Wilfred Rottich Lesan

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Burundi is obviously between a rock and a hard place, the rock being an incumbent who is hell-bent on retaining power at all costs and the hard place being the military that is taking over. Unfortunately, the leaders and the summit that is supposed to mediate...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman for that quick response. He has done his part but unfortunately, these events have become too common. Recently, we had Kenyans suffering in South-Sudan and some of them left their properties in a hurry because they were not warned. We...

Very well, a ruling was made that you limit yourself to one question, try to do that.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Burundi is obviously between a rock and a hard place, the rock being an incumbent who is hell-bent on retaining power at all costs and the hard place being the military that is taking over. Unfortunately, the leaders and the summit that is supposed to mediate...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson should know that Kenyans are the targets in Burundi. This came out so clearly because Burundians believe that the close relationship between the two countries has resulted in steps that have been taken by President Nkurunziza. So, the Chairperson should take this matter seriously...

I will allow only one more question. We have a division and I am afraid that we are losing our quorum. Proceed, Sen. Hassan. Please make it brief.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we bring Statements or responses to this House, whoever is crafting these responses must be extremely serious.

When somebody says that today is a public holiday in Burundi, I think that is a mockery of the intellect of- So, my clarification is---

Order, Sen. Hassan! First of all, that is not good. It is a fact that today is a public holiday in Burundi; you also know that. So, how serious can a Member be to remind you of that? Or how unserious can he be? I think it is unfair to...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my clarity was the correlation between a crisis and a public holiday. I see no absolute correlation in that regard. I thought it was a bit below my expectation. Therefore, that is why I needed to seek further clarity. Secondly, is just to reiterate the African...

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Senate and any other investigatory Committee to call for special audits. This inclusion will make sure that we do not always deal with postmortems. We now have an opportunity to ask for quick special audits that can unravel mischief before it is too late.I would like to draw the attention...

Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill is critical. It intends to provide for the functions and powers of the Auditor-General according to Article 229 of the Constitution. If we get it wrong, it means that there will be no oversight in this country; corruption will thrive. Let me just point out...

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Monday to Friday!

Any indicative timelines? Thursday next week will be okay. Sen. Kanainza.

Then this is must be the most inappropriate forum to find out the fate of that request. It has not reached here; we deal with things which have already reached here. I encourage you to go and find out from the relevant offices. Next Order.

Thursday next week will be okay. Sen. Kanainza.

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to air my views on this. It is a tragedy for this country that we can see such an institution going down and yet Kenyans have invested heavily in terms of shares. It is important that we inform Kenyans that...

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Chairperson who is not here at the moment, I rise to request that we be given about six weeks to respond to Sen. Njoroge’s request. This is because we have gone through a similar exercise where we looked at another...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the face of it, this is a fairly complicated issue that involves dealing with other bodies like NEMA and other Ministries as well, including all the licensing agencies. It also includes many of the affected individuals having to give evidence as to what the consequences...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is okay. It actually means that we are going to give an interim report on the first instance, then be allowed to carry out a thorough report.

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Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 45 (2) (b) , I wish to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the recent seizure, by Thai customs officials, of 511 pieces of elephant ivory in a consignment disguised...

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Kila gavana yuko na helicopter, kulingana---

Asante Bi. Spika wa Muda. Nasimama kuunga mkono Hoja hii ya mapunzi ya kikao cha Seneti. Leo hii tuna huzuni na tunaomboleza katika nchi yetu. Wakenya wenzetu wameadhirika. Naomboleza na ndugu zangu walio huko Garissa. Kabla sijaendelea, naomba Mungu azirehemu roho za wale waliohadhirika. Tunaomba kwamba Mungu atawafariji wazazi wa...

Order, Sen. Hassan! If you want to contribute, you will have to log in. You cannot be on your feet when another Senator is contributing. If you wish to intervene, log in and I will give you the Floor. patriotism and speak in one voice. That way, a message will...

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No. 220 (1) (b) to present a Petition by the residents of Bomet County. Petition made to the Senate Pursuant to Article 119 of the Constitution of Kenya and part 224 of the Senate Standing Orders by residents and inhabitants of...

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