9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am not responding to that Statement. I would like to request for a Statement. I wonder if this is an appropriate time.
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9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.45 (2) (b), I wish to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations regarding the status of registration and issuance of national identity cards. In the Statement, the Chairperson should address the following specific issues:- (1) What measures the national Government is taking to decentralize the processing and issuance of identity cards to counties, considering that delay in issuance of the document locks out the applicants who are mainly women and youth from economic opportunities? (2) Could the Chairperson provide a per county ...
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9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to seek your guidance. Two months sounds exceedingly long. I wish that that could be fast-tracked. Being 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 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, owing to that explanation, we could wait for two months.
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9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like to thank Sen. Leshore for bringing it. The Senator decried that this Motion has spent about a year in the corridors of this House. However, in that one year, two things have happened. The Kenya National AIDS Authority Bill is being discussed in the National Assembly. This Bill seeks to change the NACC from its current status to a body corporate that will draw budgetary allocations from the National Assembly. In that one year also, the national Government has come up with ...
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9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to be informed.
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9 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, whereas Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is correct that Nairobi County has got more people infected with HIV/AIDS, but in terms of percentage, Homa Bay is leading. Nonetheless, I accept the information. We have 159,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Homa Bay compared to 177,000 people in Nairobi. I came to this House having garnered 127,000 votes. That means that the people living with HIV/AIDS in Homa Bay County are more than the number of people who brought me to this House. If people living with HIV/AIDS would be a constituency or a voting bloc, it would be a ...
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank Sen. Dullo for her detailed response. It is evident that Kenya is at some form of conflict with all the neighbours. When you look at the Kenya-South Sudan border, the students we have today in the 8-4-4 system of education, one of the things they are asked to do is draw the map of Kenya. When you look at this horizontal line theory that is affecting northern Kenya, especially in Turkana, it causes a lot of confusion. Those of us who went through 8-4-4 system, we never drew the map of Kenya ...
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last clarification on what the Senator calls one-acre rock outcrop which is famously called Migingo Island, I would like to get a confirmation from this Committee because this Island has been taken over by Uganda soldiers called UPDF and they are taxing Kenyan fishermen. As the issues continue, what is the status quo? Under whose jurisdiction is this Island? When will the Ugandan soldiers stop harassing Kenyan fishermen on this Island?
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I would like to thank and congratulate the Committee that has worked tirelessly to get us to where we are. It has not been an easy matter to move to this level. Two of the institutions that this Bill proposes to merge, have engaged in some media activism to ensure that the Senate does not get into these matters. We need to build a saving culture in this nation. I have spent about 14 years in the financial services sector, which includes insurance. Some ...
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