16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
On point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in order to mislead the House and pursue a particular trajectory that seems to categorize universities to belong to one community or one political party against others? The question he is asking is related to Kenyatta University and Moi University, all of whom are independent institutions that serve all students in the country. I have been to 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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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill) (National Assembly Bill No.31 of 2013) be read a Second Time.
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, The Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill) (National Assembly Bill No.31 of 2013) is a Bill that is aimed at guaranteeing, for the first time in the history of our country, access to opportunities for young people, women and persons with disability to do business in terms of the supply of goods and services with the Government at national and county levels. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for a long time, the opportunities to do business with the Government have been available mainly to men; not just men, but to rich men, and most ...
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Member of the National Assembly who came up with this Bill, Hon. Sakaja. I would also like to congratulate both houses for partnering in terms of ensuring that this Bill is moving in the constitutionally required procedure. In the past, many lies have been peddled around that the two Houses are unable to work together or that there is an ulterior motive from any of the two Houses and should be denied Bills. That is far from the truth. If there ...
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Sen. Wetangula, you have already made a statement that Kshs200 billion will be given to Maendeleo ya Wanawake as an unstructured public entity running public funds. Maybe the information from Sen. Elachi will help you correct that approach and we move on.
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
What is your point of order?
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Each one of you is making a statement which is not substantiated. Sen. Elachi had requested Sen. Wetangula to substantiate his statements, but he did not do it in the required procedure. So, I will assume that, that one goes.
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
So, what are you asking Sen. Wetangula to do?
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Sen. Wetangula, you have been asked to substantiate what you said.
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15 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Sen. Wetangula, it is now the word of women who are not in this House against your own colleague in the Senate, and supposedly all of them were in State House. So that we move forward and avoid many points of order, I think that you should have noted that you were told by some women, but you are not insisting on it, because you have no information. If it was the way you were told, it would have been wrong, but if it is otherwise--- We need to move forward.
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