Daniel Dickson Karaba

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to send deepest condolences to the people---

Sen. Karaba After my contribution, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir?

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am talking as a neigbour to Nyeri County. We share a common boundary and we have a lot of things in common that we share among the two counties. The deceased was at one time a resident of Kirinyaga County because...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question is very important considering that the nominations to various parties will be next month. If we are going by what the Chairperson, Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget is suggesting, these February 23, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. KarabaA members or the governors might...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 45 (2) b to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health regarding the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) campuses in the country. In the statement the Chairperson should:

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Committee. I support its composition and the way it has steered the business of this House. We need to understand whether this Committee is mandated to prosecute governors who have negated its process and procedure. Many times, some governors have...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. At one time I had to shout so that I could be heard across the Floor. I shouted beyond my level of shouting. We continue presenting reports, noting their contents, and the Committee will continue to sit even until we come to the...

Sen. Karaba On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. How many times has Sen. Sang who is also the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation adhered to the ethics of this House? Once he gets an opportunity like the one he has got now, he thinks that he...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can now give the Notice of Motion without any further ado.

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate adopts the report of the Standing Committee on Education on the 38th Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference in Paris, France held at the UNESCO headquarters...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 45 (2) (b) to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the waiver of loans to coffee farmers in Mt. Kenya Region. In the statement, the Chairperson should:-

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I think that is all.

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to congratulate the visiting students from Ikalueni Primary School, Makueni County. I congratulate them for having done so well as a County and Sub-county. On behalf of myself and as the Chairman for the Committee on Education, I welcome them...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish that the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Education---

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to move the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Education on the 38th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris, France held at UNESCO headquarters from 3rd to 18th November, 2015 laid on the Table...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is exactly what I am doing. During that time, Nairobi was named as a centre for multi-sectoral regional office where quite a number of other countries which I have cited would be involved. That includes Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Comoros, Eritrea, Madagascar,...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this report and thank the Committee for having taken the time to visit the troubled regions of Turkana, Laikipia and Baringo. This region lies in what we call the Saharan region which stretches throughout Somalia, Central African countries including Northern...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question on fertilizer had been put in the last Session and the answer that was given was quite satisfactory. There is actually need for farmers to be told the truth about the supply of fertilizer---

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, can the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in his answer tell us why prices of fertilizer differ from one region to another given that there are some who buy from the NCPB and then sell at a higher profit?

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a statement under Standing Order No.45 (2) (b) from the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and February 21, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. KarabaA Fisheries regarding the plight of farmers in Mwea Rice Irrigation Scheme. In the statement, the Chairperson...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will issue that statement in two weeks time.

Sen. Karaba Thank you very much Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to join you in recognizing Nginda Girls in the presence of this House. Nginda Girls is February 16, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Karabain Murang’a or the former Central Province, but the entire country.I join you in welcoming...

Sen. Karaba I am the Chairman by virtue of the first preference given by the Speaker. I am the Chairman of the Committee on Education in the Senate.

Sen. Karaba On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am still not comfortable with the answer you have given me. With the health crisis we have been having, the Committee on Health could not meet simply because there was a directive February 16, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen....

Sen. Karaba Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it seems that people out there have more powers to penetrate into the affairs of the devolved governments than us as the Senate. We are the people who have been entrusted and empowered to make sure that the oversight facilities and services are provided...

Sen. Karaba Order Members. (Several Hon. Senators rose up) Order Senators, relax. We have exhausted the matter on Order No. 5. Everybody got an opportunity to comment on it. I want to reiterate a few things. The next Special Sitting will be on 4th January, Sen. Karaba mistakes.When the Constitution...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity. First, I thank the House, the Leadership and the Speaker for today’s transaction of the business of the House. When we come back here to receive a report, let us have a report that carries the interest of Kenyans. I...

Conclude, Senator.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, election is the time when Kenyans speak. We must give them the opportunity to speak through voting.

