Henry Kiptiwa Ndiema

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to seek a clarification. We have heard that there are four kilometres remaining, yet in this financial year, there is no provision for completion of the four kilometres. Since I believe that the contractor will still be on site, could he clarify whether the...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are public funds and in my view---

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(Loud consultations)

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Kittony for bringing this Motion to the House. This is a very reasonable Motion. There are issues which it brings forth which are simple but reasonable. Rain water is clean water. We might not recognize this until you are in Europe where...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Kittony for bringing this Motion to the House. This is a very reasonable Motion. There are issues which it brings forth which are simple but reasonable. Rain water is clean water. We might not recognize this until you are in Europe where...

down hill. We should actually force the Government to come up with a policy or resuscitate some policies that we know are in existence. The only problem is that the policies that have been in existence have been highly driven by NGOs and therefore, they were not thoroughly grounded on...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this golden opportunity to contribute to this timely Motion. Before I proceed with my contribution, I wish to thank the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Kittony. Harvesting of water is very important. We need to push for this in our counties. Water...

water, but you cannot utilize it, that water will be useless. So, we need to get a clear policy on harvesting and utilization of water.Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a timely Motion. I support the Motion. I know this Motion will help many and is what Kenyans are yearning for....

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion. I have known her for a long time. As far as I know, she has always fought for women. God is great that she is now in this House to be able to fight for women...

battle. We should not just stand and talk about something that we are not very sure about, because those who are sure of these matters are not available in the House.Madam Temporary Speaker, this matter is not confined to the Senate or National Assembly. It is a national matter. All...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as a true witness to the humiliation, suffering and tragedy that is the lack of clean water storage facilities for our families and people in our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, about ten years ago, I started a programme after...

group, all of them largely unemployed. They were contributing Kshs10, Kshs20 or Kshs30 a daily basis, so that at the end of the day, they build one water tank for a family. If we just did simple calculations, you can imagine about 100 women contributing to build one water tank...

Sen. Elachi.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion and thank the Mover of the Motion, knowing very well that water is an issue that is very passionate to women; knowing very well that water is life. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will start by the story from...

women walk miles and miles, spend two to three hours in the morning just to get water, and it is not clean water, but they are looking for anything called water. I remember the former Minister for Water and Irrigation, Madam Ngilu, would go to a conference in Spain with...

It is now time to call upon the Mover to reply. Proceed, Sen. Zipporah Kittony.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to sincerely thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Motion. When I moved this Motion this morning, I said that water is life. That has been demonstrated in this Chamber, this morning, by the contributions that have...

cooking leave alone for saving lives. There are many painful experiences that have been talked about.I would like this issue to come to a stop. Countries like Israel and India are examples of countries where you can travel for miles without finding water. Kenya is God-given. I normally call it...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Kittony for bringing this Motion to the House. This is a very reasonable Motion. There are issues which it brings forth which are simple but reasonable. Rain water is clean water. We might not recognize this until you are in Europe where...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Kittony for bringing this Motion to the House. This is a very reasonable Motion. There are issues which it brings forth which are simple but reasonable. Rain water is clean water. We might not recognize this until you are in Europe where...

down hill. We should actually force the Government to come up with a policy or resuscitate some policies that we know are in existence. The only problem is that the policies that have been in existence have been highly driven by NGOs and therefore, they were not thoroughly grounded on...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this golden opportunity to contribute to this timely Motion. Before I proceed with my contribution, I wish to thank the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Kittony. Harvesting of water is very important. We need to push for this in our counties. Water...

water, but you cannot utilize it, that water will be useless. So, we need to get a clear policy on harvesting and utilization of water.Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a timely Motion. I support the Motion. I know this Motion will help many and is what Kenyans are yearning for....

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion. I have known her for a long time. As far as I know, she has always fought for women. God is great that she is now in this House to be able to fight for women...

battle. We should not just stand and talk about something that we are not very sure about, because those who are sure of these matters are not available in the House.Madam Temporary Speaker, this matter is not confined to the Senate or National Assembly. It is a national matter. All...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as a true witness to the humiliation, suffering and tragedy that is the lack of clean water storage facilities for our families and people in our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, about ten years ago, I started a programme after...

group, all of them largely unemployed. They were contributing Kshs10, Kshs20 or Kshs30 a daily basis, so that at the end of the day, they build one water tank for a family. If we just did simple calculations, you can imagine about 100 women contributing to build one water tank...

Sen. Elachi.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion and thank the Mover of the Motion, knowing very well that water is an issue that is very passionate to women; knowing very well that water is life. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will start by the story from...

women walk miles and miles, spend two to three hours in the morning just to get water, and it is not clean water, but they are looking for anything called water. I remember the former Minister for Water and Irrigation, Madam Ngilu, would go to a conference in Spain with...

It is now time to call upon the Mover to reply. Proceed, Sen. Zipporah Kittony.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to sincerely thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Motion. When I moved this Motion this morning, I said that water is life. That has been demonstrated in this Chamber, this morning, by the contributions that have...

cooking leave alone for saving lives. There are many painful experiences that have been talked about.I would like this issue to come to a stop. Countries like Israel and India are examples of countries where you can travel for miles without finding water. Kenya is God-given. I normally call it...

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Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this very important Motion and thank Sen. Karaba for bringing it. Madam Temporary Speaker, the planning of our roads is something that, we all have to agree, has not been done well for a long time. First of all, the road...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to second the amendment. The Constitution of Kenya defines who a citizen of Kenya is by birth, registration or naturalisation. Once you qualify for citizenship, this becomes a right which cannot be taken away even from a robber and murderer, among others. Who is a...

Thank you for the information. We know that registration goes on. But that registration does not define the citizenship. Foreigners are also registered and issued with Kenyan birth certificates. There is nothing wrong with the law. The registration we are looking for is where you determine citizenship right from the...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. There are many issues that have been raised in the report and I think some of them are excuses. The question we should ask ourselves is whether the officers, that is, the county assembly...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last Thursday, I stood to support this Motion that the functions of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) be devolved to the counties. As per the Constitution, rural access roads are a function of county governments. So, the management of KeRRA should be taken over by...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Motion. I congratulate Sen. Lonyangapuo for bringing another very important Motion to this Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the role of elders in society is longstanding and the work that they have done is invaluable. Their work ranges from...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion. In doing so, I want to say that the system whereby the counties get their allocations on a monthly basis is laudable, especially because the counties do not have any other sources of money to spend if we...

Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. I would like to thank the Engineer Senator for bringing this important Motion. Road transport is key to any development that we seek to achieve and more specifically in the rural areas. I believe that all of us, while...