All parliamentary appearances
Entries 591 to 600 of 1046.
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10 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, my advice to the students is that we have different perspectives on issues and people think differently. However, we should resolve our differences through debate, persuasion and peaceful and respectful discussions. I, therefore, encourage them to look at the manner in which we debate. They might read in newspapers that we disagree on many issues, but we remain friends. We are people from one nation, who have a singular objective of having a good country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to encourage those who would like to join politics to promote peace, persuasion and dialogue. I ...
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to welcome the delegation from Laikipia County, Starehe, Nyamira and also from Ogande Girls Secondary School in Homa Bay County. On behalf of Sen. Kajwang,‟ who is not in the country, I welcome Ogande Girls Secondary School. He travelled with another delegation to Malaysia. I would like to specifically tell the students that debate is a healthy thing because it is important to look at things from divergent perspectives. However, it is very good to do it peacefully and by way of persuasion so as to ensure that, at ...
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the loss of financial and procurement records of Migori County Government Executive. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the circumstances under which the 2017/2018 financial and procurement records belonging to Migori County Government Executive were lost and therefore unavailable to the Auditor-General, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and other citizens for oversight or any other use. (2) Explain the disciplinary actions that have been taken against the ...
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not trying to altercate with the Chair. However, I tried desperately to catch your eye and I was unable to do so.
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, your eyes were with the Clerk-at- the Table whom you were consulting. Most of us grew up in houses that were plastered using cow dung – animal waste. We are wondering what is going on. We wanted to say one or two things about this so that everybody else should know that right now there is panic all over the place in Maasailand, all the pastoral communities and in Migori County about what is going on The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ...
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
with manure because this thing has never been poisonous. In fact, the best food now is that which is grown using organic manure. If you look at this Standing Order under which it was brought, I believe you have discretion and you could allow Members to ventilate on this.
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Manure is very important. In fact, where I come from, we use manure even as food. There is a particular food that is called Ochuri which is actually manure; you can use it to eat meat. There is something called Ochak which you can apply some manure to disinfect the gourd where you keep the milk.
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
When we hear Government officials advocating for the banning of manure, they should bear in mind that this is something we have consumed for many years. We live in houses that are plastered using manure. We also use manure to discourage snakes from invading our homes.
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
I therefore, find this kind of proposition preposterous. I suggest that the Committee that is looking into this matter should name these pseudo-scientists who came up with this promulgation so that we shame them or have them removed from Public Service because this is the most ridiculous proposition that has ever been made in our time.
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9 Apr 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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