29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali for bringing this to the attention of the Senate. I did not know how big this is until we had a Petition from Narok County in the last Session. The companies that are collecting this money are making billions of shillings; it is a booming business. In fact, in this case where they are collecting from the airport, they charge their commission in advance. So, they are paid their 10 per cent before they remit the money to the Kenya Airports Authority.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
What is actually worrying, like the case of the airport, is whether the Kenya Airports Authority is disclosing this sort of income that they are collecting from cars that are busy getting in and out the airports. It is a business where people are collecting money, whether in national parks, airports, hospitals or shopping centres, and it does not actually make sense. You are charged to go to the shopping centre. Instead of watchmen making sure that you go shopping, their work is to charge you for patronizing shops.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, by the time we unearth this mystery of these airports, you will find that there are certain Kenyans whose business is to wait for people to wake up in the morning and park their cars, and by evening, they are millionaires without doing anything. Therefore, be prepared early to find snakes under the rocks.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
.: This is my concern, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Standing Orders – unless I am wrong – the Statement will lapse at the end of this Session. What will happen when we go on recess next week and Sen. (Dr.) Ali has not received a response? There is an issue there.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I was wondering where my good neighbour, the Senator for Kajiado County, has been but I have realised that he was integrating the EAC. I wanted this opportunity to make a brief comment about the Committee investigating the affairs of maize. I hope that the Members, who will be left here next The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
week when the rest travel, can get into the details of maize and its effects thereof. I know that Sen. Murkomen has had a run-in with some people about this maize issue. I hope that we can discuss those things. This morning, I had the privilege of attending one of the Committees and we need to empower our Committees for them to do their work. Some Committees are facing a lot of challenges. There is a Governor who has refused to come to the Senate and he has been summoned but the Inspector General (IG) has refused to bring that ...
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a matter of conjecture. This morning, I saw the letter addressed by the IG, Boinnet to the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. We are waiting for your directions from your seat. This is a misconception and misapprehension of the law, where the Senator of this Republic is supposed to go to court to get an order. This could only lead to one thing; that we are subject to the court. Therefore, Governor Mwangi wa Iria is the assailant; the victim is the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, and the Senate, ...
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29 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, since a letter has been issued by the IG, I expect your office to issue a response, attaching the summons to the Governor for Murang’a County. The direction you have given is general. The response to the IG should be clear, with summons attached, on his misapprehension of the Constitution and bringing Mwangi wa Iria here by hook or crook.
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