Hon. Senators, before we proceed to Order No.8 in today's Order Paper, I wish to make the following communication. As you may be aware, the Petroleum Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 48 of 2017) was introduced in the Senate on 10th July, 2018, by way of First Reading, having been referred from the National Assembly for concurrence by the Senate. The Bill was debated at Second Reading stage on 25th and 26th September, 2018, and is scheduled for Division at Order No.8 in today’s Order Paper. In the course of debate, the Bill elicited a lot of interest from Members, with Senators highlighting several areas in the Bill that would require amendments in order to align it to, among others, the Constitution and the devolved structure of government. In this regard, a breakfast meeting has been organized for all hon. Senators for deliberations on the Bill, with a view to arriving at a consensus on the amendments to be made to the Bill at the Committee stage, so that these may be canvassed before the Bill is scheduled for Committee of the Whole and Third Reading. The meeting is scheduled to be held next week on Tuesday, 9th October, 2018, at a venue to be communicated. I invite and urge all hon. Senators to actively participate in this important meeting. I thank you.

Hon. Senators, we are reorganising the Order Paper for the convenience of the House. We will come back to these other Orders. In the meantime, we will go to Order No.18. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity. I beg to move- THAT, WHEREAS Kenya’s disaster profile is dominated by droughts, fire, floods, terrorism, diseases and epidemics that disrupt livelihoods, destroy infrastructure, divert planned use of resources, interrupt economic activities and retard development; FURTHER WHEREAS the Government, through its various agencies, is ultimately responsible for disaster reduction, preparedness and management; COGNIZANT of the fact that Government agencies involved in disaster management are usually overwhelmed when called upon to provide response services during disasters and emergencies; AWARE that the Kenya Red Cross Society Act, Cap 256 of the Laws of Kenya, establishes the Kenya Red Cross Society, a sole national Red Cross Society in Kenya, as a voluntary aid society; RECOGNIZING, the efforts of the Kenya Red Cross Society to provide first-line disaster response services in incidences of disasters and other emergencies across the country; OBSERVING, the huge financial resources required to finance disaster reduction, preparedness and other emergency services; NOTING that one of the sources of the Kenya Red Cross Society in financing its operations is through accepting unrestricted contributions and assistance, in any form, from individuals, public authorities and private bodies; APPRECIATING, the efforts made by the prudent management of funds by the Kenya Red Cross Society; FURTHER AWARE that Emergency Fund is a substantial proportionate Vote Head in both the national and county government budgets; CONCERNED, that the Kenya Red Cross Society has not been allocated a budget from the national and county governments despite the huge contribution in disaster and emergency response across the country; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the national and county governments to explore collaborative mechanisms for the Kenya Red Cross Society to support and implement a paradigm shift from post- disaster response to risk reduction by developing and implementing a national disaster risk financing strategy across all sectors and incorporate it into the national and county development planning and financing processes. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We want to listen to what the distinguished Senator for Vihiga County is saying, but the Senate Majority Leader is holding a kamukunji right in front of you and we are unable to hear what is going on.

Senate Majority Leader, consult in low tones because hon. Members cannot follow a very important Motion that is being moved.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have just said that it is not duplication, but it will supplement the provisions that are in The Disaster Risk Management Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2018). Therefore, the Motion is very timely. I thought I should just proceed and move it. I will leave it to this House to decide. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) in its current form was established in 1965 through the Society, Act Cap 256 of 1965. Currently, His Excellency the President is the patron of the KRC. The KRCS is premised on the tenets of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service and universality. I want to believe that we all agree that they have lived up to these tenets that they believe in. The KRCS has earned the trust and confidence of the people of this country. The KRCS has been ever present; the first responders to any emergency across the country. It has responded to emergencies such as fires, accidents, collapsed buildings, mudslides, floods, refugee settlement, drought, drug addiction, jigger infestation, HIV/AIDS and so many others. In the recent past, we all remember the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence where KRCS played a very vital role in providing temporary shelters for the victims of these clashes. We all remember the Sunday, 1st February, 2009, when a tanker rolled at Sachang’wan and killed many people. It was a terrible tragedy. We all remember the first people who were there to save lives and help the other causalities. On Saturday, 21st September, 2013, during the Westgate Mall Terrorist Attack, we all remember the role that KRCS played. We also recall the role the KRCS played during the Mpeketoni attacks between 15thand 17th June, 2014; and the terrorist attack at Garissa University on Thursday, 2nd April 2015, where I lost a nephew. Even in the current clashes that are happening in Narok County, they are there, trying to provide shelter to those who have lost their homes. Therefore, the importance of the KRCS cannot be overemphasized. We all know the important role that they play to intervene in all the calamities and tragedies that befall us and thus, the gist of this Motion. Today, with all these interventions, the KRCS incurs a huge expenditure budget and they depend entirely on well-wishers. This organisation The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not want to interrupt Sen. Khaniri who is moving an important Motion. However, as earlier agreed, we have a Division coming up. Therefore, with your permission, can we temporarily interrupt that business of the House to do the Division and then we can come back to that important Motion?

