Beth Mugo

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

Sen. Mugo Madam Temporary Speaker, is the Senator in order to mislead this House by saying that the Coalition Government that he was talking about as aiding women was just playing politics, when we know women who benefitted from those billions that he is talking about? It is true and...

Sen. Mugo Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. It is a very important Motion and I want to congratulate the Mover, Sen. Elachi, because it is very timely. As we have always said, the foundation of any nation is its youth. We can never realize sustainable development...

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

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Senator in order to keep on repeating that we depend on the former colonialists and yet Kenya provides over 95 per cent of its own Budget? We only need very little help from outside to run...

Sen. Mugo Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was a point of order. I will contribute later.

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me say from the onset that I oppose this Motion. I do not want to thank the Mover because we should ventilate on these issues. As a country, we need to be very careful as to what we devolve. Education is a...

Sen. Mugo Thank you Senator. Madam Temporary Speaker, I believe it will be very difficult to divide those functions; functions of infrastructure, the need for schools to give quality education and the functions of hiring. All those go together. It is the planning that matters. Unless the planning is done...

Sen. Mugo Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion, which I support, especially as it is very related to the health of Kenyans. Eighty per cent of a lot of diseases, including diseases which are killing babies is because of water....

Sen. Mugo(Laughter)

Sen. Mugo Sen. Mugo, just a minute; take your seat! Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, can you withdraw that demeaning statement and stick to the point of order?

Sen. Mugo What is out of order? (Laughter)

Granted; granted! Order, Sen. Mugo! Take your seat! Stick to the point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Madam Temporary Speaker, the distinguished Senator is asking for some more time. She was a Minister of the Kibaki Government for 10 years when they were having this particular Legal Notice No. 534, and she did nothing. How much more time does she want before they pay teachers?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, what is not in order?

Is she in order, when she lacks high moral ground, to state as she stated and to mislead the country that if she is given time – and this time she is powerless; she is not a Minister--- Sen. Mugo I can---

What power do you have? What power does she have?

Sen. Mugo(Applause) (Applause)

Order, Senators! Sen. Mugo Madam Temporary Speaker, what I was about to say until I was rudely interrupted is that no problem is solved overnight. Whether I believe, and whether I have a position in the Government or not, is that this Senate is part of the other arm of...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

What is out of order, Sen. Ong’era? June 26, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Madam Temporary Speaker, is the honorable elected Senator, Beth Mugo, in order to say that the Senate is part of the Government, when we know that there exists the principle of separation of powers; that this is the Legislature, there is the Executive and the Judiciary? (Applause)

Sen. Mugo Is that informing or updating her? (Applause) (Laughter)

Sen. Mugo I am not debating, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to inform her that all those honorable Senators who are opposing the laptop initiative before this House are wrong. The reason I am informing the honorable Senator is because they had all the time for preparing--- (Applause)

On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Her time is up. Sen. Mugo, do you wish to be informed by Sen. Mbuvi? Sen. Mugo Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Your time is also over. Sen. Mugo Let him still inform us.

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to mislead this House that while traveling to West Africa, we wait for two or three hours while we know that connections to West Africa do not exist and at times we...

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator in order to withdraw an amendment which is properly before the House? This is the property of the House and it no longer belongs to him.

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo

Sen. Mugo I support. April 30, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Mugo true. We all remember the letter that was written to the President of the Supreme Court which, in the end, turned out to be lies which were meant to insult Kenyans. When a Kenyan’s life is in danger, we...

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is also related to the agenda which I got from my sister here. We need to develop clear guidelines on the ----

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the agenda proposed, it seems there will be discussions on the roles of the different actors; that is, the Senators and Governors. We also need to come up with a report on the kind of devolution we envisage. Considering that hon. Senators have...

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is also related to the agenda which I got from my sister here. We need to develop clear guidelines on the ----

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the agenda proposed, it seems there will be discussions on the roles of the different actors; that is, the Senators and Governors. We also need to come up with a report on the kind of devolution we envisage. Considering that hon. Senators have...

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is also related to the agenda which I got from my sister here. We need to develop clear guidelines on the ----

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the agenda proposed, it seems there will be discussions on the roles of the different actors; that is, the Senators and Governors. We also need to come up with a report on the kind of devolution we envisage. Considering that hon. Senators have...

Sen. Mugo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is also related to the agenda which I got from my sister here. We need to develop clear guidelines on the ----

Sen. Mugo Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the agenda proposed, it seems there will be discussions on the roles of the different actors; that is, the Senators and Governors. We also need to come up with a report on the kind of devolution we envisage. Considering that hon. Senators have...

Sen. Mugo): Sen. Mugo): Order! There was no point of order and no correction. Move on. The Senator for Kericho County (Sen. Keter) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was for the sake of record. I want to join my colleagues in congratulating you and the Speaker, hon. Ekwee Ethuro,...

Sen. Mugo):The Senator for Kericho County (Sen. Keter): Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion on the Presidential Speech which is of great substance. However, before I do that, I was wondering whether hon. Senators go wild, which is subject to your...

because of the service that they have given before. We also have both Leaders of the Majority and the Minority and the Whips. We are ready to work with you.Let me, on the outset; appreciate the President’s Speech which I found to be full of substance. The agenda was complete...

April 24, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

told by experts that the laptops for schools can come very cheaply. They are not like the ones we work with in the offices. Again, if they are assembled here as the President said, that the parts will be brought so that they are assembled here, that will create like...

Sen. Mugo):The Senator for Kericho County (Sen. Keter): Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion on the Presidential Speech which is of great substance. However, before I do that, I was wondering whether hon. Senators go wild, which is subject to your...

because of the service that they have given before. We also have both Leaders of the Majority and the Minority and the Whips. We are ready to work with you.Let me, on the outset; appreciate the President’s Speech which I found to be full of substance. The agenda was complete...

April 24, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

told by experts that the laptops for schools can come very cheaply. They are not like the ones we work with in the offices. Again, if they are assembled here as the President said, that the parts will be brought so that they are assembled here, that will create like...