9 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Crazy things are going on. Land is changing hands. I do not know what happened to our National Land Commission(NLC) and the Nairobi County Assembly. The mandarins in this county are transferring land to individuals at whim. How I wish that the timelines for a report on this particular matter be truncated. When today’s session started, earlier in the morning, Sen. Wambua had asked the Speaker to direct that some Statements should be responded to in a speedy manner. How I wish that this Statement by Sen. Sakaja could be dealt with within the next seven days. This is because ...
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9 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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9 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, would I be in order that you rule that this matter be dealt with within the next seven days, and if possible be addressed not just by the Committee on Finance and Budget but by the Committee of the Whole?
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9 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I sympathize greatly with Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura who repeatedly on the Floor of this House and in the other communication channels we have as Senators, complained about the difficulties in contributing whenever this House is in a hybrid session. We must be honest with each other. The hybrid session should not just be seen as a voting machine. It only works when people are voting. It does not work when people are contributing. I have previously tried to contribute online and sometimes even getting the eye of the Speaker is not that easy as it is ...
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9 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second.
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Cherargei for bringing this topical Statement to the House. Outside there, in the public domain, the issue of the cost of living has captured the attention of Kenyans. When you go online, there are hash-tags that have been created around lowering of food prices. Inflation is a global problem. The other week I was in Turkey. Inflation in Turkey is at 50 per cent. If you check globally, in the United Kingdom (UK), inflation is about 5.4 per cent and they are saying that is the highest inflation figure they have seen in the ...
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought supply chain bottlenecks. Those supply chain delays are making it harder to access essential ingredients and input into manufacturing and the food value chain. The threat of war in the Baltic Zone and between Russia and Ukraine and Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is going to affect the flow of food, particularly wheat, considering that Russia and Ukraine jointly are some of the greatest producers of wheat globally. Global oil prices have also increased significantly since the year began. All these factors are going to have a ripple effect on ...
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support this Statement, I encourage Sen. Cherargei to look at this matter, not from a political prism, but from an angle where we can get solutions. In fact, to me, the appeal for the National Assembly to put in place some budgetary allocation is fairly myopic. What we need to do, as a House, is to call the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). We know that the CBK has got a role in managing inflation and they do it through monetary policies. We need to understand from the CBK what kind of proactive policies they ...
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