26 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have made strenuous attempts to get an answer from the Cabinet Secretary in charge of health but unfortunately, there has not been a response in the last two times. Now, we have made it a third time to see whether we can get an answer. We understand the urgency and the seriousness about the mothers and the children crises in the maternity and we are trying our best to get the answer. If we are not able to get it through this way, then we have no recourse other than to ask the Cabinet Secretary to ...
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26 Jul 2016 in Senate:
As I mentioned, Mr. Speaker, Sir, this effort has been going in the last two days and I hope that by Thursday we should be able to report to this House whether we have succeeded or not.
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26 Jul 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If you so direct that the Majority Leader assists the committee to get this answer, we would kindly accept the assistance to access the Cabinet Secretary so that he gives us an answer.
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14 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the ruling that you have made. However, I want to point out that the other area we have a threat is the area of food and beverages that we use within Parliament. I have an office at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) and we hold a lot of meetings there. The food and beverages that are brought in are brought in across the streets. We do not know where they come from. We cannot have absolute security. However, if food is carried The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for ...
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14 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, indeed, we addressed this issue at the Committee Stage and discussed it at great length. Some of the powers that have been given by this Bill are taking away a lot of responsibility from the county and taking them back to the national Government. It was important that we align this Bill to the Constitution by letting the powers be where they are. There was an element of the arrangement of this thing to look like the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), for example, where there is an overall body that takes care of the country’s personnel. ...
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14 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I also support these amendments because we have other bodies in Government with speacialised abilities to evaluate and indicate the quality of the products that are provided. I do not think these regulations will have the capacity to do what it is stated here. I support.
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13 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Next Order No. 14; the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 3 of 2015). THE CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILL NO. 3 OF 2015).
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13 Jul 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the Senate its considerations of the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 3 of 2015) and its approval thereof with amendments.
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