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Sen. Wakolater on. I am speaking passionately about potatoes and in the process, waking up all the other sectors that are dying.Early last year, some Senators visited the Senate of Belgium. In the process, we visited the farms. We should never be cheated because other countries are developing their own...

Sen. Wako Sen. Hassan, I think it was very clear that there is a product from Sen. Ntutu’s county, which Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo wanted to tell the House. He even went ahead to say that it is wheat.

Order! Sen. Wako, you are out of order. (Sen. Wako spoke off record) (The Senators continued to vote) February 24, 2015 SENATE DEBATES DIVISION ROLL CALL VOTING

Order, Senators! The vote is in and the results are as follows:- AYES: 26 NOES: 0 ABSTENTIONS: 0

Order, Members! As you are aware, we are now done with Order No.8. The vote has ended. The Speaker had ruled that after this business, we shall go back to Statements. I do not know whether we should move to Statements at 5.00 p.m. because we thought we would end...

I have a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Proceed, you have the Floor.

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

Sen. Wako Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to speak to this important Motion which we, Senators, now regard as a mere formality. From the outset, I support the Motion in totality. However, I have one or two comments. One, along the lines of my friend,...

Sen. Wako Thank you. With those few remarks I support the Motion. Let them also consider the County Governments (Amendment) Bill by Sen. Sang---

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale knows very well as our good friend that the last time the Lower House was debating the same Bill, he was clad differently and he was doing press ups outside the Chamber. He is my friend and I told him: “I did...

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Sen. WakoMr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale knows very well as our good friend that the last time the Lower House was debating the same Bill, he was clad differently and he was doing press ups outside the Chamber. He is my friend and I told him: “I did not...

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Sen. Wakoyou consider Article 28, then you will find that you should allow us to debate this Motion before this House.Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, having read through the 22 laws amended at one go, three quarters of them affect counties. If and when you allow us to debate, we are...

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Sen. Wako We will now proceed to vote.

There is a late request by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., but I will grant it.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. In order to enforce the amendment to Clause 26, it was felt that it was important to ensure that there is a mechanism for reporting abuse or any threat against a member of staff in the county assemblies, through their clerk, to the Director of...

I will put the question; that Clause 34 be amended as proposed by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Again, I request that we do not take the vote. In the interest of time, let us proceed to the First and Second Schedule. December...

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Sen. Wako On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Khalwale, the doctor, in order to evade responding to my earlier point of order? He needs to substantiate this because most Kenyans, including myself, may not know this. He said that the NYS, where many of our...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is Somalia not Sudan. Sen. Wakothat they build Kenya, is a millitarised institution. Is he saying that this is a millitarised institution now? You must tell us. December 2, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Wako There is quite a lot of interest from other Senators. This...

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Sen. Wako Madam Temporary Chairperson, I support the amendment. This amendment was actually proposed by a Committee of Clerks all over the country, to the extent that the work of members of staff of the county assemblies has been threatened by persons holding the positions of Members of County Assemblies...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I want to add my voice on the amendment proposed by Sen. Wako. I hope that with this law, we shall stop the anarchy in the county assemblies. This is because I have seen many instances where decorum and proper etiquette, befitting members of a legislative institution,...

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Sen. Wako Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak to this very important debate. This is a Motion that we have been debating for the last week. I want to take this opportunity to, first of all, thank Sen. Billow Kerrow for bringing it....

Sen. Wako Sorry, into Somalia. The purpose of that was to hit the snake on the head because at that time the Al Shabaab had already begun infiltrating Kenya, causing damage to churches, malls and everywhere else. We felt that if we went across the border into Somalia, we would...

Yes! Sen. Wakothe national Government as it ought. The national Government ought to be responsible for national security.What we are saying is that there is a place for the county governments to be involved in that process. What we heard in Mandera was that the Governor of Mandera who has...

