Stephen Kipyego Sang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1741 to 1750 of 2013.

• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you remember that the Senator for Vihiga brought to your attention that Sen. Abdirahman, on behalf of Sen. Ong’era, sought a Statement under the wrong Standing Order relating to Messages from the President. Then I said that I would still have preferred to answer in accordance with that Standing Order in the capacity as provided for by that Standing Order. Since that was retracted, I am very happy to do it as the Chair of the Committee – and there is nothing wrong with being ambitious. I think that suggests that those are good things to ... view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Nonetheless, I withdraw. view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Nonetheless, I withdraw. view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to join my colleagues in appreciating what the Senate Majority Leader did. In his response, he said that he talked to the President orally and in writing. Could you confirm to us that, indeed, when he spoke to the President orally, he got the commitment that the President would not sign the Bill into law? view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to join my colleagues in appreciating what the Senate Majority Leader did. In his response, he said that he talked to the President orally and in writing. Could you confirm to us that, indeed, when he spoke to the President orally, he got the commitment that the President would not sign the Bill into law? view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, the Chairman, in responding to that request for statement, I seek that he also give an indication on whether the attacks were politically motivated or not. If yes who are the political leaders involved? view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, the Chairman, in responding to that request for statement, I seek that he also give an indication on whether the attacks were politically motivated or not. If yes who are the political leaders involved? view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I support the amendment by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. Being one of the sponsors of this Bill, I 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
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I support the amendment by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. Being one of the sponsors of this Bill, I appreciate the fact that 60 per cent towards development was an ambition. However, you will realize that if you look at Section 107 (2) (b) which we are now amending, you get a clearer picture. It reads:- “In managing the county government’s public finances, the County Treasury shall enforce the following fiscal responsibility principles- (b) over the medium term a minimum of 30 per cent of the county government’s budget shall be allocated to the ... view
• 4 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, just to finalise, as captured, the spirit is to push our counties to start from the right footing. We know that currently the national Government is struggling with a lot of recurrent expenditure. We need to help our counties to start on the right footing, manage their recurrent expenditure and to allocate more resources to development. The objective of devolution is development at the grassroots level. If increasingly our counties will continue to have more resources being voted to recurrent expenditure, then the fruits of devolution will never be realised. We also need to appreciate that ... view