Stephen Kipyego Sang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1661 to 1670 of 2013.

• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- 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. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, we made these amendments because we thought it is important that we should entrench values and principles within public institutions. We should give them the mandate to develop standards for responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services, facilitate introduction of modern innovative procedures, simply the procedures and ensure that there is adaptability of public services to the needs of the public. We want to ensure that their services are rendered closer to users and develop mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of public service delivery. Mr. Temporary Chairman, these are some of the ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (2) by inserting the words “and accountability” at the end of the sub-clause. Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, if you look at the provisions of the Constitution, the words “transparency and accountability” go in tandem. We thought that it is important for uniformity and conformity with the Constitution that we include the words “and accountability.” view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT clause 13 of the Bill be amended- (a) by inserting the following new sub-clauses immediately after sub-clause (3)- (i) (3A) If after three months a service Commission has not investigated and determined a complaint, the officer responsible for handling the complaint shall give the complainant satisfactory reasons, in writing, for noncompliance (ii) (3B) Appropriate disciplinary action shall be taken against any officer who is found to have unreasonably delayed in handling a complaint made to the service Commission. (b) by deleting sub-clause (4) and substituting therefor the following new clause- (4) ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT clause 15 of the Bill be amended- (a) in sub-clause (1) by deleting the word “satisfactory” appearing immediately after the words ‘a public officer to be’ and substituting therefor the words “exemplary, outstanding or innovative”; and (b) in paragraph (b) of sub-clause (2) by deleting the word “satisfactory” appearing immediately after the words ‘public officers who offer’ and substituting therefor the words ‘exemplary, outstanding or innovative’. The intention of this amendment is to provide that only public officers who perform their duties exemplarily, outstandingly or in an innovative manner will be ... view
• 31 Mar 2015 in Senate: I am standing on a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has mentioned that the problem of Mau was started by the older KANU politicians. In this House, we have a number of those older KANU politicians, including the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Wetangula. Could the Senator substantiate who he meant by “the older KANU politicians” who started this problem, whether that, includes the Senate Minority Leader? view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. This is one of the most important Bills in this House.It would be unfair that we have heard opportunities to contribute to many Motions in this House but when the serious business of discussing some of the Bills that are provided for and have constitutional timelines, then we have only two minutes to make those presentations. Nonetheless --- view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Most guided, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The issue of environment is very critical. I support this Bill because of the establishment of county structures that will help our counties to participate in the management of the environment. I come from a county where we have forests. As communities, we participate within the region to protect the forest.Unfortunately, when it comes to harvesting of those forests, then the 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. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I support this important Bill. Right now, drought is a major issue in this country. Whereas we have had these counties which have traditionally been known to be drought-prone, that is, the northern Kenya counties, it appears that with climate change, global warming and other factors, counties that have traditionally received rain throughout the year like my county are now experiencing some level of drought. I come from Nandi County where we have never experienced drought. We have always had rain throughout the year. However, this year particularly, since November last year all ... view