Kisang William Kipkemoi

Sen. Kisang

Sen. Kisang

Sen. Kisang

Sen. Kisang

Sen. Kisang Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following New Clause 5M- Functions of the Director-General. 5M. (1) The Director-General shall be the chief executive officer of the Authority and secretary to the Board.

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Cherarkey. On the issue of SFR, I know that since 1970s until recently when they suspended SFR, the number of bags of maize that they used to store was about two million a year. As...

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Sen. Kisang[The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Wakili Sigei) in the Chair]

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion by the Majority Whip. I stand to support this Motion on many fronts. Before I do that, I want to congratulate the team that settled on Turkana as the county where we should start a tour...

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have just talked of the male Senators. So, I thank KEWOSA for going to Langata Women’s Prison and helping the mothers and the children. I hope they shall also extend the same during Father’s Day in June, 2023, and maybe go...

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Sen. Kisang Hon. Senators, there is a lot of interest on this matter. I will now give guidance that every Senator can take at least one-and-a-half minutes or a maximum of two minutes to ask a direct question, so that we can make progress. Proceed, Sen. Dullo.

Sen. Kisang Sen. Dullo, I gave some good guidance that we need to have some conversation, so that we can get Questions related to the initial Question. However, the CS has already got your message. (Laughter) Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you may proceed.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate the Minister for being appointed the CS. Many people in Kenya have confidence that you are going to succeed because of your history. When Tullow Company announced that they had struck oil in Turkana, the news was received by the country with...

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Sen. Kisang’ Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition on Credit --- not really credit institutions. I think there is an issue here. I believe most credit institutions that operate are shylocks. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is not doing its job. The CBK...

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I support the Bill. I thank Sen. Mariam Omar for coming up with it. The Bill was tabled in the last Parliament. It went through almost all the stages, but it lapsed eventually. I am happy that she has brought...

Sen. Kisang I do not have a problem because this is a former governor. I do not know if his people have issues.

Sen. Kisang Madam Temporary Speaker, I am informed. However, we know very well that a user creates a need. If there is a need, for example, to do a road of hospital or supply medicine, the procurement department advertises then bidders bid. We should not cheat ourselves. The former Governor...

Sen. Kisang Madam Temporary Speaker, I withdraw for the sake of my good friend. I know he was open. I meant some counties and not his. He was an open governor. That is why he was elected for a second term and then elected as a Senator. I would like...

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to comment on this Statement and the one on connectivity. It is sad that close to seven years now, we have been budgeting for and putting money under this project, for it to go into the drain in the pretext...

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to welcome the students and lecturers from the University of Eldoret. University of Eldoret was part of Moi University in those days when we had only four universities in the country. I welcome them to the Senate to learn. I believe...

Sen. Kisang Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make some comments on this one although I wanted to make on the earlier one. I remember during the COVID-19 pandemic, we had many issues. We did not know that oxygen was really something that we needed. During that time, I remember...

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Sen. Kisang Thank you Senator. Sen. Okiya Omtatah, proceed.

Sen. Kisang Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You know very well what happened in the last Parliament. We passed the Data Protection Act in 2019 and already have the office of Data Protection Commissioner. Therefore, I believe, as Members have said, that it is good that the two Committees...

Sen. KisangCounty governments may not replace the pipelines. Going forward, it might be prudent for the county governments to seek funds from donors and the National Government so that they can be assisted to replace the old pipeline systems. Currently and from the reports we have received, they are losing...

Thank you, Sen. Kisang. Hon. Members, Standing Order No. 56 grants us 20 minutes. We have since consumed that amount of time. I can see we still have got Members in the queue but for purposes of going on with the Order Paper for today, I will not allow any...

I direct that the Clerk rings the Division Bell for five minutes. (The Division Bell was rung) Clerk, could you please ring the Bell for another five minutes? (The Division Bell was rung) Hon. Senators, can I have the Senate Majority Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, approach the Chair. (Sen. (Dr.)...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Abbas, kindly resume your seat. I have ruled that we defer voting on this one and consequently we will proceed with Order No. 10. Order No. 9 is also deferred. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 9 OF 2023) April 19, 2023...

Hon. Senators, this is the resumption of a debate that we had on the matter that was interrupted on Wednesday, 19th April, 2023. (Question proposed) Sen. Cherarkey, you may have the Floor.