Stephen Kiptanui Sang

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has mentioned that the problem of Mau was started by the older KANU politicians. In this House, we have a number of those older KANU politicians, including the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Wetangula. Could the Senator substantiate...

Sen. Sang Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. This is one of the most important Bills in this House.It would be unfair that we have heard opportunities to contribute to many Motions in this House but when the serious business of discussing some of...

Sen. Sang Most guided, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The issue of environment is very critical. I support this Bill because of the establishment of county structures that will help our counties to participate in the management of the environment. I come from a county where we have forests. As communities,...

Hon. Sang Asante sana, Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Nimesimama kumuunga mkono dada yangu, Mhe. Joyce Lay. Tunafanana kidogo. Ninamshukuru sana kwa kuileta Hoja hii ambayo itatusaidia sisi wote. Kuna changamoto kila mahali kwa sababu watu wetu wanatumia Kiswahili kuongea. Tutapata changamoto nyingi tutakapotafsiri Kiingereza kwa Kiswahili. Tukitafsiri sheria zetu...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate. The Public Finance Management (Equalisation Fund) Guidelines, 2015. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Sen. Sang laid the document on the Table) REPORT OF THE INFORMATION COMMITTEE ON ITS VISIT TO KONZA TECHNO...

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Further to the point of order raised by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, in the event that you find that the said Speaker was out of order, he should be able to apologize.

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Thank you for that assurance. Would I also be in order to ask that the Senator for Kakamega also gives a commitment that he will not engage in press-ups and provoke the Members of the “lower” House to tear...

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On several occasions we have had challenges sometimes when we do our work as Senators. However, in the process of March 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Sangdoing this, members of the Fourth Estate report some of our proceedings and some...

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Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday 18th March, 2015:-

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to refer to a meeting of the Committee on Education Committee as a kamukunji?

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale showed me that particular request for a Statement for the first time yesterday. It appears that something somewhere did not work out that the Committee has not been able to obtain that Statement. I undertake that we will respond to that particular...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the practice has been, Statements are sought from Chairs of Committees and you know my Chairperson is the Senator for Busia and Attorney-General emeritus. He has had serious engagements internationally and it is possible that when the Statement was sought, he may have responded...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sought a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the issue relating to the county staff and their pensions. That Statement was supposed to be issued on 19th February, 2015 but that has not been done until now.

Hon. Sang Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to congratulate my friend, hon. Kigo, for coming up with this Motion, which is very important. It is not good to see Kenyans consuming alcohol in large numbers. This is creating a lot of problems not only in urban areas,...

Hon. Sang Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving this opportunity to ventilate on this Report. From the outset, I thank the Committee. I have seen the resume of Major General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo and I have realised that he is very qualified. I also saw in that Report that we...

Hon. Sang I have spoken. I was just donating my card to my friend. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Kajwang’) : Do not do things which are not in the Standing Orders. This is a House of rules. If someone does not have a card, you administratively solve it out...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:-

Sen. SangKakamega County, what are the ceilings of my county assembly? What was this budget? What is happening?Even if we put whatever ceilings, we will say it here, but we need to assist the assemblies. The only way you can assist is to ask the Controller of Budget what ceiling...

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, any budget is a ceiling in itself; the items and sub-items in the budget are ceilings. So, there is no way we can run away from ceilings. If I got the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget correctly, what he said is that the...

Mine would be that we go the way the Chairperson has said; let this report come and we shall look at it.The only other issue, perhaps, is that the Senate should communicate officially with the Controller of Budget and say “for now, we do not have ceilings” so that they...

Finally, proceed, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Members for their contribution on that matter. I will take only a couple of minutes to clarify two or three items which I think are important. The first is to understand what the ceiling is about and the context in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the basis of that recommendation, the County Assemblies Forum challenged it in court and the ruling was made last month. In our report, among the things you will find is our Committee’s position on the ruling of the court. We will also be making a direction...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Senator for Kirinyaga in order to localize an international academician by congratulating his village and county, yet this is an international person who we are recognizing as Kenyans? Is he in order to localize that Professor?

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Sen. Sanglonger time on issues that we should have gone to the substance. We are spending more time on straightforward issues. In fact, if you would have consulted with Sen. Sang, perhaps he would not even have asked that question here. He would have waited until Tuesday.

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Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. The Statement on enrollment of Form Ones—

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will give Sen. Kembi-Gitura five minutes and Sen. Kerrow three minutes. I want to address the concerns of most of the people who are opposing the appointment.

Hon. Kiptanui On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh) : Hon. Member, let me take a point of order from hon. Kiptanui. What is your point of order? Hon. Kiptanui On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Reading the...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday 3rd March, 2015:- The National Safety Authority Operation of Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2014. (Sen. Sang laid the document on the Table) REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF...

Sen. Sang Which desks? What is it, Sen. Khalwale?