Godana Hargura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to contribute to the Debate on this Bill. I would like to state, from the outset, that I oppose the Bill as it is. Basically, this is against the spirit of devolution and liberalization of the Kenyan market. The main object of this Bill is formation of a Fertiliser Board of Kenya which is supposed to control everything that has to do with fertiliser right from production, distribution, management of importation and distribution. The Board will be establishing units at the county level. I have also learnt from previous speaker that the ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to contribute to the Debate on this Bill. I would like to state, from the outset, that I oppose the Bill as it is. Basically, this is against the spirit of devolution and liberalization of the Kenyan market. The main object of this Bill is formation of a Fertiliser Board of Kenya which is supposed to control everything that has to do with fertiliser right from production, distribution, management of importation and distribution. The Board will be establishing units at the county level. I have also learnt from previous speaker that the ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Land and Natural Resources concerning the incomplete Badasa Dam in Marsabit County which started in 2009. In the Statement, the Chairperson should address the following issues concerning the Badasa Dam:- (1) What is the implementation status of the project? (2) What was the contract sum of the project? How much has been paid to date? Whether there is any outstanding claim by the contractor and if so, how much? (3) What is the cost of the stalling of the project and ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we only have one week to go. Two weeks will be during the recess. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have another request for a Statement. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy concerning the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project which is in Marsabit County and has been publicized as the single largest clean energy project in Africa expected to generate 300 megawatts. In view of its magnitude and the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, next week is okay because I am just asking for existing documents, but not any other further information. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The Bill covers many Acts and that is why the views of the Members should have been sought in the relevant committees so that we can benefit from their deliberations on the same. All the same because the Chair has ruled that it will go to committees either way, I would like to give my contribution. The first one is with regard to the Trust Land Act. This Act has been used for a long time. The county councils have been using it and ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are hearing from Sen. Hassan is very serious. The direction we are taking is not good at all. We know that we have freedom of speech, but I am sure nobody has the freedom to incite others to take other people’s lives. Sen. Hassan has always been biased towards human rights. As a representative of his people, whenever anything happens, he has a right to defend them. He is always fair minded in the sense that; do what you are doing, but respect other people’s rights. We are having cases where Kenyans can incite others ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a serious issue because we have cases where the county assemblies are not operating like Isiolo County Assembly. I do not know how far this issue has gone. The last time we instructed the Committee on Devolved Government to sort out that issue within three weeks. However, to the best of my knowledge, we have not received any report to that effect. We are seeing serious issues coming up. It is better we handle this issue because as the Senate, we are supposed to protect county governments and make sure they take off. It ... view