10 Nov 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Chairperson for the Statement which I have just received. It has a number of details in terms of figures and statistics. I request that this Statement be placed, possibly, on the Order Paper tomorrow.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is not only today, but the whole of last week we had relative peace in this House when he was absent. May I kindly request that you---
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29 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the clarification I would like to seek from the Senate Deputy Majority Leader is whether the coordinating team is working with the counties. We have seen in the media many counties allocating huge amounts of money. For example, one county has set aside Kshs300 million. Is there a mechanism of ensuring that there is proper coordination so that we do not have certain officials within the county and national Government misusing this money instead of ensuring that our people are helped with the challenges that they face?
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27 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman for this response, though you will appreciate that this was an urgent matter but it has taken the Ministry more than two months to respond. In the Statement given by the Chairman, I want to seek a number of clarifications. One, on the incident in Mosoriot, the Chairman has indicated that the Government is aware that on the night of 12th and 13th August, 2015 three suspects were apprehended by members of the public. He goes on to tell us that they were booked in a police station but they escaped. ...
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27 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second clarification on that particular one is, even with the opening of the inquiry file, has any of the police officers who are responsible for the manning of the police station on that particular night been forced to step aside? Have they been interdicted? Secondly, the Chairman has indicated that on 15th September, 2015 about 400 boda boda riders armed with crude weapons rode from Eldoret towards Nandi. It is shocking for the Chairman to imagine that anybody can believe that there were 400 boda boda riders with crude weapons, riding from Langas to Eldoret, all ...
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27 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, like my other colleagues, I congratulate these two organizations for taking up the matter with the Senate. Some of our counties are facing serious challenges. Last weekend, I visited one of the water projects that have been allocated over Kshs.5million only to find nothing. Therefore, there is reason to believe that there is need for us to support our residents in our counties in addressing these issues. I support.
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22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Vice Chairperson of this Committee and a number of us in this House, have requested statements from this Committee, but they take time to respond. When we ask the reason why they delay in responding to these issues, we are told it is because the Cabinet Secretary is out of the country. His docket is Interior and Coordination of National Government. What is an interior Cabinet Secretary doing out of the country most of the time? We should be able to get a better explanation. We are not asking for questions from the Cabinet Secretary ...
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22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming to the Senate members from our counterpart committees from counties. I also thank you because you have always been there to grace the occasion every other time we have had an opportunity to invite our counterpart committees from counties. I want to mention to the House that we have met our counterpart committees from over 35 counties. This is one of the responsibilities of the Senate; to mentor our counterpart committees in counties. I thank the team that is here today. I invite other committees from other counties that have not ...
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22 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will remember that about two months ago, I sought a statement on the rising insecurity in Nandi County. That was to be responded to in two weeks. It is now two months, but I have not heard from the Vice Chairperson as to when she will be ready with the answer.
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21 Oct 2015 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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