Naomi Jillo Waqo

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson of the Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration is out of the country and I am responding on his behalf. I shared the statement with my colleague---

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has not reached me; that is why I am a bit confused. I thought I was supposed to respond to a statement.

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 46 (2) (b) , I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation on the benefits of the Standard Gauge Railway. In the Statement the Chairperson should:- March 13, 2018 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, one week is okay.

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, the following is the response to the request by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. With regard to the comparative ratio of women and men appointed as Members of County Executive Committees (CECs) and Chief Officers in all the counties, some counties are still in transition and...

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Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to welcome the youth from Migori County, which is my neighbour. I encourage them to look at these leaders here and identify a mentor. One of the big mistakes that we make nowadays is that as leaders, we think...

Sen. Olekina, you will have one minute.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to welcome the youth from Migori County, which is my neighbour. I encourage them to look at these leaders here and identify a mentor. One of the big mistakes that we make nowadays is that as leaders, we think we will die...

Honourable Senators, we need to make progress. I will ask the Senator for Wajir, Dr. Abdullahi Ali to seek a statement. March 8, 2018 SENATE DEBATES STATEMENTS EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FRESH GRADUATES

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have the answer. It is similar to a statement that was requested a few weeks ago by Sen. Chebeni whose answer I was to give today. Do I give the answer or should I wait for--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, you need to give guidance. Why are...

Sen. Sakaja, that matter came up yesterday and we gave a ruling on how we should proceed. So, you can give the answer on Tuesday.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the statement he is seeking relates to a statement that was requested three weeks ago by Senator Mercy Chebeni regarding the National Employment Authority because that is the body that deals with those issues. With your guidance, instead of responding because I can see Sen. Chebeni is...

I order that you consolidate them and give the answer on Tuesday. Sen. M. Kajwang', what is your point of intervention?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to tread very carefully and please stop me if a veer off. There is a matter that was ruled on yesterday that I have agonized over. This is where a Member requests for a statement and the Chairman is ready with an answer on the...

Secondly, I have also agonized on this. Execution lies outside this legislature because we do not execute but legislate. When a Member asks a question, he or she expects that the Executive wing will make certain responses. I have agonized over this and, in my view, it is not in...

Honourable Members, ideally, a statement should go to the committee unless it relates to the same matter. Sen. Sakaja said that he will consolidate the two and give an answer. He said that the statement being sought is similar to what has been asked.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to follow on what Sen. M. Kajwang' has said, there could be a matter that is being dealt with by a committee and the Chair of the committee is the spokesperson of the Committee. There is a matter that the Committee has already dealt with and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the document might be available but it has not been validated. What we want is validation because if somebody speaks here on behalf of a Cabinet Secretary, it is the Cabinet Secretary speaking through them. I have also agonized about statements not being read when persons who...

Hon. Members, the Statement belongs to the House. It is the responsibility of whoever seeks for a Statement to be in the House to receive the answer. However, in the event they are not here, then the Statement belongs to the House. It should be responded to and thereafter if...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your direction on the issue of responding to Statements. This is one of the Statements requested by a Senator who is not present but following your ruling, I will issue it.

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Before the Statement is responded to, I will refer to Standing Order No.1 where we had a practice. That practice and tradition was accepted in the Eleventh Parliament that a Statement should not be read when the Senator who has requested for...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, I want to support that position; that there is no provision in the Standing Orders on this matter. However, we established a tradition or practice, as has been stated by the Senator for Makueni County, that a Statement is only issued when the Senator who requested...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I agree with my colleagues, the tradition in the Tenth and Eleventh Parliaments has been when a question is asked from Ministries and the Senator who had asked is not there, the question is dropped at the discretion of the Speaker. So, can we look at...

Hon. Senators, that was the Eleventh Parliament. This is the Twelfth Parliament. I am the Speaker and I have given directions that Statements will be issued unless the Senator who is seeking the Statement is not there without my permission, I will inform the hon. Senators. Sen. Sakaja, you may...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek your indulgence because I thought that Sen. Chebeni had actually requested to be absent from the House. She had mentioned that she may not be present. In that case, I am willing to do it later. However, please provide a standard procedure, if a Member...

