27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at some point there was a ‘king’ in this House. Nevertheless, my point was that the Senator was about to refer to Standing Order No. 92. Although Sen. Wambua is away, maybe there is an issue that ought to be addressed before he comes back. The issue is that, it is the direction of the Speaker that, upon being satisfied that this is a matter before a court of law, it then becomes sub judice.
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27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is worse than casual because the Chairman spoke to me and never disclosed that. I am happy that before this he had mentioned that he is a godly Senator. In fact, he mentioned to me that they are unable to trace records. What you have mentioned is true; that this is a serious matter. People were displaced in the 1980’s for the construction of a national dam, and yet, somebody appears to not to know where it is. What is worse is that the Cabinet Secretary had made an undertaking to the Senate to answer that ...
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27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
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27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes.
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27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the first question, the Senator is asking a very serious question, and I thought I should help. The help that Sen. Sakaja, the Super Senator, can give with his super way of doing things is, if you want to find out whether the asphyxia was either caused by manual strangulation or by another human being, the post-mortem report would help. The Committee will not answer that question. It is far much better to get the post-mortem report which will help you to determine that issue.
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27 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. At the onset, just from reading the Bill and its explanations, I want to say that under the Constitution, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is supposed to give recommendations on this Bill and the Treasury in a memorandum that is appended to the Bill and give reasons for deviations. I am not happy as a Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, having sat on the Committee for several years about the explanations on the deviations. The first explanation of the 4 per cent growth factor ...
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22 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Food Security Bill (Senate Bills No. 12 of 2017). For avoidance of doubt, I also want to inform my colleagues who joined us in the Twelfth Parliament that we passed a similar Bill in last Parliament. The Bill was sponsored by Sen. Beatrice Elachi who is now the Speaker of Nairobi County Assembly. However, the situation has not changed. It is still the same and business as usual. First, I will make a few general remarks before I get in to the details of the Bill. The fundamental question ...
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21 Mar 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the good Senator is not giving the correct information. I have the Statement; I have had it for the last seven days.
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