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Order! What I heard, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale say is to the contrary. It is the men who enjoy being pinched by their wives. (Laughter)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on this matter, we will not wish away corruption and harambees. The cardinal responsibility of the Government is to provide good governance. Until we rein in on corruption, we can wake up today and charge the distinguished Senator for Kisii on issues of Anglo Leasing. But...

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Sen. (Dr.) Zani Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this important Bill that has been brought by our friend, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o. As stated in its memorandum of objects and reasons, the principal object of this Bill is to provide for the establishment of a regulatory mechanism...

well aware that for many years when we sat in Opposition Benches, one of our agenda was strategizing how we would remove the burden of harambee from the backs of our people.Those days, it was not a joking matter. We remember the harambees were compulsory during the one party days,...

introduce which will give universal health care to all the Kenyans, whether they are rich or poor?Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o had proposed a very good idea; that we do a very modern facility in this country where we will bring in those top experts from abroad so that we stop sending...

driven to steal so that you can come and impress the church. It becomes counter- productive. These projects which you assist in the name of God might be the ones to send you to hell. So, the time has come for us to be very frank; to reason with our...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the prime purpose of devolution in Kenya is to decentralize and transfer functions, resources and power to the county level of government in order to promote participatory democracy and sustainable development for...

Sen. (Dr.) ZaniSpeaker Seroney, the great man, the only thing that took him to detention was that while he was at sitting where you are, Madam Deputy Speaker, when Hon. Martin Shikuku stood up on a point of order to say that, “Kenya African National Union (KANU) is dead” and...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani There is no Senator in this House called Weta!

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Sen. (Dr.) Zani Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Like you did, I would also like to wish the best to Members of this House as we start the New Year. I would like to start with the comments that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. made in terms of speed tracking of...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Through the Speaker.

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have done a lot of work in terms of overseeing and ensuring that business and programmes of the House are actually done on time. On 27th February, 2014, we reviewed the Standing Orders through a sub-committee of the Rules and Business Commission (RBC)...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker Sir, I support. Thank you.

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to give feedback regarding a Statement that has been listed on the Order Paper today that was sought by Sen. Wetangula who is not in the House. I want to just give the feedback that we have received from...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Chairman, Committee on Education, I would like to respond to a Statement that had been sought by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale--- Order! Order! Just assume your seat. You must have been very busy where you were seated. Sen. Keter,...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a Statement that is ready to be given to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. He had requested to know about the recruitment and distribution of teachers by the TSC. We have information from the TSC that gives a breakdown of the recruitment...

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Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Motion of Adjournment. We are adjourning according to the calendar that this House has already approved. My happiness is that progress is being made. In the first year, we were...

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Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee on Education, I have statements that are ready. One had been requested by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki on engineering degree courses. I see him in the House. With your permission, I can proceed with that statement. There...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a brief on a statement regarding accreditation of Technical University of Mombasa Engineering programmes as requsted by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki of Nyandarua County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 45 (2) (b) of the Senate, I wish to table the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani I can summarise the issues.

Sen. (Dr.) Zani We managed to talk to both the members of the Commission for University Education and members of the Engineering Board. The issue was that there were students who, despite having taken engineering courses at the Technical University of Mombasa, could not be absorbed. This is because the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani I have concluded. Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Eng.) Muruiki for that question. What we decided is that we need to have both long-term and short-term measures to ensure that this problem does not recur. One of the long-term measures is that there will be direct engagement from the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, the specific way forward for those who had already graduated is a process which will require engaging to find out exactly where the gap was. The gap is not uniform across the board. What the Engineering Board said is that they are going to...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee on Education, I have statements that are ready. One had been requested by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki on engineering degree courses. I see him in the House. With your permission, I can proceed with that statement. There...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a brief on a statement regarding accreditation of Technical University of Mombasa Engineering programmes as requsted by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki of Nyandarua County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 45 (2) (b) of the Senate, I wish to table the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani We managed to talk to both the members of the Commission for University Education and members of the Engineering Board. The issue was that there were students who, despite having taken engineering courses at the Technical University of Mombasa, could not be absorbed. This is because the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani I have concluded. Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. Whose Statement was it? Proceed Senator.

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Eng.) Muruiki for that question. What we decided is that we need to have both long-term and short-term measures to ensure that this problem does not recur. One of the long-term measures is that there will be direct engagement from the...

Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, the specific way forward for those who had already graduated is a process which will require engaging to find out exactly where the gap was. The gap is not uniform across the board. What the Engineering Board said is that they are going to...

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Sen. (Dr.) Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sought a Statement from the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on 29th October, 2014, on insecurity at the coast and its adverse effects, especially on tourism. That Statement is due today.