1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
I have been talking to them and they are hurting. I request this Committee to invite me when they are dealing with it. I think I have the largest number of matatus among the counties. That sector has reached out. Instead of bringing another Statement, I can ride on that deliberation.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1), I rise to seek a Statement---
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
On that, I can make that intervention---
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
I had raised that earlier in the Senate Business Committee. Madam Deputy Speaker, I realize that we no longer have a Committee on COVID-19 and the cases have spiked. The Committee on Health has full mandate on health issues. Earlier on, their performance was not good, but they have pulled up their socks. We have confidence. We can see some remnants of the past. Like today, you spoke about Cancer instead of World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day is on 1st December. As a Committee, you should have given us a Statement on HIV/AIDS. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we move ...
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
I know we will not be here from today, but the Chairperson or the Members of the Committee on Health, Sen. Olekina, Sen. Kwamboka, Sen. Omanga are here, please, on behalf of my 4.3 million people of Nairobi, we are looking up to you to make sure that the people of Nairobi do not miss health services. I am sure the people of all other counties badly need you to intervene. Thank you.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. This one deserved more riding but we trust your judgement. Pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) I would like to seek a Statement from the Chairperson Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the arbitrary and purported arrest of Nairobi Governor, Hon. Mike Mbuvi Sonko and the unwarranted disruption of his meeting with Members of the County Assembly of Nairobi City County on 30th November, 2020. Madam Deputy Speaker, knowing that there had been an impending impeachment and without going into the merits or demerits of that, which will come to us ...
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam, Deputy Speaker, I am reading it word for word. This is what was approved by the Speaker.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, would you like me to read your copy? This is what I have been given to read.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, as the Senate, our key mandate is to ensure that gains made on devolution are not clawed back and that the county governments’ interests are protected. In this regard, I am requesting the chair to respond to the following matters-
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