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Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My question is very closely related to what Sen. Mungatana has alluded to in his opening remarks. Article 187 of the Constitution is very clear on the transfer of functions from one level of Government to another. One of the requirements of that...

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Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the Gambling Control Bill (National Assembly Bills No.70 of 2023) ; a Government Bill from the National Assembly. Before I go to the contents of the Bill, allow me to say that gambling...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I will make two observations on the Statement read by the Chairman for the Committee on Education. The first comment is on the issue of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the payment of hardship allowance to teachers in Kilifi and Taita-Taveta...

Sen. Wambua I will proceed, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My good friend, those sub- locations are found in wards. I am sure the Chair understands what I am talking about. April 16, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 16 Sen. WambuaThat synergy needs to be established, so that one arm of Government does not...

Sen. Wambua The Chairperson JLAC should take his seat. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know that some of us are sticklers to conventions. Personally, I am a bit lost; I need your guidance on this. We were on the order where we were debating the Conflict of Interest Bill. In...

Sen. WambuaI asked myself the second question: If a medical doctor who is an expert in dental health and is paid by the Government of Kenya in a public hospital, is found offering dental care in a private clinic in his free time, under the proposed Bill by the Committee...

[The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Wakili Sigei) in the Chair] March 28, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 31 Sen. Wambua report, we shall be properly guided and a decision will be made as to whether to support or oppose this Bill.With those remarks, I submit.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a House of records and as a journalist in this country, it is important that we also protect the industry. It is not fair or right to despise a practicing journalist in the manner that I have heard. Having said that, I...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I respect the Senate Majority Leader. I do not understand where he is coming from because that is a matter in public domain, that farmers have complained that the fertiliser they have received is not fertiliser, but stones and donkey faeces. Secondly--- (Several Senators...

Sen. Wambua I am ready to be informed by Sen. Osotsi.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the level of agitation with the Senate Majority Leader is scary. For purposes of making progress, let me withdraw the statement---

Sen. Wambua Let us make progress. As you insist, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and NCPB have a responsibility and duty of care to farmers in this country. They are the State agencies through which all important commodities are processed and distributed to farmers. They must ensure that the...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me--- (Sen. Sifuna spoke off record)

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not mind being informed by Sen. Sifuna or Sen. Osotsi because they are consumers of fertilisers. They are farmers--- (Loud consultations)

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought I was in the Senate. March 26, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 23

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will move from the fertiliser business because it brings unnecessary tension in the House. I will comment on the Statement by my neighbor, the Senator of Kajiado, Sen. Seki, on the matter of ECDE teachers. As a House, we must understand that the...

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Sen. Wambua Asante sana Bw. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa fursa hii niweze kuchangia katika mjadala wa swala hili lote la Mswada huu wa boundaries za kaunti zetu. Kwanza nianze kwa kumshukuru sana na kumpongeza kaka yangu Sen. M. Kajwang kutoka Kaunti ya Homabay kwa Mswada huu. Nafikiri ni wazi...

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Asante sana Bw. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa fursa hii niweze kuchangia katika mjadala wa swala hili lote la Mswada huu wa boundaries za kaunti zetu. Kwanza nianze kwa kumshukuru sana na kumpongeza kaka yangu Sen. M. Kajwang kutoka Kaunti ya Homabay kwa Mswada huu. Nafikiri ni wazi kwamba Mswada...

lakini sijaona siku hata moja Kaunti ya Taita-Taveta imeweza kuja Mackinon na kusema ule ni mji wao.Lakini leo hii, Gavana wa Kaunti ya Taita-Taveta, Mheshimiwa na mjomba wangu na pia rafiki yangu sana, Mhe. Andrew Mwadime, kwa kejeli na majivuno na kwa kujigamba, ameweza kuvamia mji wa Mackinon na kuchukua...

Sen. Wambua I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question.

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am well guided. I will ask my two supplementary questions at a go. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his response. I believe he is just being honest on this one. This is because he has mentioned that I have been on...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very difficult to just ask a direct question on a matter like this. Allow me to pave my way to the Question. I beg you.

Sen. Wambua Thank you. An. Hon. Senator: On a point of order. Sen. Wambua How can there be a point of order on a Question?

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question to the CS is: Where does that leave March 20, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 4 Sen. WambuaThese people have been deprived of their land from 2019. They have not been cultivating on that land but they are being told there is no money. When...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question.

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Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I learned about the deployment of the 20 officers at the Assembly when the Motion of impeachment was being discussed. Upon learning that, as an officer who is in charge of that directorate, I felt that my department was implicated and I thought that it...

Sen. Wambua Proceed, Mr. Witness.

Sen. Wambua Did you get the other questions?

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, this is the most important. To the best of your knowledge, is there a personal relationship between your son Dennis and the Deputy Governor? When he was given the money to send, was he also given the cell phone number of the Deputy...

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Sen. Wambua Kindly ask your last question.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to what the Senator has said, I can also summarise what is going on. My son was lured, intoxicated with some of the people with an aim to use him to fail the Deputy Governor. After I paid school fees, my son stayed...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have two quick questions for Mr. Misati. Does he have any documentary evidence that shows that he has borrowed the money from the Deputy Govenor-Kshs600,000? Second, is there any contribution from his son –Dennis - in regards to the payment of...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to what the Senator has said, I can also summarise what is going on. My son was lured, intoxicated with some of the people with an aim to use him to fail the Deputy Governor. After I paid school fees, my son stayed at home...

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Sen. Wambua Repeat it for her.

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Sen. Wambua Yes.

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Sen. Wambua Okay, order! Let me give the rationale. I will explain myself. The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Abdul Haji) : Sen. Abass, address the Chair.

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Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would not have wanted to interrupt the Member as he moved the Motion, but our Standing Order No.95 explicitly says that when moving and making any debate on the Floor, we should not be seen to be reading word- by-word the things we are...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, I want to join you in extending warm welcome to the visiting students from Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi County. As you have done, I want to wish them, a fruitful visit as they...