5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the great people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, I take this opportunity to convey my sincere condolences to the family of the late Hon. Lawrence Simiyu, whom I knew while I was in school reading about him. Recently, I came to know that he is a relative to my colleague, who is also a Member of the Committee on Energy, Sen. Edwin Sifuna. May his soul rest in eternal peace. During the time of Hon. Lawrence Sifuna, when they were in Parliament, including Chelagat Mutai and others, they did great work for this country. ...
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the great people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, I take this opportunity to convey my sincere condolences to the family of the late Hon. Lawrence Simiyu, whom I knew while I was in school reading about him. Recently, I came to know that he is a relative to my colleague, who is also a Member of the Committee on Energy, Sen. Edwin Sifuna. May his soul rest in eternal peace. During the time of Hon. Lawrence Sifuna, when they were in Parliament, including Chelagat Mutai and others, they did great work for this country. ...
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Mr Speaker, Sir, I know he gets instructions from the people of Kitui County.
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Mr Speaker, Sir, I know he gets instructions from the people of Kitui County.
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, he is in this House because he is the representative of the people of Kitui County. They would all have been here, but the House is not enough. However, we need to reflect as a House. We need to check ourselves so that we also have independence of the House. We have the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive. It is high time that we ensured that we work as per the mandate that the Constitution gives us. We need to go back to those days of Hon. Lawrence Sifuna and Hon. Martin Shikuku. The people we ...
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5 Dec 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, he is in this House because he is the representative of the people of Kitui County. They would all have been here, but the House is not enough. However, we need to reflect as a House. We need to check ourselves so that we also have independence of the House. We have the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive. It is high time that we ensured that we work as per the mandate that the Constitution gives us. We need to go back to those days of Hon. Lawrence Sifuna and Hon. Martin Shikuku. The people we ...
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30 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement on FKF to have elections next year in February. The current office bearers of the Federation have a tendency to go to court to block any attempts for elections to take place. There is a lot of corruption and many cartels there. We need to ensure that the elections take place. The issue highlighted do not affect the FKF alone; Athletics Kenya has similar issues. The office bearers there are people who have been in office forever and do not want to hand over the mantle to the ...
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30 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement on FKF to have elections next year in February. The current office bearers of the Federation have a tendency to go to court to block any attempts for elections to take place. There is a lot of corruption and many cartels there. We need to ensure that the elections take place. The issue highlighted do not affect the FKF alone; Athletics Kenya has similar issues. The office bearers there are people who have been in office forever and do not want to hand over the mantle to the ...
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