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Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I join you in welcoming our colleagues back from the short recess. I hope that in the days that follow today, we shall be able to apply ourselves to the tasks ahead of us. I join my colleagues in condoling...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As a journalist of long-standing in this country, I will try to be very clever because this is a very wide area. I will try to April 16, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 6 Sen. Wambuasqueeze it into one question. If I fail, just pretend...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary for ICT and Digital Economy is a Cabinet Secretary in the 21st Century Kenya, not some banana republic in the region or elsewhere. This is an era where everybody is talking about speeds of communication, not planning to establish networks. My concern,...

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Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your protection. I did not make any reference to lawyers being banned from offering services. I was drawing the attention of this House to a report that two committees looked into and tabled a report. That report was as a result of...

Sen. Wambua: The Statement that was sought by Sen. Cherarkey on the issue of Nandi law firms. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will, but it is very boring. It is Standing Order No.105. That is fine since it is the law. Sen. Chimera should not mislead the House. He is making...

Sen. Chimera, proceed to conclude your remarks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your protection. I did not make any reference to lawyers being banned from offering services. I was drawing the attention of this House to a report that two committees looked into and tabled a report. That report was as a result of a Petition...

Sen. Chimera, you are making comments touching on which Statement?

The Statement that was sought by Sen. Cherarkey on the issue of Nandi law firms.

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not know why Sen. Sifuna is so happy that I have the microphone. I also want to make comments on the Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda on the status of the Kisumu-Busia Road infrastructure. I hasten to say that lately...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can we argue for three minutes, please?

Sen. Wambua We will try, but please, give me three minutes, two minutes are too short.

Sen. Wambua Okay. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also take this opportunity to comment on that Statement by Sen. Dullo on the issue of Chief Officers in Isiolo County, that for more than a month now, a government is running without Chief Officers. This is a total breakdown on the...

Sen. Wambua: Thank you. Sen. Mundigi, proceed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, the shame should go to Sen. Cherarkey. The strength of my statement is based on the same news that he watched last night. Live broadcast from a reporter on the ground in school showing the world a...

Sen. Wambua I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for indulging me. Mine is just to provide some information to the Cabinet Secretary about this rampant logging that is taking place across the country. Last weekend, I was in Kitui, a ward called Tharaka. These are Kenya Power (KP) people...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. Clearly, I do not belong to that league where we are discussing about international airports. My supplementary stems from Marsabit where we are discussing airstrips. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my question to the Cabinet Secretary is on three airstrips in Kitui....

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for protecting me.

Sen. Wambua: Sen. Wambua:Regarding the Member’s concern for this or that airport, I indicated in my substantive answer that the Isiolo airport sits on a development corridor LAPSSET, which is the second development corridor for this country to move out of the congested northern corridor. That which puts Kenya in...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to also make comments on the Statement brought by the Senator for Taita-Taveta on the schemes of service for chiefs and assistant Chiefs. The service provided by these administrators at the local level is so crucial that an assistant chief...

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Sen. Wambua Sen. Cherarkey, in his final words, he actually alluded. That is why he wants you to substantiate which these opposition leaders are that are afraid.

Sen. Wambua Sen. Cherarkey, please withdraw or indicate which leader.

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Just for clarification, I do not know why I came in thinking that the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and National Planning was supposed to be here to respond to a Question I had asked.

Sen. Wambua I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If you allow me, I would also like to associate myself with the remarks made by the Senate Majority Leader, as far as the business of this House is concerned. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will be remembered that I have gone on...

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Sen. Wambua Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 28 (Applause) Sen. Wambua On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Wambua I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I stand in support of the County Government's Additional Allocations Bill, 2025. As I support it, allow me to do two things. First, I want to wish you a quick recovery. I see you are battling the flu, but...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We will not stop there. There is an adjustment that was done last year, in July, on the fuel levy, from Kshs18 to March 27, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 21 Sen. WambuaKshs25. Now the Cabinet Secretary in charge of roads in the national...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Deputy Speaker, because we are just consulting, perhaps to just improve on what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has said, I do not bring Members here and they do not get the opportunity to express themselves on this matter, which is important. Why not amend what Sen. Cheruiyot said...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mine is just a clarification that I want to get from the Cabinet Secretary. He mentioned that one of the reasons for the delay in the completion of the project is the whole issue of low budgetary allocation for purposes of land compensation....

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Sen. Wambua Actually, I was making the way for him so that he could reach your office. The Cabinet Secretary has invited you. Senator Veronica Maina, proceed.

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

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know Sen. Madzayo is my boss. When I walked in, I was hardly able to recognize him. I am just rising on a point of order for you to clarify whether Sen. Madzayo is properly dressed for the mission he wants to undertake in...

Sen. Wambua Hon. Senators, before I allow the Clerk-at-the-Table, to call the next Order, allow me to pass this Message. (Applause)

Hon. Senators, before I allow the Clerk-at-the-Table, to call the next Order, allow me to pass this Message. MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REJECTION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE GAMBLING CONTROL BILL, (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.70 OF 2023) March 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 23

Assembly regarding the decision of the National Assembly on the Senate amendments to the Gambling Control Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.70 of 2023).The Message, dated Wednesday 12th March, 2025, was received in the office of the Clerk of the Senate on Wednesday 12th March 2025.Pursuant to Standing Order 46-4, I...

(Motion deferred)Clerk, do we have the requisite number?(The Clerk-at-the-table consulted the Speaker)Hon. Senators, this order is deferred. Next Order. March 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 25 ADOPTION OF REPORT ON THE 2025 MEDIUM-TERM DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY