15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with utmost and tremendous respect, Sen. Olekina must not trivialize this issue. If titles were important, they should not have trampled upon the rights of innocent citizens in Nandi. If those titles meant anything to this nation, children would not be sleeping outside or not living in their own abodes. Sen. Olekina should not cry more than Jubilee legislators; he does not know what it means to run the Government. We, on the Government side, are more pained because we promised to protect the rights of the people. If there are people holding public offices so ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Sen. Olekina, if you invite yourself to a contest, you must be ready for the consequences. There are people who, by virtue of the handshake, are falling over themselves to worship Government officials. We must---
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not mentioned anybody’s name.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that the relevant Committee will visit the ground and come back with a report that will address this issue conclusively. I also believe that the directions that are given by any Committee of this House, in summoning public officers who presided over that eviction, would include halting its continuation to ensure that our people get the necessary 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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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
protection that they deserve. It does not matter if it was a village in Embobut, Nandi or Kisumu; we must stand as a House of reason.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Malalah can inform me in three seconds.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is useful information, and I accept it. To add on to that information, there were 10 orders sought to protect children in the Mau Forest. The courts in Kitale, Nakuru, Narok, Mombasa and Nairobi refused to give any orders to protect innocent children who are preparing for their examinations. There has been something peculiar about the courts in the past few months. I hope it is not intimidation on the judges, because even orders seeking to protect innocent people – like in the case of what happened in Nandi County – cannot be issued. Mr. ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move a Motion, pursuant to Standing Order 105(1), that the debate be now adjourned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have the next Motion, which is time-bound, as per Statute. We are requesting, in a bipartisan manner, to adjourn debate to a time that will be determined by the Chair, to allow this important Motion to be moved. I invite the Senate Minority Leader to second.
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: 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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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
THAT, WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 181 of the Constitution and Section 33 of the County Governments Act, 2012, on 9th October, 2019, the County Assembly of Taita/Taveta approved a Motion; “To remove from office, by impeachment,” the Governor of Taita/Taveta County; AND FURTHER, WHEREAS by letter Ref. No.TTCA/CS/7/Vol.1 (085) dated 9th October, 2019, received in the Office of the Speaker of the Senate on Friday, 11th October, 2019, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Taita/Taveta informed the Speaker of the Senate of the approval of the Motion by the County Assembly and further forwarded to the Speaker of the ...
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