31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the tradition of this House is that when a Member is nominated to be in a committee or a sub-committee and their names are on the Order Paper, they do not move or second the Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I look at this list, I see Sen. Crystal Asige as being Member No.10 on this Committee. Is it in order looking at the precedence and the traditions of the House to have Sen. Crystal Asige be the Seconder? I think there could be 60 other Senators who are perfectly qualified to second. I have no problem ...
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I rise to comment on this Motion, the leadership of this House, who are the gentlemen and women we have put in the Senate Business Committee (SBC), should spare us this agony that we are going through. This debate has not helped to educate anybody, but expose the bias amongst the judges sitting in this House. Hon. Senators will be sitting as the judges and the bias is clear. Everyone who stands on my side supports and everyone who stands on the other side opposes, yet we have not even heard the case; we have only ...
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Secondly, the Senate Majority Leader referred to Standing Order No.80---
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have necessarily to agree with you considering it is not a matter of interpretation. If you look at Standing Order No. 81(b)---
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
I will not challenge your ruling, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
I am not challenging your ruling, but I am proceeding with what I wanted to say. The only thing that requires a resolution is a Special Committee. The Plenary is the default mode of operation of this House. If you want a Special Committee, you seek a resolution of the House. Otherwise, by default, this Senate is supposed to process impeachments in Plenary. A Special Committee is an exception that is acquired through a resolution of the House.
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not challenging the tabling of this Motion because this Motion seeks the resolution and, therefore, there is nothing wrong with it. However, the default position of the Senate is to prosecute in Plenary, so that all of us can be present.
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31 Oct 2023 in Senate:
I will finalise by saying that we should be extremely careful so that those people in the County Assembly of Meru and in the entire nation do not start looking at us through the coalition colours and formations. This debate has been fairly poisonous and is exposing some bias that might be prejudicial to what we will be dealing with in the next couple of days. I submit, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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19 Oct 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was actually rushing to be able to catch your eye to welcome the students from Homa Bay County. I would like to welcome them to the Senate and to also let them know that very soon Sen. M.
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