George Khaniri

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity to make my remarks on this particular Motion. Let me, at the very beginning, state that I fully support this Motion. I want to thank my colleague, Sen. Murkomen for coming up with it. I also want...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

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Sen. Khaniridisadvantaged areas are also taken care of. Therefore, what we should be pushing for is probably---

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a matter that has been legislated on and it is now an Act. Why should we come up with a Motion? Most fundamentally, the reason I oppose this Motion vehemently is the last bit of the Motion that suggests that we urge all...

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Sen. Khaniri Order! Sen. Khaniri, you do not need to respond. If she had been listening to your words, you even said you oppose vehemently. June 19, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Khaniri Hon. Senators, before I call the next contributor, I want to introduce the second team of the delegation from Laikipia County Assembly and I hope you recognize that the Senator for Laikipia is also in the House. As I said earlier, when I call each Member, I request...

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Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to seek your guidance on the Notice of Motion given by the Senate Majority Leader or by the Leader as we now refer to him. This is in pursuant to Standing Order No.90 (1) which says; “Subject to...

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Sen. KhaniriAssembly, the one in cyclostyle and not the one printed. This is for the sake of good order so that you do not make any confusion on figures for HANSARD purposes. Unless you want to make a reference to the Bill that came earlier, otherwise, you can continue to...

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

What is your point of order?

Is the hon. Senator in order to say that NIS has failed us while he is here because of the eyes and ears which enable them to control whoever wants to hurt us here?

Order, Senators. First of all, I am not ruling on that point of order, I will let it pass. I want to bring to the attention of Senators that the Bill that is actually before the House, I know you can refer to the one brought earlier where you can...

Assembly, the one in cyclostyle and not the one printed. This is for the sake of good order so that you do not make any confusion on figures for HANSARD purposes. Unless you want to make a reference to the Bill that came earlier, otherwise, you can continue to contribute.

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

On what, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just some further clarification on what you have just ruled. If I understood the hon. Senator for Vihiga clearly, he was giving us a narrative as to why money which is now being locked in the national government could be unlocked and made available to the...

Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale! It means you did not listen to what I said. Indeed, the figure that Sen. Khaniri referred to, whether in the original Bill or in this one, is the same. I am not asking Sen. Khaniri not to mention or not to deal with the figures...

Sen. Catherine Mukiite.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you that I have been able to catch your eye. I rise to support the Bill. Devolution is a new thing in our country and it is a test for the Jubilee Government, whether they are committed to it or not. The...

establish universities in every county, but there is no allocation for that particular function at the county level. I think the amount which has been allocated is for the ECD and not for the universities. So, I think the county governments need to get involved in the development of their...

Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Bill and to interrogate it further to say that I think this is what we were anticipating to get and we should be able to look at the two levels of government as proposed in the Constitution. The...

at 71 per cent. I am from the ground and when I asked them to give me the evidence, they said that there are only 300 nursery and primary schools combined and yet we have 600 primary schools alone and over 800 nursery schools. It means, therefore, that the computation...

The Bill says that it will use the Equalisation Fund to bring quality and not equity.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it says that “the national government shall use the Equalisation Fund to provide only basic services including water, roads, health facilities, electricity to marginalised areas to the extent necessary to bring quality of those services in those areas to the level enjoyed by the rest of...

activities first and then budget from that point. That is what I will propose. We should look at all these things instead of lumping them up together.Last week, we talked about security. We have seen that there is some money which has been set aside for the National Police Service...

Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this Motion fully and congratulate the Government for going beyond the 15 per cent as it is required. The allocation has been raised up to 32 per cent. I think this is a good start although I would wish that it was...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senator for Kitui to insinuate that there are two governments in this country, a Jubilee Government and a CORD Government? There is only one Government.

If Senator Musila suggested that there are two Governments, then that is out of order.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the HANSARD will bear me witness. I said; “in waiting” and, indeed, we are waiting. I just want to emphasise a point that the issue of devolution has been given more weight by CORD and even the Jubilee Government. Therefore, that is why I commend the...

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Sen. Khaniri Is the hon. Senator in order to say that NIS has failed us while he is here because of the eyes and ears which enable them to control whoever wants to hurt us here? May 21, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Khaniri Government, the difference is very small. The...

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

What is your point of order?

Is the hon. Senator in order to say that NIS has failed us while he is here because of the eyes and ears which enable them to control whoever wants to hurt us here?

Order, Senators. First of all, I am not ruling on that point of order, I will let it pass. I want to bring to the attention of Senators that the Bill that is actually before the House, I know you can refer to the one brought earlier where you can...

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

On what, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just some further clarification on what you have just ruled. If I understood the hon. Senator for Vihiga clearly, he was giving us a narrative as to why money which is now being locked in the national government could be unlocked and made available to the...

Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale! It means you did not listen to what I said. Indeed, the figure that Sen. Khaniri referred to, whether in the original Bill or in this one, is the same. I am not asking Sen. Khaniri not to mention or not to deal with the figures...

Sen. Catherine Mukiite.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you that I have been able to catch your eye. I rise to support the Bill. Devolution is a new thing in our country and it is a test for the Jubilee Government, whether they are committed to it or not. The...

devolving the funds to the county governments. As a Committee, we are going to sit down and look at that critically and see how we can switch the figures.Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thirdly, counties are being told that they cannot borrow in the first three years. How are they going...

Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Bill and to interrogate it further to say that I think this is what we were anticipating to get and we should be able to look at the two levels of government as proposed in the Constitution. The...

national level as opposed to the total amount of money spent in the counties on that same activity. When you talk about parastatals in the agricultural sector like the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), what is it doing in Nairobi? There is no single farm of maize or beans...

The Bill says that it will use the Equalisation Fund to bring quality and not equity.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it says that “the national government shall use the Equalisation Fund to provide only basic services including water, roads, health facilities, electricity to marginalised areas to the extent necessary to bring quality of those services in those areas to the level enjoyed by the rest of...

Sen. Khaniri Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and thank you, Professor, for allowing me to second your amendment. But just before that, I want to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate Sen. Orengo for bringing the original Motion. This is a very, very good Motion; it is...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. I begin by sympathising and empathising with the families that have been affected by the spate of violence that has afflicted the western part of this country. Kiambu County happens to suffer from a similar fate for a...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Khaniri is so senior in this House that if he comes up with an issue like this on the basis of a point of order, he should be thrown out. It is demeaning for a Senate Minority Leader to...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Khaniri is so senior in this House that if he comes up with an issue like this on the basis of a point of order, he should be thrown out. It is demeaning for a Senate Minority Leader to be told...

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