Yusuf Haji

There is a lot of movement here. I did not even get the request. I am sorry. The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Wetangula) : You can get it from the HANSARD.

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to make as requested by the Senator for---

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to make the following Statement as regards the national language policy. Of course, there is a policy that vernacular or mother tongue should be used in all schools in Kenya as a medium of instruction, especially from Class One to Class Three. This policy started...

We have spent a bit of time on this. Let us stop there. Let us take the next Statement by the Chair of the Committee on Education. GOVERNMENT POLICY ON DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to make as requested by the Senator for---

Order, Chairman! First, make sure that the Senator has a copy of the Statement. Secondly, the response should not be more than five minutes but find a way of addressing all the issues that were requested. I can see that you have a lengthy statement.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to make the following Statement as regards the national language policy. Of course, there is a policy that vernacular or mother tongue should be used in all schools in Kenya as a medium of instruction, especially from Class One to Class Three. This policy started...

quite a number of books, including in the Meru Language.Besides the Meru Langauge, they have come up with more than 20 mediums of instructions and captured in various books. I need not read them, but the answer contains all the other languages that are covered in the schools. In addition...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to correct the impression erroneously created by the Chairman that I am comfortable. That answer, to say the least, is insufficient. I do not want to add adjectives which may be offensive. I think it is Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o who said that the colonialists...

Order, Senator.

I want to ask, what action the Government is taking to develop indigenous languages? I come from a county---

Order, Senator. Proceed along the line of “what action.” All of us know you represent one county here.

I am saying that in my county there is nothing happening in conducting any teaching in ECDs or primary schools up to Standard Three in Kimeru Language. What action has the current Government taken to implement the Constitution by introducing Kimeru Language up to Standard Three in primary schools in...

I thought that the second one is where he said you are very comfortable with the answer.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important question and Sen. Murungi has correctly quoted Article 7 of the Constitution which is very clear in its terms, that the State shall promote and protect the diversity of languages of the people of

Language, brail and other communication formats.When you go to rural schools, the medium of instruction is not the indigenous language as contemplated in the 1976 regulations. I do not believe that there is any curriculum. Even if children have to be instructed in their mother tongues in schools where they...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand for a united country; I stand for a country that communicates with clear understanding. The issue of tribalism we are talking about in this country---

Order, Senator.

I am building my clarification.

You are not responding to the Statement, are you? Seek clarification.

I am heading there.

Can you reach there faster?

Let me reach there faster. By being taught in mother tongue---

What is it, Sen. Murungi? If it is by mistake, it is okay.

I just have one final clarification.

The clarification I am seeking from the Chairman, which will be forwarded to the authorities that will deal with this issue is; what is being done by the Ministry to make sure that at least two languages spoken in this country; that is, Kiswahili and English, are taught in schools...

Order. You have made your point, Senator.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I just---

Order! Can we now have “the last small point” by Sen. Murungi?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I presume that those who declared public holidays were following Mr. Raila who had declared a public holiday for the whole Republic. Nothing has happened to him. Therefore, I do not know what will happen to the others. I stand guided.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not have the powers, but I will inquire into this and give an answer in two weeks’ time.

Fine, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try. Bring it on Tuesday, next week.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We congratulated you yesterday for making it possible for us to use this magnificent Chamber. But I also wish to make this further request on the parliamentary cards or whatever they are called. Many Members are finding it difficult to carry these cards to their...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good that you have made the ruling. The clerks should make sure that both the person seeking the Statement and the one answering are given copies because most of the time, the one answering is given a copy and the other one is not given....

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On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Yes, Sen. Haji, is your point of order on something else? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to agree with my colleague particularly when it comes to facilitation. We are now in offices where we do not have telephones to operate....

On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with what Sen. Musila is saying because today at 10.00 a.m., a girl came to see me in my office because she cannot get her certificate for failure to pay Kshs30,000 and I had to give her that money.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to be given about a week to answer or to issue the statement that has been requested by the Professor.

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with effect from the same date.With effect from 19th November, 2013, Lima Registrars resigned as Company Secretary and Virginia Ndunge of Kaplan and Stratton Advocates was appointed as Company Secretary.On March, 2014, the applicant submitted CR12 (confirmation from Registrar of companies on both directorship and shareholding indicating new names of...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Mr. Erick Dean Prince, the American mogul I talked about in this question is a very notorious character to the extent that even the Congress of the United States of America (USA) voted that he should not be allowed to do any business whatsoever with the...

Sen. Khalwale, if I heard the Chairman correctly, his first segment was that Mr. Mogul is nowhere within the boundaries of this country. Do you doubt that?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of the Americans declaring that Mr. Prince cannot do business in America that has nothing to do with us in Kenya, because we have never done business with him. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, secondly, the question that has been raised by Sen. Khalwale,...

Mr. Chairman, I may not agree with you on the latter. Foreigners fill details about what sort of business that they have to do on entry into this country, unless you, as the Chair, and your current Cabinet Secretary have interfered with that. I think that you must bring to...

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can be informed. The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Wetangula) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I may be allowed to inform the distinguished Senator, one, the Constitution says that the hierarchy of laws is the Constitution; laws passed by Parliament, which is the Senate and...

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. In compliance with the ruling you made yesterday, I wish to make the following Statement in response to a request by Sen. Kembi-Gitura. First and foremost, I stand to commend the Attorney-General for having responded to my very short notice at 9.00 a.m.,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, once again, I really want to thank the Attorney- General who gave us plenty of time and took us through all the problems that he is facing. I cannot agree less with the comments of the Senator. Yes, there are some delays which we have noted. This...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot be commended?

if we streamlined these legislations in the roads sector and any other sector, so that we can have a smooth transfer of resources and functions to the relevant level of Government, with the supporting legislation.Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the adoption of the Report. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker,...

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