11 May 2022 in Senate:
I wish Sen. Wambua would listen. Mr. Speaker, Sir, protect me from a journalist in this House. We are trying to see how to protect journalists, but this one is a threat to us. I have two things to say about the internal threats that journalists face. It is not necessarily external, or from being imprisoned or threatened, it is the very threat of their survival. Sometimes, the journalists have been under paid and overused. Journalist do not have a way of expressing themselves. It is the threat from the media houses that is sometimes worse by not giving them ...
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11 May 2022 in Senate:
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11 May 2022 in Senate:
few on top who get very rich, who make a lot of money. Correspondence journalists are very poor and need to be supported. I support the Statement.
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10 May 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the Senate today, 10th May, 2022.
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10 May 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Sustainable Waste Management Bill (National Assembly Bills No.22 of 2021) be read a Second Time. Waste can be managed to achieve economic and socio-environmental benefits. Kenya’s current waste disposal system is faced with many problems. These problems range from the cities failure to prioritize certain waste management to inadequate infrastructure. Several strategies have been put in place to address the issue of waste management, but they have not been successful. To address the problem, efforts put in have not been enough because there have been no institutional changes made. This proposed ...
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10 May 2022 in Senate:
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Sustainable waste management is also fundamental to delivery of each of the Government’s Big Four national priorities. The transformational agenda on housing, manufacturing, food and nutrition, security and healthcare all have something to do with the management of a clean environment. Kenya’s leadership in the blue economy is important for the environment and waste management either on land, sea or in our urban environment. The whole idea of an ecosystem called sustainable waste management is supposed to be a priority in this country. It should be given new impetus so that we can begin to do what other parts of ...
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10 May 2022 in Senate:
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have taken place, dispute resolution mechanisms relating disputes under the Act and general penalty for offences for which no specific penalty is provided for under the Act. Part IX of the Bill, that is Clause 33, provides for the power of the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of the Act. Part X of the Bill, Clauses 34 to 35, provides for miscellaneous matters, including the integration of the waste management into school curriculum and for transitional matters. The First Schedule of the Bill provides for the conduct of business and affairs of ...
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