George Khaniri

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With a lot of due respect to His Excellency the President, the Senate Majority Leader and the Rules and Business Committee, the Speech of His Excellency the President, according to me, is a matter that has been overtaken by...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I rose to seek your guidance and to find out if what we are doing is adding any value. It is improper use of our time and that we embark on serious matters such as the one that Sen. Billow has just raised.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the relevant Standing Order that you are referring to; which is Standing Order No. 24 (6) states: October 21, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Khanirirecorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the Address of the President” but debate on the Address shall not...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not research on this. I stand guided by you but I strongly believe that it does not change my believe that we are not adding any value. I wanted to you to find that it is not necessary and that it is...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir,

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I ground my emotion on the Standing Order that I have here, I want you to find my colleague, the Senator for Kajiado County, out of order because he says that I raised this particular point of order just to be seen. I...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on behalf of Sen. Orengo, who is not---

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on behalf of Sen. Orengo. He has not instructed me, but I am aware that he is away on official duty and that he will not be in tomorrow. Would I be in order to request that this statement be delivered next week?

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek your indulgence. I know that this statement was sought before we went for recess. We sent it to the relevant Ministry and I want to report that I have just received the response while seated here. We, as a Committee, have...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know through which means the Senator received his response. We, as a Committee, make our communications through the Clerk of the Senate. The statement has just been delivered to me now here from the office of the Clerk. Maybe he went directly...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oblige and withdraw and apologize to my senior brother, Sen. Musila. I can see the statement was received here sometimes at the end of last month and somehow the Committee has not had a session since we went for recess. I believe that is...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to disagree entirely with the Senator for Kakamega County, my friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. He is giving the impression that we should deliberate on this matter now because the security of MCAs is in question. I want him...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.42 (6) under which you read this message is very clear. It gives you three options. Either you direct the matter to the relevant Committee or you decide that we deliberate on it now or you appoint a day for September 23, 2014...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, those of us who come from tea growing areas and who represent tea farmers know precisely what our constituents are going through. I am personally a tea farmer and I have experienced this problem first hand. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to thank...

Sen. Khaniri Madam Temporary Speaker, we, probably, do not expect you to make a ruling on this now, because the Motion was approved by the Office of the Speaker. However, in my understanding of this Motion, what Sen. Murungi is asking us to do is an illegality. The Motion says...

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Sen. Khaniri Madam Temporary Speaker, is Sen. Ong’era in order to personalise and reduce a Cabinet Secretary by saying ‘our Gusii?’ He is not a Gusii, but he is the Cabinet Secretary for the whole country and should serve all Kenyans. We do not want to know the tribe. (Loud...

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Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join my colleagues in thanking you and congratulating you for the very well thought out communication that you have made to this House and the nation at large. This goes a long way in correcting the falsehood that has been created out...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand pursuant to Standing Order No.98 (1) to request that the Mover be now called upon to reply. Order, Senators! I have only six requests remaining. I will give each one of them two minutes. So, that will just...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, there should never be any confusion because I was very sure that I will be given an opportunity to explain the reason for this proposal. I think this being a respected House by the people of Kenya, we should also go by their feelings...

Sen. Khaniri I want both. The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. (Dr.) Machage) : No, you cannot want both.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Chairman, Sir, I just wanted to inform the hon. Senator that out of the Kshs226 billion that we have given, we have agreed with the Governors with Level 5 hospitals that they will allocate additional money from their resources. So, it is not as if

Do you want to do that other thing now?

Mr. Chairman, Sir, you had already given me the Floor. The Chairperson (

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to support, but plead with the Senators not to fall into a trap where there exists a report at the National Assembly that this function should be taken up by the national Government. We will be doing the counties a big disfavour if...

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Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator for Kakamega in order to mislead Kenyans, when, in fact, as a Member of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and as a Member of this House, he approved the Division of Revenue Bill which...

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Sen. Khaniri I do not have my card. You know what to do, you can be assisted. SLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE KISUMU-KAKAMEGA ROAD Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, just before we move out of the Order on Statements, about a month ago, four or five weeks ago, I requested for...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, with a lot of respect for my good friend, the Senator for Kisii County, Sen. Obure, I must say that this is the most unfortunate answer I have ever listened to in this House. From the way this project has been treated and many other...

Sen. Khaniri It is true, Mr. Speaker, Sir, but we have a right to sort of also assist you in doing this interpretation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a principle of law called construction, where when interpreting the law, the interpretation should not lead to an absurdity. What Sen. Khaniri...

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Sen. KhaniriCommittee of the Whole and we cannot transact business unless we have the numbers. We do not have the numbers. Ring the division bell. If we still do not get numbers, we shalldecide what to do. Ring the Division Bell for eight minutes. Sen. Khaniri[The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kembi-Gitura)...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, on that issue, I entirely agree with what Sen. Khaniri has stated. I should not have referred to Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. as “my son” but in terms of upbringing in the law, I regard him as my son but he is actually Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who...

Machakos County;And further, whereas by letter dated 24th July (Ref:MKSCA/ADM/IMPDG/Vol 1/6 and received in the Office of the Speaker of the Senate on 25th July, 2014, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Machakos informed the Speaker of the Senate of the approval of the Motion by the County Assembly...

Committee of the Whole and we cannot transact business unless we have the numbers. We do not have the numbers. Ring the division bell. If we still do not get numbers, we shalldecide what to do. Ring the Division Bell for eight minutes. INTERRUPTION OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE DUE...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand on Standing Orders No.35 and 36 to report to you that there was no quorum. Therefore, Standing Order No.8; Committee of the Whole, was not executed. I, therefore, seek leave that we adjourn this business to another day.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It is so ordered. (Committee of the Whole deferred) July 31, 2014 SENATE DEBATES PRIORITIZATION OF THE COUNTY ALLOCATION OF REVENUE BILL, 2014

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek your guidance. The issue regarding the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is very urgent. As you know, today is 31st July. Counties ought to have had their money. The fact that we are not yet done with this Bill...

Sen. Billow Kerrow, I hear you. Unfortunately, Order No.11 was to consider two Bills; the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which is important and the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.1 of 2014 which is also important. However, seeing that there is no quorum, the Standing Orders do not...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was a ruling by the Speaker, if I am not wrong; last year, that after 4.00 p.m, chances of having quorum in the House for the purpose of a division were low and therefore, divisions be held at 3.30 pm when there is maximum presence...

I think the HANSARD will bear you out when the Rules and Business Committee meets on Tuesday or whenever it will meet next. July 31, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

time so that the Motion on Order No.11 is prioritised so that we pass the Bill in good time. ALTERATION OF THE SENATE CALENDAR

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