Petronila Were Lokorio

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• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: have the Right Hon. Justin Muturi EGH, MP. elected. The East African Region has countries namely; Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Mauritius and Seychelles. The highlight of that Conference was the election of the Speaker of the National Assembly Right Hon. Justin Muturi, EGH, MP. as the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the CPA Africa Region. Hon. Elijah Okupa of Uganda was elected the Vice Treasurer. We send our sincere gratitude to CPA Africa Region for their confidence in Hon. Justin Muturi, EGH, MP. and Kenya as a country for the opportunity to serve the region in this capacity. The ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I greatly thank Sen. Poghisio for contributing to this Motion. I join him in congratulating Hon. J.B Muturi on his election to the CPA African Region. That position places Kenya at a very good point in Africa, both politically and economically. Therefore, I once again join Sen. Poghisio and other Senators in congratulating Hon. J.B Muturi. Hon. Poghisio also talked about the benefits of CPA membership. I encourage Members to register and pay an annual little amount of around Kshs2,000. There are great benefits. He just indicated to us that when they visited the House ... view
• 28 Feb 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
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the adjournment the Senate, so that we can attend the Devolution Conference. The Devolution Conference is very important for all actors in the devolution process. It will enable them to meet and discuss how far they have come and they are going. It will also enable them to take note of what it is they need to do and the challenges and scenarios in devolution. I welcome this break and look forward to deliberations in Kirinyaga County and the interaction involving Senators, county assemblies and governors on the issues in devolution. I support. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would also like to thank the leadership of this Committee, of which I was honoured to be a Member. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to dwell on only one issue, which is that agriculture is a devolved function. Counties have abdicated this function and left it to the national Government, which is abusing it. Therefore, counties need to take it upon themselves that this maize issue and any other issue within the agricultural sector is their mandate. They need to provide millers in their counties; they need to put ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: to us that they had better lives before. They used to know the price of maize before they planted. What has gone wrong? view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these farmer also have loans to pay from Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC). If they are not paid by NCPB, it will be a ripple effect and many other institutions will be affected. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion; that this House considers the amendments from the National Assembly on The Assumption of Office of the County Governor Bill (Senate Bills No.1 of 2018). You will note that this Bill is supposed to guide us on how governors transit from the last general election to the next one, to avoid confusion and ambiguity within which very many wrongs are done. This Bill will also allow our counties to take care of anything that was in the previous government, so that any audit queries that need to be sorted ... view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to add my voice and support my colleagues who are contributing to this Bill. I would like to thank the Mover of this Bill, Sen. Abshiro Halake, for bringing it up and doing quite a good job. It is a well researched Bill that seeks to breathe life into Articles 43 and 53 of the Constitution which is a requirement for equality. The Bill is at the core of humanity. The basic values are respecting each other, caring for each other and trying as much as possible to provide a bare minimum ... view