13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to draw your attention to Charge No.2, before the Governor takes his plea of guilty or not guilty. I would like to enquire whether the county assembly would want to consider amending or correcting that charge.
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the figures are wrong. The amount declared there, Kshs615,143---
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to draw the attention of the House that the amount pleaded as lost is wrong.
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, I seek your indulgence at this point. Before the counsel, can one seek clarification on an issue before he moves away from it?
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, it is okay. My concern was that the point may get lost.
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am actually armed with a pen and several papers. I thought that the point I was raising is critical that even Counsel could lose trail to come back to it. With your indulgence---
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. To be certain whether the questions we will pose to the witness are restricted to only what we see as the broader view of the matter at hand or are we going to ask questions specific to what the counsel has said? As you have noticed, there were many times when I wanted to seek clarifications on various issues. I think it is important that it comes out that on matters which have already been prosecuted by the counsel and requires clarifications, should we pose them at this time to this witness? ...
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13 Sep 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, although we already have our procedure documented, in light of these developments and for the sake of ensuring that we go through a process that will live up to the intended integrity, would I be in order to suggest that where it becomes necessary we extend or expand the programme to accommodate the required procedures? I entirely agree with what Sen. Wetangula has said; that we should follow a procedure that will be exhaustive, but also lead, as they say in Law, to justice being seen to have been done.
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27 Jul 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Now that it is clear that there has been no headway for a long time on this matter and especially on many questions to the Committee on Health, is the Chairperson in order to mislead the House? In spite of the fact that he says he has been struggling, what he would have done is to seek the assistance of the House to summon the CS, such that all those questions which have been pending can be answered once and for all. Could you direct the Chair to write down all those ...
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27 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will conclude. Reading Article 125 of the Constitution, this House has got the powers of the High Court in requiring provision of evidence or even summoning individuals to come to this House. Could you direct that every time a statement is sought and an answer is not here, a summons be issued for the relevant CS to come and answer those questions so that we do not appear to be casual on matters of life and death?
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