27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, thank you for that intervention. Having heard your submissions, I now rule that this is a matter that touches on counties and, therefore, it will have to be a vote by county delegations. That means that we put it off to the next Order Paper, as we resume next week.
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m., time to interrupt the business of the Senate. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 2nd October, 2018, at 2.30 p.m. in Nairobi. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. 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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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a comment on this Statement and also thank my sister, Sen. Seneta, for bringing this up. If there is a major processing plant in Kajiado, it is the Kenya Meat Commission. The Government, sometime back, indicated that it was reviving this Commission. However, at the moment, it does not look like it is being revived. It is on its deathbed. Once, we were told that the Republic of Rwanda picked the blueprint of the Kenya Meat Commission. At the moment, they have a leading meat industry having implemented that blueprint. We ...
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
this Statement goes to the relevant Committee and we look at how the KMC can be revived. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and congratulate Eliud Kipchoge. There is no better place to celebrate such athletes other than in this very Chamber and this town of Eldoret, dubbed as the home of these athletes.
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
The concern is how much we have invested in our athletes. What academies do we have? Do we even have sports academies that are accessible to these people for training? What facilities do we have? I keep referring to the example we have just next door, in the Republic of Rwanda. The Minister of Sports there is stationed and located in the main national stadium. The Department of Sports does not sit outside with the rest of the Ministers. The offices are in the national Stadium for the Minister to be able to run sports. If one goes to the ...
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