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Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have the answer. I wanted to respond because the answer is available and I am sure the hon. Senator has gone through it; it is an extensive answer. However, I really wanted to seek clarification on one or two items...

Sen. Billow Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Senator in order to continue talking about the need for national dialogue when the promoters of that programme have since publicly announced that they have called it off and they are no longer interested? (Laughter)

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a Statement that was requested by the Senator who is also sitting on the Chair as the Speaker now. So, should I now go ahead with it? I need your guidance. (Applause)

Sen. Billow Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to find out if the Senator for West Pokot, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo is within, because there is a Statement that he had requested and it has been pending with me for more than a month now. Every time I come he...

Sen. Billow Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. I agree with the Senator that research still remains mystified in this country. We all recall when Prof. Obel came up with some medicine that he researched for the treatment of HIV/AIDs. It was...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to respond to the statement by the Senator for Murang’a County, Sen. Kembi-Gitura, on the escalating bank interest rates. This is an elaborate statement. I want to give the highlights and then I will probably leave it to the Member to determine. The...

Sen. Billow I agree, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will avail copies to the clerks; so that they can make copies for the Senator, then we can do it tomorrow. (Statement deferred)

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson gave an elaborate Statement. In the rest of the world, the waterways are used as transport, not just in the sea, but even in the rivers and lakes. We have similar lakes and rivers which can actually be used. What is the Ministry...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to make that was requested by the Senator for West Pokot, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, but he is not in the House. Should I continue?

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was on the status report on the implementation of the Economic Stimulus Programme. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need your guidance.

Sen. Billow Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to add my voice of support to this Bill. The Bill is a very important piece of legislation that clearly provides that the county assembly shall not be fully and duly constituted for the first sitting after the general...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for that Statement. The affordability of secondary education in this country has become a privilege. I agree with Sen. Musila that this Government would want to declare free secondary education by

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have heard Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s response to a question that I asked. When budgets are prepared, three or four months before that budget, policy statements are done which determine, based on the policy of a particular Ministry, how much resources are allocated. Before the...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Attorney-General Emeritus for the suggestion that he has now got half the answer and he is looking for the other half. But I want to emphasize that I sought that Statement several months ago. It has taken too long and I do...

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to say that if he moves he cannot get a seconder? He can ask any Member of the Senate to second him. He has sufficient time to move so as to allow anybody who...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member for Migori and the hon. Senator for Kakamega - both of them very senior and experienced politicians in the House and both medical doctors - in order? This is not the first time this House is...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Now that one of the owners of the Motions, Order No.10 is in, would I be order to request that she be allowed to move her Motion?

Sen. Billow Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I do not know why some of the distinguished Senators have a problem with the wording of this Motion. The Motion clearly calls for a stronger and a wider role of Kenya in the UN peacekeeping operations....

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Senator for Kakamega, with his experience, in order to waste the time of this hon. House to argue about this Motion? The Motion wants to strengthen ties. Is he in order to raise frivolous points of order...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. You heard the Senator for Machakos, a highly respected man, demeaning the national Armed Forces of this country, in the full glare of the public. There was an investigation done by the National Assembly and that report has not...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. With all due respect to you, as the Chair, the report of the Select Committee of the National Assembly was tabled in the House. With all due respect, this is a dignified House. Is it in order, really, to...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator for Machakos in order to digress? How is the situation of the President and his deputy in the International Criminal Court relevant to the Motion to discuss the UN? Order! Order, Sen. Billow! I have already...

Sen. Billow Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Kitui is a distinguished Member of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) that is involved in the procurement of this equipment. Is he in order to suggest to the whole world that equipment that they procured competitively--- Because China produces both cheap...