27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I hear minority groups complaining particularly about forest evictions, I feel for them. Since the previous Parliament, I have always said that some of us are lucky to be here. There are people who have occupied land which used to be forest, therefore, leaving squatters and especially young and school going children to suffer immensely. I have a personal experience of having had to sleep in shanties after eviction from the Embobut Forest. I do not like to hear that anyone is being evicted; whether from the Mau, Embobut or South Nandi forests because it is ...
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not out of order and I stand my ground. The only person who has responsibility---
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to get your ruling so that we can obey from this day going forward. Are you saying that this Senate cannot mention a Cabinet Secretary just because he comes from a particular community, and we cannot mention his name? This is so that we now know that from today henceforth, if a Senator mentions the name of a Cabinet Secretary and his responsibility, he is out of order. 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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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to insist that the Cabinet Secretary must rise above any parochial, communal and personal interests and protect the interests of the people of Kenya. We must always understand that those who hold public office hold in trust. They hold it in trust because---.
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no doubt with my experience and the knowledge I have in this House. If there is anyone who is supposed to defend Cabinet Secretaries it is me because they come from the Majority side. For the best interest of this country, we cannot start saying as a House that we will not be questioning Cabinet Secretaries, when they are running a docket. Tomorrow, it will be Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., raising an issue about another docket in a Government Ministry. I am just saying that when a Cabinet Secretary is running a docket of the ...
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker Sir. Is Sen. Orengo in order to insinuate that I am not part of the solution when a Petition has been brought to this House so that he and the rest of us, Senators in this House, resolve the problem? Why is he picking on me when the whole Senate is now seized of a very important Petition where all of us will be part of the solution?
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27 Sep 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker Sir. The Senate Minority Leader is being economical with the truth. As a former CS for Lands, he created the problem. So, it will be impossible for him to now try to insinuate that I might be part of the problem when we will discuss who might have been the real cause of the problem. The former CS for Lands is sitting here pontifying and he is the cause of the problem.
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