30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, the Majority Whip of the House is Sen. Wamatangi.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I am proposing that Sen. Farhiya will be our teller.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I take the opportunity to thank Members for their contributions on this Motion in its amended version. For clarification and to ensure that there is no contradiction in the thoughts and minds of Kenyans, those who watched and followed; there is passion by Members of this House to have a say on how the lives of their people will be cared for in this trying and tough times of COVID- 19. For example, the amendment brought about by Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko and supported by all Members of both sides of the House is evidence that Members are ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Various suggestions have been made. Noteworthy of those suggestions is, for example, that the thought that we should see this pandemic not as a one off thing. The plans that the Government has got in mitigating and ameliorating the concerns and conditions of Kenyans should be long-term. Madam Temporary Speaker, for example, look at how we have dealt with the pandemic of HIV/AIDS. Since the 1980s when the first cases of HIV/AIDS were detected in the country, up to today, Kenyans are still suffering from the same ravages of that virus. That may be an implication or a pointer that, ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
In conclusion, when we went to take the vaccination, we have been told that you will have to take about three for you to attain levels that would be said medically to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in case you got infected. We should be thinking about those Kenyans who cannot afford a meal on their table today. We need to ask ourselves what we are doing about them. Madam Temporary Speaker, they have to deal with the same fate, tragedy and problem that we, as Members of Parliament with the privilege that we have that they are facing. What ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply and move.
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
THAT, notwithstanding the Resolutions of the Senate made on 16th February, 2021 (approval of the Senate Calendar) and on 24th March, 2021 (alteration of the Senate Calendar), pursuant to Standing Order 29(4), the Senate resolves to further alter the Senate Calendar (Regular Sessions of the Senate) in respect of Part II, so as to adjourn on Tuesday, 30th March, 2021 and to resume sittings on Tuesday, 11th May, 2021, in accordance with the Resolution made on 24th March, 2021 provided that Select Committees of the Senate continue to hold virtual meetings pursuant to Standing Order No.251A and where necessary, hold ...
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30 Mar 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to move- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 184(1)(d) and 189(3), the Senate approves the nomination of Sen. (Justice Rtd.) Stewart Madzayo, MP, to serve in the Senate Business Committee, to replace Sen. Cleophas Malalah, MP.
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