23 May 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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23 May 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, my colleague, the Chief Whip, Sen. Elachi, walked in when you were on your feet giving a very serious ruling; and she walked in majestically without bowing and waiting to be cleared by you!
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23 May 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this debate is becoming next to impossible because you cannot debate without giving illustrations on certain things, otherwise the debate will be too dry. If that is the way we are going, let us just say the names are in front of us; we have read them, we just approve them and go!
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23 May 2014 in Senate:
So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the 10 or 15 minutes that someone stands here to debate, will I be in order to say that it should be extremely difficult just to say “his The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Am in order to say that the Senate Majority Leader is misleading the House because he is saying that the workings here are based on estimates. That means the numbers he is presenting here and is saying are over and above 43 per cent are actually estimates. What is he presenting? Does he mean these estimates will not be given to the counties?
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The sharing of the revenue in front of us is based on actual audited accounts. How does it now turn out to be just estimates? We are dealing with the audited accounts of last year, but one. In fact, we are not even dealing with the allocations of this year. The money is not based on this year’s budget. Those are estimates. However, here are audited, signed and certified accounts of last year, but one.
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he can go on.
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that information should be directed to Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki.
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that we are dealing with the actual audited and certified accounts. Estimates are based on the budget that is to come the following year.
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15 May 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to say that the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget made a big mistake by saying that Sen. Wetangula was referring actually to the numbers that he is mentioning here; these are estimates based on Kshs1.6 trillion? If you do proper calculation, you will see that 43 per cent of shs1.6 trillion comes close to Kshs600 billion.
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