7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairperson, Sir, the wisdom in the Committee, as I said, was simply that the issue of sports seemed very indeterminate on what is happening where. When we looked at these amendments, they looked like some sort of cure to a very big problem. We thought that it would take only maybe a month or a month-and-a- half and then we will come up with a comprehensive Bill, so that we can take care of all these things. But having listened to the reasoning by the Senate Majority Leader, Attorney General Emeritus and others and also looking at the Fourth ...
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7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairperson, Sir, that is what I am doing on behalf of the Committee.
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7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairperson, Sir, I hope it is admissible to ask for clarification from the Mover. When we talk of the total number of votes, are we referring to the votes garnered by the President, each Member of Parliament or all the votes put together?
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7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairperson, Sir, I am referring to Clause 2 (a) on page 216 of the Order Paper where there is an amendment which states:- (1) The Fund shall be distributed as follows- (a) Seventy per cent of the Fund proportionately by reference to the total number of votes secured by each political party in the preceding general elections; Since we vote for six individuals in the general elections, when you say “votes”, how shall we calculate them?
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7 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Chairperson, Sir, so what we are saying is that we get the vote for each one of the elected leaders up to the ward representative and then you get the total.
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5 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Yes. My point of order is; this issue has been ventilated on enough. The point is that this House agreed to the position which was mediated by the Committee on our behalf. The money available for dividing among Level 5 hospitals is Kshs1.87 billion. Unless we are questioning the criteria of how Kakamega ended up with Kshs200 million, for example, there is no other money available. Therefore, I would propose that we pass it as it, pass the amendment and then move as per the suggestion that we now look forward to an intervention in the Supplementary Budget.
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5 Aug 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. Could the Mover of that amendment explain why we should “set” rather than “recommend?” The mandate of the CRA is to recommend rather than to set. The ultimate authority of those ceilings is the Senate.
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5 Aug 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I am rising on a point of order, not on what he is saying.
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5 Aug 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I wish to seek direction from the Chairman. I would like to move an amendment to that amendment and I am doing it for the second time because we are at the Committee Stage.
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