13 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary says that in the revised budget for 2017, an additional of Kshs6.5 billion was allocated to cater for the enhanced cash transfer for older persons aged 70 years and above. This is the confusion. There is a criterion for OPCT above 65 years. During the period of elections, the Cabinet Secretary was doing another one of 70 years. In this one, the category of eliminating the persons who were either poor or who do not have somebody who earns in the category of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ...
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13 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. My concern at the time of asking this question was on the payment by installments. Perhaps, a minute to explain; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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13 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no problem. This is because I have seen correspondence from your office where you have been reminding the Ministry to send the responses. Maybe, you can send a last reminder before we come back from the recess. This is a very important issue for the people of Kikumbulyu North. We do not expect to have poisonous substances dumped in our area without following the law.
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13 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have four statements that have not been answered. First, I sympathise with Sen. Kihika of Nakuru County. This is what started in the last Senate. They started by delaying for two weeks, it went to four weeks, then two months and there are Senators who left this Senate in the last Session without receiving their responses for the questions they had requested for. Secondly, I agree with my colleague, Sen. Wambua, that there are certain matters particularly on security that even if a Statement is not issued in this House, there should The electronic version of ...
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6 Dec 2017 in Senate:
No, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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6 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. First, I would like to respond to something that Sen. Mwaura mentioned about the Physical Planning Bill. The reason we challenge the Physical Planning Bill is because the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development developed a Physical Planning Bill which was contrary to the Land Policy signed by the then Minister in charge, Hon. James Orengo, now Senator. That Policy required that we prepare something called the Land Use Planning Bill. I challenge that Bill because it is taking us back prior to 2010. Prior to 2010, the Physical Planning Act has ...
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6 Dec 2017 in Senate:
We are having a protocol hitch! There is no Speaker to address.
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6 Dec 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in cities all over the world, water used in bathrooms and toilets comes through different systems and you pay differently. So it is possible that we charge Kenyans and persons in urban centers for use of water but then the water and electricity is available. Sen. Wetangula talked about Bombay which is now called Mumbai. There is no city in the world that has got more people than Mumbai, but their slums look so good that they have been given accolades for slum upgrading. Even if you acknowledge that these people are going to live in ...
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9 Nov 2017 in Senate:
.: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a statement from the Senate Majority Leader on the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) Sultan Hamud-Mwingi high voltage power line project. In the Statement, the Senate Majority Leader should:- (a) Provide a list of all people affected by the said project in Makueni County, their property references and valuation thereof. (b) State the number of people who have been compensated and the payments thereof. (c) State the reason or reasons why residents of Sultan Hamud, Masua, Matiko and Mulala welfare have not been compensated. (d) Indicate when the outstanding payments to ...
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9 Nov 2017 in Senate:
.: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Leader was not specific. But I thought that, maybe there was an induction course for Majority leaders which he missed, because he is arguing with you. We have not confirmed that we are having a recess. So, when he says one week after recess, what does he mean?
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