10 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Statement (f). It came to this House in March. To date, eight months later, a response has not been given. Could you guide us in the spirt of being dutiful, expeditious and useful to the citizens of this nation? When a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate
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9 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I have heard the argument advanced by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., but Standing Order No. 138 gives us guidance on this. It provides that:- “No amendment shall be moved which is inconsistent with any part of the Bill already agreed to or any decision already made by the Committee and the Chairperson may, at any time during the debate of a proposed amendment withdraw it from the consideration of the Committee if, in the opinion of the Chairperson, the debate has shown that the amendment contravenes this paragraph.” If the Committee had made a decision, which ...
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8 Nov 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to seek your advice on a statement that has been read halfway. The Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations was giving a response on a request that had been made. The statement is eight months old in this House. Would you guide us whether this statement would be read from the point that it was left today or how will we proceed on the matter?
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8 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was in the House last week when the Chair of the Committee on Education wriggled us about the situation of this Statement. If I recall, the Chair told us that he went into the Office of the Cabinet Secretary and saw the Statement. The only thing that was missing was a signature. In the debate that ensued, we pressed the Chairs of the Committees - we revisited the concept - that parliamentary business and requests from Parliament should take precedence over other things like going round examination centres like an invigilator. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, ...
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8 Nov 2016 in Senate:
. Temporary Speaker, Sir, last week, there was a ruling by the Speaker that the Statement should be issued today notwithstanding the fact that it was lying in the Cabinet Secretary’s desk or that he was away. The Chair made a ruling that the Statement should be produced. If the ruling is not complied with, my concern will be that, this is a Statement querying the relocation of the Kenya Technical Training College. I wonder whether the relocation has been put on hold because of the examinations, the same way the Statement has not been signed. If the examinations takes ...
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3 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am limited by the number of days in the Standing Orders. If I had more days, I would have substantiated. You are aware that there is a matter before the labour court.
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3 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the circumstances, I withdraw. I promise you that once the evidence is gathered, I will resurrect the matter, but for now I withdraw and apologise.
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3 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the one-and-a-half years that I have been in this Senate, that is the shortest and laziest Statement I have heard from any Committee Chairperson. With a lot of respect to the Chairperson of this Committee, a man I hold in high esteem, this is not acceptable. The nine points that I sought to inquire on in my Statement, there is nowhere I am asking for the password to the system. I am not asking for the encryption algorithm or other confidential matters. I am seeking progress update on a project that was launched by the President ...
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3 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, again, with a lot of respect to the Chairperson, I do not want to shoot the messenger even though I believe that as the Chairperson of the Committee, he is more than a messenger. I have canvassed nine issues in that Statement. Not all of them can be issues of high national security. These are issues that concern Kenyans and are alive. This is a project that has been called ‘Safaricom Gate’. This is a project that is seen to---
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3 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, much obliged, but the prayer by the Chairperson that this matter be prosecuted in camera is not acceptable.
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