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Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the onset, I join you and Sen. Sakaja in welcoming the students to the Senate. This gives them an opportunity to see what we debate. I rise to support this Motion on the approval of the nominee to serve as the IG of...

Sen. Olekina Hon. Senators, we are complicating a fairly straight forward issue. This matter was discussed as the Chairperson has said, at the leadership level and conversed with the Controller of Budget. This is meant to deal with a certain mischief whereby hon. Senators are not able to track disbursements...

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Sen. Olekinasame time in February and March, we have carcasses of animals all over. If research was carried out to find out diseases that kill animals and medicines available in each and every county, we would have stopped this.In doing that, I request the Chairperson of the Committee to go...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Statement on Impact of Devolution on Livestock Farming. As we all know, many of us are beneficiaries of this. The use of livestock and its sub-products like manure is quite important and pastoralists depend on them 100 per cent. Thus, there is...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Statement, especially for those of us who come from communities that practice livestock farming. How agriculture has been managed in many of our counties is extremely disturbing. It is not just extension services that are being offered to livestock farmers who are...

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Sen. Olekina Senator, one minute for you to conclude. Sorry, two minutes.

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Langat for bringing up this issue. I also send my condolences to the family of Dr. Hamisi, who unfortunately had to take his life under these conditions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, doctors are, as it has been said, very important...

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Sen. Olekina(Applause)(Applause) Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you and the distinguished Senator for Nyeri County in welcoming the students who are visiting us. I understand that it is a mixed school. If it is, I then want to advise both male and female students – I...

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Sen. Olekina Well done and thank you, Sen. Hargura. Hon. Senators, I direct the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to take up this matter. This is a matter that is widespread across the country. There is literally hue and cry from all over the country. Committee Chairperson, I would...

Sen. Olekina Order, Senator. You will also appreciate that the time that we have for Committees and Senate is not infinite. If the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government is appearing before that Committee, let all issues related to that Ministry be raised. It is so ordered. (Hon....

What is out of order, Sen. Olekina? Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this thing is added on to that issue; I think we will be missing the point. This is because if we look at the issue of NIIMS clearly, it is this Parliament that got itself into...

Order, Senator. You will also appreciate that the time that we have for Committees and Senate is not infinite. If the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government is appearing before that Committee, let all issues related to that Ministry be raised. It is so ordered. (Hon. Senators walked...

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Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I come from a school of thought that believes that facts are very stubborn. At no point did I say that the people who had encroached into Mau forest were not human. The only thing that I said---

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, with all due respect to the nominated Senator from Bomet, I said that you cannot compare the situation in Mau forest with what happened in Embakasi and I laid proper background as to what happened there. These are people who have lived there for 38...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

What is your point of order? Please use the right button. (Sen. Omanga stood up in her place)

I am still on Sen. (Dr.) Milgo.

Madam Temporary Speaker, is the Senator of Narok County in order when he says that we cannot compare the people of Bomet and Kericho to the people of Embakasi? They are all human beings. In fact, the dust has not settled on what he recently said. He said that the...

We have gotten the point. Senator of Narok County, what did you say? Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I come from a school of thought that believes that facts are very stubborn. At no point did I say that the people who had encroached into Mau forest were not human....

Just say the exact thing that you said. Sen. Olekina There is another intervention. We will go back to that.

Sen. Olekina Sen. Olekina, it is important for us to be civil in the language that we use.

Sen. Olekina Sen. Cherargei, do you have an intervention? February 28, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 31

Sen. Olekina No, Madam Temporary Speaker. We cannot allow that to happen. They cannot intimidate us. Since morning, the number of phone calls coming trying to intimidate us are many. We will do our work according to the Constitution. We have been given a mandate by the people of Kenya...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Health is very critical and is one of the basic human rights. Sen. Dullo has worked hard to shed light on the issue of Medical Equipment Supplies (MES) , and the same issue has come up on various

Okay, Proceed. Sen. Olekina[The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Nyamunga) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Pareno) took the Chair]

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to correct Sen. Cherargei; that the issue that we are discussing is the Petition regarding the agreement and not the Medical Equipment Supplies. February 28, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 43

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT this House notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya delegation to the 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference held in Gaborone, Botswana, 13th to 22ndAugust, 2018 laid on the Table of the House on...