Sen. Khaniri is nodding in agreement. We can move on together in that direction.

Senate Majority Leader, under Standing Order No.105, it must be first proposed.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I move a Motion that the ---

Approach the Chair, Senate Majority Leader.

Sen. Khaniri, proceed.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I note the importance of the vote that we are supposed to take. I will just finish moving in the next five minutes. I have my seconder, Sen. Halake. I could not get a better seconder than her since she was the Deputy Director of KRCS, deputizing Mr. Abbas Gullet. Therefore, I think she is well versed with the society. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will go straight to the gist of this Motion. It is trying to find a way where the county and national governments can work in collaboration to see to it that the activities of the KRCS are seamlessly funded so that the Government has a role in the activities that this organization undertakes. We cannot leave this extremely important exercise that they play to depend entirely on donor funding. We will be taking a big risk. If this Motion is passed, I intend to come up with a Bill which we will be working on with Sen. Halake to see that we put this into proper legislation. Financing for this organisation has been a challenge with several appeals. In other jurisdictions, government provides direct financial support to the Society because of the pivotal role it plays in alleviating human suffering and offering first response to victims of various disasters. Recently, I saw that the President had donated Kshs1 billion from the Government to the Kenya Red Cross Society. I want to believe that, that was to go towards the victims of the clashes in the Mau area. That was a good gesture, but we cannot leave this to the whims of the leaders that are in office at that particular time. We The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Let us have Sen. Halake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to second the Motion moved by Sen. Khaniri. Allow me to thank him for bringing this Motion. As has been said here, it is a very important Motion. Yes, I was the immediate former Deputy Secretary-General of the Kenya Red Cross Society. I was privileged to serve Kenyans in the humanitarian space through a most wonderful organisation like that. There are around 190 Red Cross societies around the world, but the Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the best in the entire globe. Kenya should be very proud of some of its institutions, because the Kenya Red Cross Society as we have been told by Sen. Khaniri, is one of the major organisations that are doing great amount of work, not just in disaster management but also in many developmental spheres as well. He has listed that and I am not going to belabour it as I have been told that I have a very short time. The Kshs7 billion that the Kenya Red Cross Society has been receiving for a long time to serve this country has been reduced to more than a half. This is simply because international humanitarian response and donations have reduced very much in the face of new disasters around the world in Yemen, Syria and other places. The Kenya Red Cross Society has had to deal with a sustainability issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we, in this country, need to think. I have said this before; that a country is as strong or as weak as its institutions. We are privileged to have a Red Cross Society that is embedded in the community, doing so well but facing sustainability issues. When the Kenya Red Cross Society is not sustainable, it means that the communities that it serves---. The Society exists in every county. There are 67 branches and we have up to the household level where we have community health volunteers doing a lot of work on the ground. If the organisation does not get it right, it means that our institutions will die and, therefore, need support from our Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, of the Ksh7 billion that the Kenya Red Cross Society fundraises around the globe, the largest amount comes from other Red Cross societies, mostly for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Order, Members. Let us, please, consult in low tones.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a middle-income country, funding to Kenyan institutions especially in the philanthropic or humanitarian field has reduced very much, as I said, by close to half. The United Nations (UN) which is the blue pillar for humanitarian response recently did a survey which revealed global reduction in humanitarian support in the year 2016 to a 40 per cent funding shortfall for the UN coordinated humanitarian appeals. Normally, whenever there is a disaster, an appeal is made, through the Kenya Red Cross Society and the United Nations (UN) movement. All of these have dipped by 40 per cent. This means that the Kenya Red Cross Society has had to work with less people, volunteers and prepositioned commodities. Therefore, our people will suffer. I am privileged to know the figures, but do not want to put them on the Table. However, this deficit will affect the ability of the Kenya Red Cross Society to respond to emergencies and disasters throughout the country, since it lies largely in the operations of disasters. This is where the rubber meets the road in terms of the major work of the organisation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the organisation does much more than disaster risk response and has been a key pillar, as an auxiliary to the Government of Kenya. We have ambulances that are seen on the roads and prepositioned around the country on a cost sharing basis. Those who can afford them pay, but they respond for free to the people who cannot afford. Ideally, ambulance services should be provided by the Government, but the organisation is bearing the brunt of it. Therefore, we urge this House to stand with institutions that are accountable. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

