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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki We are making some progress. However, I thought you would also help us being a Member of the Committee, by promising that you will reach out to your leadership of the Committee rather than just waiting for them to make an appearance here. So let the matter...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order Nos.16 and 177, the Senate approves the following Senators nominated by the Rules and Business Committee to be Members of the Chairpersons Panel and the respective Committees as indicated below:-

Which Committee was dealing with it? Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am in that Committee. The Chairman is away and so is the Vice Chairman. We can revisit the matter in the next two weeks.

Order, Sen. Wetangula! This matter was due on 6th March, it was pushed to 12th March and the absence of two Members should not stop the business of the Committee. The issue at this stage is who responds. The assumption is that, maybe, even the Committee had deliberated on the...

We are making some progress. However, I thought you would also help us being a Member of the Committee, by promising that you will reach out to your leadership of the Committee rather than just waiting for them to make an appearance here. So let the matter come up again...

Next Order! Hon. Senators, from now on we shall use the Supplementary Order Paper. SENATE COMMITTEES

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On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My name does not appear anywhere. I do not know whether I am not a Member of this House. Is it deliberate or an ommission?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think these lists portray total biasnesses. I have been named only once in the Committee on Implementation whereas some Senators‘ names appear in four Committees. Could the Senate Majority Leader justify this occurance? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate the reaction and the uproar concerning the...

Sen. (Eng) Muriuki) On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Whereas it is obvious to appreciate the point by Sen. Billow Kerrow, I am of the strong view that the Constitution requires Bills coming from whatever source, in this case principally from the Government to the Executive, to pass...

March 6, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. (Eng) Muriuki) by deliberately not allowing Bills to come to this House. What is left is for us to encourage you to be vigilant. Any Bill published and placed before the Lower House, if your brother there does not call you to look at...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the statements and the contributions by the Senate Minority Leader. However, before I do that, I want to assure him and the Senate that the Senate Majority Leader is not frustrated, cannot be frustrated and will not be frustrated because there is nobody...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. March 6, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

What is it, Sen. Hassan Omar?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I propose that this Senate summons every Cabinet Minister who has presented a Bill before the other House to ask them about the determination, particularly for those Bills which we strongly feel are County Bills?

Order, hon. Senators! I think the Majority Leader has concluded this matter by supporting the assertions by the Minority Leader which were provoked by the Senator for Mandera. So, let us leave it there, at this particular point. I think the issues are very clear. Your Speaker can only agree...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a grave matter. We have a meeting of Nyandarua County elected leaders on Friday, 14th March, 2014. One of the serious matters for this gathering is the situation of the IDPs in the County. We have over 36,000 of them. We say...

Chair, what do you have to say?

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We will attempt to give an answer on Wednesday, next week. If I find any problem, I will report back. March 5, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, through my observation, I think it is the right time we summoned the Attorney-General to come and try to vet his wisdom in advising the President on assenting to Bills, because even the Attorney-General may not be understanding the whole concept of what is...

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to request for a Statement from the Chair of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs with regard to the status of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nyandarua County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a consequence of the 2007/2008 post election...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am at a loss.

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, now I can request for my Statement from the Chair of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, with regard to the status of IDPs in Nyandarua County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a consequence of the 2007/2008 post election violence, many internally displaced...

Committee Chairperson.

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just wish to clarify to the Chairperson that what he has just said is the exact problem that the Government - and none other than the Deputy President announced publicly on the issue of the IDPs; that all...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki This is my final word. It is good and I accept the request by the Chairman to bring the Statement on Thursday. However, on the issue raised by Sen. Murkomen, which is that instead of the Committee just asking for a Statement, they summon the Cabinet Secretary...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me, first, start by saying that I support the Motion to adopt the Report. Secondly, I commend the Committee. Going by the brief presentation by the Chairman – the Acting Chairman has been moving the Motion – it is very educative and...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me, first, start by saying that I support the Motion to adopt the Report. Secondly, I commend the Committee. Going by the brief presentation by the Chairman – the Acting Chairman has been moving the Motion – it is very educative and...

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion touching on the impeachment of the Governor of Embu. My heart goes out to the people of Embu because when they elected their Governor, they thought that they had elected...

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the interest of respect to procedure in this House, Sen. Keter has raised a very important thing about time. This is a timed Motion. It is timed for two hours. Therefore, if in your considered opinion, you have allowed it to go on,...

