22 May 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this important Statement from Sen. Sakaja. Madam Temporary Speaker, I encourage Sen. Sakaja to not rest on his laurels. He should press on until he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. This Statement is heavy loaded. We have seen the media, especially newspapers state every now and then about the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). It is ironical that we are talking of CBC, yet we are saying that Kenyans should not import spare parts. We are talking of TVET institutions, which is ...
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22 May 2019 in Senate:
We must defend our Constitution because this country belongs to the common people or wananchi and we have to ensure that they have the power. They can only have the power if we allow them to be involved in public participation. Was there public 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.
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22 May 2019 in Senate:
participation regarding this particular policy? We must ensure that, that policy is not implemented for the sake of the youth of this country.
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22 May 2019 in Senate:
I thank Sen. Sakaja for coming up with this noble Statement. I also thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice on this. I support.
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21 May 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this matter. I want to support the Statement by the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I want to condemn in the strongest terms possible, the arrest of Sen. Malalah by the police officers on Friday. It is really unthinkable that the police could do that. I remember last week on Thursday, in this House, Sen. Malalah is the one who blew the whistle about insecurity in the area. If you check in the HANSARD, it is indicated clearly ...
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21 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is wanting if, we as leaders can blow the whistle on what is happening in our constituencies and end up being the prime suspects. It is a worrying trend in this country because as we stand here we represent our people in our counties. We have to bring out clearly the ills we are seeing in our counties so that necessary action can be taken.
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21 May 2019 in Senate:
I visited Sen. Malalah in the police cell the day before yesterday and saw what he was going through. I really sympathized with him but I thank God that I had an opportunity to encourage him that he did well by talking about the issue of insecurity in his county. Even as I was comforting him, I was worried because I was also captured in the HANSARD raising the issue of insecurity in Mwamba. I wondered whether the issue would also be politicized so that I would also end up bundled into the police cells. We politicize issues so that ...
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21 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unthinkable because Sen. Malalah was arrested for blowing the whistle. What about other common wananchi who are arrested and cannot speak for themselves? They are arrested to help with investigations on something that they do not know. Since they do not know, there is nobody to speak on their behalf. Police officers should refrain from arresting people on flimsy grounds and before they have completed their investigation.
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this particular Statement. I commend Sen. Pareno for bringing the Statement, because this is a countrywide matter. The issue of the CBC has been debated many times. Now that 58 teachers were interdicted in the sub county, that is something of great concern that we as a Senate need to seriously interrogate whether there was any need for them to be interdicted. There is no rationale interdicting the 58 teachers because it has a direct impact not only on the learners but also on ...
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. As a woman living with disabilities, I know what marginalisation is and that is why I commend Sen. (Rev.) Waqo for coming up with this Motion. The Mover of the Motion has talked about national values and some of the national values that we should not forget are support for the marginalised and equality. We must uphold those values. If we do not defend our Constitution and the national values, it will be difficult for us to achieve Article 10(2)(d) that talks ...
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