1 Oct 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to ask that as per Standing Order No.214, we are supposed to have a Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity. Since the names of the members who had been appointed to that Committee were presented to the House, that Committee has never had a sitting. I do not know what the problem has been. I wonder if the Committee should be disbanded. If that happens, some people in this country will suffer. As of now, I know some people in my county who are really suffering in their jobs because of issues ...
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1 Oct 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I propose.
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1 Oct 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this time to reply to the Motion. I do thank very much all the distinguished Senators who have eloquently contributed to this Motion. From your contributions, it has come out clearly that it is the local leaders who know the state of roads in their respective counties. These local leaders include the Senators, governors, Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and village leaders. Most roads from Class D are found within counties. These roads include feeder roads. We use these roads to access our homes. Therefore, it is only imperative that they The ...
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1 Oct 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion by the Professor. I may not have much to say because our elderly Senator has already spoken and I may be diluting what he has already said. However, if you look back in order to find out who these wazees are, you will see that these are people who used to bring back sanity whenever people went out of order. These are people who were associated so much with God that they were more holy that the average person. They would even mediate between quarrelling families. In ...
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26 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Thank you for allowing me to support this Report. For sure, I just want to remind the Senate that from the time we were elected to date, wananchi at the ground have been asking what is happening because they have not seen any development taking place. I do believe a lot has been happening; trying to put things in order and for us to pass this Report, we are making a statement that the national Treasury will gazette that Schedule so that everybody knows that in a particular month, this county expects this amount of money. I thank my Committee, ...
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26 Sep 2013 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Since I am a Member and the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, maybe, I just need to explain that shortfall you are talking about.
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26 Sep 2013 in Senate:
I am much obliged, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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26 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at the number of Senators that we have in the House and the time that is remaining, I would like to request that I be allowed to move this Motion--- 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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26 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion. THAT, aware that Fourth Schedule of the Constitution assigns the responsibility of construction and operation of national trunk roads to the national Government and that county transport, including county roads are the responsibility of the county governments; acknowledging that the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is mandated under the Kenya Roads Act (2007) to administer funds for the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads in constituencies, which are roads within counties and which fall under Class D category and below; cognizant of the fact that there are already established ...
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24 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Thank You, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to give notice of the following Motion.
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