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  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from what Sen. Karaba has raised, I am worried whether the Committee, chaired by Sen. Kivuti, is the right one to look into that matter. I think there is a conflict of interest in this matter because it concerns the people of Embu and Kirinyaga. Maybe his deputy could do better in this matter than the Chair. view
  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the engineering point of view, the tunnel collector is supposed to just harvest the excess water caused by the rains and Senators should understand that point. That is why the Chair is saying that the effect on the river is 2 per cent. However, the concerns of the Senators should be considered. I will give an example of my own county which--- 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 view
  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a case in 1980s where water was pumped from Kilimanjaro-Loitokitok to Machakos. It was a big project that time and it was called Kilimanjaro-Machakos Water Project. A river called Nol Turesh was tapped and there were NEMA reports which were done at that time. As we speak today, that project completely changed the ecology of Oloitokitok. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ride on the same and request the Chairman to provide to this Senate documentation to show how much water was flowing in River Nol Turesh before water was tapped. He should also ... view
  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another clarification I would like to seek. Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki and many other engineers are here. We need a special audit on the costing of dams in this country. All of a sudden, people started talking about millions and billions for dams. It is just a matter of excavations, compaction, and grouting where you will rarely experience a hard structure down there with cracks. That is the only time you can talk of mega billions being used on dams. So, I urge this Senate to come up with either a committee or ask for a ... view
  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: seconded. view
  • 10 Nov 2016 in Senate: 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 view
  • 9 Nov 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also join my colleagues who have torn this report. My first question to the Chairperson of Devolution is: Did you, as a Committee, sit down and interrogate this report? Secondly, as he was reading part of this report, you could think it was written in the academia world and not the real situation. They even have time to say we have people who are trying to monitor, people who are doing a, b, c, d and a particular county is in this stage. This is a serious matter. The issue of drought, people ... view
  • 9 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a table here showing that many things have been done. This is not correct like taking water browsers. The day 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 view
  • 9 Nov 2016 in Senate: Senators, we are in the Committee of the Whole to consider The Physical Planning Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 46 of 2015). view
  • 9 Nov 2016 in Senate: The Division will be at the end. view

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