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Next Order. THE LOCAL CONTENT BILL (SENATE BILL NO.13 OF 2016)

Next, Order. RESOLUTION TO ALTER THE SENATE CALENDAR

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Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, the manner in which this matter has been handled is very disappointing. The officer who shot the stray bullet was interdicted and the firearm withdrawn. That in itself is an admission of guilt. The Chair does not talk about compensation. This is an innocent girl...

Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.45 (2) (b) , I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations on the killings of Ms. Edna Gesare Osoro and Ms. Irene Kerubo Onyansi at the Daraja Mbili Market, Kisii...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had sought for a Statement on 1stMarch, 2016, from the Committee on Land and Natural Resources and I wish to get to know if it can be responded to. I know there have been some hitches and I do not want to blame the Chairperson. This...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Chairperson also furnish me with the copy of the response if it is ready?Order, Senator. Those are routine matters. Everybody knows about them.Proceed, Sen. Obure. Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a new request. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.45 (2) (b)...

Sen. Obure On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I agree with you entirely in your direction on this matter. However, for record purposes, I would like to state that Sen. Okong’o comes from Nyamira but not Kisii. I thought so. However, I wanted you to come out...

Sen. Obure On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am somewhat disturbed that we had nine responses to requests that had been made in this House and we have not been able to transact even a single one. The reason for this is that the Senators who...

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Sen. Obure Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once again, I thank Sen. Hargura for this answer. However, you have heard him inform this Senate that there is an ongoing study being carried out through PPP. I would like to know when this feasibility study is expected to be complete. If he...

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Sen. Obure Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sir. Mine is in relation to the procurement process relating to the refurbishment to the Karson Photo House offices. I want to make reference to page 51 Vol. 3 of the Assembly document where a Taskforce was being formed to carry out these works....

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Sen. Obure Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. So far, we have been faced with four cases of impeachment. In all the four, the Senate decided to deal with them by way of establishing Special Committees. I have had the privilege to be the Chair of the Special Committee that dealt...

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Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.33 of the Senate Standing Orders, today, Wednesday, 27th July, 2016, to seek the adjournment of the Senate in order to discuss the very important issue of what is happening to our schools at the moment. Today, there is...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.33 of the Senate Standing Orders, today, Wednesday, 27th July, 2016, to seek the adjournment of the Senate in order to discuss the very important issue of what is happening to our schools at the moment. Today, there is great destruction...

A year. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for Education for taking stern action to stem the stealing and exposure of examination.

Order! Order, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan! I do not want to use the “c” word on a professor. When I did my statistics, one good example was a confused professor with a bunch of keys.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am quite aware of what this issue is about. I am not confused about this. This is the world where I come from, and I know what I am talking about when it comes to education.

Order, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan! The confusion is not on the issue. It is on the procedure. Do you want to give notice of the Motion or do you want to move the Motion? You cannot move what does not exist. You must move it first. (Several Senators stood up in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to move a Motion of adjournment of Senate to discuss the issue about the burning of schools.

Order Members! I am satisfied that you have more than the requisite numbers and therefore you will move it from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m. Any other statements to be issued? Let us hear from the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY MEMBERS OF KPWU PERSISTENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately the Cabinet Secretary (CS) did not attend the meeting as was expected because he had to go to State House even though he called me. The Statement was not availed and we did not discuss. I have informed the Senator who sought it and we could...

It should be corrected accordingly. Let us have the Chairperson of the Committee on Education. July 27, 2016 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. ObureA [The Speaker (Hon. Ethuro) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. (Dr.) Machage) took the Chair]

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Members of the Mediation Committee - I was one of them - for putting in many hours. As the Senate, we did away with the entire Bill. The Mediation Committee had to look at the Bill clause by clause...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Mediation team led by Sen. Kivuti. This is one of the interesting Bills that this House rejected almost every clause. Therefore, it is important that through the mediation process we now have an agreed version of the...

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

Sen. Lesuuda, whom do you want to inform?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Sang. July 27, 2016 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Sang, do you want to be informed?

Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I inform my colleague, Sen. Sang, that the Bill was rejected because the Committee had not done public participation. We actually did public participation and received views from the stakeholders including the Cabinet Secretary, Council of Governors, among others. In the end, we had to...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is exciting because this process of mediation takes the centre stage. Every House will discuss Bills but if there is disagreement, future mediation committees should take cue from what this Committee did to encourage public participation. I say this because, I have sat in mediation...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As furtherance to the information given by---

Order, Sen. Kivuti.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am giving some information which may be useful to the Chair---

You are on a point of order and not a point of information. Kindly execute it properly. Sit first and inform the Chair the Member you wish to inform.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I inform Sen. Sang.

Sen. Sang, do you want to be informed?

Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the information I am passing is not for the interest of Sen. Sang alone but to the House. As you are aware, this report was tabled a few minutes ago. Therefore, all the Senators present, have not had occasion to read and interrogate it. I do...

Order, Sen. Kivuti. If your thoughts were so, then you should not have moved the Motion today. What happened is the urgency given to you by the Standing Orders on moving a Motion on the same day that you give notice by leave of the House. If you knew that...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with your permission, it is not the prerogative of the Chair to distribute whatever has been laid on the Table of the House. I was only seeking the Chair’s intervention to allow Members to receive the report. This has happened before. The report is not voluminous...

So, you should have stuck on your first point of order; whether you would be in order to request the Chair that the report be distributed in the House for Members to look through instead of interrupting Sen. Sang’s line of thought. Proceed, Sen. Sang.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this challenge could have been surmounted a little bit by the Chair in his moving remarks. He should have given us some of these details. If the Chair moves the Bill in two or three sentences, then those of us who are not part of the...

I thank the Chair who did a good job. The Bills have been scheduled in the Order Paper because of the constitutional timelines. We may not have the luxury of time. It was a request by the Rules Business Committee and not the Chair. I want that corrected; that these...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as many people appreciate the good work done by the mediation team, I experienced some problems. We had a Petition from Kirinyaga Mihiriga Kenda over the same. I am sure that this one has been captured appropriately in the report which was tabled by the...

A and Natural Resources mediation team. I am of the opinion that the Mihiriga Kenda Petition will be adequately captured in favour of the petitioners.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, your wise ruling over this issue is awaited so that the Mihiriga Kenda in Kirinyaga will get a fair hearing and...

Very well. The onus whether to support or not, lies on you. This House will always be fair to everybody, including your request. Hon. Members, I have a Communication to make. (Debate on the Motion suspended) COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR VISITING DELEGATION FROM MATUNGULU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Hon. Senators, I wish to recognise the presence of visiting students and teachers from Matungulu Girls High School, Machakos County. They are seated at the Public Gallery. In our usual tradition of receiving and welcoming visitors to Parliament, I extend a warm welcome to them. On behalf of the Senate...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also join you in extending the warm welcome to them. I am happy that these are girls. I have been a champion and advocate for the girl child for many years. You are in the right place. We want you to be very good girls....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join you and my colleagues in welcoming this wonderful school from Makueni. I would like to persuade them that for whatever reasons or however much they have issues with their school administration, they should desist from burning schools. In the next one hour or so,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I join you and my colleagues in welcoming the students and teachers to this Senate. I would like to let the students know July 27, 2016 SENATE DEBATES

A that there is no barrier to be anything that they would want to be in this world. I remind them of the huge sacrifices that their parents have made for them to acquire education.In whatever action they take, they should always remember that their sponsor, parent or guardian has...

Sen. Obure Because we do not have the numbers for Division, I will further defer Order Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Let me listen to Sen. Obure. Sen. Obure Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am one of those who seconded this Motion. I did so because I know that this Mediation Committee has gone through a very thorough process which has involved all the Members from communities which raised serious objections...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rarely differ with my brother here on the left but for this one, I beg to differ because this House had a position on the clauses that were sent to mediation committee and I would like to know what became of that. Was our point...

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A together with the agreed version of the Bill and if you look at the Report, I do not see any agreed version of the Bill.

Order. I have listened carefully to all of you and you all have an argument. As I said earlier, I was waiting for procedure to be followed to act. The Speaker does not act in a vacuum unless it is necessary on an issue that is not prescribed by the...