18 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order regarding appearance by public officers before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) to respond to issues raised in audit reports of the Auditor-General. Could you clarify whether a Committee Chairperson or any other Senator can instruct the Committee not to invite a governor of a county allegedly because he is doing a good job on the ground? I seek this clarification because on Monday, 16th November, 2015, a Senator, who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolved Government, told a
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18 Nov 2015 in Senate:
where I was in attendance that the Governor of West Pokot County had done so a good job that he would instruct the Chairperson of the CPAIC not to require the said governor to appear before the Committee and ensure that all audit queries are shelved.
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18 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was a point of order.
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18 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, further to what my colleagues have asked, I expected to hear about the relationship between the issuance of identification cards and voter registration, because you cannot be registered as a voter unless you have an identification card. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my county of West Pokot and the neighbouring Turkana and Samburu counties that had issues of cattle rustling for a long time, most people do not have identification cards. My county has over 150,000 people without identification cards. Now that we are almost two years to the next general election, I would like to know about ...
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10 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am requesting for two statements. First, I commend the people living along the areas where cattle rustling had been rampant for years. All the way from Baragoi in Samburu and Turkana East, running to my county, Nauyapong’ and Loringiping in Turkana West. For almost six months now, we have had relative calm and peace. I commend the people who live around the border, for genuinely among themselves, even without serious support from the national Government, choosing to work towards the path peace. FACILITATION OF PEACE COMMITTEE IN WEST POKOT/TURKANA COUNTIES I rise pursuant to Standing Order ...
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10 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise pursuant to Standing Order No.45(2)(b) to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, regarding the break in, on 11th October night, 2015 at the Kapenguria CDF building, which houses Kapenguria Constituency Office, the Ministry of lands and Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the County Government of West Pokot. In the statement, the chairperson should: (a) State whether investigations into the break in were being carried out. (b) Explain whether all the documents, including the sensitive land documents and computers that were stolen have been ...
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10 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the type of answer that the Vice Chairperson brought is a very sorry state of affairs for our nation. This country is supposed to have moved from where it was as stated by Sen. Murungi. Today, we are 40 million Kenyans wearing 40 million pairs of shoes every day. Is that not enough market to guarantee us to continue building what we had before? I am saying this because Ethiopia came and photocopied our documents on how a leather industry can be done, today, we import shoes from Ethiopia and Italy. You need to ask the Ministry ...
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10 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary, Speaker. I join my colleagues in thanking and congratulating Sen. Musila, who is almost synonymous with the demand for the release of certificates to our children. I am surprised that nobody has heard him speak. We are very interesting people where even the parents whose children have their certificates detained, we do not want to listen. This is not the first time and not even in the Jubilee Government that this story of certificates has been brought up. I am told, Sen. Musila, when you were in the previous Parliament, this was your song. Why did ...
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