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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Bw. Naibu Spika, Kiswahili si lugha yangu ya mama lakini dadangu, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve amekuita ‘Bw. Mnenaji’. Je, anaweza kufafanua alichomaanisha? (Laughter) On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

What is your point of order, Sen. Olekina?

Bw. Naibu Spika, Kiswahili si lugha yangu ya mama lakini dadangu, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve amekuita ‘Bw. Mnenaji’. Je, anaweza kufafanua alichomaanisha? (Laughter)

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no sooner had you called me, than I stepped to the Dispatch Table, if I was to us the words that were used by Sen. Cheruiyot who spoke before me. I rise pursuant to standing order 51 (1) (b) to make a statement...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming the students to the House. It is good practice for schools to bring students here to interact with leaders of this nation. It is in interacting with leaders in this nation that they will pick some leadership qualities. Some...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator for Kakamega County for his concern. When I was a lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, I was told that was my weakeness. The students complained that I was too fast. In summary, I encourage the...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to comment on this important Statement. I thank Sen. Halake for coming up with it. Prison is a place where people are rehabilitated. When people go to prison, there are a number of educational activities that tend...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When people go to prison and are rehabilitated, they get to realise that there are various ways of getting money without necessarily getting it unfairly. When they are in prison, some of them reform and think upon themselves that when they are...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to commend the Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Sakaja, for the statement. I commend his Committee for the good work. The Government needs to take that Statement seriously. Death certificates need to be certified by the coroners and morticians. It...

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Sen (Dr.) Musuruve Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Report from my Chairperson. I wish to say that Sen. Sakaja, the “Super Senator” for Nairobi City County, is a good Chairperson to deputise. In any case, I have really enjoyed myself. If I am given a chance to...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Report from my Chairperson. I wish to say that Sen. Sakaja, the “Super Senator” for Nairobi City County, is a good Chairperson to deputise. In any case, I have really enjoyed myself. If I am given a chance to choose a Chairperson...

Your time is up.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruverecords, so that when it comes to land ownership, it is clear. This is because quite a number of Kenyans have ended up losing their land. Sometimes the land is grabbed. For example, when a man dies in the family, you will find that the widows are deprived...

Just finish your sentence. We are running late. Please, give her a few more seconds to finish her sentence. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The Committee interrogated the matter and people got back their land. The same Committee interrogated an issue where the Government bought land from...

Very well. Sen. (Dr.) Zani, proceed.

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to join you in welcoming the visitors in the House. I welcome the students who are here today because this is a House to reckon with. This is a House that is going to help the...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Order, Members! Please, consult in low tones. (Sen. Kihika consulted the Clerk-at-the Table) July 10, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 15 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve County, Sen. Kihika, for coming up with this Statement. This Statement is double edged. We need to work on having sustainable forest management. We should...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the ban on logging because we have a forest cover level to meet. This statement is under Standing Order No.47. If you commit it to a Committee, there are issues that we need to look into. We have several forests in Marsabit...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to condone with you for losing a member of your staff. On behalf of persons living with disabilities in this country and my family, I would like to say, ‘pole sana’. Losing an industrious member of July 9, 2019 SENATE...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support Sen. Nyamunga for bringing this Statement. I congratulate Sen. Halake because she is my friend and we have worked together. There is something about her personality that makes me feel that she has what it...

Sen. (Dr.) MusuruveMadam Temporary Speaker, I support Sen. Khaniri and thank him for coming up with this Statement on Joe Kadenge.Thank you. July 9, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 32 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for Vihiga County for coming up with this Statement because we must celebrate our heroes.I remember when I was...

Asante Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa fursa hii kuchangia Taarifa ya taanzia kutoka kwa Seneta wa Vihiga kuhusiana na Marehemu Joe Kadenge. Kwanza ningependa kuchukua fursa hii kwa niaba yangu binafsi na kwa niaba ya watu wa Kaunti ya Mombasa kupeleka rambi rambi zetu kwa familia, ndugu, jamaa na...

