8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
The Senate represents counties and their interest. The audit matters that come here are weighty and need investigation. Counties that did not oblige to giving financial accountability should be sanctioned. This House approves monies go to the counties because all we want is service delivery in counties. Every citizen in Kenya is entitled to the fruits of devolution. It is unfortunate that some counties did not avail their instruments for assessment. Those counties should account for public money. I know that you will make a very good ruling that will mandate these counties to present those documents before the Auditor- ...
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Accountability of public money is very important. When we say that we want 35 per cent of funds to go to the counties, it is for a reason. That money should be used for service delivery to Kenyans. That percentage is enough to run county governments and give everyone a feeling of representation.
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, there are instances where we have sent money to counties but people still complain. A good example is Migori County, which we visited some time back. The purpose of the visit was to follow up on a Petition that was raised by a PWD. It was surprising that PWDs were not involved in identifying projects that were sustainable for them. These counties are given money. There is need for their accounts to be audited so that they are queries such as, how much was allocated for the vulnerable, for women and for the youth. Besides querying, it ...
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
As a Senate, we should not play the ostrich. Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko has brought very weight information on the Floor of this House that there are some county bosses who just did not appear. There some documents they asked for and they were not availed. These cases of documents disappearing are not cases that are beginning in this Parliament. Even in the other Parliaments, documents disappearing has been very common. Apart from documents disappearing, you just find a county assembly office has gone on fire and the cause is not known. It is in the media, then the case goes ...
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8 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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3 Mar 2022 in Senate:
On a point of information.
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3 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Sen. Pogishio, I hope you will allow me to inform you. When we are talking of studies and when Sen. Halake stands here to talk of studies, it is a research and scholarly work that has been done. This is an issue of of concern not only in Kenya but globally. Women have not been predominant in issues of governance and politics. The society in the past had defined the role of women as being in kitchen. That is the information I would like to give you.
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3 Mar 2022 in Senate:
I hope Sen. Cherargei will accept some point of information. When you look at this Statement analytically, Prevalence of Sexism and Violence Against Women in Parliament. Sen. Halake has not specified not specified the Kenyan Parliament but globally it is indeed the truth that women are harassed in very many ways including psychologically. We are not talking of all the men. For instance, some male opponents will go to the field and ask; “will this woman make it?” They tend to objectify the woman and look at what irrelevant things for example, “Is she married? Is she divorced? How many ...
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