4 May 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I can see rigging and biasness here. I was first to rise on my feet.
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4 May 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I join my colleagues in supporting this Bill. I declare to all and sundry that when we came in 2013, we had to come up with a County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2013. Then, for every other year, the County Allocation of Revenue Bill has been passed by this House. I went home and found an erroneous statement being paraded by people in the county that no Senator brings money to the county. They went ahead to say that whether or not the Senate exists, money will still flow to the county. What an erroneous ...
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4 May 2016 in Senate:
This year, more money has been allocated to the counties than last year. It is not enough but it is more per county and, more particularly, the grants that go to counties should be seen on the ground, because they are given deliberately for a particular purpose, say, allocation for maternal health care. There is a very particular arrangement in the tabulation; a column for county, number of deliveries and projected income. The number of deliveries state that Bungoma had 32,000 newborns. As a result of that number of children being born, they have been given Kshs189 million to be ...
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4 May 2016 in Senate:
Sen Murkomen talked about a man called Kibor. There are so many Kibors and Chebors in West Pokot who are not born in hospitals. Why do we give more money to people who have clear systems to access these facilities, yet others have not been captured? I expected places like The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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3 May 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, further, could the Vice Chairperson reveal how much was paid per acre and if there were various payment modules per acre from Loiyangalani to Suswa, so that we see the variation? If there is a variation, why is that so? This is because the line is only one. The same scenario is replicated in the line from Turkwel to Lodwar and from Turkwel to Kitale. We would want to know whether you are compensating the people appropriately or there is some oppression of some kind.
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3 May 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairman is not handling the bit I asked. He should just tabulate and tell us how much it costs per acre. It is essential because some areas starting from the point we want to bring the power from are being oppressed. Some are given almost zero compensation. So, it is important that since your line does not change color or size, you should pay a standard figure. If Ngong is the standard measure per acre, the whole country should be the same because you will now have some minerals in Samburu County that you should anticipate ...
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3 May 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Did you hear Sen. (Prof.) Lesan saying that the Chairman was struggling? How do you struggle when you are doing your duty? Are you confessing that you are incompetent because the terminology “struggling” means you are unable to work?
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