20 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I may not say that this is my personal opinion, but that is what democracy presupposes. After you go to the polls and the majority wins, even those who lost the elections have to join those who won in building the nation. I agree with what he says because that is his personal opinion, but the fact remains that Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta is our President. He is also one of the most focused leaders we have in this country. That is why this morning we had prayers of healing this nation, so that the IDPs do not ...
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20 Jun 2013 in Senate:
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20 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, as I stand here to second this Motion, I will also in future come up with a Motion to also consider those who were displaced earlier, so that we may not have problems like the ones we are having at the coast. The hon. Senator mentioned how in the 1960s people were chased from Lamu. Knowing very well that in Mombasa and the entire coast region we have a lot of problems as a result of people being displaced, it is an issue I feel that we need to look at comprehensively. With regard to settling these ...
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20 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, when I mentioned the two communities, it was just an example. There were quite a number of communities which were affected.
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20 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am here to support the idea of IDPs. I gave an example of our good leaders who will solve this problem. I do not want to isolate any community because all of us are here to find a permanent solution to this problem. This is the time when the Government needs to act and take a major roll call in all IDP camps in various parts of this country. The Government should settle them in areas where they will live with dignity. I second the Motion.
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19 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. In my county, my people really suffer. I have a constituency called Loitoktok which is about 300 kilometres from Nairobi where the nearest referral is, that is, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Kajiado Hospital has no morgue and laboratory. It has a few doctors and other medical personnel. Most of the time, you will only find one doctor. Kajiado Hospital is in Kajido Central. It is about 100 kilometres from Nairobi. It experience the same problems like other parts of this country. Kajiado West is also about 100 kilometres from Nairobi. All ...
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19 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, let me say that he was indicating that enterprise funds are not in the Ministry of Devolution. He was saying that the Ministry of Devolution was given Kshs68 billion and it will just go into conferences.
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19 Jun 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a good Motion that tackles the major problems that this nation is facing. As the Senate Leader of Majority has indicated, it has some gaps. Personally, coming from a pastoral county, I can see that even though I will be happy to see graduates access the funds, I am looking at my very able young people who did not have a chance to go to school. However, they are very good when it comes to their enterprising skills. These people are very well known. Our Government has not given the livestock sector the ...
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Motion. This is one of the best Motions since this House started conducting business. It has been brought by a respectable Senator and that shows that this House is dynamic. This is an amendment that will assist the entire country and in particularly those areas which are endowed with natural resources; found on the surface of the earth like wind, water, limestone or even some soils. There is something that was not mentioned, magadi, a resource which is in my county. As we seek to ensure that our counties ...
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21 May 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for granting me this opportunity. This Motion is quite important to us because actually the creation of the Senate was purely because of the devolved systems. I am very sure many institutions are fighting to be seen to be working so that, at least, the mwananchi on the ground can really feel that the results of devolution are going to be felt. I thank my fellow Senators because of the way we are working in this House and even in the Committees; we are really working to make sure that, at least, devolution is realized. ...
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