22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in view of what the House has just done, I thought that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale would have taken the Chair by now.
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22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, let me state that I have great respect for Sen. Wako and the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Adan. All of us are Members of the departmental Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
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22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the deplorable conditions of our prisons and other places of detention in our country are known worldwide. Many reports have been written and Sen. Wako forgot to mention the tremendous steps that we took when I was the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs in trying to alleviate the conditions in our prisons. Although I did not get a doctorate like the then Vice President, we worked together with Uncle Moody Awori and raised a lot of money through the project that we created with Sen. Wako called Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS). It ...
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will communicate---
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not the Chairman of the Committee on Energy but a Member of the Committee. I will communicate and get the Statement delivered to the House in two weeks’ time from now.
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I undertake to communicate to the Chairman of the Committee who will liaise with the Cabinet Secretary and the Cabinet 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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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I really sympathize with my fellow Chairman. He has shown me all the letters that he has written and which have gone unresponded to by the Cabinet Secretary. I was of the view that you look at Article 153(3) of the Constitution which states that:- “A Cabinet Secretary shall attend before a Committee of the National Assembly, or the Senate, when required by the Committee, and answer any question concerning the matter for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do agree with you that the committees have ...
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most obliged.
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I am facing the same problem as Sen. Kivuti on this matter. We, as a Committee, met this morning and decided to write yet another reminder to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Could I request for another weeks to see whether I will get the response because it is only this morning that our Committee decided to write a reminder.
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