Elachi Beatrice Kadeveresia

Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for the hon. Senator to propose the Chair and members of the committee without going through the party rules that we have?

Sen. Elachi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to donate five minutes to Sen. Billow.

Sen. Elachi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will take my time. First of all, I want to thank hon. Senators for their contributions. After 2007, I believe we had some local authorities that were managed by our brothers from the other side. The Minister for Local Government was also from...

Sen. Elachi The CORD side. It was ODM which is still CORD.

Sen. Elachi Wiper was in the Government at that time but it was not heading the Ministry of Local Government.

Sen. Elachi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would be wrong to come and tell Kenyans that we have to pay debts without auditing each county council. This House has an obligation to meet the TA and to ask some of these questions. If the Chairman of the TA followed due...

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Sen. Elachi Who is seconding?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion and hope that the two Senators will be ready and available to be in the Panel and more importantly in order to be prepared to sit in for the Speaker, I would wish that they are tutored by the Speaker himself,...

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

Deputy Leader of Majority, do you want to be informed? Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, instead of her reading all these names, it is possible for her to move it as it appears on the Order Paper.

I am not sure whether it is for her or the Chair to determine that.

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to request the Chair to guide us as to whether it is possible to say that the list be moved as per the Order Paper?

Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start again. 1. STANDING COMMITTEES A. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES B. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY April 25, 2013 SENATE DEBATES C. COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION D. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS E. COMMITTEE ON...

Who is seconding?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. The formation of these Committees is important for the operations of the House and there have been consultations through the leadership of the House; the Senate Leader of Majority and the Senate Leader of Minority, the whips and the Rules and Business...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not like to be given a new name called Haji Yusuf. My name is Mohamed Yusuf Haji.

That is what I was trying to say. You can only have one name. Like in Lamu, you can find somebody called Abdallah Mohamed, but Mohamed Abdallah is not the same person. So, the Clerk should look at the order of names so that when I refer to my very...

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Sen. Elachi Who is seconding?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion and hope that the two Senators will be ready and available to be in the Panel and more importantly in order to be prepared to sit in for the Speaker, I would wish that they are tutored by the Speaker himself,...

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

Deputy Leader of Majority, do you want to be informed? Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, instead of her reading all these names, it is possible for her to move it as it appears on the Order Paper.

I am not sure whether it is for her or the Chair to determine that.

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to request the Chair to guide us as to whether it is possible to say that the list be moved as per the Order Paper?

Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start again. 1. STANDING COMMITTEES A. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES B. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY April 25, 2013 SENATE DEBATES C. COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION D. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS E. COMMITTEE ON...

Who is seconding?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. The formation of these Committees is important for the operations of the House and there have been consultations through the leadership of the House; the Senate Leader of Majority and the Senate Leader of Minority, the whips and the Rules and Business...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not like to be given a new name called Haji Yusuf. My name is Mohamed Yusuf Haji.

That is what I was trying to say. You can only have one name. Like in Lamu, you can find somebody called Abdallah Mohamed, but Mohamed Abdallah is not the same person. So, the Clerk should look at the order of names so that when I refer to my very...

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Sen. Elachi That is what I was trying to say. You can only have one name. Like in Lamu, you can find somebody called Abdallah Mohamed, but Mohamed Abdallah is not the same person. So, the Clerk should look at the order of names so that when I refer to...

Sen. ElachiSomalia pursuing Al Shabaab. I think it is appropriate that he serves in this Committee of Defence and Foreign Relations, not to mention the emeritus Attorney-General, Sen. Amos Wako, the longest serving Attorney-General in the Commonwealth serving in the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights.Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir,...

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Sen. Elachi Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion and agree with a number of comments made by my fellow Senators. It is important that these Committees are fully constituted and I hope that we will move quite fast in getting the leadership of these Committees so...

Who is seconding?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. The formation of these Committees is important for the operations of the House and there have been consultations through the leadership of the House; the Senate Leader of Majority and the Senate Leader of Minority, the whips and the Rules and Business...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not like to be given a new name called Haji Yusuf. My name is Mohamed Yusuf Haji.

That is what I was trying to say. You can only have one name. Like in Lamu, you can find somebody called Abdallah Mohamed, but Mohamed Abdallah is not the same person. So, the Clerk should look at the order of names so that when I refer to my very...

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Sen. Elachi): Aiyaah Yaah! The Nominated Senator (Sen. Mohamud) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought the provision of basic requirements for education should have been the first priority instead of going to the secondary needs. In Wajir where I come from, learning materials like books, desks and chalks are not...

highlighted in his Speech. There are ten main points that the CORD manifesto proposed to Kenyans. The President talked of uniting and leading Kenyans. He said he will look at what his competitors were proposing in their manifestoes and what Vision 2030 says in order to initiate development projects in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. At the beginning of the Presidential Address, I realized that he was candid enough to say that we have come out of an election and Kenya needs to begin to put itself together again and work as a people. He was...

