5 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just saying that we need teachers to be taken to those schools, so that our students who are already disadvantaged, are not marginalized further. We want people like Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve here, who got quality education, so that at the end of the day---
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5 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is something that is very close to my heart. This is because I know the way students who are disadvantaged and those who taught and the way other students who are normal are taught is different. So, you can imagine a student who has autism, for example, or a student who has---
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5 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Okay, thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand directed.
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5 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education concerning the supply of textbooks and learning materials to public schools. In the statement, the Committee should- (1) Provide documentation showing the amount of tuition money allocated to different categories of schools, specifying the amount meant for textbooks vis-à-vis the amount of money allocated for other teaching materials like chalk, laboratory equipment and so on. (2) Explain why schools are being supplied with textbooks that do not fully meet their curriculum requirements. (3) Explain mechanisms put in place ...
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3 Mar 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to join you in welcoming the staffers of Taita-Taveta County Assembly. I would like to tell them to feel at home. They will have a lot to learn from here, especially for the ICT and audio officers. Welcome and go to Committees where you will have a lot to learn. When you go back to Taita-Taveta, please, do not forget to pass our greetings.
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26 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me, first of all, join you in welcoming the students from Ghanima El-Marzuq Girls High School, Kajiado County. I must say that they are well groomed and very smart. I know that they are also working very smart so that they can achieve what they went to do in school; and finally join the Senate leadership. Secondly, I must say that for a long time since I joined the Senate, I have been raising this issue of human-wildlife conflicts. The issue is rampant in most parts in the country. The importance ...
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26 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources regarding land adjudication and allocation in Mwakingali A in Voi Sub-County, Taita Taveta County. In the Statement, the Committee should:- 1. Explain the cause for the delay in surveying and titling parcels of land in Mwakingali A. 2. State the commencement and completion dates for the survey of parcels of land in Mwakingali A. 3. State when residents of Mwakingali A will be issued with title deeds.
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25 Feb 2020 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I second.
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29 Jan 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity you have given me to support the Motion of impeachment of Gov. Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu alias Babayao. For starters, I must say that in these two days, we have seen very weighty issues that have been raised by the County Assembly of Kiambu. I was a bit disappointed that despite the fact that there were very weighty issues raised against the Governor, the learned friends on his side were not able to offer rebuttals. That is very unfortunate. Secondly, even on the side of the County Assembly, the type of evidence that ...
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