18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, together with Sen. Cheruiyot, we have been in this Senate from the 11th Parliament. This Senate has changed. We are no longer able to execute our functions in committees or even do parliamentary diplomacy, which is a critical aspect of any Parliament. The problem is not just the allocations at the committee level. The problem is a global allocation to the Senate and to Parliament as an institution. We have allowed people to ride roughshod over us, contrary to Article 249(3), which requires this Parliament to allocate adequate funds to enable each commission and independent office ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on the statement on the state of education and the state of healthcare in the country. We resumed our sittings yesterday. During recess, we lost 21 children at the age of 12 to an unfortunate fire at Endarasha Hillside Academy. On behalf of the Homa Bay delegation, I wish to convey the condolences of the people of Homa Bay. A House with a conscience ought to have resumed its sittings with a minute's silence. I am a parent of a child in that demographic. My son turned 12 years old. I ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
or security, to go to Endarasha to establish the facts. We cannot trust the Government or the executive to tell the story. That is why Parliament exists such that if something has happened in this nation, Kenyans are very skeptical of the account that the national executive provides. I encourage the relevant committee, that if possible, all of us must go to Endarasha. We must establish the facts and assure the parents that it is safe to reopen the school. You can imagine the trauma that will visit other children if they are forced to go back to a school ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on matters of fact, I was with the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, at Moi University, at the Student Centre. We went to address a Kamukunji not too long ago. The students told us the kind of problems they are facing. Is Sen. Cheruiyot in order? In the morning session, while he was away lambasting Members who were not here, Sen. Cherarkey and Sen. Onyonka put the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection to task because he had brought us a schedule showing the jobs we have exported. It is a fact that, that report ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is out of order to impute improper motives on the part of colleagues. We had a debate here, a conversation on statements, a matter that has been prosecuted on the discussion of the Calendar of the Senate. Sen. Gloria Orwoba is imputing that Senator Kajwang’ has got a low opinion on housemaids. I never said that and it is not about sounding. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can you direct Sen. Orwoba to stop clout chasing and focus on the matters at hand; and to withdraw the kind of motive that she is trying to impute ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, please, guide Sen. Gloria to focus on the things that are before us, or else she logs out.
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