Mohamed Abass Sheikh

I am not informing you. I am informing the Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Sir---

Well, we do not have those rules. Proceed Sen. Osotsi. Sen. Abass, if you have anything to share you may approach the Chair. The Chair is very friendly, you know that. (Sen. Abass approached the Chair)

As it is, there is a lot of seepage, misuse, and low priorities. I request my colleagues that this time around we must be serious. Another thing is that there are so many pending bills. They come because of the changing and new assumptions of offices.The County Treasury persons and...

In every election cycle, this country experiences a lot of problem, especially the time of announcing the results. There is a lot of discontent and many Kenyans have lost their lives as a result of wrong judgment and information.At the same time, we have had boundary issues. Therefore, this amendment...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mine is a supplementary question to the question asked by Sen. Mungatana. Farmers along River Tana, especially the lower stream, have had a lot of problems in the past and even now. Whenever it rains, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) dams overflow...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Vice-Chairperson of the Procedure and Rules Committee, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 22nd May, 2024 - The Second Report of the Procedure and Rules Committee (PRC) on the review of the Standing...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 267, 268 and 270, the Senate approves the Second Report of the Procedure and Rules Committee on the review of the Standing Orders of the Senate, laid on the Table of the...

I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I firstly want to thank the Senator for Kitui. He has brought a very important issue. It touches on many communities. In my experience, most of mega projects like this dam being constructed, the public is rarely involved. It only involves a few...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The tea growers think they have the rights for tea only while we know that Kenyans are the highest consumers of tea. Therefore, Sen. Cherarkey should appreciate that we take a lot of tea and we are marketing it. Much has been said, but...

Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you may proceed to respond. The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (Hon. Zachariah Njeru) : Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Senator for that Question. My response to Question (a) is as follows- The Ministry is implementing 16 projects in Wajir County in the Financial...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do have it.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the detailed reply as he has given us the real statements. My concern, hon. Cabinet Secretary is, as you attested that Wajir Town where the county headquarters is, faces an acute shortage of water and at times people go without water....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the consideration. I want to talk about the deputy governors. As we are aware, the time that people are going for elections, governors do not move alone. It is constitutional for a governor to have a deputy. Without the deputy then the governor is...

[The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) in the Chair] [The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) in the Chair] Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to support.

Sen. Mwaruma, let me assist you. You mentioned that you have a statement on this matter. I request that the committee involved to expedite it so that she can have time to reply to it substantively. That is the best way to go. Which committee did you direct your statement...

control money going to the county simply because a governor is not friendly to a senator or anybody else.There is a way to take measures. This House has all the constitutional measures that can be put into place to deal with the governors. When you say that there is no...

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended— Yes, I have the rationale. This is to ensure that the Cabinet Secretary does not only keep electronic records of the boundaries of each county, but instead keeps both the digital and manual records. This will enable the citizens in the country...

(Question of the amendment proposed) The Chairperson (Sen. Kathuri): Division will be at the end. Clause 6 THAT Clause 7 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by —

Clause 10 THAT Clause 7 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by — There is also part (b) which is a new paragraph. I beg to move, that the Bill be amended in Clause 7 by- Clause 10 THAT Clause 24 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause...

Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move- THAT Clause 41 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (4) (b) (ii) by deleting the word “commission’s” and substituting therefor the word “ministry’s”. The rationale of the report of the commission should be circulated nationwide, keeping in mind that the commission is...

THAT Clause 41 of the Bill be amended in Sub-clause 1 by inserting the words, “including matters touching on displacement of persons and compensation for loss suffered” immediately after the words “considers necessary” in paragraph F. Mr. Chairman, Sir, it is an amendment that I have been persuaded by Sen....

Again, I have consulted with the veteran Member of Parliament (MP), Senator Danson Mungatana of Tana River and we have agreed that this amendment would ensure that this Bill achieves the intended objective of ensuring that matters that are put before the mediation committee are appropriately handled.Thank you. (Question of...

THAT Clause 42 of the Bill be amended—

Mr. Chairman, Sir, I propose that the Bill be amended by inserting the following new heading immediately after Clause 17. (Sen. Wamatinga walked to the Dispatch Box and consulted the Clerk-at-the-Table) The Chairperson (Sen. Kathuri) : Sen. Wamatinga, proceed.

Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move- THAT Clause 2 of the Bill be amended- There is New Clause 7B. The Chairperson (

(Question, that Clauses 3, 4 and 5 be part of the Bill, proposed) Division will be at the end. Clause 6The Chairperson (

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank my friend, Sen. Cherarkey, for giving me that kind of title. I think he is in a very good place and I hope to meet that standard. As the Chairperson of the Committee of Devolution, we have gone through all the Acts and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for showing that he is on top of things at his docket because the way he replies is wonderful and satisfactorily. First and foremost, I thank him and his team. He really supported in delivering food and medicine to all the areas...