19 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support Sen. (Dr.) Ali’s statement. The long queues at Nyayo House for passports are disheartening. The long queues start building up as early as 3.00 a.m. I support my colleagues who have highlighted that services need to be decentralized. We made a remarkable step in decentralizing services through setting up Huduma Centres in different regions. I believe that we need to decentralize services offered by the Department of Immigration.
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19 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Vetting of individuals who apply for passports is important, but I believe that it can be done locally in the different regions. I request the relevant Committee to look into this issue because we talk too much with less action. We would like to see more Kenyans accessing services from the Department of Immigration with ease.
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19 Sep 2019 in Senate:
I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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18 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Motion. I know it is painful when we are discussing issues that affect our people when health is devolved. I am a Member of the Committee on Health, and I have been proposed to be a member of the ad hoc Committee.
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18 Sep 2019 in Senate:
I can read the mood of the House, and people are listening and what I can say in singular form is that if you look at these Members, they have spoken. The Mover of the Motion has spoken and the Members have supported his proposal that we defer debate on this matter. Let us do the needful. First of all, we start with the Committee itself and then come to the so called ad hoc Committee.
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18 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to thank you and the County Assembly of Kitui for giving us this comfort zone for us to argue or debate our Motions here. I would like to say that DORA has really opened a Pandora‘s Box. The National Assembly---
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir; I want to be very brief. We know very well that this Bill has gone through mediation and the process that it deserves. When it comes to the National Assembly, as I sit here as a legislator in the Senate, I no longer have the appetite to be regarded as a Member of the Parliament because the National Assembly has compromised our country, laws and Constitution. No one can become a hero by compromising their Constitution. Regarding the date that my colleagues are talking about and what we have discussed here, when you are
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
giving your sentiments, I will open my eyes, ears, mouth and every organ on my body just to listen to the ruling that you are going to give.
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17 Sep 2019 in Senate:
I am not going to scoop but I am going to listen.
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