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Sen. Billoweducation. I stand to be challenged, but I say that literacy even in Arabic language is just literacy. If you get it in the concept of the actual meaning of literacy meaning able to read and write, not necessarily for secular, then we do not mind having it the...

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Sen. BillowSo, we should not be intimidated by the fact that CRA has made a very beautiful document, very well packaged. It can all be undone in this digital era, we can redo these documents at night and come up with better documents tomorrow. It is for the Senate to...

Very well. I agree with Sen. Orengo and Sen. Billow that considering the weighty nature of Motion No. 8, which will be our next business and considering that we are also running out of time in so far as that Motion is concerned; and even considering that the commissioners for...

In so far as the time that will be allocated tomorrow is concerned, I leave that to the decision of the Speaker tomorrow. But the decision is that we can postpone to tomorrow at a time that will be appointed by the Speaker because again, I do not want to...

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Sen. Billow On a point order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Si. Did you hear the Senate Minority Leader talking about some people on the roof tops with red cards? Can he substantiate what he meant? The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Wetangula) : Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know if...

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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, my colleagues in this House very passionately defended the rights of this House to debate the Makueni Impeachment Motion. They very passionately said that the matter cannot be sub judice. I want to remind our colleagues that Kenyans will judge us harshly. If yesterday we...

Order, Sen. Billow! You know you are exciting them, and so you cannot have your cake and eat it. (Laughter) Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really must appreciate you, having witnessed the pressure under which the Speaker of the “Lower House” worked, it must have been very brave of...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, my colleagues in this House very passionately defended the rights of this House to debate the Makueni Impeachment Motion. They very passionately said that the matter cannot be sub judice. I want to remind our colleagues that Kenyans will judge us harshly. If yesterday we...

Order, Sen. Billow! You know you are exciting them, and so you cannot have your cake and eat it. (Laughter) Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really must appreciate you, having witnessed the pressure under which the Speaker of the “Lower House” worked, it must have been very brave of...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, my apologies. I thought it was forwarded to your office. However, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- The Public Finance Management Affirmative Action, Social Development Fund Regulations 2014. (Sen. Billow laid the document on the Table)

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have three Statements that were sought---

Sen. Billow Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, after listening to all those remarks.

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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources. This is in respect of the following:- On 28th November, 2014, trucks arrived at the headquarters of the lands office in Kakamega to collect lands...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I ask for the Statement now? You may wish to do so. DIRECTIVE BY THE MINISTRY OF LAND, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE LAND DOCUMENTS FROM KAKAMEGA, MERU AND MACHAKOS COUNTIES

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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a number of Statements pending. There is a particular one regarding the recruitment of the Kenya Defence Forces in Nyandarua County which is still urgent. It is overdue. Can we hear from the Chairperson? Order, Members! Sen. Wetangula had sought one.

Sen. BillowThank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to say a few words in support of this important Bill.Mr. Speaker, Sir, the essence of this Bill, among other things, is to create the board which will mind the affairs of fertilizers on behalf of farmers. Those of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, you kindly ordered that the lists of the Statements which are pending be printed and it was done in the last sitting. It was very useful. On it, certain Ministries were, obviously, quite notorious for not bringing any. A case in point is the Ministry of Defence....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have two responses to make on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation. What we had agreed as the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) , for this session, we will regulate the Statements. Unless your Statement appears on the Order Paper,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir it was there yesterday, but unfortunately, you made the ruling that we proceed with other business. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in line with your ruling, perhaps, it will be useful for me to follow it up with the Senate Majority Leader if we can even go beyond the...

for us to zero-in on those Ministries which are not able to provide us with answers.Order, Sen. Keter! I think you and your leader need to appreciate how we work in this House. In yesterday’s Order Paper, we listed all outstanding Statements as requested by Members last week.Two, we have...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to say a few words in support of this important Bill.Mr. Speaker, Sir, the essence of this Bill, among other things, is to create the board which will mind the affairs of fertilizers on behalf of farmers. Those of us...

Sen. Billow Be careful as you execute that point of order.

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Sen. Billow I am sorry. I heard that you---

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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Statement that the hon. Senator has requested. I seek your guidance because we are only here for next week. It is highly unlikely that within the next week, we will be able to get the answer. However, we will by...

Sen. Billow Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think we need to proceed. We, as a House, are already under the microscope with regard to the delays in some of the Bills that have been forwarded to us. With all due respect, if the committees did not take the trouble to...

Sen. Billowalso to the 40 million Kenyans.I continue to bring to the attention of this House, particularly Article 238(2)(a) of the Constitution which says:-“National security is subject to the authority of this Constitution and Parliament.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, this means that no Cabinet Secretary in charge of security or any...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are hearing from Sen. Hassan is very serious. The direction we are taking is not good at all. We know that we have freedom of speech, but I am sure nobody has the freedom to incite others to take other people’s lives. Sen....