Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this distribution is beating the essence of equitable distribution of resources. You find that Nairobi County, for example, after having been allocated slightly above Kshs4 billion, was again given an additional Kshs14 billion. Likewise, this has happened in major counties of this country. This is to the detriment of the marginalized counties of this country. The top most beneficiaries of these allocations are counties that have an ability to collect taxes. Nairobi County collects taxes in billions per month and yet we allocate this county another Kshs14 billion. We have other counties receiving as low as ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that must not only be seen to be done, it must be done. They should not forget that the Senate is keenly watching them. This is not a joking matter for self gratification by the people in authority at that level. The law is there to guide us on the decisions we make on the distribution and utilization of these funds at that level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question is, if only 15 per cent has been allocated to county governments, what will the national government do with the remaining 85 per cent? It is ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Karaba in order to ask for substantiation of the obvious? view
• 23 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Chamber is made in such a way that noise can come from outside. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform Sen. Kajwang that, actually, he has forgotten that the person who signed that paper that ruled us out is His Excellency, the President, himself, Uhuru Kenyatta. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my name is Sen. (Dr.) Machage, not Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was on a light note. I apologise. Migingo Island is in my county and hence the concern. The legitimacy of a Government is to protect, not only the security of its citizens, but also defend the boundaries of the country, in this case, Kenya. There has been a systematic ignoring of intimidation of my people in Migori County at Migingo Island. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am building my case— view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Chairman, Sen. Haji, tell us the actual scientific name for miraa ? Could he also give us a list of the documented or purported side effects of miraa ? Is it true that included in the side effects are reduction of sexual drive, enhancing of peptic ulcers and, therefore, cancer and insomnia, which is loss of sleep? view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from expression of mischief, this Motion has no purpose. Really, if there was a serious matter in terms of reduction of the number of days, then we would talk about reducing by a whole week so that the Motion is debated in good time. However, giving a token of only a day to, please, the Mover of the Motion and show the period has been shortened is not good enough. view