Njeru Ndwiga

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• 15 Jun 2022 in Senate: I do hope that the next Senate will have experienced Senators who know how to handle this situation. This situation is going to be a pandemic, continuous and recurrent for as long as you have new Senators who do not know the problems that the previous Senate experienced. view
• 15 Jun 2022 in Senate: I do hope that the next Senate will be able to focus specifically on the health of our people. We are allocating money from this House. There is no reason why we cannot specifically hold the director of budget since specifically this money is for health. We want to specifically see those health boards in the counties throughout the country. This is because if we just release money and expect that the governors and the Members of County Assembly (MCA) will allocate the 15 per cent, which is a requirement to the health sector. This will never happen because our ... view
• 15 Jun 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, many people do not understand the role of Senators. Once the Senate has disbursed money to the counties, we have no capacity to follow it and make sure it has been put to proper use. Hon. Senators do not have that capacity. Our role is limited to waiting for reports of the Auditor General after they have inspected the county books and the reports are sent to CPAIC. That is where Senators get involved. Madam Temporary Speaker, the first line of checking accountability is with the county assemblies. It is very clear even in the Constitution. You ... view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in welcoming the delegation from the United States of America. Unlike my colleagues, I did not have the advantage of studying in the USA, but my father was in the Michigan State University. Therefore, I still have the benefit of your system. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we were rewriting the Constitution of this country, we borrowed a lot from the American system. In fact, even the very establishment of this House - because we did not have the Senate before the current view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: Constitution, which we have now. It was created following the model of what you have in the USA. I have had the advantage of attending the Senate sessions in your country. I have been around here in the corridors of this Parliament for about 20 years and been to your Senate many times. I know how you operate and we borrowed a lot from America. In fact, our hope right now, as a Senate of this country, is that some of the aspects which were not properly captured in our Constitution that we borrowed from America, that this time we ... view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move- view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: THAT pursuant to Standing Order 159, the amendments of the National Assembly to the Coffee Bill (Senate Bills No. 22 of 2020) be now considered. First, I thank the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for the diligent work they have done in considering these amendments. Secondly, I thank the stakeholders both farmers and others who gave us important input while considering the amendments to the Bill. When I moved this Bill I enumerated the problems of coffee farmers, the history of coffee farming and why the Senate found it necessary to introduce a Bill in this House. The main ... view
• 18 May 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view