Order! Order, Sen. Wako! I may not force you to follow the proceedings of the House. But we will not be pulled back because of your inattentive behaviour. So, you are out of order, unless you have a different point of order. We are on Sen. Billow’s Motion. Sen. Wakostates:-“Parliament...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the risk of interrupting the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Sen. Wako has proposed that this Motion, includes a joint committee of the Senate and the National Assembly, but that is not part of the Motion. Is he...

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Sen. Wako On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to raise an issue where I would like the guidance of the Speaker on how we should proceed with this Bill. I do not want to blame anybody because I think there was confusion between the Statute...

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I accept your ruling, it is a good ruling. As I said in the very beginning, the matter has had confusion somewhere along the line, between the two Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. That has caused confusion. I do not know to what extent. There...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Mover has already seen it. We should have a complete overhaul of what we have. When a problem erupts, for example, in Mandera, people start blaming the leaders; that it could be as a result of the utterances of some leaders. We start...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the hon. Senator for Busia County needs to be told that even at Busia border point, he cannot just cross like that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I was saying is what was the action that was required by the communities so that, that problem be...

needs to be relooked at again. What must have gone wrong? If things were right at the beginning of our Independence, what has gone wrong right now? Could it be because of the competing forces that we have just introduced? We have an Inspector-General and the other officers below him....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Mover has already seen it. We should have a complete overhaul of what we have. When a problem erupts, for example, in Mandera, people start blaming the leaders; that it could be as a result of the utterances of some leaders. We start panicking and...

not to hold weekly or monthly meetings with the national officials on the ground. Although we want some people to be relieved of their duties, immediate people who have been charged with the problem on the ground must be able to tell us why this problem has persisted.At this point,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I need your guidance because I would like to support the amendment together with a further amendment to the amendment. I am not quite clear on the procedure. We will deal with the first amendment and then after putting the Question and we dispose of that,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this amendment by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. The issue of national security has become an urgent and almost a permanent feature of our political life. It is only the other day we were talking about Kapedo and before that we were talking about...

even legislative proposals that may arise after we discover the root causes of insecurity and even propose changes to the law.I support the amendments as being proposed as we seek long term solutions to this situation, but also bearing in mind that we might need to expand the investigations to...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to know if I am not reflecting on the request list because I requested to give my contribution a long time ago. Hon. Senator, I think we are trying to give a direction on this Motion. It was...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Through the amendment which my friend, the former Attorney-General Sen. Wako wants to introduce, does it suggest in any way that the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations will not be in a position to deliver and has to be...

Budget. Where are we going?On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Every Committee in this House has a mandate. However, there are many instances where from the Floor of this House, the Speaker has directed that two Committees work together on a particular issue. It happened, for example,...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In light of what Sen. G.G Kariuki has said and in light of what Sen. Murungi and Sen. Wako have proposed, and considering that the time limit we have given them is very short, would I be in order to suggest an ad hoc...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Unfortunately, I belong to the two Committees. I do echo what Sen. G.G. Kariuki has said in terms of inability of the Committee to deal with the matter or the responsibility that has been allocated to it. Maybe it is good to clarify that...

Who is seconding? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question of the further amendment proposed) (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) We are now debating the Motion as amended and further amended to include the two committees.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Motion as amended with further amendments. I want to concur with my colleagues on the issue of insecurity in this country. I want to say that prevention is better than cure. Kenyans are tired of insecurity. Kenyans are tired of being...

Thank you. We, as leaders, must unite so that we can bring this to an end; so that Kenyans are assured of their security. November 26, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

(Question that the words to be added be added, put and agreed to)

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The original Motion was okay, but I also do not have a quarrel with the amendment. In the main debate on the Motion, we talked about people who are supposed to be thrown out of the system because we claimed they are not doing...

mercilessly. This should not be through attacking people with guns, but to do a very serious organizational structure that will improve the affairs of security in this part of the world.That is not a simple thing. Someone cannot just come and claim that he will create peace in those areas....

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- The Annual Report of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) 2013/2014. (Sen. Wako laid the document on the Table) The Sen. Ndiema: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek indulgence on the Report on the Potato...

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