George Khaniri

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Standing Orders give you immense powers to take that decision. You can suspend the Motion as the Speaker; we do not have to move any Motion. Suspend the Motion so that we can move to the next orders and then come back to...

Sen. Khaniri seconded. (Question proposed) Division will be at the end. Next Bill. THE COUNTY STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS BILL (SENATE BILL NO.10 OF 2015)

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Statement was requested by the Senator for Murang’a County, the Deputy Speaker, if I am not wrong. The Statement had six questions. We received a response from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Prof. Judy Wakhungu,...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, may be if I read the reply, then the House can be informed of the response that came from the CS. Basically in Part (1) and (2) , she says that the issue of noise pollution is a devolved function and can only be responded...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give the following response: The first question was: Whether the Lions Eye Hospital is licensed to play loud music in the Hospital up to and including at night to the detriment of the patients and residents of Loresho surrounding the hospital. The...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said at the beginning, it is unfortunate. I regret that part one and two of the question were not adequately responded to by the Cabinet Secretary and for the reasons that I already gave. Of course, if we had time--- I have an...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Report on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 13th June 2017: The National Land Commission (NLC) 2015/2016 Annual Report themed: “Devolving Land Governance”. (Sen. Khaniri laid the document on the Table) SESSIONAL PAPER NO.2 OF 2016 ON NATIONAL...

Sen. Khaniri No, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Are you satisfied that the Chairman, Retired Justice, is responding to the point of order raised by Sen. (Dr.) Machage? He had earlier said that the responsibility lies with the Ministry but Sen. (Dr.) Machage has challenged him that he...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity. I am sure that this Statement is long overdue. It was requested before we took a break. We took so long to June 13, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Khaniribeen sent to Parliament. I am just looking at the response now...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fully concur with the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Sen. M. Kajwang, and supported by Sen. Abdirahman. Mediation is a process that is provided for in the Constitution. Therefore, it is absolutely important that once we embark on that route of mediation a report...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Mover of this Bill, who is the Senate Majority Leader is sending mixed signals to the House and the nation. I wish that as he moves this particular Bill which is very important, he should guide the House on...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to hail Mr. Mutunga Mutuku, a resident of Makueni County, the Governor for Nairobi, the Governor for Kisii County as well as Mr. John Gitau for petitioning the Senate using that constitutional provision to address issues that may be affecting them or the...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to hail Mr. Mutunga Mutuku, a resident of Makueni County, the Governor for Nairobi, the Governor for Kisii County as well as Mr. John Gitau for petitioning the Senate using that constitutional provision to address issues that may be affecting them or the...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to hail Mr. Mutunga Mutuku, a resident of Makueni County, the Governor for Nairobi, the Governor for Kisii County as well as Mr. John Gitau for petitioning the Senate using that constitutional provision to address issues that may be affecting them or the...

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Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will take a slightly different angle in this matter. I hail the patriotic residents of Nyamira County for having confidence in the Senate and bringing their petition to us. The issue of petitioning Parliament is important. That is why it is referred...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can see the casual way in which the Vice Chairperson is responding to this issue. This is a matter to do with security of Kenyans. Matters to do with security take precedence. This is a case where the rights of Kenyans are being...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kakamega County happens to be my neighbouring county. My birth certificate reads that I was born in Kakamega before Vihiga was hived off from Kakamega. Therefore, the youth in the Speaker’s Gallery are from home. On my own behalf and on behalf of the...

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Sen.Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this petition and to hail the two patriotic Kenyans from Nyamira for their vigilance. For devolution to succeed, residents must also take interest and remain very vigilant on what is happening in their counties and, when there are issues like this,...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you approve Sen. Khaniri’s request, I would ask that the statement be enriched. Do we have people who have been trained to handle this specialized equipment in these counties? Lastly, can it be confirmed that constant supply of power has been taken to...

Sen. Khaniri Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Did those things happen because of the Statement that is being issued now? I do not think so. I am therefore, sticking by my ruling; that the matter is now in abeyance. The only question is: Sen. Adan, will you be able to give...

Sen. Khaniri So be it. Statement (d) sought by Sen. (Dr.) Zani on the committee on education. Sen. Karaba.

We cannot have it both ways--- (

Sen.Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this petition and to hail the two patriotic Kenyans from Nyamira for their vigilance. For devolution to succeed, residents must also take interest and remain very vigilant on what is happening in their counties and, when there are issues like this,...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you approve Sen. Khaniri’s request, I would ask that the statement be enriched. Do we have people who have been trained to handle this specialized equipment in these counties? Lastly, can it be confirmed that constant supply of power has been taken to...

Sen. Khaniri Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Did those things happen because of the Statement that is being issued now? I do not think so. I am therefore, sticking by my ruling; that the matter is now in abeyance. The only question is: Sen. Adan, will you be able to give...

Sen. Khaniri So be it. Statement (d) sought by Sen. (Dr.) Zani on the committee on education. Sen. Karaba.

We cannot have it both ways--- (

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Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on behalf of the Committee on Land and Natural Resources of the Senate to table two petitions and a report. The first one---

Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand guided. I will table the two petitions first before I table the reports.

PAPERS LAID ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NPSC FOR 2015/2016

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, Tuesday 28th March, 2017:- The National Land Commission Annual Report for the Period 2015/2016 REPORT ON CITES COP 17 CONVENTION HELD IN JOHANNESBURG, RSA

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.45 (2) (b) , I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations concerning the killing of an Administration Police Officer. The deceased, Mr. Dismas Mahigi Masitsa, who...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had requested for two weeks. I will endeavour to bring the statement within a week. However, knowing how the systems work, I request that we be given up to next week so that we have a whole week to do the communications with the...

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Sen. Khaniri Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.