Petronila Were Lokorio

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• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: It is not by law; by law it is Sen. Moi, but by fact, it is Sen. Halake. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Committee is crucial, as we move towards the digital world and making Kenya part of the global village. We need laws to guide this transition towards the digital world. I remember that, that was one of the promises of the Jubilee Government. I am, therefore, happy that this Committee is living up to that mandate. To that end, we also passed the Data Protection Bill yesterday, which is going to protect Kenyans rights to privacy, as it protects ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I second. view
• 11 Jul 2019 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
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would also like join my colleagues in congratulating the Senator for Nyandarua County, Sen. Mwangi, for leading this Committee and working very hard. The dockets of land, environment and natural resources fall under this Committee; land being a very important aspect in this country. He runs this Committee with passion and dedication. There is even a joke that he was knocked somewhere around the Ministry of Lands offices trying to get statements from the Executive. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: We are very proud of him and his work. We commend him and continue to request him to keep up with the good work. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Going forward, I would like the Committee to look at issues of land reclamation in remote areas like North Baringo, Turkana and Pokot, so that the land is capable of growing pasture, which is the livelihood of the people from those areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of the environment and re-afforestation, the Committee should come up with some legislative proposal, where everybody who owns land will plant trees on 10 per cent of their land. If you have an eighth of an acre, 10 per cent of it, other than just your house, must have trees. If we ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: On the issue of housing, I would like the Chairperson to look at housing as the Big Four Agenda. The idea that even after we have contributed the percentage that we have been asked to, the allocation will be done by lottery, is still a betting issue. Let us find a way of dealing with that issue as a Committee. If the Principal Secretary (PS) was 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
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: misquoted, let us get to know how exactly these houses will be allocated. I hope it is not by lottery. Thank you. view
• 9 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Statement by Sen. Nyamunga, on congratulating Sen. Abshiro Halake on her election as the Chairperson of CMD-Kenya. It is worth noting that CMD-Kenya is a non-partisan organisation established in 2004; a few years after the advent of multi-partyism. That is after the first election that the Nation Rainbow Coalition (NARC) won, after so many years of rule by the Kenya African Nation Union (KANU). That put forward the first step to bringing political parties together to always think together and do the right thing in the interest of ... view
• 9 Jul 2019 in Senate: Let me say a little bit about these elections. They are gruesome and tiring. Like all political elections, you are never sure it is done until it is done. To the last hour of the election, she went through it all and came out triumphant. 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