Mohammed Abdi Kuti

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in congratulating Prof. Micere Mugo and also Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o for bringing up the matter. When Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o attends that function, he should not go as himself, but with knowledge that Prof. Micere Mugo is also recognized...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to issue a Statement which was sought by Sen. (Dr.) Machage. The Statement was about the cholera outbreak in Kenya. On 19th February, 2015 Sen. (Dr.) Machage wanted to know the following:-

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the attempt by the Chairperson to answer the serious questions. I bring to his notice that question number two has not been answered fully. We sought to know not only the counties but also the areas affected in those counties. Secondly,...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson of the Committee on Health is a medical doctor; if he could only listen. He knows that a report of up to five cases of cholera in an area is significant. It could restart an epidemic especially in a drought situation....

Sen. (Dr.) Kutia day. I know that even those five cases can spark a new outbreak. However, I am trying to ask him to appreciate the fact that it is through the effort of the county and the national Government and the measures that have been listed, that I read...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to seek a Statement from the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations on a matter that is very urgent and serious. Right now Isiolo is on fire because of some serious border issues that might cause conflict between...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for bringing this Motion and for donating two minutes to me. I would like to go back to the issue of the colonial border and the 1992 Commission. There March 5, 2015...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is about the formation of a commission. Why would the formation of a commission be a county matter?

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just needed your guidance.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Order, Members. I am sure Sen. (Dr.) Kuti would want to say the same thing. Let me respond to what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has said. That is applicable when you are profiling the entire service but this is just one position. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti I oppose this tribally instigated appointment that is not serving the 42 communities of Kenya.

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti What is your point of order, Sen. Chiaba?

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to seek a clarification regarding the training of the reservists who are used in these places. It is one thing to present a volunteer or a young person with a gun and quite another to actually train...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sometimes last year, I sought a Statement regarding the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi. I know that an answer was given. However, the Speaker ordered that it was not sufficient and that further consultations should be done and...

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 26th February, 2015:- The Report of the Standing Committee on Health, on the 20th International AIDS Conference, held in Melbourne Australia from 20th – 25th July 2014. Thank...

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Yeah, I want to give a notice of Motion.

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Hon. Members, we will take the Statements that are there to be sought and given. I would like us to take a short time on that. I would like to draw your attention to Orders Nos. 8, 9 and 10, which must be finalized today. I am...

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg that the questioner repeats the question. I was a little bit not attentive.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek your indulgence.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is not a specific case, you realize that rampant misdiagnosis implies that we have to quantify the problem and that would require some time, unless there is a specific case that the questioner wants to be dealt with.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti A month, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need two weeks to come up with the answer.

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know that the law regarding the recruitment of the Inspector-General has been changed and the President can recruit directly. I know that if Sen. Kiraitu is appointed by the President, he is not likely to say “no”. Having been to some areas...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just like the other speakers have said, of course there are challenges and for that matter---

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti I will allow that intervention from Sen. (Dr.) Kuti because you have mentioned him. What is it that you do in Bangkok? (Laughter) Are you debating or are you on a point of order? Sen. (Dr.) Kuti(Laughter)

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to tell us that he has been getting 50 or even 100 times more in his profession which he has quit? He is now in a profession where he is equally...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, are you trying to impute improper motives upon the person of Sen. (Dr.) Kuti?

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. Indeed, he knows that this was with a light touch and I would never try to impute improper motives on my younger brother, who was a kid student of medicine at the medical school when we were training. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to plead...

who do not know, Maseno is a Luhya word that means a “big tree”. That is the area where you will predominantly find Luhyas. This is however in Luo land. You will find the Luo culture. If you open up this, the Luhyas will lay claim on Maseno University and...

Order, hon. Senator. Is it in order for you to imply that hon. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. runs after antelopes before coming to this House?

I am sorry Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to withdraw and give my own example. You will find that a refined doctor like Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is wasting time doing sugarcane farming. I do not have to do that because I practice. The money I make in my medical practice...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in order to almost dishearten our farmers in this country who work very hard planting sugar cane? That is their source of living and they have no alternative unlike our lucky Senator who has an alternative. Could he...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, what exactly are you implying?

Madam Temporary Speaker, my speech is futuristic. I am saying that the farmer of the future will be the farmer you see in Britain.

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to tell us that he has been getting 50 or even 100 times more in his profession which he has quit? He is now in a profession where he is equally earning a lot....

I find nothing to be out of order. He is just talking about himself and he has the facts. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, proceed and conclude.

Madam Temporary Speaker, once we urbanize the industries that we are talking about they are the ones that will hire our information Technology (IT) experts, engineers and so on. I am not in any way belittling the farmers. February 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

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Sen. (Dr.) Kuti Hon. Senators, there being no other Senators interested in contributing to this Motion of Adjournment, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 19th February, 2015 at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 5.42 p.m.

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Member aware that part of the provisions in our Bill of Rights Chapter in the Constitution stipulates that, in exercising freedom of information, especially by the media, nobody should be compelled to use State institutions for that purpose? Secondly,...

Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I would like to thank the Mover of this Motion because he has given us an opportunity to give advice to the three media houses. The three media houses went overboard and played politics during the time...

I, therefore, do not see any importance in supporting the three media houses. They are misleading the public by not giving them what they require. The world is going digital and that cannot be stopped.I rest at that.

Order, hon. Members. This was a Motion without any resolution. There are no further requests. Sen. Bule has left the Chamber. ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, there being no other Senators interested in contributing to this Motion of Adjournment, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 19th February, 2015 at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 5.42 p.m.