Stephen Kiptanui Sang

Sen. SangJuly 21st, 2015 SENATE DEBATES (Applause)

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you have already directed that the Chairperson invites the Cabinet Secretary, sometimes as chairpersons of committees, we have the challenges of securing the attendance of the Cabinet Secretaries, but we also ought to be assisted by the leadership, especially from the Majority side. Therefore...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you and Sen. Sijeny in appreciating the team. When they had meetings, we hosted them as the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. As indicated by Sen. Sijeny, we learnt a lot from them in terms of the ongoing consensus towards the...

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Sen. SangJuly 15th, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

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Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Committee is supposed to deliver a statement sought by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I have just mentioned to him that part of it was ready last week and the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights was ready to deliver it then....

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator for West Pokot in order to mislead this House because we know that when the Cabinet Secretary Nkaiserry was appointed, we have never been told the fate of Ole Lenku? It is possible that Ole Lenku is...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I moved this Bill. However, just to refresh our memories, this is the County Hall of Fame Bill (Senate Bill No.33 of 2014) . It seeks to establish a legal framework that allows county governments to honour the heroes and heroines who have made exceptional...

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Senator, while contributing, kept on using the word Vigango. I am sure myself and many other Kenyans may not understand what he meant. He has just mentioned that it means artifacts and I think that was important.

Sen. Sang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stood on a point of order to request the Senator to explain what vigango means, so that Kenyans may know and follow him on this important contribution.

Sen. Sang Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish, at this point, to thank Senators who have contributed to this Bill. I also appreciate the very valid and immense contributions that they have made to this Bill. I thank Sen. Madzayo for seconding the Bill. I know that his Committee has developed...

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I, kindly, request that you allow me, on behalf of the Senator for Kericho County, to appreciate the County Assembly delegation from Kericho County. You know that Sen. Charles Keter, the Senator for Kericho, is our Deputy Majority Leader. He...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, on this particular one, we do not have a response today. However, I indicated to the Senator for Kisii that we have invited the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to appear before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on 22nd July, 2015....

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, like the other statements sought by various Members, we are requesting that we hold the meeting. We will ask the IEBC to respond to these specific questions. However, they will have to reduce them into written statements to answer specifically each of the various questions....

Sen. Sang The written statement will come a week after our meeting with the IBEC and other stakeholders---

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. However, the need for us to invite the IEBC is that, in the past, we have had several statements being sought and they have not been able to respond to most of those statements. That is why we invited...

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Sen. Sang Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am standing on a point of order. I noticed that after the prayers, you nodded instead of bowing. I seek your guidance on whether the Speaker should bow or nod after the prayers.

Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as it has appeared to me, the tradition is that when the Speaker is done with the prayer, he bows to both sides of the House. I noticed that you nodded towards our side first although you were a bit stiff and then you...

Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was wondering why there was disparity in engaging the head. (Laughter)

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Sen. SangJuly 1st, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

Order! Read the Bill. Sen. Sang Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. I beg to move that the County Hall of Fame Bill (Senate Bill No. 33 of 2014) be read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill provides for a platform through which county governments can...

Order Sen. Sang, you will have 45 minutes when this Bill is next scheduled. July 1st, 2015 SENATE DEBATES ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30

Hon. Sang Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me another opportunity today. I was just continuing. I am not seeing the Mover of this Motion but I want to congratulate him for coming up with a very bright idea. This Motion needs some few amendments. Otherwise, it is very nice....

Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have the answer yet. But I just want to report that we did get in touch with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. If you look at the Statement sought, the bigger component of it is about...

Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when this matter came up last week, I pointed out to the Speaker that as a Committee, we realised that the Statement that was sought by Sen. Khaniri ought to have gone to the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations but as a...

Sen. Sang Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last week, we sought for guidance from the Chair on how the various Committees should handle a matter that is directed to them and the Committee feels it is misplaced. We are expecting a ruling or guidance from the Speaker. Be that as it...

Sen. Sang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the frustrations that we go through when we ask for Statements. Sen. Khaniri is one of the Chairs of the various Committees. I have raised before that we do the best we can to seek these Statements from the various Ministries, in this...

Sen. Sang Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We, as a Committee, used Article 125 on several occasions. However, the predicament that we were in with regard to this Statement is that it was directed to our Committee, but if you look at its content, the only aspect that would relate...

Hon. Sang Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Mine is also to support my Chairman, Hon. Gumbo, in pleading with my sister, Hon. Shebesh, not to withdraw her particular Motion. What we are seeing back there at home are the many challenges that we have in the Ministry of Health. People...

Hon. Sang Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First, I congratulate my younger brother, Hon. Sakaja, for coming up with the Bill, which will help so much in regulation of youth employment. Look at Clause 9, it is clear...

Hon. Sang Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I want to congratulate my friend, Hon. Abdul Rahim Dawood, for coming up with this very important Motion. He has captured it as if he is a medic. I want...

Sen. Sang On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Having benefited from the deep understanding of Kiswahili by Sen. Zani, in her contribution, she made references to a country and gave it the name “Amerikana.” I was wondering whether that is really the proper Kiswahili word for “America,”...