13 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 45 2 (b) to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Land and Natural Resources regarding the construction of Pokot Cement Plant. In the Statement the Chairperson should:- (a) State if he is aware that in June 2010 the then Prime Minister of Kenya launched the construction of Pokot Cement Plant at Sebit in West Pokot County. (b) Explain what stalled the construction of the plant. (c) Explain if the investors, Cemtech and Sanghi Group are still interested in the project and if so, when ...
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13 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, give us a week.
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13 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are still working on it. We will bring it on Tuesday next week.
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13 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Speaker requested for a statement and the Committee was reconstituted recently but we are working on it. As to how the Committee will handle it, the Deputy Speaker has to wait. Whether we are going to summon the governor or not, it is not for him to tell us. We will give even a provisional way forward next Tuesday.
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12 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in supporting the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. At the same time, I want to congratulate Sen. Wetangula for being bold enough to want to present his candidature as a Kenyan to be looked at as a presidential candidate. What we saw on our televisions and read in the newspapers was worse than what we normally see in the movies. There were some people who begun to speak some days in advance that they would disrupt the event just because they wanted to stop the ambitions of Sen. Wetangula and Sen. ...
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30 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I mean we should pay attention to what Sen. Munyes said because of the neighbouring problems as well. They have used over Kshs430 million yet there are no projects on the ground. It is like there is a scheme to defraud money through starting of projects that are never completed. Even projects that will be built 50 years from today have been started now. They want them to become stalled projects as long as they make a killing and disappear. Lastly, last week in a report that was brought here, the pending bills in Turkana County for ...
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30 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order Nos.177(3) and 179(1), the Senate approves the following Senators nominated by the Rules and Business Committee to be members of the following committees:- i) Standing Committee on Land and Natural Resources- Sen. George Khaniri. ii) Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation- 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
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30 Mar 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In the current dispensation, the presidency is composed of the President and the Deputy President. Yesterday evening for over one hour ---
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30 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Very good, you watched. I did not manage but I heard ---
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30 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Yes, and that was good news. Yesterday, every item that was touching on the State of the Nation was given live and in an interaction with Kenyans. As the Chair said, this report – you should have watched it yourself yesterday – will be given by the President tomorrow. It makes sense for the Opposition. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I do not know when you ran to the Opposition. You are supposed to be on this side.
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