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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, last Tuesday I sought an urgent statement following the complete power failure in Ramu Town of Mandera North District headquarters. The Chairperson of the Committee on Energy promised to give a statement by today, Tuesday, 25th March, 2014. This was a matter of emergency. The...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, that request is surprising for the simple reason that this is the district headquarters, a township with dozens of schools and hospitals. It has been shut down for a month, with no power since both generators failed. I made that request last Tuesday. A week...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Musila for the information he has given. However, I want to point out that although he says that work is going on, I requested that pending the statement, action should be taken to restore power to the...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senate Majority Leader to be canvassing the subject of a missing suspect that is a subject of a live court proceeding in Mombasa? It is a matter that is in court and surely,...

Sen. Billow Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senate Majority Leader for the statement he has just given. I want to also take this opportunity to commend the Government for the action they took yesterday in terms of arresting a serious security situation. This concerns the issue of the...

Sen. Billow That is better now. Senate Majority Leader, proceed. March 20, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Billow Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I said that some clerics have died; both Muslim and Christian clerics from the coastal region. The question that was raised by Sen. Hassan was very particular about an...

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Sen. Billowsure that the private sector is invited to play a role in the energy and transport sectors.It has also been suggested that the Committee will lead in bringing legislation to this House; we will take quick steps to make sure that we ban the trucking of oil from Mombasa...

Order, Sen. Billow! Did you say that our people eat dogs? Sen. Billow Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it was reported widely last month that because of starvation, one family survived on dogs for a whole week in a place called Turkana. It was covered widely and the Government did not...

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March 19, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Billow we want to focus on the economy.Lastly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me talk about the issue of energy, including power generation. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is very important but we keep hearing of various interests in this sector. If there...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, the information that I have is that the Gender and Human Rights Commission, as we speak now, falls under the Ministry of Devolved Government, initially Devolution and Planning. Maybe I need to be guided.

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Sen. Billowover 11,000. On Wednesday, 5th March, 2014, at 8.30 a.m. a fire started from engine No.2 housed in the old power house. The fire exploded and spread to all the other engines housed in the old power house. The old power house together with the station’s switch gear, cables...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, the cause of the fire has been identified. In fact, by the time that the fire started, they had brought in one engine. By good luck, it was not in the same old power house. The cause of the fire is that the engines were...

Proceed, Mr. Mwakulegwa.

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that from what has occurred in Garissa, we realize that there are many other isolated stations like Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit and Lodwar. They are not connected to the national grid; they all run on diesel powered engines and generators. What is the Government...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will request for three weeks to table the Statement.

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Senator for Garissa County had sought an urgent statement regarding the power failure in Garissa. He is out of the country. He had requested that if this matter is noted, I could find out for him.

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for that very elaborate ruling. Indeed, as you read from the history of this Parliament and this country, Members of the Muslim faith in particular have been wearing the kanzus in the previous Assemblies and we appreciate that. I wanted,...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is to seek a clarification from the Majority Leader on the statement he presented. If you listened to the statement, there is nothing out of the ordinary other than the Motions which have been brought in this House by the Members. But we agreed...

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Order Paper, the statement was very clear that the Senate Majority Leader was discussing business for the Senate for the forthcoming week. In his presentation, he mentioned specific Motions that will come before this House. I appreciate that the Rules and Business Committee...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate your direction. However, I just want to seek a clarification. We have Majority Leaders in both Houses. My understanding is that the Government Business in the House is conducted through the House Majority Leader. What I have not...

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Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to give a Statement on the Auditor- General’s reports on the performance of county governments that arose from the proceedings of the Committee. It is our duty, as Parliament, to require the Executive, both at national and county levels, to follow rules related...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could I respond to the clarifications that have been sought first?

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to clarify for the sake of the Senator for Kakamega County that, indeed, the budget for the independent constitutional offices that carry out this very useful oversight work like the Auditor-General, the EACC and so on is very limited. In fact, we have...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the question raised, the traditional practice for the House is that a report has to be tabled on the Floor of the House. That is when it is properly before the House and Members can be seized of it and can debate it. That...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I think my colleague in the Committee has already responded to the queries that have been raised. It is not the intention of the Committee to only table the few that we mentioned. All of them will be February 27,...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that ultimately, whether there was misuse of expenditure in terms of hiring a helicopter in the county and so forth, it will come to the auditor. But there is a request for a special audit to be conducted with regard to misuse...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This issue of IDPs is a very interesting one. We live in one nation and IDPs are those people who have been displaced through internal conflicts. There are conflicts which have been there all over this country. Everyone here knows...

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need guidance because we also represent---

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With regard to your direction on the amendments, we have just received copies of the Report when the sitting started. Therefore, we could not submit amendments before because we did not have copies. I have some proposed amendments. Will you...

Sen. Billow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Maybe I need to seek your guidance. Where it is provided, for instance, in the Public Finance Management Act February 27, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Billow(PFM) that a certain responsibility falls under a certain Committee of the House, specifically under...

Sen. Billow The Public Finance Management (PFMA) Act, section 8 says that the Senate Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs Committee will, among other things, look at the Reports under Part 4 which include the Report by the Controller of Budget. If you are dealing with the approval of the Division...

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would appreciate if the Mover of the Motion would allow us to have copies of this report. The Report we have is the same one which I thought was tabled in the last session. If there is another one, maybe we need to be...

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember that report was debated. I personally and many other Members contributed to the Motion. So, in a report of the House where there is no requirement to vote on, if the Motion was debated and concluded--- I know it was debated and quite...

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would appreciate if the Mover of the Motion would allow us to have copies of this report. The Report we have is the same one which I thought was tabled in the last session. If there is another one, maybe we need to be...

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

Sen. Billow Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember that report was debated. I personally and many other Members contributed to the Motion. So, in a report of the House where there is no requirement to vote on, if the Motion was debated and concluded--- I know it was debated and quite...