Wilfred Rottich Lesan

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson of the Committee is aware of the Statement requested. I want to seek your indulgence that I will let the Chairperson know that the matter has been raised and will endevour to bring the report as soon as possible. Perhaps, Thursday is very soon, but...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not privy to the circumstances that have led to the delay of this Statement, but I promise that I will inform my Chairperson that this Statement is required on Thursday. We will endevour to get it on Thursday, this week.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a Member of the Committee.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson has been handling some of the questions by directing those questions to the Cabinet Secretary on Education. Some of them are not tabled in the Committee meetings, particularly this one which has been pending for a long time. That is why I said that I...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to endevour that I will try and reach the Chairman at the moment although he is out of the country, but we have a Vice Chair. So, we will try and endevour to get the response.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will inform the Chairperson of the question raised in the House and we will beseech the Chair to give us, perhaps, up to the third week of the next session because this is a very detailed question and requires extensive investigations for us to satisfactorily answer...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no objection. STALLED CONSTRUCTION OF MAKUTANO-KIKIMA AND TAWA ROAD

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to ventilate on this Motion. First, I wish to state categorically that I support this Motion for various reasons, some of them touching on the important area of the health of our citizens. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, environment is...

This has not been indicated in what I have here but it falls under “the national Government to take immediate steps to build capacity.” We will rewrite what we have here to coincide with what you have just said. The first part is ready and we can move it. Mr....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this has not been indicated in what I have here, but it falls under “the national Government to take immediate steps to build capacity and develop the effective--- I will write down what I have here. The first part is ready and it can be moved.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to request for a Statement. I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources. The Statement relates to the use and disposal of plastic bags of less than 0.6 millimetres in thickness....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like, therefore, to ask the Chairman of the Committee to state the internationally recognised standard practice of disposing of plastics. Secondly, I would also like the Chairman to explain, what plan the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources has on the disposal of dangerous...

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schools, we found out that we have not paid much attention, as a national Government or country governments, to the basic foundation of our children. The only good news that we have had over the last 10 years, was the introduction of academies in Kenya where we pay good money....

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, as my colleague who has spoken before me said, I am also one of the Members of the Standing Committee on Education, Information and Technology. We had the privilege of visiting four...

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vision? We have talked about Vision 2030. By 2030, those children who are in nursery schools will be over twenty years old. Some would have finished university education. We would have wanted to see people coming in to implement these policies and moving on. We need to start right by...

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Senator for the answer which she gave, but I would like to have further clarifications as to what the Cabinet Secretary (CS) meant by ‘tracking the animals.” What systems did they use to track the animals in an area...

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Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank hon. Senators who have contributed to this discussion in terms of the way forward in addressing security issues in this country. I would like to say that a security issue is not something that can be corrected in a day....

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sit in the Committee on Education, Information and Technology, and I had the privilege of interrogating the Cabinet Secretary for Education. Most of these schools that are retaining these certificates are actually community schools which rely almost entirely on the funds which are paid by the...

What is it, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale?

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I want to believe that your points of order are similar to the one raised by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and I agree completely with him. I want Sen. (Prof.) Lesan to desist from being excited about unity of purpose and team spirit of the Committee. (Laughter)

county is to have an environment that is conducive and attractive for people to come from outside to invest. A report like this should also highlight on that and perhaps make recommendations on how we can create environments that are key and conducive to investors.The last point that was not...

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I want to believe that your points of order are similar to the one raised by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and I agree completely with him. I want Sen. (Prof.) Lesan to desist from being excited about unity of purpose and team spirit of the Committee. (Laughter) October 16, 2013 SENATE...

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Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. October 2, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I hesitantly support this Motion. First, it is because part of the Report contains a statement that says:-“There were challenges in getting information.” Mr....