Sen. Dullo, you have the Floor.

Madam Temporary Speaker, when we come back from recess, I might be out of the country until 24th March, 2019. I kindly request that this matter be deferred until I come back so that I can interrogate it properly.

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Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by the Senator of Kiambu County. I am positive that sanity will finally prevail on the issue of land acquisition and compensation. We recently amended the Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 3...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following procedural Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31, the Senate extends its Sitting today, to debate the Maize Report and the Motion on the Adoption of the 2019 Budget Policy Statement until both are exhausted. February 27,...

Please, do. We want to move to the Budget Police Statement (BPS) . Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to go on record to say that this is a matter that required so much time because farmers in this country want to see this Senate helping them because...

Sen. Olekina, I give you three minutes to summarise your thoughts. Sen. Olekina

February 27, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 50 Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for coming to the rescue of maize farmers and Members of the ad hoc Committee. I agree that the genesis of these issues was the Gazette Notice No.3575, which led to the...

Your time is up, Senator! Could we hear from Sen. Cherargei? You have three minutes.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I know that we are rushing through and my worry is that we might not do justice to this debate. All the same, I can proceed. First, I want to support and agree that there are many issues that we have canvassed. We grow...

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Sen. Olekinakushugulikia maswala ya ukulima ni za ili wakulima wasiwe watu wa kuombaomba milele na milele katika nchi yetu.Bw. Naibu Spika, nikimalizia, ningependa kusema kwamba Ripoti hii inaweza kutumika katika sekta zingine zozote ambazo zinahusika na ukulima. Kwa mfano, kuna sekta ya sukari ambayo imelemaa kwa muda mrefu. Vile vile...

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Sen. Olekina On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am so happy today to welcome the delegation from Narok County. I am glad they came to see how we do things here. I know them very well. I know Mr. Jushua Ngure, Ms. Mary Namayian, Nalepo Nkaiwuatei and Jackson Oitinaiyo. Narok...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Statement by Sen. Mwaruma. The issue of mining is something that this House ought to take very seriously. This is because miners are currently getting into our counties. Therefore, it is important that we take this matter seriously. For instance,...

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Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to look at this issue in a different way. Some people might default not because they do not have money, but they do not want to pay. Those are two different issues. So, I want this House not to address...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to contribute to that Statement because it is affecting young people. I am the Chairman of the Young Parliamentarians Association (YPA) and I believe I am also the Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Social Welfare that---. (Loud consultations)

Order, hon. Senators. Proceed Sen. Cherargei.

Hon. Senators we are on the Statements on education and I would wish us to proceed with that Statement. I call upon the Chair because we are also---. What is it Sen. Sakaja?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to contribute to that Statement because it is affecting young people. I am the Chairman of the Young Parliamentarians Association (YPA) and I believe I am also the Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Social Welfare that---.

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Sen. OlekinaSen (Eng.) Ephraim Maina.

Sen. Olekina Thank you. Just for the record, we were born the same year with Madam Speaker.

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Sen. Olekina What is it, Sen. Wambua?

Sen. Olekina On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The line that the Senator for Narok is taking is not only condescending but also disrespectful to this House. In fact, it is not Sen. Wetangula or this House that is no trial but the authority of the Speaker. What...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The line that the Senator for Narok is taking is not only condescending but also disrespectful to this House. In fact, it is not Sen. Wetangula or this House that is no trial but the authority of the Speaker. What does it...

Sen. Olekina This man is wasting time!

Sen. Olekina Order Sen. Sakaja. The debate now is whether we should adjourn or not. Let us restrict ourselves to the adjournment Motion. Sen. Olekina Exactly, Madam Temporary Speaker. If you listened to me carefully, I am responding to what the Minority Leader has said; that there is wisdom in...

Sen. Olekina That is better for the record.

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