What is your point of order, Sen. Murkomen?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order 105, I beg to request you to adjourn debate temporarily for a few minutes to enable us to dispense the business related to Division, including, but not limited to the reply to The Impeachment Procedure Bill by Sen. Cherargei.

Hon. Senators, before that, I wish to make a Communication. I would like to acknowledge the presence, in the Speaker’s Gallery this afternoon, of visiting students and teachers from St. Jude Girls Napara High School, Bungoma County. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to join you in welcoming the students and teachers from Napara Secondary School in my county. It is a school that I have a lot of respect for and attachment to. It is based in Bumula Constituency. I welcome all of them to the Senate to see what we do and speak here. I hope that, at break time, I will be able to see them out there.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to join you in welcoming students from Bungoma County and Dawamu Academy School, Kajiado County. I wish them well as they learn what we do in the Senate. I also wish those who are sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (KCSE) all the best.

Hon. Members, following the request from the Senate Majority Leader, we now move to Order No. 9.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Hon. Members, I now proceed to put the question that the Impeachment Procedure Bill (Senate Bills No.15 of 2018) be reads a Second time. I direct that the division bell be rang for half a minute.

Hon. Senators, I now direct that the bars be drawn and the doors be locked.

Hon. Senators, please, confirm that you are logged in.

Hon. Senators, may I draw your attention to what I am saying. Confirm that you are logged in because you are not logged in. Voting starts now and you have one minute to do so.

Those who need assistance, please, come forward.

Order, Members. The results of the voting are as follows-

I direct that the division bell be rang for half a minute.

Hon. Senators, I now direct that the doors be locked, and the bar be drawn.

Voting starts now. You have one minute to vote.

Those who need assistance to come forward. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Order, Senators! The results of the division are as follows,

Hon. Senators, for the convenience of the House, I am re-organising the Order Paper. Let us go to Order No.17.

Order, Members! Pursuant to Standing Order 79, I rule that this matter affects counties and voting will be by delegation. I direct that the division bell be rang for half a minute.

I now direct that the doors be closed and bars be drawn.

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Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows:-

Hon. Senators, we are now in the Committee of the Whole to consider The County Boundaries Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2017) and we will proceed to vote. I direct that the Division Bell be rung for a half of minute.

We shall first vote on clauses without amendments. I now put the Question, that Clauses 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 31, 40 and 45 and Clause 2 be amended as proposed. Kindly, close the doors and draw the Bar.

Log in and start voting. Those who should be assisted can approach the Table.

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Hon. Senators, the results of the first Division are as follows:-

Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows:-

Hon

Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows-

.: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the Senate its consideration of The County Boundaries Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2017) and its approval with amendments.

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On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for me to remind Members that they should not leave the Chamber because all the work that we did in the Committee stage will come to a naught if we do not sit to complete the remaining one very important Division? Am I in order to ask this?

(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): Majority Leader, you have a Whip in the House. That is her job and she should have done that all along. May I call the Chairperson to report on this one?

Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that a Committee of the Whole House has considered The County Boundaries Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2017) and its approval thereof with amendments.

