24 Nov 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether it is just me. I and Sen. Kwamboka are hearing reggae around. We know no one can stop reggae, but The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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24 Nov 2020 in Senate:
would you ask the Serjeant-At-Arms to confirm, because the precincts of Parliament cannot have such interruptions. I know that is not the doing of Sen. Wako, as the reggae bandleader. Kindly, we want to concentrate on the proceedings.
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24 Nov 2020 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am noting and hope I am the last person to speak in English. Sen. Orengo took a huge risk as a Luo and Senator from Siaya to speak in Kiswahili. It is very risky. He put his life on the line and anything could have happened. If Sen. Orengo of Siaya spoke in Swahili, apart from the Nilotes, I had already spoken to this matter. Direct that any other person, especially the Bantus, for the rest of the day, must speak in Swahili. Kama Sen. Orengo amejitolea mhanga na akazungumza kwa Kiswahili, sioni Seneta yeyote anayefaa ...
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24 Nov 2020 in Senate:
Bi. Spika wa Muda, ninafafanua kwamba ufasaha wa lugha ni muhimu. Sikusema umlazimishe ama umuamrishe Seneta yeyote, ilhali, tuwahimize ya kuwa Kiswahili kitukuzwe. Ni kuhimiza wala si kuwaamrisha. Nimeshukuru Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki amenieleza hilo neno la utohozi au kuhimiza. Sio eti lazima lakini ni vizuri ili wale wanaosikiza nyumbani waone Sen. Shiyonga anajaribu kuzungumza kwa Kiswahili cha Kiluhya na Sen. Kwamboka kwa Kiswahili cha Kikisii. Hii itasaidia maandhari ya Seneti.
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just additionally, for those of us who have been in Parliament, especially in a different House, it is very disconcerting whenever you are on your feet and Senators are shouting, including the Majority Whip and senior Members. Even if we may not agree with what you are saying, we must respect this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the same Standing Order that the Senate Majority Leader has read out talks about the action taken when there is disorderly conduct. This is not a market, a county assembly or whatever other ...
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I am glad to support this Motion where the Senate expresses its thanks for the exposition of public policy by the President under the state of the nation address, especially speaking after the avalanche of negativity from Sen. Cherargei. It will be good to objectively give some fresh air of positive highlight on what the President spoke about. If you are looking at something from a negative point of view, you will never see anything good. There have been a cocktail of hits and misses, but we chose to look at the glass being half-full and not ...
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
occasioned in many months combined. It is for us to be more careful. There is what the Government can do, but there is what we must take as personal responsibility. Madam Deputy Speaker, as I chaired the ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 Situation in Kenya, we had been optimistic. Part of what we were told by the experts was that the virus was attenuating and that the strain that was affecting us earlier in the year was a mild strain than what was in Europe and parts of the Americas. That does not look like the case now. Since the ...
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
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17 Nov 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, the 5,000 health workers were to be hired much earlier so we hope that it can be done soon. One of my major highlights is what the President said in Paragraph 48 of his speech. The President stated that: - “The East Africa’s premier mental health facility will be established to offer training and research in psychiatry, specialized psychiatric services, forensic psychiatric services, child and adolescent mental services and substance abuse, addictive disorders treatment and rehabilitation services.” A renewed focus on mental health wellness is need in this country because there is a crisis. On Friday last ...
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