George Khaniri

Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was not going to speak until I heard that it is a delegation from Kisumu County. November 21, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 3 Sen. KhaniriKisumu County, as you know, borders my County. I am bordered by Kisumu, Kakamega, Nandi and Siaya counties. Kisumu...

Sen. Khaniri On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not know if I heard the Senator right. To the best of my knowledge, the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries is not a select committee. Did she mean a select committee or standing committee? The notice has...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 15th November, 2018- Report of the Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources on The Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills...

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

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want your guidance on that particular Standing Order No.106 (3) that Sen. Murkomen stood on. I do not know whether he is in November 15, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 16 Sen. Khaniriorder because the provision of that Standing Order, to my understanding, is that...

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Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 15th November, 2018- Report of the Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources on The Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills...

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

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want your guidance on that particular Standing Order No.106 (3) that Sen. Murkomen stood on. I do not know whether he is in November 15, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 16 Sen. Khaniriorder because the provision of that Standing Order, to my understanding, is that...

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Sen. Khaniri Hon. Senator, what do you mean by “women eaters?”

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity. At the outset, I take this opportunity to thank Sen. Mary Seneta for presenting this Petition on behalf of those patriotic Kenyans. As I said here yesterday, the number of petitions coming to this November 8, 2018 SENATE DEBATES...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am well informed. I will do the needful although I doubt that this was after the new Standing Orders. However, I will check the facts. The issues raised in the Petition by Sen. Seneta are very grave I cannot imagine a situation where people...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you and I will be brief. Let me first of all take this opportunity to congratulate the members of the Teri B Group Ranch, through their Senator, for presenting this Petition to the Senate and for having confidence in the Senate of the...

Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Pursuant to Standing Order 47 (1) , I rise to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern, on the current high cost of living in the country and the general mismanagement of the economy. The country...

Sen. Khaniri Give me one more minute and I will be done. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your indulgence. Today, the number of hawkers in the city is increasing by day and surely it will not be a prudent idea to just drive them out of the streets....

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Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the implementation status of the Government set minimum wage guidelines in the country. In the Statement, the...

Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have 15 minutes to reply to this Motion. However, I seek your indulgence. This Motion has not received justice. I moved it yesterday and it was seconded by Sen. Halake and temporarily adjourned. By the time we came back to it, most...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, two minutes for those I have mentioned and then Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for another two minutes. Thank you, for your indulgence. What is your intervention, Sen. Cherargei?

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity to thank all the Senators who have made their contribution to this Motion starting from those who spoke yesterday, my seconder Sen. Abshiro Halake, Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. Pareno, Sen. (Dr.) Langat and those to whom I have donated time to...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity. I beg to move- THAT, WHEREAS Kenya’s disaster profile is dominated by droughts, fire, floods, terrorism, diseases and epidemics that disrupt livelihoods, destroy infrastructure, divert planned use of resources, interrupt economic activities and retard development; FURTHER WHEREAS the Government,...

Sen. Khaniri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have just said that it is not duplication, but it will supplement the provisions that are in The Disaster Risk Management Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2018) . Therefore, the Motion is very timely. I thought I should just proceed and move...

Sen. Khaniri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I note the importance of the vote that we are supposed to take. I will just finish moving in the next five minutes. I have my seconder, Sen. Halake. I could not get a better seconder than her since she was the Deputy Director of...

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