Godana Hargura

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• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: 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. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: amendments which expressly state that the committees can continue working virtually so that we do not suspend our oversight role. We should oversight in a way that is in compliance with the current situation. Technology is there, and we have been using it. So let us have that and continue doing the oversight. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when the President announced the measures, there was the question which came up. The question was now on what would happen to the livelihoods of the affected Kenyans in the five counties which were said to be disease infested zones and had been closed off. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: In the first wave, there was the raft of measures such as reduction of taxation and rescheduling of loans repayment. We know that already the Governor of Central Bank (CBK) has said that the window is closing by I think next week. What happens now that we have gone back to the same situation? Those who were trying to pay those loans are already again being taken back to the situation where their businesses have closed down. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I urge the President that while implementing these measures, we also come up with ways of cushioning Kenyans so that they do not get doubly affected. Already since March last year, we have been going through this pandemic. At least, business was recovering when the economy was opened up and now we are going back to the same lockdown. Restaurants have been closed, working hours have been reduced, transport businesses have already been affected because of this lockdown. Let it not end at the lockdown because this thing will not sort itself out. Let us also take care of how ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: In other parts of the world, governments are coming up with very clear measures such as cushioning for job losses. We may not be in a position as an economy to do that but we need to make sure we also cushion our citizens as much as we can. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I support the Motion as amended. view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue of human wildlife conflict has been with us for a long time, but we have been co-existing with this wildlife for some time, especially the pastoralists. There is, however, now the issue of population increase. I have been a Member of the Committee on Lands, Environment, and Natural Resources in the previous Session. One issue that the Government seriously needs to take into account is budgeting for compensation. We have been following up, and you will find that there are many cases, which have been approved by the county wildlife management and conservation ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Environmental issues are very serious that is why we have an authority known as NEMA to deal with that. Normally, before any project of that magnitude can be approved, there must be an Environmental Impact Assessment, which has been done and approved. I was surprised the other day when this issue came up that is when NEMA summoned that mango tree company to come to its offices, which means there must have been a lapse in following of procedures. view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: The Committee should also establish from NEMA whether there was any Environmental Impact Assessment done before that project was approved or it was something that was done without approval because there is no way the authority can summon a company whose activities it had approved before. We need to know whether there was any lapse in the following of procedures before that dredging began. view