Judith Ramaita Pareno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 3416.

• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: I am even told that the provision in that regulation is such that it gives liability to people who are not supposed to have liability as far as the construction industry is 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. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: concerned. That is a shift and violation to the provisions of any law. If they are shifting liability by use of regulations, then that is wrong and they should not be applied. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I support the Statement. We should hear from the relevant committee why such regulations should apply. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also have a Statement that is not listed on the Order Paper but the Speaker had approved it. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48(1) to seek a Statement from the ad-hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya concerning the sharing of the Kshs5 billion conditional grant to county governments for COVID-19 emergency response. In that Statement, the Committee should - (i)Explain the criteria for the allocation of the Kshs5 billion conditional grant to county Governments for COVID-19 emergency response. (ii)Explain why some counties with no COVID-19 cases have received far bigger allocations than counties that have reported the COVID-19 cases. (iii)State why special consideration was not given to all counties bordering neighboring countries ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand guided. Kakamega County has Kshs262 million, while they only have three cases. Can the Committee answer these questions? I end by saying that the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, who has done a very good job, has been saying that if you treat this disease normally, it will treat you abnormally. If this is the way that we are going to treat this disease, it is going to be shocking for this country. We are still behaving like we are using the same index that we The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in Senate: were using to allocate funds well before the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) arrived, and we are not bothered about the effect it has had on several counties. Madam Deputy Speaker, I ask that you guide us according to the Standing Orders, so that we have a committee that will hear, investigate these matters and report back to this House. It is so urgent. It is an issue of livelihood and touches on the very core of how we can handle this disease. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just have a point of concern. You note that this Statement is talking about floods that occurred at the time this Statement was being raised. At this time in those areas, the floods are no longer there; they have come, killed, destroyed and gone. Maybe we need to ensure that these Statements address real-time issues so that we then raise Statements. Sen. Loitiptip could have raised this Statement sometimes back when there were floods. Right now, they have subsided in some parts of the country. Maybe we should find a way of addressing these Statements ... view
• 2 Jun 2020 in Senate: There is interest. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank the Senate Majority Leader for this Motion. Basically, being almost a procedural Motion, it is good to say this is just to give us room to work within the rules and situation in which we have found ourselves with this COVID-19 pandemic. I do not think we can do any better than what we have already done. This is a Motion to allow us, not to really sit back at home, but enable us to see what is happening within the country. You will note that throughout the Session, we have had ... view