20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am fine with two weeks. I request to move to the next statement.
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20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 46(2) (b), I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the loans owed to the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) by farmers in Kajiado County. In the statement, the Chairperson should: (1) Indicate the amount of money owed by farmers in Kajiado County as at 2018 and the amount that was waived by the Government. (2) Provide a list of beneficiaries with details of how much each beneficiary was paid and how much was waived. (3) Explain the criteria that ...
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20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, two weeks is okay.
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20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I have just been given a response of the Statement that I sought last week. I am still looking at some of the information from certain institutions that the Chairperson gave me. In order to be able to come back to the Chairperson for clarification or other information, I request that the Statement be issued in the next sitting. I will have looked at the response that they have given me.
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20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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20 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also have a question to the Ministry on drought mitigation measures. I appreciate their efforts to answer our questions, but they need to be more serious. Their responses to statements by Members are similar. It seems as if they retrieve them from the Ministry’s shelves and bring them here. It does not matter how long they have been on those shelves. I have keenly listened to the responses, especially, when they talk about the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) having been given money to buy livestock from farmers. The same case applies to Kajiado County. ...
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15 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me the chance to comment on the Petition. From the onset, I want to declare an interest because I am from Kajiado County, having in mind that the SGR transverses the whole of Kajiado County; from Kiboko to the Ngong Hills in Kajiado North. The SGR project has had a huge impact on our people in terms of pollution, environmental issues and compensation. Therefore, I want to urge the Committee concerned when they are looking into this Petition, they should deeply look into compensation. There are still a number of people who have ...
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15 Mar 2018 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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15 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the Senate Majority Leader. We are not against SGR passing through our county.
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14 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me the chance to comment on the Petition. From the onset, I want to declare an interest because I am from Kajiado County, having in mind that the SGR transverses the whole of Kajiado County; from Kiboko to the Ngong Hills in Kajiado North. The SGR project has had a huge impact on our people in terms of pollution, environmental issues and compensation. Therefore, I want to urge the Committee concerned when they are looking into this Petition, they should deeply look into compensation. There are still a number of people who have ...
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