Godana Hargura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2021 in Senate: I vote yes. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I vote yes. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion on deciding which way to go; Plenary or Committee. As you have clearly said, it is not the substance of the impeachment itself, but the procedure. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Our procedure in the Standing Orders is clear which way to go; either plenary or committee. We have seen that we borrowed from the Constitution on how to do it, but the Senate has done it both ways before; the committee and plenary. As a person who sat in two committees that investigated the proposed removal, by impeachment, of Governor Wambora--- The Senate works through committees, which is the effective way to work. The problem I have is that once the committee does its work, since it was working for the Senate, that report either way, should be discussed by ... view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Lately, there has been a tendency of going the Plenary way because of the Senate not being able to debate the report of the committee, if it says the charges have not been substantiated. So long as we have that in Standing Order No. 75(4) (a), then we will not be able to, as a Senate, do justice to what the committee has done. At the end other day, that is a Senate and not a committee decision. Committees work for the Senate, but it is for the Senate to make a decision. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: So long as we have that paragraph there in our Standing Orders, I would want to go the Plenary way, until we amend our Standing Orders to remove that paragraph which says that once the committee has found issues not substantiated, then there is no further debate. That way, it is as if the committee will have usurped the powers of the Senate to make that decision fully. For now, I think there has been a move towards Plenary because of that restriction. It is something we can see. If we look at the same Constitution, that is why we ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order. I would like to know whether Sen. Sakaja is in order to insist that, while it is clear that we are not disputing that either by popular or parliamentary initiative, the number of constituencies can be increased? The issue is to locate them because the Constitution talks of the population, that is the work of the IEBC. If there is a Schedule which has already been allocated to them, what will be the work of the IEBC? view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. What we are dealing with is the first amendment to the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The main gain or cornerstone of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is devolution, where parts of this country that had been left behind, at least, felt that now they can address their issues. This is because the main issue was resource allocation, representation and self-governance at the county level. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, by amending this Constitution, either by popular initiative or parliamentary, my understanding is that we are improving. Based on that aspect of devolution, I would like to look at what the proponents of these amendments by popular initiative have brought in, which will enhance that. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: First, I would like to look at Clause 49, which amends Article 202 of the Constitution. When we are sharing resources, we look at the recent approved audited accounts by the National Assembly. This year, in the Division of Revenue, we used the audited accounts of the Financial Year 2016/2017. That is why when you look at the Division of Revenue Bill, it was giving 27 per cent of the resources to the counties. This is because it was based on an old financial year. This amendment is timely because it looks at the latest audited accounts by the Auditor-General. ... view