11 Oct 2016 in Senate:
For purpose of correction, the Senate Minority Leader, Kiserian Dam was done during the nusu mkate period.
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11 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Okay. If it consumed Kshs4 billion, it was then.
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11 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, it is now time to adjourn the Senate. The Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. 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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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also listened to the Chairman when he was giving the statement. The Ministry is just doing a public relations exercise, when this is actually a serious issue. I used that road two weeks ago and spent about eight hours in traffic. Other than that, I think the priorities of the same Ministry are upside down. As I talk of the feasibility studies, we should also consider the Magadi Road which runs from Bomas of Kenya to Ongata Rongai and Kiserian. In fact, many people are moving away from that area to live in other areas ...
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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. Technology and education have brought tremendous improvement to human life. There could be a lot of controversies concerning this Bill from the cultural and Biblical point of view for those who are believers like me. In the Bible, we are told that the mother must carry the baby for nine months and she must experience labour. In this case, the biological father and mother of the child will not be the ones to carry the child; it will be another mother. Biblically, that will bring a challenge.
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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Maasailand, we always believe that the father carries the baby in the legs, but the mother must carry the baby in the womb for nine months.
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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons our fathers and forefathers married many wives was to ensure that they got children even if some wives were barren. With this technology all the parties - the husbands and wives - will have their part to play; they can have a chance to have children. Therefore, this issue is encouraging, particularly for pastoralists communities which have quite a number of women who are barren. They can use this technology to increase their population, so that they can always compete politically, particularly in our country where numbers matter if one wants to be ...
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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Since there is no other request, I call upon the Mover to reply.
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4 Oct 2016 in Senate:
I defer putting of the question as requested by the Mover.
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