Hon. Senators, that is why I have said that it is important that when we ask questions, we be in the House unless a Member is away with my permission. This is so that I will be able to explain to the hon. Senators. Otherwise, if you ask questions and...

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Sen. (Rev.) Waqo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Rev) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to go on record that what I was doing is in the manner of the parties. When you appear before a court and you have a junior, you must always repeat that, “I am here with my junior.” As he said in...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Bearing in mind what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has raised and considering the significance of the continuous broadcast of that song, is it not possible, from where you sit and the powers of the Speaker, for you to order the necessary agencies,...

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Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Noted, the Senate Majority Leader. Are you saying, just like in sanity, that disability can be temporary? Is that your argument? (Laughter) March 6, 2018 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one can be disabled, but you cannot define for how long. Even Sen. Cherargei---

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. But he is disabled. (Laughter) Very well. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, is one week amenable with you? Please, be brief.

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Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion on appointment of Members to the PSC and especially those who are known to us like Sen. Mugo and Sen. Cheruiyot who are Members of this House. We also know that they are respectable, qualified and...

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order 46 February 22, 2018 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Chairperson. I was almost telling him that one month is too much, but because of the work that is involved and the many concerns that these hon. Members have raised, we can wait patiently. However, we will...

Sen. (Rev.) Waqo Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issues that have been raised are quite touching. I understand where the honourable Members are coming from. Because of that, we will give it all the necessary attention and give the response in the next two weeks. Is that okay, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo?

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Sen. (Rev.) Waqointervene because at the moment we have hopeless people who feel they should die. As you know cows, goats and sheep mean a lot to the pastoralists. Some of us know what it means. Without the livestock, money in the bank and farms, they are hopeless. The next...

Thank you. Hon. Senators allow me to say the following. First, I can see that there are several requests. We still have time to discuss this Motion even tomorrow because the time allocated for it is three hours. Secondly, when it comes to the Speaker deciding who will speak, several...

Therefore, allow me to call out Sen. Wambua and thereafter, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Sen. (Prof.) Ekal will be the next followed by Sen. (Dr.) Ali, Sen. Olekina, Sen. Halake and Sen. Kinyua in that order.Sen. Wambua.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to begin by saluting my colleague, Sen. Dullo, for bringing this Motion to the Floor of the House. I stand in support of the Motion to operationalise the National Drought Management Authority Act. I...

more serious situation where suffering Kenyans are unable to benefit from a fund that has been set up because we have no regulations to access those funds. I urge that we expedite the process of making the NDMA a real authority that will stamp its authority and do that which...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this great Motion on the operationalization of the National Drought Management Authority Act. It is only in order for this Senate to remind the authorities that the Bill was passed and assented to in...

I beg to support.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance to also put my voice into supporting this Motion. Thank you, Sen. Dullo for bringing up this Motion because this is like you actually just wanted to put one in for me. It is good that we come from...

I was out there trying to tell them to coexist in peace because they are fighting over grass and water. They do not have enough. Then we have problems with our cousins in Sudan for the same problem, scarcity of water and grass. We have problems with our cousins in...

wheel not already invented? So, why not just keep it rolling and solve our problems? I would like to ask these people these questions. “Why can you not keep the wheel going? Why can you not put in place measures to mitigate the effects of drought?” Drought is a reality....

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion on the operationalization of the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Act. I thank my sister for moving fast on this. One of my pet peeves is when we come up with laws and...

This year, the high number of cows that have died, including those which unfortunately were auctioned in Tanzania, could have been saved if that Authority would have been able to come up with a response mechanism or means of mitigating these droughts. If we harvest this rain water, we can...

drought. I think it is important that all of us follow through. We can make all the noise we want to make here; we can comment about it here, but we should also reach out to this administration. If the money is there, why can you not set out the...

Sen. Nderitu John Kinyua.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I rise to support this Motion. This is because it has come at the right time. Having come from Laikipia, which is a semi-arid area, I would urge that this Act is passed and implemented so...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am so worried because if we allow this to continue, we will have more problems. For example, in one year in Laikipia, because of the drought and conflicts, we have already lost 11 police officers and 17 civilians; we also have 35 civilians who have...

Sen. Halake.

Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I will not belabour the devastating effects of drought. Anybody in this House or country who comes from the arid or semi-arid regions has lived it and knows it. I rise in support of this Motion and congratulate Sen....