1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
The question we should ask ourselves going forward is; will political parties continue to be run like Jubilee? No wonder Jubilee is a shell of its past. They could not even hold a national delegates conference because all of us are out. Not more than five people will fill the delegates conference. They cannot even hold a single PG because they are chasing people the way they chased Sen (Dr.) Mwaura. Congratulations, Sen (Dr.) Mwaura, and welcome back to the Senate. Congratulations for staying firm. You are a fighter. You fought for the rights of persons with disability even to ...
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You know there are ome people in this country who feel that there are others who are less important than them. You know literally that the party I used to be a Member of has become an animal farm. It is curling its Members; picking one by one. Looking for the weakest and saying, okay, let us take this for auction and slaughterhouse. The future of political parties, including UDA, which I am now a Member of, and I know there will be a huge migration in another few months---. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I suspect ...
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1 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw but I am saying that there will be a huge migration that will occur in this country in a few months. Perhaps this is the last week we will be here before people go for complete competition for their political party tickets. Therefore, I believe as we go to the various parties, we will migrate. Those who will have their parties like Sen. (Dr.) Were, who have a well- organized run party called Amani National Congress (ANC), however small it is, I have not seen them with drama. I believe we will now learn a ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Sakaja - who is a musician and an artist by his own right - has raised a very important issue with regard to protection of our local content producers and copy right owners. Instead of Sen. Olekina accepting that man is to err or perhaps he is not an expert in that area, he is trying to impute improper motive on a Senator by saying he is playing to the gallery. By the way, there is nobody in the Gallery. If figuratively he meant the people of Kenya who are ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to move this Bill. This Bill is now being moved I think a third or fourth time since we came to the Senate. It is one of the Bills that lapsed because it was not processed by the National Assembly on time during the previous Parliament. It was also affected by the High Court ruling and that is why I am moving it. I think this is the third time. I will not spend a lot of time to repeat because the HANSARD speaks for itself in as far ...
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I suspect you want me to say; “I beg to move”.
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18 Nov 2021 in Senate:
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9 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I really laud this Petition for the content and issues being raised in this house, and agree with Sen. Wetangula, he made a mistake to bring in Sen. Sakaja. However, it is true that the Jubilee Party, my former party, has a written agreement - a cooperation agreement - with the Government of China. A number of Members of this House and Members of the National Assembly have been part of the delegation to go to China to talk about technical support. In fact, many people think that the confusion and madness that is going on ...
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9 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, in the 2017 elections, all the political parties in this country received technical support from the American Government, European Union and the UK. Just because the President has already served 10 years and is not going for re- election, it is not a license for him to kick the ladder when other political parties and political leaders want to benefit from technical support from our partners.
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