19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is normal for colleagues to allow information and not to be hesitant. I do not know what the hesitation was. Quickly, I would like to inform Sen. Olekina as well as the House. Sen. M. Kajwang’ has pointed out the Fourth Schedule about the roles of the national Government and clearly, there is disaster management. Part 2(12) talks about fire fighting and disaster management as a county function. This is what we call a concurrent function that both arms of government have to deal with. Therefore, it is not right to just blame one side. ...
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
What happens is everybody knows this work has to be done by somebody, but somebody will not do it because they think somebody else is doing it. Money is being stolen through purported disaster management.
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that Statement came to our Committee and we have deliberated on the matter. We understand the urgency; the elections will be happening in the next few days. In our deliberations we, as a Committee, said that these elections are governed by certain rules. As a Committee, we will not be able to injunct, stop or to interfere with them since we have the Fédération Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) rules that are currently prevailing. Sen. Poghisio and Sen. (Dr.) Milgo who were in the Committee put it clearly; that on the larger issues of FKF we ...
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I need to clarify one thing. One, I do not need to be acquitted because I am not on the stand. It is the football of Kenya that is on the stand. The Committee has said clearly that we are dealing with this. In fact, Sen. Wetangula has made a good case of the approach we are taking; that the matters and 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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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
problems in our sports management and even within football are so deep that they need to be looked at comprehensively. It cannot be that we are just rushing to beat a deadline of an election on Saturday. If we sit down and invite the Cabinet Secretary, the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund led by Hon. Moody Awori and his team, because they have Kshs8.1 billion that is supposed to go to sports--- Aside from FKF, there are also other federations with issues, but agreed to start with football. We want to thoroughly look at how it is being managed; ...
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am quite shocked. Is it in order for my colleague and fellow Chairperson, Sen. Cherargei, while talking about a very noble action that was done by both the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee; where we bailed out 23 prisoners in Kitui County and as a result, more than 100 prisoners were released the next day, to only mention the Members of his Committee, yet the largest contributions were from Sen. Wetangula, I and other Members of Committee on National Security, ...
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you. Kindly wind up!
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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
I do not understand the excitement by Members. 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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19 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Sen. M. Kajwang’, kindly wind-up. What is it Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr?
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