22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Yes; I am avoiding the word “riding”. I do not want to ride on my Chairman.
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in asking this question, I want to say that this matter is now a crisis. Women in Wote have slept on a cold floor for three nights looking for these birth certificates. So, it is a crisis. In the Statement, I would like to find out from the Chairperson:- (a) Whether the national Government is considering making it compulsory for birth certificates to be issued to all children in Kenya in line with the provision of the new Constitution that citizenship is acquired at birth. (b) Whether the national Government is considering issuing birth certificates for free ...
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question of waver of fees on birth certificates is something that the national Government ought to address very urgently. This is a matter concerning children. People are suffering and sleeping on cold floors. I am sure that next week, you can come with a policy decision on what ought to be done to resolve this crisis that is happening everywhere. We do not want our mothers in Wote to sleep on a cold floor.
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
.: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you did not mention who.
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
.: On a Point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
.: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you cannot allow the Majority Leader to lecture us like this. Voting is a right of every Member. If he wants us to undress one another we can do so, but it is not necessary. We have had both sides losing Bills here. It is not the first time. However, there some matters that we ought to discuss off camera. If the majority side proposes to go this way, we are only going to diminish the stature of this House. This is because people are watching what we are doing. If he decides that we are ...
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22 Feb 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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21 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From my understanding of what riparian land is; it is supposed to be like a road reserve. For purposes of the river, it will be a water reserve to accommodate floods. Therefore, in Nairobi itself, riparian land has been grabbed to the extent that even the house that was collapsing in Mathare was on the river itself. There is one on Mbagathi Way where the river passes under the building. There are others on Argwings Kodhek and Brookside where the river passes under the buildings. We would like to know who is in charge in ...
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21 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While the Chairperson is going to present his response, we have proposed, together with the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, the Disaster Management Bill which will, of course, address this concern. However, for the purposes of the question, I am aware that the National Disaster Management Policy that was drafted in 2013 is still stuck somewhere on a shelf. The Chairperson should let us know, in his response, when that policy will be implemented or passed because it will then dictate or give life to the proposed ...
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20 Feb 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it should be Kilonzo. Otherwise, you will expose me to many things.
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