23 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. The issue of governance, accountability and transparency across the world has been known by researchers and scholars to have cost the global economy a lot. The fact is that we are coming from a regime where CSs were behaving like demigods. The wisdom of our President is to try to bring the services closer to the people and the CSs to come to the people’s representatives in no lesser House than the Houses of the Senate and the National Assembly. We, as Chairpersons of Committees, have been faced, in ...
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23 Mar 2023 in Senate:
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23 Mar 2023 in Senate:
some of the questions which we needed answers to. We had to write and wait for the answers, which we are still waiting for. This change of having CSs come to the Floor of this House will not only give us the opportunity to ask them questions, but to also explain the policy direction of our Government. Both sides of the political divide in this House must rise to this occasion. One Cabinet Secretary charged with the docket of Interior was behaving like he owned Kenya. He intimidated people and blackmailed businesses. He actually went ahead and made this House ...
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21 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Tuesday, 21st March, 2023. Report of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on its consideration of the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2022).
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21 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion
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16 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I sat through the committee of vetting, and I was very impressed, as Sen. Oburu has said, by the number and the knowledge of people who---
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15 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second. I sat through the vetting process and had an opportunity of listening to all four nominees. Three out of the four portrayed high knowledge and passion for environmental issues.
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15 Mar 2023 in Senate:
We are aware that we are living at a time when we must engage ourselves with the climate for the sustainability of our future generations. Three of them convinced us beyond reasonable doubt that they had their takes. Therefore, in a joint sitting with our counterparts in the National Assembly, saw it fit to have the three of them. However, the fourth one failed short of in showing that she had what it takes in terms of total commitment to climate change. As we know, this is an area where the President has pronounced himself in putting Kenya in the ...
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14 Mar 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the petitioner
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