23 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, notwithstanding Standing Order No.33, which you have clearly read out, there is also a Standing Order that allows a Senator to speak twice to a question. I know---
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23 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I will need to check the exact number, which allows in exceptional circumstances, for a Member to speak twice to a question.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the Motion that the House do adopts the reports of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee for the counties that have been mentioned. This is one of the most important functions and duties we have as a House. I want to congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri and the team that is currently the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee for doing an excellent job and bringing reports to the House. When I chaired that committee, there was always pressure from Members: Bring us reports. There was pressure even on the Senate Business ...
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, previously, when I sat in the Committee with Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, we brought to this House more than 64 reports. In fact, the only reports that are pending are 20, which we were not able to bring to this House for the financial years 2013/2014 to 2014/2015.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
When the House adopted those 67 or so reports, the Clerk of the Senate immediately wrote a letter to the various agencies that had been tasked with implementation, and gave them a summary of the resolutions of the House. He gave them The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
three months to respond to the House on measures that have been taken to implement the recommendations of the House.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether these agencies have complied or written back. We made the decision that committees would follow up the implementation on their own without sending it to a different Implementation Committee, I therefore, urge Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri to make sure that those Motions that were adopted by this House; it is now more than one year. We need to start seeing action. Where the Committee recommended prosecution, we need to see people being prosecuted. Where the Committee recommended fines and administrative action, we need to get a report in this House that, that ...
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
summoned to Nairobi for a two or three-hour grilling, and then after that nothing happens.
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17 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are one hour, fifteen minutes behind schedule. This means that it is inevitable that today’s sitting will end anytime earlier than 8.00 p.m. Mr. Speaker, Sir, would it be in order to seek your indulgence that the one hour fifty minutes that is pending for presentation of evidence and prosecution of the case by the executive start counting at 2.00 p.m. when you took that seat. This is because the delay cannot be off-loaded on the Senate when we were here on time. That kind of ruling will also cause the executive to hasten. We cannot ...
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16 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are considering impeachment by way of a Committee, it has been established that the presentation of evidence in the four hours available, we have traditionally given three hours for the evidence in chief, 30 minutes for cross-examination and 30 minutes for the re-examination. I think that is the point that Sen. Orengo has been attempting to canvas since morning. Since we did not have that clarity, we must find a way of making a judicious decision that will guide us tomorrow. This is because tomorrow the Executive is supposed to present its evidence. To avoid ...
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