13 Oct 2022 in Senate:
agencies of the national Government that do many things, yet no significant impact is seen by the people of this country. In the 10 years of devolution, the budget for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation in the National Government has kept increasing, while the function is devolved at 95 percent. Up to this date, I wonder what these funds are doing when the residual function that has remained in the national Government is policy issue. Why should the National Assembly allocate billions of money to that Ministry, which is handling a function that is already devolved? In ...
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13 Oct 2022 in Senate:
People in various forums have always claimed that counties do not have capacity. I want to say there is capacity. If counties do not have capacity, why can we not take all these people in the parastatals who are doing nothing with a lot of money and take that resource to those counties? There is a tendency while looking at this situation, to look at the effect on the population of human beings. Let us not forget that the whole North Eastern region or the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) areas their mainstay in terms of economy is livestock farming.
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13 Oct 2022 in Senate:
This is one sector in agriculture that has not received sufficient attention to make it robust and sustainable, while it contributes a huge amount of foreign earning---
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13 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In conclusion, we would like to urge the Government to move with speed as they look into areas to cut the costs in the budget. The resources that will have been saved from expenses that may not be extremely necessary be directed towards mitigating the drought and famine in the country.
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13 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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12 Oct 2022 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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12 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Bw. Naibu Spika, Seneta wa Mombasa anatukanganya. Amesema ‘walio wengi wachahe’, ilihali tayari ulitoa mwelekeo wakati wa uchaguzi na ukasema wazi kuwa sisi ndio wengi katika Bunge. Kwa hivyo, naomba aondoe matamshi yake kutoka kwa HANSARD.
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11 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the Senator for Murang’a County that the people of Nairobi City County, that includes him because he lives here, have a right to clean and safe water. It is their economic and social right according to Article 43(d) of the Constitution which states - ‘Every person has a right to clean and safe water in adequate quantities.’
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6 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make comments on the Presidential Address. First, allow me to congratulate Sen. Crystal Asige for representing PWDs well. I agree with most of what she has said. We need to ensure that PWDs can access services and particularly Government offices. Having said that, looking at paragraph 19, regarding the comments of the President in terms of fighting corruption in this country, I would like to say that fighting corruption is not about how much we talk or shout about it but in how much we invest in institutions that are ...
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