3 May 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Before the Leader of Majority resumes his seat, I wanted to raise a question about a comment he made and your advice on whether it is in order. The Leader of Majority has spoken with a lot of passion. He reminds me of how passionate the Biblical Saul was before he saw the light on the road to Damascus. I do pray the same vigor will be maintained. However Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Majority Leader has indicated that the job of this House is to oversight counties which is our ...
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3 May 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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3 May 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for your Communication. As you have rightfully indicated, the Statement was quite urgent and The electronic version of theSenate 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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28 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senator for Homa Bay and this Report touches on Homa Bay, I take up the duty to second, because the hon. Senator who was meant to second it has taken a short break. I, therefore, second this Motion. I will also make some comments because having seconded this Motion, I do not think I will be allowed to speak to the same issue again at a later time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am aware that in 2013/2014, the period which this Report covers, county governments were still newborns and they were faced with ...
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28 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate your generosity and your words of advice. It is difficult to walk both path, but I will attempt. I started by saying that it may not be murder, but we will reduce some of these malpractices to manslaughter. However, there are some that are so painful that you can clearly see a deliberate chain of deception. I have talked about Sero Youth Polytechnic whose details are on page 31. I want it is to be on record that the Auditor-General indicated that the LPO, invoice and payments were all done on the same day. ...
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28 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my one-and-a-half years in the Senate, this is the first time that I have seen a situation like this. 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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28 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we will call them Okonyo Senate. It means that the Senate has been helped. Just to wind up, if you do not maintain a revenue cash book, it means you do not know how much you are collecting. We send money to counties from national collections and they collect money from the market women; people who have already paid Value Added Tax (VAT) on whatever products that they are paying, yet we cannot account for it. The Committee has made certain recommendations and given the county some timelines to put some of these things in place. ...
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28 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, without bringing in the word “reluctant,” I beg to second.
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27 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming the delegations from Siaya and Vihiga counties. As you are aware, Siaya is one county that has produced the Vice President of this nation, the Prime Minister of this nation, the President of the United States of America (USA) and the future President of Kenya. Vihiga County is not left behind because they have produced a Vice President of Kenya whose tenure was the shortest.
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27 Apr 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on matters devolution, I want to encourage the Members of the County Assembly to guard devolution jealously. We tend to say that if things are rotten at the national Government, we cannot afford the same state of affairs in the counties. They are our savior who will ensure that women see the benefits for which they pay taxes. I also want to encourage the MCAs because, sometimes when we talk of violence in elections, we think that violence will only come in the presidential elections. I have observed the heated campaigns for the positions of MCAs all ...
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