Daniel Dickson Karaba

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. Roads of this nature are not only in Meru. We have roads which are taking too long to be completed. Some of them have even taken 20 years. I know you are aware that there is a road from Sagana-Kutus- Kerugoya-Karatina...

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. At the rise of the House yesterday, we were debating the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was trying to implore the Senators and House at large that much as we talk about revenue allocation,...

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, we read about it in the newspapers.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I will require information from my friend, Daktari.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I need not substantiate, because---

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, they are very much related, going by my English.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, going by my English, sodomy and pornography are two very related subjects. Madam Temporary Speaker, what I am trying to suggest is that we must scrutinize the budgets that are made by the counties. This is because if we allow them to go the way...

Sen. Karaba On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Our learned professor is telling us about bad manners. I think it is important to define some of these things, even if they look obvious. How does he assess the bad manners that he is trying to attribute to counties?

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Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I would wish to bring to the attention of majority of the Senators here, as they try to wonder why some counties are getting more on Column “B” as opposed to others a few facts. Out of the percentage that is supposed to be devolved...

Sen. Karaba, proceed with your debate. Sen. Karabaadjectives attributed to poverty, to me, that is running away from reality. We need to appreciate the fact that even those counties which have a lot to share and give to other counties should be appreciated. The only way we can appreciate this...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the Senator for Kirinyaga in order to tell the House that the Government has given an incentive to counties to generate revenue and denied marginalized counties while he knows that the Bill we are debating on will give very new allocations?...

Sen. Karaba Sen. Karaba, you have 20 minutes left. If you wish to continue with your interesting contribution, you will do so tomorrow.

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the hon. Senator from Kirinyaga in order to tell this honourable House that since some counties exist around the Equator - if I got him right - deserve to get more allocations? Is he also in order to tell us that...

Sen. Karaba, you have 20 minutes left. If you wish to continue with your interesting contribution, you will do so tomorrow. ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, it is now time to adjourn the Senate. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 18th July, 2013 at 2.30 pm. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m.

Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to support of this Motion. This Motion is crucial to the country’s development. It is also an inspiration to students in this country who complete Form Four and move out and wander around, not knowing what...

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Sen. Karaba Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to thank the Secretary of the Ministry of Education and, more so, Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, for reading that very comprehensive response from the Secretary. But from what you have already stated here, it is important to note that Legal Notice...

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Sen. Karaba Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me a chance to contribute in support of this Motion. I remember we were with you in the nighth Parliament together with many others here when Sen. Musila, brought a Bill of this kind. When the Bill was...

Sen. Karaba Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Karaba I do not know whether it is true!

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, some of them are representing the youth like Sen. Kanainza. Sen. Lesuuda is here and she is not even 30 years. I am sure several of you are not even 40 years. How old are you?

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I am trying to prove that this is not a House of Wazee.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I think Sen. Wako is imputing ulterior motives to me. I just gave an example of somebody who is not a mzee. Much as I would refer to Sen. Obure as a mzee, I know the Chair is not even 60 years old.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Obure is a Member of this Senate. I am sure he is not a young man, much as I am not also young. Old is gold! July 3, 2013 SENATE DEBATES (Laughter)

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Sen. Karaba

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion. However, I have one observation to make--- (Loud consultations)

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was suggesting that much as we support the Mover and the Motion, it is important to note that our last session, as Sen. Karue has said, has many weeks. It is proper if one of the weeks was brought forward, so that we can...

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Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also want to thank Sen. G.G. Kariuki, the most powerful Minister of State for Internal Security in his days, who still lives. (Laughter) July 3, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Madam Temporary Speaker, the Motion raises two issues. One is on the network of roads in marginalized areas and, two, is on crime. There are also the inter-linkages between those two. If you want to colonize anybody, you must have a road to where he is. That is in the...

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Authority (KURA) will not work. Give the counties or the sub-counties the capacity to build their own roads. With little support, we will solve the dual problem that we have here.With those few remarks, I support.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. I believe that it is very important, especially to the area where I come from and the country at large. A lot has been said about insecurity and about the roads. I just want to add a few points. Over the...

Hon. Senators, since there is nobody else interested in contributing to the Motion, it is now time to call upon the Mover to reply. July 3, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not have a lot to say because the hon. Senators who have contributed to this Motion have talked quite a lot. I want to say that I have learnt a lot from their contributions. Having said that, I think it is important for the Senators...

Sen. G.G. Kariuki, since we do not have the requisite number to call for voting, we shall postpone it to tomorrow.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I was going to request that, but I was wondering whether I should have stated it when I was speaking. I thought I had to sit down and then stand up on a point of order to make that request. I think that is the procedure. Under...

Sen. G.G. Kariuki, I believe you are making reference to Standing Order No.51 (3) . Yes,

Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. July 3, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Karabasome brews are higher than the KeBS standards. They even hide behind the KeBS. They place the bottles which have been certified on the shelves when they know that police officers are around, but they remove them and cheat the Government when the officers are not there. This is...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also stand to support this very important Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Machage. But before I make my contribution, I want to make one correction, as asserted by an old man who I respect, Sen. G.G. Kariuki. I want to point out that hon....

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Statement from the Ministry or Committee concerned with education, science and technology as regards the current state of strike engaging our teachers union in the Republic, and it is as follows. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 1997, there was an agreement...

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

Sen. Karaba Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very serious matter. We need not wait for it to go up to next Thursday. This is an issue which has been pending for the last 16 years, going by the date 1997. The Government should be able to give us a...

Sen. Karaba Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance again to contribute to the Motion on education and devolution to the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, much as I would appreciate supporting the Motion, there are some grey areas that we need to look into. Some...

Sen. Karaba On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Karaba Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform my friend, Sen. Murkomen, that there is CDF which provides emergency funds in case a roof is blown off by wind. We also have the Equalisation Fund which is from the national kitty. This Fund can be given to the...

Sen. Karaba On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The speaker who is on the Floor is speaking in languages which we do not understand. He should tell us exactly what that means and where he got those words from.

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Sen. KarabaKieni Constituency of Nyeri County. Therefore, let them give that function and the corresponding money to the Governor of Nyeri County who will handle the construction of classrooms.It is even more than this when you think about it. Most of those classrooms have already been put up by wananchi...

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