7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you for communicating to the nation. From the word go, I request, if possible, using the powers of your Chair that we put your statement in the dailies. The statement was quite clear and will clarify the falsehoods that have been preached out there. The public will also know the truth about this matter. The whole country knows that this Senate is a House of wisdom. When the Board is formed at the county level, I have no doubt that for sure; we will defend our counties properly since we will ...
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7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion because it has come at the right time. The whole of last year, we made sure counties got money according to Constitution. We have institutions that we must thank for doing their job and make sure that their role is well felt. We thank the Auditor-General for his good work. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is sad that a respected Committee of this House can summon some governors and they refused to appear before it. This afternoon we have denied some counties monies because the governors do not want to ...
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5 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairman, Sir, I stand to support the amendment, even though some Members have indicated that they intend to bring more amendments to the same amendment. 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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23 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Chairperson of the Committee who issued the Statement. However, on the other hand, I have had a chance to sit in one of the meetings where I was invited together with the Senator for Makueni, the Governor and the Senator for Machakos. It would be good if this House is told the truth. It is the Cabinet Secretary who has some sinister motives.
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22 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and congratulate the authors. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know very well that devolution came so that development can be achieved at the lowest level of this nation. I truly believe that if we go by the spirit of the Bill, we will achieve a lot. I want to support one of the amendments that one of my brothers, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., proposed; that we may not really achieve the 60 per cent allocation for development. But, at least, we can improve from the current 30 per cent to ...
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22 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I think Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale would always want to get supporters but not maybe in the Senate. I said that and I stand by it. We really need to look at how to make sure we have enough resources going to the counties. If we do that, the issue of 40 per cent or 60 per cent would be something achievable. We would be talking of 40 per cent of good money because we might be talking of 40 per cent of very little money. Suppose you are talking of 40 per cent of Kshs1 billion which ...
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request for a statement with regard to the declaration of Monday, 7th July, 2014 as a public holiday by some Governors. I would like to seek a statement from the Chairperson, Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations on the declaration of Monday 7th July, 2014, as a public holiday by some Governors. I understand that some Governors declared Monday 7th July, 2014 as a public holiday and instructed the workers in their counties not to report to work. In this statement, the Chairperson should explain under what legal basis a Governor can declare a ...
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2 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to request for a Statement from the Chair of the Committee on Information and Technology on the service provision by mobile phone service providers. In the Statement, the Chairperson should:- (i) explain why services of mobile phone providers especially Safaricom have become poor; (ii) name counties in Kenya where one can carry out uninterrupted phone calls without disruption and explain what measures are being taken to ensure that there is good network in all counties; (iii) state the measures that the Communication Authority of Kenya has put in place to benchmark on performance of mobile ...
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2 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to request for a Statement from the Chair of the Committee on Information and Technology on the service provision by mobile phone service providers. In the Statement, the Chairperson should:- (i) explain why services of mobile phone providers especially Safaricom have become poor; (ii) name counties in Kenya where one can carry out uninterrupted phone calls without disruption and explain what measures are being taken to ensure that there is good network in all counties; (iii) state the measures that the Communication Authority of Kenya has put in place to benchmark on performance of mobile ...
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2 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is vested with the responsibility of developing roads in cities and former municipalities; noting that a number of county headquarters are located within areas formerly known as county councils and therefore road maintenance within such county headquarters would not be the responsibility of KURA; concerned that this arrangement gives undue advantage to county headquarters located within cities and former municipalities compared to those located within the former county council areas; the Senate calls upon the national Government to restructure KURA ...
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