13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, as you exit the whole issue of Petitions, and before you move to the next order---
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am joining you in welcomeing the students. However, at the same time---
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not done.
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to keep that point of order alive. Before you exit the whole issue of Petitions, I would like you to give me the chance to raise my point of order. Now that I am on my feet---
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
No, it is in regards to the Petition.
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, this is just to say that I support the Petition. We must support the strengthening of oversight in this House, so that some of these issues cannot be repeated in other areas. We have counties which began very well, but before the end of the year, employment and the wage bill have been exceeded without following and rules. This House must stand firm against such kind of things. I ask the Committee to scrutinise this Petition properly, so that when it comes back to the House, we can sort out this matter once and for all. Thank ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thought before you left the Order on Petitions, that Standing Order No.100 and Schedule 3 of our Standing Orders speak clearly about Members. Standing Order No.100 speaks about being responsible for the accuracy of the information that a Member brings to this House. The other one speaks about petitions; the lay out, how you present petitions and how they qualify to be properly before the House. I think we are getting to a place where petitions are not scrutinised for validity. I can give you an example: There is a particular petition ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday, the country was treated to some circus on the issue of the Deputy Governor of West Pokot County. That Petition is defective. I told the Speaker that and he arranged for us to meet before it was read. The Petitioner who is not here should have declared interest---
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