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.
14 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move: THAT Clause 4 be amended by inserting the words “and a county roads agency” immediately after the words “an Authority”.
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14 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 83 be amended– (a) in sub-clause (1) by (i) inserting the words “pedestrians, or” immediately after the words “for the benefit of the”. (ii) inserting the following words “including pavements, footpaths and footbridges” immediately after the words “or other works as” in paragraph (a). (b) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (1) (1A) Where a responsible body, immediately before the commencement of this Act, constructed a road without such accommodation works under sub-section (1), an Authority or a county roads agency shall, within a period of twenty four ...
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14 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 85 be amended in paragraph (f) by inserting the words “pavement, footpath or footbridge” immediately after the words “parking area”. 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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14 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 98 be amended– (a) in sub-clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f) – (fa) size, standards and use of pavements, footpaths and footbridges, including measures as are necessary to make such accommodation works fit for use by persons living with disabilities and cyclists; (b) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (4) – (4A) Despite sub-section (4), a county roads agency may, where it is not practicable to comply with uniformity and national standards in construction and use of roads or accommodation works, enact ...
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14 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 100 be amended – (a) in sub-clause (2) – (i) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) (ba) constructing, upgrading, rehabilitating and maintaining accommodation works such pavements, footpaths or footbridges as are necessary for the benefit of convenience of pedestrians, or the owners and occupiers of lands adjoining those on which the road is constructed; (ii) by deleting the words “county government” appearing at the end of paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the words “national government”. (b) in sub-clause (3) by inserting the words “and accommodation works” immediately ...
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. Allow me to congratulate Sen. Halake for this Motion. I have been waiting for it for some time now. I appreciate the fact that she has broken down the issues of taxation and how pads are made including the different layers which is something that most of us do not think about. It is sad to hear that pads are considered as a luxury item. Those who can afford them throw them in their shopping bags without thinking about the price and they continue with their lives. However, there is a girl ...
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
At one point, I was embarrassed because the girls came up in the open and told us that we were not doing enough, as leaders, and that we do not understand what they, who cannot afford sanitary pads go through, when they are out there. Truly, it was embarrassing. It became clear that the Government sponsored programme for distributing sanitary pads had been politicized. In one instance, a girl told us how they have to queue in front of an office to report that their cycle has started so as to be given a pad and that they are either ...
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Senator has said, they should not just be any pads but they should be pads of good quality because we do not want an influx of funny pads that cause women to have all sorts of ailments and diseases. In as much as we are zero rating the manufacturing of pads, the Government has to come up with a clear programme to ensure that every girl child in primary and high school has free sanitary pads for them to go through their course of education with dignity and no worry. In fact, when I talked with those girls, I heard ...
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15 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 15th November, 2018:- Report of The Powers and Privileges Committee on the allegations of impropriety in relation to the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee inquiry (CPAIC) into the possible loss of funds through acquisition of land LR No.7879/4 by the National Land Commission (NLC).
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15 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 15th November, 2018:- Report of The Powers and Privileges Committee on the allegations of impropriety in relation to the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee inquiry (CPAIC) into the possible loss of funds through acquisition of land LR No.7879/4 by the National Land Commission (NLC).
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