Sen (Eng.) Muriuki You are protected, Sen. Orengo. (Sen. Murkomen stood up at his place) Sen. Murkomen, the protection being accorded to Sen. Orengo is because of you. For you to be standing when we are protecting Sen. Orengo, puts another claim all together. Let us conclude this matter. This...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the interest of respect to procedure in this House, Sen. Keter has raised a very important thing about time. This is a timed Motion. It is timed for two hours. Therefore, if in your considered opinion, you have allowed it to go on, it is good...

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, I beg to give notice of the following Motion. THAT, aware that pursuant to Article 6 (2) of the Constitution, the Governments at the National and County levels are distinct and inter-dependent; also aware that one of the...

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Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, I beg to give notice of the following Motion. December 4, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. (Eng.) MuriukiTHAT, aware that pursuant to Article 6 (2) of the Constitution, the Governments at the National and County levels are distinct and...

Sen. (Eng.) Muriukiearlier through the foresight of two great Kenyans; Sen. Obure and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo of West Pokot. I want to thank each one of them and also Sen. Wamatangi and Sen. Kivuti, my neighbour. I think they were doing their job as national leaders. I also want to...

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Sen. (Eng.) Karue Hon. Members, there being no other business, the Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 5th December, 2013 at

The information is well accepted and acknowledged. The reason I raised this issue is because I fully understand where the Senators for Tharaka-Nithi and Nyandarua are coming from. Senators do not sit in the boards that approve budgets at the county level. When the Senators come here and agitate for...

Governments become fully aware that they also have a role to play in seeing that this is carried and is realized.With those few words, I support.

Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and to emphathise with my colleagues, the Senate Majority Leader, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, Eng.Karue and Sen. Bule, for the challenges that their counties have gone through. They have had to survive in makeshift arrangements up to this point....

It is important that we look at the component of ensuring that services are taken closer to wananchi. Whereas devolution was intended to achieve that, it is important for county governments to consider better and innovative ways of taking services closer to our villages in the counties. When we are...

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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion should not stop here. We will pass a resolution, but if there was anyone here who is speaking for the Government, he should take this matter forward and try and investigate whether the county governments are really well placed. This will be very important.Mr....

Sen. G.G. Kariuki. Sorry, Sen. G.G. Kariuki, you have been sitting so close to the Chair most of the time that we confuse you with Sen. Kivuti

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. G.G. Kariuki is my elder statesman and does not resemble Sen. Lenny Kivuti.

Sen. Lenny Kivuti, I think being compared to or mistaken for Sen. G.G. Kariuki is an honour. (Laughter)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support the Motion. Embu County is a neighbour of Tharaka-Nithi County. Actually the headquarters of Tharaka-Nithi County is very close to where I live. I am so surprised that at this time, when we are...

Bado!

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Supplementary Budget is not yet passed, I propose that we push for the Motion of having what we can call seed finance into the Supplementary Budget within this financial year. Even if they do not build storied buildings, they should be able to build...

be used even for other departments, once money is made available to build bigger infrastructure.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know of Tana River County and Tharaka-Nithi county headquarters which is next to me. They need not only just the building or office, but also piped water. I do not know...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to also support this Motion by the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. Coincidentally, Tharaka-Nithi County happens to be where he comes from. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as has been described here, there are three peculiar counties that have no county assemblies...

some places like Tana River where people were going to sit in makeshift structures and transact business. So, we categorized them into three.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the first category was the ones with nothing and there are three of them. The second category has 17 such counties with facilities that...

You can see the problems that are erupting right now. The Senate Majority Leader has pointed out something that is very key, and I hope that during the Supplementary Estimates, the Government factors in these funds and then in February when this House resumes, we have to look at the...

Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to profusely thank my colleagues who have supported this Motion. I feel privileged that this matter has been given the perspective that it required because earlier on when I came to move this Motion, I was feeling a bit hesitant because I...

earlier through the foresight of two great Kenyans; Sen. Obure and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo of West Pokot. I want to thank each one of them and also Sen. Wamatangi and Sen. Kivuti, my neighbour. I think they were doing their job as national leaders. I also want to thank Sen....

Order, hon. Senators---

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am not trying to pre-empt your determination on whether this Motion relates to counties or not. However, in my plain reading, I do not know whether I should proceed with this point of order. The information I want to give...

Hon. Senators, the Senate Majority Leader is right. This is a Motion that affects counties. Whether you read it literally or deeply, you will see that it affects counties. For that reason, I have granted the request made by Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki that the putting of the question be deferred....

(Motion deferred)Hon. Senators, this Motion is deferred because the Mover is not around. He requested that we defer it to another day. Let us move to the next order. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION ACT, 2011

(Motion deferred)The same applies to this order. December 4, 2013 SENATE DEBATES ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Members, there being no other business, the Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 5th December, 2013 at

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