(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): Mover, proceed.

.: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request Sen. Orengo to second the Motion.

I second, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Senators, I do not see a request to speak. I will now put the question that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report.

.: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that The County Boundaries Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2017) be now read a Third Time. I request Sen. Orengo to second.

seconded.

(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): I see no requests. Hon. Members, I will now put the question. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): Order, Members! Please, take your seats. The results of the Division are as follows:-

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Honorable Senators, we are on Order No. 11, The Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bills No. 3 of 2018). We are resuming on a Division and the first division is on clauses for deletion.

I order that the bars be drawn.

Hon. Senators, ensure that you are logged in. I now put the Question; that Clause 10 and Clause 25 be deleted. Hon. Senators, ensure that you are logged in. You may now proceed to vote.

That is the end of voting. The hon. Senators who need assistance to vote may come forward. ( Several Senators walked to the Clerks-at-the-Table

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Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows:

Hon. Senators the results of the Division are follows-

Hon. Senators, we are now proceeding to the third Division the New Clause 5A. I will now proceed to put the question that the New Clause 5A be now read a second time. Please log in and proceed to vote.

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Chairperson. You announced that we had 27 votes. However, looking at the head count of Senators present, it is about 27, but we also have Senators here who are Members of delegations whose head of delegations are present. Therefore, we cannot possibly register 27 votes. This is a House of record and the accuracy of the record is what keeps the good name of this House. I ask for clarification. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar is the head of the Uasin Gishu County Delegation from where Sen. Chebeni is. Therefore if one is voting the other cannot vote-- -

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Sen. Omanga and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve are---

Sen. Nyamunga: Sen. Olekina is around but behind.

I just want to have my mind settled that we are doing the right thing. I know we are used to rigging elections but we want to have things right.

Hon. Senators, we are verifying the records but meanwhile we can proceed. There is only a problem with the Nairobi Delegation that we are correcting.

The assisted voters can kindly come up and vote.

Sen. Nyamunga): Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows:-

Sen. Nyamunga): Hon. Senators, the fourth division is on clauses without amendments.

Sen. Nyamunga): Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows:-

Let us have the Mover, please.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee of the Whole do report to the Senate its consideration of the Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bills No.3 of 2018) and its approval thereof with amendments.

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Order, Hon. Members. I order that the Bar be drawn and the doors be opened.

I now call upon the Chairperson to report.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bills No.3 of 2018) and its approval thereof with amendments.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report.

(Sen. Murkomen) seconded.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bills No.3 of 2018) be now read a Third Time. I invite Sen. Murkomen to second.

(Sen. Murkomen)

Hon. Senators, I now put the question that the Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bill No.3 of 2018 be now read a Third Time. We are proceeding to a Division. You may start voting now.

Order, Members. The results of the division are as follows-

Hon. Senators, I now direct that the bars be withdrawn and the doors be unlocked.

Let us move on to the next Order.

Hon. Senators, I defer Order No. 12.

Hon Senators, we are now in the Committee of the Whole to look at the Office of the County Printer Bill (Senate Bill No.7 of 2018), but we will not proceed to the division.

The Division will be at the end.

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The Division will be at the end.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. On behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Information Communication and Technology, I beg to move:- THAT Clause 5 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) by inserting the words “and information” immediately after the words “gazette such documents”.

The Division will be at the end.

The Division will be at the end.

The Division will be at the end.

The Division will be at the end.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 9 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (3) by – (a) inserting the words “qualify to” immediately after the words “A person shall”; (b) inserting the words “at least” immediately after the word “holds” in paragraph (a); and, (c) deleting the word “five” appearing immediately after the words “of at least” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the word “ten”.

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Madam Temporary Chairperson, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Information Communication and Technology, I beg to move:- THAT clause 10 of the Bill be amended by inserting the word “and the county printer” immediately after the words “the county secretary”.

The Division will be at the end. There is a further amendment to Clause 10 by the Mover.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Information Communication and Technology, I beg to move:- THAT clause 10 of the Bill be further amended by inserting the words “of the county printer” immediately after the words “functions of the office”.

The Division will be at the end.