His Excellency the President also talked about Kenya’s economy. He said he would like to see Kenya becoming a middle income country within this generation. We have Vision 2030 which says that we must become a middle income country by 2030 which is 17 years from now. I hope he...

head on. It does not cost a lot of money. These are going to be tailor-made laptops. These will not be ordinary laptops. They may cost between Kshs10,000 and Kshs15,000. There will be many programmes for children. How much money have we lost in the course of running our business...

Your time is up! The Senator for West Pokot County (

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Ministry of Health. I hope the President, guided by his policy on health, will look at this issue. Maybe I will have an opportunity to go to Nyamira and officially open that hospital. As I speak now, that hospital does not have a title deed. It is lacking so many...

Professor is here. We need the national Government to really assist us arrest this situation of cattle rustling in our region. With very good policies from the national Government and now that we have devolved systems, we will work closely with my colleagues from the other side to address the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to address this House and make my comments on the President’s Address, which I think was very important for this nation. For anyone to doubt what he was saying or whether he will...

office for less than a month. We are in a new kind of system with a new Constitution. We should, therefore, work within that Constitution. Let us forget the past.Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I was elected Senator, I had an illusion which I am proving right now, that the Senate...

wants. We want freedom and security for all Kenyans. Here in this House, I think we need to concentrate our wisdom in trying to give this country security. I do not understand this language of marginalization. It has been prostituted so much, that any person applies the word “marginalization”. Who...

On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir.The Senator for Laikipia County (

I think I have been here longer than you and so you should wait for me to finish, then something else will happen. But you are a great man. Can you proceed!

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my very good friend Sen. G.G. Kariuki that, in fact, in the United States (US) the kind of people he is describing, the State takes them as enemy combatants and deals with them as such. I also want to confirm to the House...

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(WEF). I would suggest that the YEF should be independent to enable economic growth. We know the youth have come up with different youth groups. They need these grants to enable them grow economically, so that we can avoid idleness and that leads to the youth engaging in drugs. As...

Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity. I also want to thank the people of Uasin Gishu County for giving me this chance to represent them at the Senate.As I stand to support this Motion, one thing that I must say that the President addressed was that...

agriculture in terms of maize and wheat production. One thing that I liked in the message by the President is about subsidising farm inputs. These are issues regarding fertilizers and seeds. The President promised to modernise agriculture through improved financing and irrigation research development. This will eventually stop the issue...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am Liza Chelule, Nominated Senator from Nakuru County. I stand to support the President’s Speech. Before I do so, I want to thank my party for nominating me to this House. I want also to thank the people of Nakuru County for their prayers.I want to...

enough money to clear their hospital bills. So, I am supporting the Speech because of this issue.The other issue is about agriculture. He said that he is going to introduce and encourage irrigation. I know that this method will increase food production in our country. He also mentioned something about...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to congratulate you for being elected to this august House. We have been in the House for quite some time and you were our speaker for a long time before you were formerly elected. I have confidence that you will discharge...

it. I sometimes listen to public officers talking about devolution or county governments as units, these are not units, they are governments. Kenya is divided into two governments, the national Government and the County Governments. Each one of them has distinct roles in this country. So, each one must work...

Order, Sen. Kajwang! Are you referring to Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapou? The Senator for Homa Bay County (

Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

He is my neighbour that is why I know him. The Senator for Homa Bay County (

Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I went to see him in his office in Moi University I could not read his name from the door because it was very complicated for me, coming from the lake. But we will have to employ more policemen in this country. There are no two...

with agriculture and modernize it, you just have to invest in these young people who will drive our veterinary services and crop husbandry.Mr. Speaker, Sir, free maternity is not anything new. In fact, when I was in secondary school in 1970s, there was free health service in this country. The...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me take this opportunity to thank the people of Kenya for voting “yes” to the new Constitution which has enabled almost 20 of us to sit in the Senate and participate in this political arena. Let me also applaud the President for his support...

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Yes, in one classroom!

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought the provision of basic requirements for education should have been the first priority instead of going to the secondary needs. In Wajir where I come from, learning materials like books, desks and chalks are not available and the basic infrastructure is zero. For example, the...

Order! Sen. Kipchumba, you have ten minutes to proceed when we next resume. Hon. Senators, it is time for the interruption of business. The House, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9.00 a.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m.

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Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is to thank all those who have spoken in support of this Motion. I think in the process of learning how to conduct our affairs as Senators and also from the Chair’s side – I have heard a few comments that relate to the...

Sen. Elachi Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is to thank all those who have spoken in support of this Motion. I think in the process of learning how to conduct our affairs as Senators and also from the Chair’s side – I have heard a few comments that relate to the...