George Khaniri

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether you will allow me to ride on the statement.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, the case of Elizabeth Akala is very sad. I know she was buried last Saturday in my county. Unfortunately, I did not make it to attend the burial, my condolences to the family. I hope that God rests her soul in peace. It is unfortunate...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am building my case.

Sen. Khaniri I will do it very quickly. Give me one minute, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be done. This is similar to Mr. Alex Madaga’s case who died under similar circumstances. I sought for a statement here from the same Committee you have directed the Senator to direct the...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to vehemently object to what the Vice Chairperson is saying. We are setting a very bad trend. When you get a statement from the relevant Ministry or the Cabinet Secretary, they give you what is called supplementary information....

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I join you in welcoming the distinguished delegations, I notice that you skipped the name of one of my Members of the County Assembly, the member for Gisambai, hon. James Shairo Shimanyano. These proceedings are being covered live on television, and I am sure...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to hail them for embracing the programme that you introduced of capacity building for our county assemblies. I think this is the fourth and last delegation that is coming from Vihiga. At the end of this attachment I think all the MCAs will...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join the Gracious Senator in saying that indeed it is a very sad day. I have two or three issues to raise in my point of order. I want to raise an issue regarding Standing Order No.68 (4) (a) and (b) ,...

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Order, Senator. Can you conclude your point of order? Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is on the issue of timelines, so that you can rule this one at once. The timelines we give ourselves in Standing Order No.68 (2) (b) of 10 days and even the six days--- (Mr....

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on this point of order---.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hail the Speaker of Vihiga County Assembly for presenting this matter on behalf of his Members of the county assembly. I do not want to go to the merits and demerits of the Petition but the County Assembly of Vihiga and their Speaker...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that we received an answer from the relevant Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Fred Matiangi. In the answer, question one and two which were the most important parts of this Statement were not answered. They answered questions three, four and five. After discussions...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, allow me to thank the Senate Deputy Majority Leader for the effort that he has put into this matter. Initially, the Statement was directed to the Committee on Health, but he took it upon himself to get answers and he has done very...

Sen. Khaniri Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen Murungi sought four issues. November 3, 2015 SENATEDEBATES

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that when you look at the questions sought by the distinguished Senator from Meru, he actually wanted the statistics, which I have tabled for each and every Statement that he requested. I also do sympathize with the situation, that...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the distinguished Senator. Issuance of title deeds is the responsibility of the Government and it is the right of all Kenyans who own pieces of land to get their title deeds. I give an assurance to the House that we will...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We all know how the law of sub judice applies in this House. If you critically look at the Statement and the issues I have asked, they have nothing to do with the issues being deliberated in court. Is the...

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Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We all know how the law of sub judice applies in this House. If you critically look at the Statement and the issues I have asked, they have nothing to do with the issues being deliberated in court. Is the...

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Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to bring to your attention something you did not see when you were making your communication. Two very senior Members of this House and very experienced, committed a gross violation of our Standing Orders. They bowed at...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Haji and my teacher, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, in total disregard of Standing Order No. 105 walked into the Chamber and sat while you were making a Communication. We pray for your ruling on this matter.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can see that Sen. Keter is in a hurry to get my brother out of this House. First, I thank you for the opportunity and also Sen. Keter for allowing me to second this Motion. I rise to second and strongly support the formation...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know you did not hear her sentiments because you were consulting. She says that my Statement has been referred to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. My understanding on matters to do with healthcare is that they are squarely under the Committee on...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to express my disappointment on this particular matter. The entire country agrees with me that this is a grave matter; a matter involving the life of a Kenyan. I do not think this Committee is giving this matter the seriousness that it deserves....

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Statement – I was expecting the response from Sen. Adan, only to find out that I am supposed to request for the Statement officially. I beg you to give me permission to seek the statement.

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Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am taken aback when the Chairperson says that the Statement has not reached her. It is on record that this Statement was requested about three months ago. Is she in order? I requested for this Statement in June.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, after we sent the second reminder to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, we received a Statement which I got just an hour ago. Sen. Kembi-Gitura had asked five substantive questions in the Statement. However, question one and two are not...

Sen. Khaniri Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to seek your guidance on this matter. We directed the Statement to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. The CS has October 27th 2015 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, it had five parts. Three have been answered.

Sen. Khaniri Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In fact, I have already instructed the Clerk to do so. We will write and request for the answers. We will give the progress report in a week’s time.

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the two patriotic groups from Nandi County; the Nandi County Chamber of Commerce and the Nandi County Civil Society Network for their vigilance. Although the responsibility of oversight on what is happening in counties is vested in the county assemblies, and to some...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it can be put on Tuesday. However, I must report to the House that we do not have the statement yet. We wrote to the CS on the 29th of August, did a reminder two weeks ago, and up to now we have not...

Sen. Khaniri Most obliged, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Last week I sought a statement from the Standing Committee on Health. That is the time that the chairperson had just arrived from a long absence. The statement was in regard to the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr....

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what has she said?

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was consulting my two colleagues; Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Wako on the same matter. I did not hear the proposal. However, it was our expectation and hope that we would get some provisional statement before we October 22, 2015 SENATE DEBATES Sen....

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to join you in welcoming the distinguished members from various county assemblies; Vihiga being one of them; the county that I proudly represent in this august House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will realise that this is the second delegation in a...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I appreciate the distinguished Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet County who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolved Government for the very elaborate Statement that he has delivered to the House. At the very outset, let me state that I am not...

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