13 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I initially addressed the House as the Vice Chairperson of the Committee. I am now talking as the Senator for Nandi County. Just to wind up, it is important to address the issue of county boundaries so that the people of Kericho County can have Muhoroni Sugar Company. Nandi County should have Chemelil Sugar Company and Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o’s county should retain Miwani Sugar Factory. Those are the issues we should address so that we have equity across the three counties. A commitment from me and the Members of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee is that ...
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13 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday 13th May, 2015:- Report of the Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation on:- (1) The Public Finance Management (National Government) Regulations, 2015. (2) The Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015. (3) The Legal Notice on the Declaration of National Government Entities (state organs).
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13 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday 13th May, 2015:- Report of the Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation on:- (1) The Public Finance Management (National Government) Regulations, 2015. (2) The Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015. (3) The Legal Notice on the Declaration of National Government Entities (state organs).
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I indicated that we needed two weeks to respond to the Statement sought by the Minority Leader. Unfortunately, our Clerk has requested for the same Statement from the Attorney- General’s (AG) Office but the AG is yet to respond. Based on the point of order that the Minority Leader raised, I am not willing to indicate a lot of things I have engaged myself in, lest I suffer the same consequences as Sen. Karaba. I have tried something and we should have a response in the next one week. There are efforts that we have made but ...
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I share in the frustration of the Senate Minority Leader. Some of us in this House on several occasions have also requested for Statements and they sometimes take quite a long time. As chairpersons of the various committees, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sought a Statement on the issue of county staff pensions management from the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. This Statement is long overdue; it was due two months ago and he has not responded. Could I get an indication as to when he is going to respond to this?
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I did not come here running. I am a Senator, representing a county. Is the Senate Minority Leader really in order to refer to us as “these young men?” We are Senators in this House. We have come here to listen to you.
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir,---
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12 May 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In an attempt by the Senate Minority Leader to substantiate, he went on to quote media reports. We know that in this county, we have had a lot of media reports.
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