30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.39(2) to request that you reorganize the order of business to allow us to vote on two Bills that we deferred yesterday. I have discussed with a number of Members who are likely to get out of the House in a short while. These Bills have been pending in the House for three sittings. We should vote on them since we have the numbers.
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
On a point of Order. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, did you notice that the Senator for Bungoma has passionately accused the Jubilee Administration---
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am sorry, I meant the Senator for Kakamega who is a neighbour to Bungoma and my neighbour also. Did you notice that as he passionately attacked the Jubilee administration, he focused on Sen. Keter and I as if to suggest that we were the ones responsible for the closure of the schools? If you look at the public gallery, we have students from schools meaning schools are open.
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in supporting this Motion, but more fundamentally, to congratulate this particular Committee. When the Senate resolved to establish this Committee, we saw a number of the Members of the National Assembly attempting to say that we were wrong as the Senate to establish it. I thank the Chairperson and the Committee for taking up this matter and ignoring some of the uninformed Members of the “lower House”. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Senate did not resolve to set up this Committee, what we would have seen is the Members of the ...
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Whereas I appreciate what you have indicated, you will note that we had a similar problem yesterday. The Serjeant-at-Arms seemed not to have done the right thing by taking one delegation from our counties to the Speakers Gallery while the other one to the Public Gallery. The same issue appears to be recurring; that they did not take time to inform you about the students’ visit. Would I be in order to request that you direct that the Serjeant- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes ...
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29 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.45(2)(b), to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on the declining profits in the tea industry. In the statement, the Chairperson should:- 1.State whether the Government is aware that the amount of tea bonuses to farmers has drastically declined in the last three years and give reasons for the same. 2.Outline the tea bonuses that will be paid by each of the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) factories across the country. 3.Explain the glaring disparities in the amount of tea bonuses by the ...
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29 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the many requests that were sought, additional to my statement, were fairly the same. Therefore, two weeks will be is appropriate to me.
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29 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, would I be in order to request that the officers of this House help us reduce the noise coming from the cheering of Sen. Muthama outside this Parliament? Could our officers ensure that there is a conducive environment for us to transact business?
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29 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can order the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to ensure that--- I am not sure, but they seem to be supporting Sen. Muthama. That is what I am hearing.
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29 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Chairman for the response but I have a few clarifications---
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