Mwingine ambaye tuko na yeye Mombasa ni Mzee Ali Kaja ambaye pia alikuwa mchezaji. Aliwahi kucheza mpira kwa timu ya taifa la Kenya pamoja na marehemu Joe Kadenge. Kwa hivyo tunapozungumzia kifo cha Joe Kadenge, tuzingatie kwamba kwa sasa kuna haja ya serikali kutilia mikazo zaidi maswala ya michezo kwa...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruveis happening in the counties; how much was been collected and how the money has been utilized.Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this amendment. In fact, it should take effect as soon as it has been accepted. It should be operational for the purpose of accountability and ensuring that...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Amendment Bill by Sen. (Dr.) Zani. I congratulate her because this is a very timely amendment to the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) . It is simply because devolution is not just about the political and administrative aspect, but also...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the tax collection incentives and opportunities for other things is very high in own-source revenue collection points.The fact that this amendment proposes a performance-based revenue collection system, where if a county does not collect revenue within two years of the passing of these amendments, then there will...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to add my voice to this important Bill by my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Zani. From the outset, I congratulate her for having thought about revenue collection in our counties. When you go round our counties today, there is quite a...

revenue they collect, which cannot be accounted for. Therefore, I support these amendments, which will help county treasuries to collaborate with the KRA and the national Treasury to come up with a well-designed system that can show how much is collected per day. Therefore, these amendments, as proposed by Sen....

Order, Sen. Seneta. You will have a balance of 13 minutes when the Bill appears next on the Order Paper. ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m., time to adjourn the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday 10th July, 2019, at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. July 9, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 52

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruveempirical data to address such kinds of issues. To enhance some of the Big Four Agendas such as agriculture and manufacturing, we require research findings.The world over, universities are normally ranked based on the types of research or the amount of research that is going on in those...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on Enhancement in Allocation of Research Funds towards Higher Learning. July 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 50

empirical data to address such kinds of issues. To enhance some of the Big Four Agendas such as agriculture and manufacturing, we require research findings.The world over, universities are normally ranked based on the types of research or the amount of research that is going on in those universities. It...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to make my observations. I support the residents of Wangige because there was an earlier design that did not affect the schools and the church in any way. If the current road is affecting the...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Statement. I support the Senate Majority Leader for this Statement because of the Constitution. The Constitution is clear that power belongs to the people of this nation. Since power belongs...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to second this Motion. I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali for coming up with this Motion. This Motion speaks to all the stakeholders in the education sector and needs to be considered with the seriousness it...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve You are still on. You have not been stopped.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Sen. (Eng.) Maina, you need to translate what you have just said in the language that you started with. June 20, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 68 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, for the opportunity. I support.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to join you in welcoming the students from Riomego SDA Mixed Primary School to this House. I would also like to welcome the MCAs from Kakamega County. It is good for students to come here and...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry but I am happy that they have come to interact with the Senate. The role of the Senate is to represent the interest of the counties. It is meaningful when the county assemblies come to engage with us here. I thank...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice. I support Mr. Mugo’s Petition. In one of the President’s speeches, he mentioned that we should endeavour to be ‘farmer-centric’. As we endeavour to be so, we must just walk our talk. In...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your intervention. The Kenyan farmer does a lot for the economy of this country. For that reason, there is need for us, as the Senate, to ensure we protect the interests of the farmer. In doing so, we have to be...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to join you in welcoming the students from Tharaka Nithi County to this House. It is great for schools to have programmes where students come to listen to the debates in the Senate and also interact...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Statement. I thank Sen. Khaniri for coming up with it. Education is supposed to produce an all rounded person. However, it is unfortunate that as things are unfolding in this country, we will...

Sen. (Dr.) MusuruveI also know Saumu very well. She was my student when I was teaching at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). She was very committed to her work. I remember she was a class representative in one of the units that I was teaching. So, I...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the chance to add my voice on this very sad security issue. First, I would like to wish the Senator for Lamu a quick recovery. I want to state clearly that insecurity in our country is becoming a very big problem. In...

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Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a point of information. This afternoon, I have listened to most Members contribute to this Petition, but I do not think they are doing so from a point of knowledge. The University of Nairobi (UoN) has over 300 students in one class,...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Petition by the Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni; brought by Sen. Cherargei. I agree that the lawyers in the House apparently know exactly what to do. However, as a non-lawyer, who is observing from a distance, I would also like to...

What is your point of order, Sen. Nyamunga?

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, do not debate the Statement, just request. You have made the request. The committee will now look at issues. STATEMENTS COMPLIANCE TO ARTICLE 54(2) OF THE CONSTITUTION ON REPRESENTATION OF PLWDS IN ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE BODIES Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve Senator (Dr.) Milgo.

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve I know Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve had another statement but because of time, you will present it on Thursday because we are way beyond the time for Statements. Let us go to the next Order.

Senator (Dr.) Milgo.