Nominated Senator Sylvia Kasanga is currently the Vice-Chair of the Ad hoc Committee on the Covid-19 situation in Kenya and has previously served as a member in the Ad hoc Committee that investigated the Solai Dam tragedy.
23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
I thank the office of the Speaker as well as the Clerk for enabling us to do county visits and for continually giving us the support as a committee to do these things at this time. We will have further details of the county visits in the next report, which we are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
preparing. Hopefully, we will table the 9th Progress Report tomorrow where we will have all these details for Senators to access.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
In the 9th Progress Report, we also have detailed reports from the Ministry of Health on their own audit and assessment of county preparedness to the point where they have even ranked the counties that are most and the least prepared. It is important that when we table it, Senators should know how their respective counties have performed. I want to assure the House that we are fully seized of our mandate as a Committee. We had requested for a report from the CoB, which was brought. We have relied on it significantly on issues of budgeting and expenditure for ...
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
It is also good that I put on record that we sit jointly with the Committee on Health in undertaking the procurement irregularities that have happened at the KEMSA. Again, Senators need to be seized of this because when it comes, it will be an interesting turn of events. Every time we meet a key stakeholder, we learn something new. As an oversight House, it is important that we be seized of these issues. The law may need to be tweaked and amended so that in future we do not see such situations, where a body like the KEMSA that ...
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
I am grateful to this House, the Clerk and the secretariat of the Committee for the commitment they have and continue to show. They have done good work and dedicated time. Our secretariat is stretched but they work.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Senators are also stretched because all Committees are becoming operational. We are sitting three times a week. So, our afternoon meetings are no longer feasible. All our meetings are happening in the morning and it is becoming a little crazy weaving in and out of meetings but the commitment still continues.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
As a Committee, we assure this House that as we begin to wind up our mandate, we shall give adequate and good reports which the Senators can rely on.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We are seized of the statements from the Senators of Wajir and Taita-Taveta Counties. We have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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23 Sep 2020 in Senate:
started receiving reports from the Council of Governors (CoG), whom we had asked to do an overall report on the performance of counties on the protocols that were sent by the Ministry of Health and how they have adhered to them. We shall consider the Report from the CoG and invite the Senators who sought questions to join in the online meetings, so that they can see the performance of their counties. Our Committee will also consider the report from the Controller of Budget that has been tabled. I ask Sen. Mwaruma to look at the report by the Controller ...
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