21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Sen. Waqo, you had a balance of 19 minutes.
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
I, therefore, put the question on the amendment that was moved by Sen. Petronila Were and seconded by Sen. Naomi Shiyonga.
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
THAT, AWARE that the Senate of Kenya is established by Article 93 of the Constitution and its main role, as set out in Article 96 of the Constitution, is to represent and serve the interests of the counties and their governments; FURTHER AWARE that the Senate plays a critical role in the linkage of the devolved governments and the national government; NOTING that since its inception the Senate has held its sittings in Nairobi with its committees occasionally visiting the devolved governments on fact finding missions; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A ...
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Hon.Senators, we now move to the Motion as amended.
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, I have established that this matter does not affect counties. I therefore proceed to put the question. ( Question put and agreed to) I hereby defer Orders No.12 to 18 and proceed to Order No.19.
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Let us move to the next Order. Sen. Kang’ata, be as brief as possible.
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21 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, having concluded the business of the day, it is now time to adjourn the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 3rd July, 2018 at 2.30 p.m. 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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20 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Statement. It is sad because it looks like every single day in this House; we are just talking about corruption, scandal after scandal and impunity upon impunity. We are losing this country. To pick up from where Sen. Mwangi left, we have killed our sugar industries and factories so that we import unhealthy sugar for the benefit of those who are doing it. I think it is time we rescued this country as the Senate. Very soon, we will have no country to rescue. From what is ...
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20 Jun 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion. This is one very good idea from the Senate. The Senate sitting in counties is a statement. It is an outreach programme. We have so many counties, they cannot access the Senate easily. Reaching out to them by sitting in their counties would create an environment for proper engagement with the counties and the county management. At this particular moment when we are talking about building bridges; when the Senate sat and even had a Motion on the handshake and how we can build bridges in ...
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