26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
campaigning and were happy moving around with him. Nine months later, out of issues I do not want to speak about because they are not part of the Report, we are now here for an impeachment.
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
I understand where the Senator for Kiambu is coming from. An impeachment is not like any other Motion we speak about in this House. Once you have been successfully impeached – we must understand what we are speaking about – we might destroy the life of a person who could be innocent. Once you are impeached, the law is clear that you cannot occupy another office.
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Page 92 of the Report indicates that one of the charges against the Deputy Governor is issues to do with procurement. Indeed, pages 35 to 43 of the Report – one of the Senators was accusing us of not having read the report –speak about issues to do with disjointed procurement in Siaya County. Section 47(1) of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act states that a procurement function shall be handled by procurement professionals whose qualifications are recognized in Kenya. If we are speaking about---
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know he wants to take advantage and debate the Motion. The point I was making which I would like to conclude on is about procurement. Since we are speaking of procurement, if the Governor for Siaya County bought a seat for his deputy for Kshs1.1 million, how much more did it cost for the seat of the Governor himself, in a county as disjointed as Siaya, where people do not have medicine nor access to medication and children cannot get---
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am debating the Report. We must be careful, when we speak about---
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
I said that we must be careful.
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot run away from the question. A school is burning and you go for the deputy principal of the school, while the principal is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the institution. How is a disjointed procurement the responsibility of the deputy governor? The person vested with the responsibilities is the CEO, who is the governor. Why then roll the ball to another person? Finally, since our friends have spoken, we must be careful and deal with this matter as the Senate. Our constitutional role is to protect the interest, justice and equity of every---
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for allowing me to read this Petition on behalf of Nyandarua Integrated IDPs. It is a Petition to the Senate by the Nyandarua Integrated IDPs concerning delays in compensation and occupation of parcels of land both for their settlement between 2010 and 2013. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hereby present a Petition that has been submitted to the Senate by the Nyandarua Integrated IDPs concerning their delayed compensation and occupation of parcels of land both for their settlement between 2010 and 2013. As you are aware, Article 119 (1) of the Constitution states - “Every ...
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22 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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