Asante Bw. Spika kwa kunipa muda huu. Naomba kwanza kukushukuru kwa umahiri wako. Pia nawapa kongole wenzangu kwa ukakamavu wao. Kama unavyojua, yasemekana ngoma ya vijana haikeshi. Kwa hii ngoma ya leo ya hili Bunge la watu wazima, tumeonyesha umahiri wetu. Tumeonyesha kuwa sisi ni watu wazimu. Mtu mzima huwa...

lingine ni la vijana. Hongera, Bw. Spika.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the onset, like my colleagues, let me also take this opportunity to thank you for the wisdom in which you have conducted these proceedings. First of all, I laud you for seeing it necessary and making express directions for the removal of the police officers who...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in lauding everyone who has participated today, and more importantly, you, for your landmark rulings that you have made today. All eyes were on the Senate. We have done justice. However, what we have done today, will be put to test on 4th...

winning. It is about going to the streets and using unconstitutional ways to solve matters. We have this House and the Floor. We have had the whole day and we will have another day on 4th to put it on record as a House that remembers that Kenya should be...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to join my colleagues in thanking and congratulating you for presiding over this session that has lifted the lid off the pressure that this country has been under. For that, this is a belated Christmas gift to Kenyans. I hope that today you will allow...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is noted. I withdraw. The message is this; let us have new commissioners for the IEBC so that it can become a new year gift to Kenyans. We are many months beyond the timelines that we have put in place. Let us have a situation where...

Asante, Bw. Spika kwa kunipatia nafasi hii niweze kuchangia kwa mambo ambayo yana husu uchaguzi katika nchi yetu ya Kenya. Kwanza,ningependa kukupongeza kwa kutuongoza kwa njia ambayo nafikiri wananchi wote wameona ni mwelekeo mzuri sana kutoka kwa viongozi ambao wamechaguliwa kuketi kwenye Seneti. Mambo ambayo tumekuwa tukiongelea leo ni mjadala...

Kenya. Tukependa mapendekezo ambayo yataleta amani na utulivu katika nchi yetu ya Kenya.Umetuongoza kwa njia nzuri naninajua ya kwamba tutapata jawabu nzuri kutoka kwa kamati husika ambayo hii kazi imewekwa mbele yao adhuhuri ya leo.Tunafurahi kwa sababu tunajadiliana kwa amani bila mapigano. Wananchi wa Kenya walikuwa wakitarajia ya kwamba masenata...

Order Members. (Several Hon. Senators rose up) Order Senators, relax. We have exhausted the matter on Order No. 5. Everybody got an opportunity to comment on it. I want to reiterate a few things. The next Special Sitting will be on 4th January, ADOPTION OF REPORT OF THE JOINT SITTING...

Order Members, as you had earlier anticipated, there being no other business to transact as per the Order Paper, the House stands adjourned until Wednesday, 4th January, 2017 at 10.00 a.m. The Senate rose at 5.25 p.m.

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a Report.

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- Report of the Standing Committee on Education on a Petition on the mismanagement in the early childhood development sector in Laikipia County. (Sen. Karaba laid the document on the Table) PFMA REGULATIONS 25(1), 37 AND...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am waiting for the Papers to be brought anytime now so that I can lay them. REPORT OF ICT COMMITTEE ON WORK PLANNING RETREAT HELD IN KILIFI

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be able to issue that Statement as soon as we reconvene after recess. There is enough time between now and February. I am happy with the Ministry of Education which today released the Kenya Certificate Primary Education (KCPE) results. For the first time,...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to put the record straight because I am a Member of the Joint committee. The meetings that have been taking place but have never been chaired by Sen. Kivuti, but by Sen. Orengo. When Sen. Kivuti attended the last meeting, he was...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like my colleague to allay his fears. I am only reporting what the joint committee is doing. We are not ready with the--- Order, Sen. Kivuti! I wanted your comment on the said order by the Chair. If that order was given to you,...

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

Sen. Karaba My point of order is with to regard an earlier ruling that was made sometime last month if not two weeks ago over a statement I had sought and it was as confusing as the one that has been given out by my friend, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. It...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, it may sound as if this is an isolated case concerning Nandi County, which is not true. It happens anywhere in this Republic. We need you to give us a ruling regarding this statement. The same has happened even in Kirinyaga, where a policeman strangled...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, next week will be congested and we have either Wednesday or Thursday. Yesterday, if you can remember, there was a ruling that there will be a kamukunji on Tuesday. It is reported in today’s The Daily Nation and The Standard newspapers that we will have...

Sen. Karaba Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute in support of the Motion on the infrastructural development, particularly in roads. My support is drawn from my vast experience in development, any kind of population expansion, urbanisation and industrialisation. A road is a very...

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to second this comprehensive Report taken by our well educated Members led by the Speaker, Hon. Ethuro. The volume speaks for itself. This is a document rich in ideas and what was discussed in Geneva and Lusaka. The reason...