Murungi Kathuri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4741 to 4750 of 6712.

• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: I request we call for quorum for five minutes. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Hon. Senators, I have ascertained that we now have quorum. So, let us transact the House business. Clerk, proceed to call the first Order. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Sen. Kavindu, speed up a bit to your seat. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Hon. Senators, I have a Communication to make on guidelines for questions to Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) appearing before the Senate. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Hon. Senators, as you may recall, on Thursday 23rd March, 2023, the Senate passed a Motion on the fifth Report of the Procedure and Rules Committees; and approved amendments to the Standing Orders, which effect was to provide a framework for questions to CSs. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: In approving the amendments to the Standing Orders, the Senate also varied hours of meetings to provide for sittings on Wednesday morning, pursuant to Standing Order No.34(1). To this end, a resolution of the Senate to amend the Senate calendar in accordance with Standing Order No. 34 (1) was approved and adopted on 29th March, 2023. Hon. Senators, the amendments took effect from Tuesday, 11th April, 2023, and the first set of Questions has been scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, 26th April, 2023, morning sitting. In preparation for implementation of the Standing Orders on Questions, I issued guidelines on 28th March, ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Please let me repeat. In preparation for implementation of this framework, allow me to give highlights of the guidelines as follows: (i)Filing of Questions; a Senator who wishes to address a Question to a Cabinet Secretary (CS) will be required to deliver a signed copy of the Question to the Clerk. Thereafter, the Clerk shall process the Question in line with Standing Order No.(51( (b) and submit the notification to my office for approval. Upon approval, the Clerk is required to convey the Questions to the relevant CS. Hon. Senators at the back, please find your way to your seats. ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: That is good procedure. Thank you. Let me proceed. (ii)Scheduling of Questions; upon approval of Questions by the Speaker, the Clerk shall submit a list of the Questions to the Senate Business Committee (SBC), which shall schedule a CS, at least, seven days’ notice before the date appointed for the CS to appear before the Senate. (iii)Publication of Questions; the Clerk is required to publish and to circulate to Senators the schedule of Questions not later than the Friday preceding the day upon which the Question is to be responded to by the relevant CS. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view