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Sen. Wako Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to drop my amendment to this clause. (Proposed amendment withdrawn) (Question, that clause 35 be part of the Bill, proposed.) Division will be at the end. June 15, 2017 SENATE DEBATES THE COUNTY STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS BILL (SENATE BILL NO. 10 OF 2015)...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is my pleasure and privilege to second this Motion.

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to second this important Motion which I am seconding with a lot of emotions because after you have been with colleagues for four and a half years, forged friendship and worked together, a time comes when you...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senate Majority Leader said, I was proud at the very beginning of our term when we were faced with a great challenge which went to the root of our legislative power under the Constitution. Had that issue not been handled in the...

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Sen. Wako Order! Order Members! Sen. Murkomen, nobody will chase you out of the Chamber, but I am sure the Deputy Speaker appreciates your other role as the Deputy Majority Leader and you might need to consult. However, do so in low tones, and preferably very far from the Speaker.

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Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today,---

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the Senate today:- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) report on the status of diaspora voter registration and voting. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) policy on voter registration and voting for...

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a petition by Mr. Wachira Kariuki Musa on Unfair and Unconstitutional Treatment by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) which I would like to lay on the Table.

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Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, they are all bound together.

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I table the report dated 2nd March, 2017 which was sent to Clerk and duly approved by the hon. Speaker on 7th March 2017. Here it is.

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to make it easier for the Clerks.

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second Petition is by Hon. Jeremiah Kioni on the boundary dispute between Laikipia and Nyandarua counties which was sent to the Clerk on 2nd March 2017 and duly approved by the Speaker on 7th March 2017. I table it. (Sen. Wako laid the document...

March 28, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. WakoAMr. Speaker, Sir, I do hope that the matters which touch on amendments of the Constitution will be given due priority, particularly in the next Parliament after elections. As we all know, we had a number of initiatives---

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I table it. (Sen. Wako laid the document on the Table)

March 28, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. WakoAThank you very much for the correction on the procedure to be followed.

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, Tuesday 28th March, 2017: The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Report on the Status of Diaspora Voter Registration and Voting. THE IEBC POLICY ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTING FOR CITIZENS...

Sen.Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Prof.) Lonyagapuo for having read on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader the business for the week commencing 28th but I would also want to convey to the Senate Majority Leader that we are going into recess at a time when there...

Sen. Wako Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance to second this Motion. It is a Motion to which I have a lot of attachment to if, I may say so, because my own father in 1961 became the first Clerk of the then East African...

Sen. Wako Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Senator for Nandi for having presented this Petition on behalf of the Talai Community. The Talai Community has to be compensated. Because of the shortage of time, I just want to refer to the last prayer which is about enabling the...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the people of Busia and my own behalf, I send my sincere condolences to the family of the late Governor and the people of Nyeri. I met the late Gachagua when he was a Member of Parliament. He came to my...

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to thank you for the discretion you have rightly exercised this afternoon particularly in light of the importance of this Bill. You will recall that this is the Bill where this Senate was denied participation until we had to go to...

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

Sen. Wako Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is the Senator for Kakamega County in order on two points? One, to say that I misled this House when the HANSARD will confirm that all I said is that the Senate Majority Leader,the Senate Minority Leader, their February 28, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen....

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Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 5th January, 2017:- The Report of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Standing Committee on Information and Technology on the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National...

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on the Report of the Joint Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Committee on Information and Technology. The Report has been laid and because I understand that I am not moving a...

Sen. Wako Thank you. Hon. Members will recall that on 28th December, 2016, the Speaker of the Senate relayed a message from the Speaker of the National Assembly to the House regarding the passage of the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.63 of 2015. The Bill was...

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact the Committee followed the Standing Orders. The decision of the Committee is by the majority. (Loud Consultations)

Sen. Wako Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Kimani, do not be jittery. (Laughter)

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, since I have less than five minutes, I advise Senators to read that Report and get informed on where the views lay on each and every issue. I will now go to one of the amendments that relates to the contentious New Clause 44 (a)...

Sen. Wako Mr. Speaker, Sir, Senators should read the Report carefully. At the end of the day, the majority decision carried, but in accordance with the Standing Orders, we have also attached a minority report, which I hope the Senators will also read before they make a final determination on...

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Sen. Wako Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Sir. Although my good friend and brother, Sen. Haji, says that we should not keep reminding ourselves about the past, I think it is very important that we go by history. The point of contention, as my colleagues have said, is the use of...

Mr. Chairman, Sir, one of the greatest frustrations of this kinds of rushed types of Bills - I have lately been trying to read HANSARDS of former parliaments, if you mind me saying this - the debates and the research is so interesting. Lately, it is saddening that for instance,...

Sen. Wakoyou are proposing to put a new Clause 26A.Yes Mr. Chairperson. A new Clause 26A by amending Section 109.The Chairperson (Sen. Kembi-Gitura): Okay. Mr. Chairperson, we have now provided that the regulations will give the IEBC a role to find a method of how diaspora and prisoners will be...

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Sen. Wako On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate that we have lost Mr. John Keen, a statesman in this country but I do not think I am bereaved and wailed in this House. It is not petty because the Minority Leader is fond of abusing people....