1 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appeal to you. I have requested for a list of all the roads in Kenya identified by KERRA under the Low Volume Seal Roads Programme. That list is already in existence whether the CS is there or not. Could we have the list within one week as we wait for the CS to be summoned to appear before the House? It might help us interrogate him when he comes.
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25 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Petition and commend the MCAs of Vihiga County who thought it fit to bring this Petition to this House. The MCAs are supposed to be the primary agents of accountability in the counties, but most of them are not doing that job because they have been compromised by the governors. Others are intimidated like we have heard in this Petition. I want to commend the courage of those MCAs and encourage other MCAs in the country to speak out because there is massive theft, fraud and plunder of public resources in all the ...
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know what Kenyans are feeling about this matter. Indeed, you remember the old case of somebody called Sandstrom way back in the 1970s. This looks like another Sandstrom case. We deserve respect. I felt bad when I saw the lady in uniform being pushed like a raia . If the matter goes unpunished, people will lose confidence in our system. I plead with the House to allow the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations to have this matter better investigated and bring a full statement to this House. I do not ...
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not a Member of the Committee, but the Chairman, Sen. Haji, is my friend.
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16 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I commend you for bringing the Budget Policy paper for scrutiny by our committees at this particular time. As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said, this Budget Policy paper was brought to the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We studied it and made very detailed comments. We were also assisted by the Parliamentary Budget Office in the analysis. One of the key things we noted is that the Government’s proposals fell short of the Maputo Declaration which has said that 10 per cent of the total national budget should be allocated to agriculture. When the final ...
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16 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I commend you for bringing the Budget Policy paper for scrutiny by our committees at this particular time. As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said, this Budget Policy paper was brought to the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We studied it and made very detailed comments. We were also assisted by the Parliamentary Budget Office in the analysis. One of the key things we noted is that the Government’s proposals fell short of the Maputo Declaration which has said that 10 per cent of the total national budget should be allocated to agriculture. When the final ...
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2 Dec 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sorry I do not want to contribute on that. I am sorry.
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2 Dec 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was to hold brief for the Senate Majority Leader.
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