12 Mar 2014 in Senate:
THAT, aware that many officers serving in Kenya’s National Security organs die in the line of duty; further aware that most of them are very young with those who are married having young spouses and children; concerned that the compensation given to their next of kin is not adequate to cater for the needs of their immediate families members, particularly their children’s education, family upkeep and other basic needs; the Senate calls upon the National Government to provide for the education of the deceased officers’ children up to university level to cater for basic needs of their immediate families by ...
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12 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Hon. Senators, the remaining one minute will not be enough to prosecute the next Motion on the Order Paper. Therefore, it is now time to interrupt the business of the Senate. The Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 13th March, 2014 at 2.30 pm. The Senate rose at 6.29 p.m. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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11 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I seek your guidance. Since the report that has been given to us is not the proper one and has not been signed by you and the Chairman, and since you have suspended debate on it, is the suspension effective from the first page of the report? We take congnisance of the fact that the Chairman has been presenting the report and he stopped at a certain point.
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11 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted your guidance or ruling on the report. You said that you had suspended debate on the report. Does the suspension apply from the first page of the report or will the Chairperson continue from where he left and report to us?
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the record, if you listened to the comments by the Senate Majority Leader on the question asked by Prof. Lesan, he said that it is trivial and small. I find it unacceptable. Is he in order?
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to request that the Chairperson gives us some information about what the Government is thinking about IDPs that did existed before 2007. We have IDPs of 1992 and 1997. What is the Government thinking about them?
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While accepting and respecting the provisions of the Standing Orders on the time allocation and submissions of amendments, it is also known that this Report was tabled yesterday. However, no The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the Committee for giving us a comprehensive and well thought out Report. Allow me to pay tribute to Members of the Tenth Parliament of the Committee of the Rules and Procedure which you served and which I served. We were with Sen. Musila and many other Members who in their imagination came up with the Standing Orders that we have used so far. Looking at the few amendments that have been done on the document that we have been using, they deserve our gratitude and recognition for the work they did in harmonizing ...
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27 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reasons given for that amendment are very true. Indeed, at one time, the Senator for Migori had to urgently be requested to accept to be nominated to Chair a sitting which was on the verge of collapsing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second.
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