The Division will be at the end.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 10 – Offences.

The Division will be at the end.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 10 – General penalty.

The Division will be at the end.

Madam Temporary Chairperson I beg to move:- THAT, clause 2 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new definition immediately after the definition of the term “county gazette”- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

The Division will be at the end.

The Division will be at the end. Hon. Senators, since we do not have the requisite numbers, we are going to report progress. Proceed, Mover.

Madam Temporary Chairperson, pursuant to Standing Order 142, I beg to move:- THAT, the Committee reports progress on it is consideration of Office of the County Printer (Senate Bills No. 7 of 2018) and seek leave to sit again tomorrow.

seconded

Hon. Senators, I call upon the Chairperson to report progress.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report progress, that the Committee of the Whole has considered the Office of the County Printer Bill (Senate Bills No.7 of 2018) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.

I now call upon the Mover.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report.

seconded.

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Hon. Senators, I will defer Order No.14

Next Order!

I defer Order No.15.

Let us go to the next Order.

Hon. Senators, I defer Order No.16.

Let us go to the next Order.

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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this extremely important Motion by my colleague from Vihiga, Sen. Khaniri. The Motion has been second by a very distinguished lady with a lot of experience in this particular area of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. We have just come from some very long droughts and a lot of floods that we suffered last year to the beginning of this year, and many others that we have all seen. We saw what happened in the Solai Dam disaster and many collapsed buildings all over. They caused destruction to property, loss of lives and earnings for our people. If we do not come up with a strategy to finance how to deal with these disasters, then at all times we will not be preventive, but rather reactionary. We will be reacting to acts or omissions by human beings or even acts of God, like rains. We have had landslides and lost lives because of lack of proper management and handling of disasters. If I may speak on a personal level, last year we lost many livestock in Kajiado County. My nuclear family lost more than 50 cows, goats and sheep. It is very expensive to recover from that. We ended up losing so much because of the drought. During the drought, we spent a lot in buying hay and looking for water for the livestock. Immediately after the droughts, we suffered the floods. Even the restocking programme that the county tried to come up with did not materialize. There were complaints all over as they tried to restock and even buy the frail animals that were suffering from malnutrition at throwaway prices. The other day, I heard that those who gave their animals to the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) have not been paid to date. They tried to salvage the little they had by selling the cows to the KMC, which is on its deathbed. The restocking programme did not take off and if it did, it was of very little significance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we should not wait until disaster strikes. We should not wait until the drought hits us hard or there is a fire and we are unable to control it. We should not wait until we lose people in collapsed buildings and then we cry about it. It is time that we had a strategy, not just to talk about financing, but what the finances will do. The finances should mitigate these disasters. In terms of financing, I am sure that there is a policy. All we need to do is finance and implement the intentions of that policy. When we visited Tana River County with the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, there were a lot of floods and people’s homes had been swept away. Schools and homes were flooded and swept away by raging flood waters. People were crying and there was no food. The county government and security apparatus were all running around, trying to distribute food since people could not reach the shopping centres because of the floods. Even if one did, the supplies were not there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we found them distributing food. We should not just wait until too late in the day without that strategy that will enable us to have food when there is need for it. In fact, we were wondering why we were not flying choppers to drop food when we knew there would be floods and there was a transport problem. The trucks were stuck and could not reach the destination to supply food leading to a shortage where the floods had affected the people. We kept asking, “Did we not know there could have been a chance that we were going to have floods?” If we knew so, how come we did not provide for a chopper that could drop food for purposes of saving the lives of the people that were suffering? How The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Let us have Sen. Wetangula. I note he is not in the Chamber. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Langat.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, forgiving me this opportunity to make my contribution towards this Motion on disaster management. I concur with Members who have spoken before me in the sense that in our country and our counties at large, we are lacking proactive strategies to combat disasters. There are many challenges we have faced in our counties. For instance, this year alone in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes

Hon. Senators, there are no more requests. I, therefore, defer the reply to the Motion to tomorrow.

Next Order!

Hon. Senators, I defer Order No.19 to tomorrow.

Hon. Senators, having concluded the Business on the Order Paper, the Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 4th October, 2018 at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 5.42 p.m. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes