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Sen. Kajwang Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I feel like a Front Bencher for a while; I have used the Back Bench--- (Laughter)(Laughter) June 11, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kajwanghad there, that we were a foreign country that was invading another country. So, it corrected that. secondly,...

Sen Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Senator who is on the Floor, but I support this Bill because it is amending an Act of Parliament that already exists. We are not here to argue whether to allow people to...

Sen. Kajwang Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to start with a story. In the former Russia – not the new one – which was controlled by Stalin, I think he said that the population was getting lazy and he needed people to work hard so...

Sen. Kajwang I will allow it.

Sen. Kajwang Thank you very much. I am very much informed.

Sen. Kajwang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have been informed, although my informer took a lot of my time. I hope I will preserve some of that time. (Laughter) June 10, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kajwangrecommend the removal of VAT on the Senate Keg so that the industry that produces...

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Sen. Kajwang Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Karaba in order to suggest that if you produce, sell or even distribute molasses, sugar or any other June 10, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kajwangthe production of this alcohol that killed people? To suggest that would scare everybody who is...

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to suggest that my brother did not listen to me very carefully. In fact, my second point was that while he was away, more than 90 people died of poison; I called it poison, because that is...

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Sen. Kajwang No, he has already mentioned who was away. (Laughter)

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Regarding the procedural matter that has arisen between my two colleagues, after the First Reading, the Bill is subjected to a Committee. That follows as a matter of course. The Committee should have come here with some amendments and...

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I think that the Attorney-General Emeritus went a little ahead of the procedure. This is because, actually, you were going to propose. When you propose the question is when he would have said what he wanted to say. He...

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May 23, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kajwang Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Our constitutional responsibility includes impeachment. It is something we cannot run away from, it is a responsibility that we have to take. As the Senate, we have taken this responsibility...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. My conscience is very clear that we are moving in the right direction because if you consider Standing Order No.68 (1) (a) as read together with Standing Order No.68 (1) (b) , we are within our mandate to constitute this Committee....

various governors and county assemblies. As a Senate, we have everything against the violation and breaching of any constitutional provisions, whether by an individual, state organ, county assembly or any other level of government, even the national Government.Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I want to state that even as we...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Our constitutional responsibility includes impeachment. It is something we cannot run away from, it is a responsibility that we have to take. As the Senate, we have taken this responsibility seriously. We also want to have the...

that did us proud. The Committee was led by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Even as we go to this second Committee, we do so with a lot of confidence. The new Members that are coming to this Committee will bring in the values of integrity and responsibility. So, we are proud...

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Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In as much as we want to give more time, the Motion moved by the Senate Leader of Majority that we proceed beyond the normal time - in that case, he would be seeking for adjournment because the normal sittings...

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Sen. Kajwang Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is procedural, but it is sweet! (Laugher) Finally, the Jubilee Government has realized that this Bill that deals with Division of Revenue is actually a function of this House. (Applause)

Sen. Kajwang Oooh, if it is information, I can listen.

Sen. Kajwang I am very happy with what the Senate Majority---- April 17, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Kajwang Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was very sensitive to that and wanted to do it in one or two words. It took the Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the Senate to go to the Supreme Court for an opinion for us to assert...

Sen. Kajwang On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, do you want to be informed by Sen. Kajwang?

Sen. Kajwang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the professor that in this city, for example, all the primary schools are owned by the former city council which is now the County of Nairobi. However, by the stroke of this rule, all schools, both primary and secondary, are...

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Sen. KajwangThere are other organizations in the country – the Aga Khan and the Coptics – which do their own procurement. So, we should never ever minimize the capacities of our own people at the counties. Let us not suggest that they cannot do some of those things that we...

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Before I go to Sen. (Dr.) Machage, if you look at Standing Order No.99 (1) , it talks about this as a dilatory debate. Standing Order No.99 (2) says that the debate on a dilatory Motion shall be confined...

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Sen. Kajwang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all I am saying is that as a matter of record, the records of the House should show why we are adjourning debate. He said that we are adjourning because of weaknesses within the Bill and he pointed them out. I am also pointing...

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Sen. Kajwang On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Just to mention, before we forget, one of the very eminent leaders from that area called me. The quickest way of eradicating this primitive practice is to give every child basic education. Do you think that is where we...

Sen. Kajwang I think he has already understood the information. I did not intend to ask a question but I finished it with a question.

Sen. Kajwang On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Kajwang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to inform my sister that sometimes last year when I was still fortunate to serve in the Government, we actually had serious problems in Eastleigh---

Sen. Kajwang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other one. At that time, the Government was much more consultative. We had a meeting with the leaders in Eastleigh. We agreed the best way to move forward, was to get the people in Eastleigh to police themselves. They should be grouped into...

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for our sister to give us some biblical quotations which we do not quite understand and which confuse us? Which land did we lease and who is supposed to bring it back to us?

Sen. Kajwang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senator to discuss the person of a calibre of Senate Majority Leader in another House on the Floor of this House without a substantive Motion? He is effectively a very important leader; the...

Sen. Kajwang Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the normal way of doing business in this House, the ultimate responsibility is with the Senate Majority Leader, not even with the chairperson of a committee. The chairperson of a committee may assist him, but ultimately, the person whom the House will put, as...

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Sen. Kajwang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think that I better continue because we might not find the end of these arguments. Of course, I do not want to engage myself in it because they also know that I can argue. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I am trying to...

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Sen. Kajwang Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to discuss the public policy contained in the President’s Address to Parliament on Thursday 27th of March, 2014. I listened to the President carefully and I April 3, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kajwangthe President needed...

Sen. Kajwang Okay.

Sen. Kajwang Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.