26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Recently I was invited to speak in a forum in Kilifi that was concerned with the pregnancies we were discussing last year. This is because girls who were found to be pregnant during the examinations are having a crisis. The administration of schools is insisting that they must report to school, but some of them cannot do so because they delivered. In the County of Kilifi alone, for example, there are over 17,000 girls who cannot report to school because of the pregnancies. Could the Chairman tell us what measures the Ministry has taken to ...
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, like I did the last time that Sen. (Dr.) Zani proposed. I commend her for the resilience of the fact that after the Select Committee and coming up with such a good Bill, it never saw the light of the day. For Sen. (Dr.) Zani I think it is just biblical; that the good things shall come to pass. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is no gainsaying on the question of benefit sharing, I agree with Sen. Olekina. I was actually surprised that when it came to Turkana, Gov. Nanok ...
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, one thing interests me here in this Bill. This is called the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). I am going to propose to Sen. (Dr.) Zani and the team that is working on this; that this portion of the SWF, must be looked at in great detail. I will give an example: The three top countries in the world on SWF and as a result of oil deposits are Norway, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi. They are the three top sovereign wealth funds in the world. Out of US$7.4 trillion, these three countries have over US$5.4 trillion in terms ...
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
tanzanite are and other stones that are found at a place called Kishushe. These are beautiful blue stones. However, they are the poorest. The labour laws are the worst. They work under strenuous circumstances. Therefore, this Bill must also take care of the labour; the people who are exploiting for us. The people in Kakamega, who are doing all sort of things, and Western Kenya looking for gold, are not taken care of. This Bill must accommodate them. However, for purposes of the future of this country, the things that we must do to help this country are those that ...
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26 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, two weeks ago - that is why this is important - a young man Benedict, a form four student, was shot four times by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers. He was just wandering around the park and they confused him for a poacher. They shot him four times from the back yet when an elephant crosses into Kibwezi and Tana River and destroys everything, we have no recourse. This Bill is so important that I hope this time round the leadership of the Senate will sit down with the leadership of this country and say, that ...
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Asante, Bw. Naibu Spika, kwa kunipa nafasi hii kuwakaribisha wanafunzi wa shule ya Upili ya Thomeandu. Wacha nikurekebishe kidogo, kwa sababu wewe ni Mbantu kama mimi, na hungeweza kulitamka jina “Thomeandu” vizuri. Jambo la pili, namshukuru Sen. Sakaja na Sen. Madzayo kwa kusema kuwa mavazi yangu yanapendeza. Tatu ni kuwakaribisha wanafunzi wa shule ya upili na mwalimu wao mkuu, ambao tumefanya kazi nao pamoja kwa ukaribu. Kwa sababu majirani wao ni wanafunzi wa Precious Blood, Kilungu, wamekuwa wakishindana; na jambo hili limefanya wanafunzi hawa wafanye vizuri katika masomo yao. Wamefanya vizuri kwa kuja katika Bunge la Seneti, wakiwa wametoka Bunge ...
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
.: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all things considered including you, we have the numbers. Thank you.
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