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Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Senator for Nairobi County, I am honoured and pleased to officially welcome the delegation to Nairobi County. I was born and raised in Nairobi, but I come from Trans Nzoia County. Many of the honourable ladies and gentlemen here are well known to...

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Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sympathetic to the Senator for Turkana County whose paper fell. Naturally, he has been a professor so he walked around talking. However, between the Senator for Machakos County and the Senator for Turkana County, who can speak about witchcraft in this House? Is...

Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I give the Statement, I want to thank my colleagues on behalf of Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and myself, the co-sponsors of the Disaster Risk Management Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2018) , for voting and supporting to pass this stage. Pursuant...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the cardinal rule on skills transfer is that work that can be done by Kenyans should not be done by foreign nationals in this country. It has been claimed that there are certain departments where no Kenyan is staffed. There are claims that once...

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Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, I thought Members had all contributed to this particular issue. However, I will speak after they are all done because I just want to acknowledge the comments that I have received as the Committee goes into it. A few others want to contribute.

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to join my colleagues in welcoming the students from Samburu West. I have been to that constituency severally. I am glad to note that their constituency is the first ever in Samburu to elect a Samburu lady by the name, Hon. Naisula Lesuuda....

Sen. Sakaja Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank the Senators who have improved their areas of focus. If we look at our Constitution, Article 10 talks about the National Values and Principles, while Article 102 (b) is about human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, nondiscrimination and protection...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, on a purely procedural matter, I acknowledge that we have moved on to the use of technology in the House and that the Order Papers are on our iPads. I hope that the secretariat has noted that when they bring us a Supplementary Order Paper,...

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, pardon me, I will consult the technology. (Laughter)

Sen. Sakaja Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this debate on retirement benefits. This is really just an amendment to an already existing law that provides for the retirement benefits of the Deputy President and designated state officers which was passed in the last Parliament. If you remember...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to first welcome the students who have come to visit us in Parliament today. I encourage them that even today is a future that they once hoped for before. The world is their oyster. If they choose to defy their present gratification, they...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to present a petition on behalf of Nairobi traders. This is a petition to the Senate concerning the fight against counterfeit and contraband goods in Kenya as well as the challenges that the Nairobi traders are facing. We, the undersigned, Citizens of...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following report on the Table:- Report of the standing Committee on national security, defence and foreign relations on the Disaster Risk Management Bill (Senate Bills No. 8 of 2018) . This is for the benefits of Members. The Bill has...

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Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your kind indulgence. I did not request earlier because I had not seen the facts. I have managed to go through the Petition. In as much as we must acknowledge that every Kenyan has a right to petition this Parliament on...

Sen. Sakaja Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You are very kind to me today.

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no one has used the prefix that is prohibited in the House. I want to join you in appreciating the presence of Precious Blood Secondary School, Riruta. This is one of the schools that we are very proud of in Nairobi County. It is...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was our sister school. I will not attempt to do what Sen. M. Kajwang' did in Mombasa but when I say that it was our sister school, I mean that they were the sisters and we were the brothers. The school that I...

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Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to thank Sen. Kihika for bringing this Motion to the House, touching on the issues of Solai Dam. I want to accept my nomination as a Member to the proposed Select Committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the...

Sen. Sakajaand replace him with Sen. Malalah since I am more passionate. Sen. Sakaja, you have other issues of Moi Nairobi Girls Secondary School and Huruma building collapse to handle. This House should vote on whether he should be removed and replaced with me immediately. June 5, 2018 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Sakaja Ona point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, the good Senator, Sen. Malalah who, it has been reported to me also calls himself “Super Senator” in Kakamega County, should know that he can be an additional member of the Committee if he wants. He does not gain by removing the real “Super Senator”...

Sen. Sakaja Bw. Naibu Spika, nina hoja ya nidhamu. Umempongeza Sen. Kinyua kwa kutumia misemo ya Kiswahili lakini ile aliyomalizia sio msemo wa Kiswahili. Ni msemo wa Kiingereza ambao ametafsiri na akasema ni Mswahili alisema. Naomba atueleze ni Mswahili yupi aliyesema ama Wahenga walionena kwa sababu hiyo ni kwa Kiingereza...

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Sen. Sakaja Bw. Naibu Spika, nilikuwa na hoja ya nidhamu wakati Sen. Khaniri alikuwa anazungumza lakini nakubaliana na vile ulisema. Wahenga walisema kupanda mchongoma, kushuka ndio ngoma. Alipoanza alikuwa na ari ya kuzungumza Kiswahili lakini akapata hitilafu baadaye. Kiswahili kinafaa kutukuzwa na Wakenya wamefurahia kwa sababu amejaribu. Naomba tutenge siku...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the County Governments Retirement Scheme Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. This Bill was published on 7th March, 2018 and read for the First Time in this House on 27th March, 2018. The...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me stick to the contents of the Bill. The Bill was read the first time in the Senate on 6th August, 2014. However, the Bill was lost during the second reading on 28th July, 2015. Consequently, the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social...

Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to assure Members, because I have seen that their faces have dropped, that I will not take all that time, especially as the Mover of the Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill provides for the membership of the Scheme without a...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a word that has been used by the previous speaker which I feel is unparliamentary and it might be a blot in our HANSARD. He referred to the multinational companies as “the whites”. As much as I know,...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason I am persuading you is because I know that whichever committee that will deal with this will have to go and visit those multinational companies and of course they will have a copy of the HANSARD. There might be an impression that there...

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Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will also follow my leader in this one. In his example of House of Lords, the name of that Assistant Minister was the Rt. Hon. Lord Bates, Ministry of International Development, who chose to resign after coming five minutes late. That...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, an apology will suffice for now. So, we are very sorry for being a little bit off the mark in terms of time. REPORT ON FACT-FINDING VISIT TO SOLAI FARM, NAKURU COUNTY May 30, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. SakajaReport of the Standing Committee on...

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Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I know it is a matter of concern to all the Senators representing counties. We have just heard the Vice Chairperson of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) give notice of Motions on reports of the audited accounts of various county...

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Sen. Sakaja Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would also like to give a warm welcome to the MCAs from Bungoma County Assembly. We have interacted before through my Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations as we went to deal with the issues of security in Mt. Elgon...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wonder who was on your mind. I rise to make a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No. 46 (2) (a) , which states that:- “A Senator may make a statement on a county issue or an issue of general topical concern;” Following growing concerns...

Sen. Sakaja I am winding up, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May 17, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Sakajawho I always thank, I made it my daily commitment to ensure that the county government delivers on its promises. I will aspire to form bridges to build synergy with all the stakeholders involved to...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my good friend Sen.Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., that the reason we are saying the issue of appointment of the deputy governor must be taken seriously is because some have misconstrued that I do not want to support the appointment of Mr. Miguna...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a matter for the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and also the Senate Committee on Financeand Budget.

Sen. SakajaMr. Speaker, Sir, I ask for your indulgence to defer it to next week because we are still finalizing the report that is yet to be tabled. The report will inform Senators better because it is a very sticky issue on retirement benefits for workers in counties.(Bill deferred)Since next...

Sen. Sakaja Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. The Senators here are surprised at the length of my name. I want to support the Motion for adjournment that the Senate can alter its calendar and to proceed on a recess from Friday, to participate in the Third Annual Legislative Summit. I...

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, I was clear earlier on that matter. Dr. Miguna Miguna is a great man. I have said it on this Floor that I hold the opinion that he is a Kenyan when I responded to a Statement once. What I will repeat is that Dr....

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, I hate to interrupt my good friend, the distinguished Senator for Bomet. I have heard him offering a hand of welcome to the students on behalf of the Senator for Baringo. As I understand it, this school is in Nakuru County. Should it be on...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sakaja Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know the good Senator and Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Lands and Natural Resources is a very experienced member of this House. He has been in Parliament when some of us were in school. When he utters a word such as...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am just asking for the parliamentary equivalent. You know, in Swahili language we call it tasfida---

Sen. Sakaja thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, this statement is not new. It was requested earlier. I am just getting it because I know I had it. There are certain statements that we have been trying to follow up from the Ministry Of Interior and Coordination of National Government. They...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, actually in the next few minutes, I will just confirm.

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, on this one we had even discussed with the Senator who asked. Unfortunately, I cannot see him in the House to confirm. He was to attend our interrogation of the same from the relevant Ministry. Kindly, you can maybe indulge us so that when he...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Chairperson, Sir, I think we need to do some cleaning. This is part of the statements that have been responded to in this House.We responded to this statement on the status of youth unemployment by Sen. Prengei. In addition, we asked him to also join us as...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry I have to take you back or even apologise on behalf of other chairs. Members will confirm that I always have answers. I have Sen. Pareno’s statement while Sen. Ledama’s answer is on its way. If you allow me, I will start...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, part of the problem is that many times we come with all these responses in files, we are never called and so, the day that you get to us, we do not have the responses but I have answers, Sen. Pareno has ---

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think Sen. (Dr.) Zani has understood what I was saying. I was just asking for permission to give response to statements requested by Senators who are present in the House; as I currently am also present in the House. As you have...

Sen. Sakaja Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would never imagine to get into Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s mind but I can only judge it by its output which is what she is saying. I am only begging. It might be strange in this House for a Chair to beg profusely for an...

Sen. Sakaja Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to be one of the final contributors to this Motion. This Motion is drawn from the Constitution. Indeed, what the President did last week on Thursday is a constitutional requirement. If I am not wrong, it is drawn from Article...

Sen. Sakaja On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is not fair.

Sen. Sakaja On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker. Just a quick one.

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