2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Sakaja only went to a tragedy site once but it appears like so many times because he is the head of a big delegation from Nairobi. I should have stated that Sen. Sakaja, the Nairobi Delegation and the leadership of Nairobi County are generally at every tragedy and they are always left to statements. It is not good to appear every time to contribute clothes and money to people who have lost their livelihood. The hawkers are the most taxed group of people. The taxation includes the corruption that is with the police officers and everybody ...
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
numbered for purposes of identification. As Sen. Malalah has said, to avoid the infamous or famous, Nairobi Business community, give the small traders identity badges so that they are easily identified by a number. That will be much better than categorizing the traders as ‘X’or’Y’. Madam Temporary Speaker, the idea of vending zones is long overdue. I therefore urge Sen. Kibiru to incorporate the ideas of the Urban Cities Act which provides that counties will have city managers. It is the city managers and not the County Executive Committee (CEC) members who are responsible for the zoning of markets and ...
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Murkomen has made a mistake. I was born of a very hardworking lawyer whose father was a peasant farmer. I therefore know what hustling is all about. My father was a hustler. However, some of Sen. Murkomen’s colleagues and friends cannot be hustlers. Their fathers could have been hustlers but they are not hustlers themselves. Any one of us seated here cannot 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.
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
refer to themselves as a hustler unless that word has a different meaning that I do not know.
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. it was interesting to listen to tycoons, landlords, and dollar millionaires speaking about hustlers. You live and learn.
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
The last point I wanted to make about this issue is the health and safety standards. There must be a method regarding the zones – I think Sen. Kibiru has a zone where street vendors and hawkers are doing their business. So, there must be a health facility or a person who can help them other than fire, include health and security. There must be a police post where they can feel protected, their wares can also be protected, but more importantly, there can be fire equipment to deal with any damage that maybe be caused to their goods in ...
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am reluctant to pass my condolences to the family that lost loved ones because we have not recovered their bodies yet. No one has been declared dead yet, but it is safe to say that there is no hope. This is a great tragedy because all of us including Senators when we are on that side of Mombasa, we normally use the ferry. The last time I used that ferry, I sat in the car patiently waiting to cross over. The circumstances leading to the death of a mother and her child are very strange. ...
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2 Oct 2019 in Senate:
so. We have not even heard a statement from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development. Instead, the CS has appointed somebody else to chair a taskforce as if that person is an expert. Our disaster preparedness is wanting. It is unfortunate that a ferry carrying so many people does not have a diver or equipment. The person operating the ferry continues moving even after the car slide into the ocean. I wonder what would have happened if he stopped and attempted to push the vehicle. He continued moving away from the vehicle. It is ...
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 25th September, 2019:
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2019/2020.
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