a lot because they have school fees and rent to pay, they still give Kshs2,000 to Kshs3,000 to a cooperative society. Cumulatively, after some years, this Kenyan expects that he or she will take a loan that will help them do a big project. Sen. (Dr.) Zani, this is a very noble amendment. I am happy that you brought it to the Floor of this House. This amendment should see the light of the day. It should be enriched so that we ...
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to comment on what Sen. Cherargei just said. I wonder where he gets the confidence to undermine the positions of people, especially a CS. Hon. Amina Mohamed has done so much for the sports fraternity. With due respect, I suggest that you make a ruling that he apologizes to all the women of Kenya and refrains from using abusive and undermining language to the women of Kenya who are in leadership positions.
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. I thank the National Assembly for passing the Bill without amendments. We have lost a whole year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have not had any major athletics competition and that has really demoralized our sports men and women. I am happy that this House has taken time to consider this Bill so that it becomes law. It is good that Kenya is among the signatories of this Bill because that means that we are International Organization for Standardization (ISO) compliant. It is important ...
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, athletes bring a lot of glory to our country. Some of our sports men and women win medals and other awards in their hay days. There is need for us to fast-track the Bill. I would like to thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the centre that you started for athletes that is still under construction. I am alive to the things that you, Mr. Speaker, are doing in Bungoma for the purposes of ensuring that Kenyans are involved in athletics and many issues. I am sure that if you are elected as the Governor of Bungoma again, ...
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to deviate a little bit, I am aware of the Lusaka Road that you put up. Many people have praised you for the work that you did on the road. I am also a user of the road----
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to be relevant. We rely on athletics for the purpose of getting income. There is need to have order in this area and for us to ensure that this area has sanity. Sometimes, athletes get into doping in order to win. The centres we are talking about are those that are supposed to train athletes on how to be orderly when competing in sports and how to invest when competing in sports. Many athletes make a lot of money in their hay days but they sometimes waste the money simply because they have not had ...
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29 Dec 2020 in Senate:
that they do for this country. When the athletes go out to participate in international competitions, they represent a whole nation. They represent Kenya as a Nation. The athletes who go out to represent our country should feel like we recognize what they are doing. Athletes should be advised on how to use their money so that when they are old and retired, they can have indicators of what they did during their hay days. I beg to support this Bill that I hope is going to see light at the end of the tunnel. When this Bill is enacted ...
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