11 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to start by congratulating Sen. Olekina for coming up with this important Motion. Why I support him is because tourism is a major sector that can generate income for the whole nation. In Nepal, between 2009 and 2011, tourism was a major sector that was generating income for that country. So, this is an industry that we need to nurture and see how to improve so that it works for this country. Tourism has a wide range of scope. It involves the ...
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11 Oct 2018 in Senate:
What I would say is that tourism is an income-generating sector that needs to be harnessed. It creates employment even for our children and our people. So, it is a sector that needs to be improved. There is need for the industry to embrace technology. We are living in a paperless society. There is need to have web designers who can design on tourism issues and the hotels that are there and all that. There is also need for us to ensure that we protect the industry so that it becomes more stable. The industry is stable because tourists come ...
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11 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, AWARE that Article 43 (f) of the Constitution stipulates that every person has a right to education; FURTHER AWARE that Kenya is among the State Parties that ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in which the parties undertook to ensure that Persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system and that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I have been able to catch your eye. I thank you for this opportunity to comment on this Motion. Sen. Kang’ata and the people of Murang’a County should know that they have a defender in the House. Water is life.
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope you have also taken note of the many interruptions that have come in so that you do not cut me off very soon. The people of Murang’a County should know that they have a defender in this House. Sen. Kang’ata is talking about an issue that is of importance in this country. The water that serves the people of Nairobi City County comes all the way from Murang’a County. You can imagine the number of people who are served by this water. The issue of water should not have any corruption and in Murang’a County, ...
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. Indeed, I want to say---
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you; it was a slip of the tongue. I want to add my voice to this Statement that Sen. Khaniri has brought on the Floor of the House. It is a very important Statement. It is addressing the common man. Quite a number of Kenyans are labourers and there is need for policies to be put in place to ensure that Kenyan labourers are not exploited. When I am referring to exploitation, there are some labourers who go to work very early in the morning, they leave very late in the evening and even work on ...
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
I am humbled, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Thank you for this opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. I thank Sen. Khaniri for brining this Motion. I look at this Motion from a humane perspective. We are all human beings and when disaster comes, it takes one aback. There are always these questions: “Really, has it happened? Is it true? What does the future hold for me? Where do I go?” Disasters confuse people. Disasters also retrogress economic development of individuals, society and even a nation. For that reason, there is need for us to see how we can allocate ...
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4 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to debate on this Bill. I thank Sen. Cheruiyot for coming up with it. The issue of age is a global concern. When I went to London for the Disability Summit, I remember meeting a Kenyan retiree who was working there. She told me The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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2 Oct 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this important Bill that affects us. One of our mandates as is to protect the interests of the county governments and devolution. I commend Sen. Cherargei for this Bill that is affecting very important people in this country. When we talk about prudent management of the national and county resources, we must have good laws in place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of procedure, I am not a lawyer by profession. However, I feel that my thoughts are very important---.
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