Abshiro Soka Halake

Sen. Halake Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join you and my fellow Senators in welcoming the delegation from the Chinese Embassy to the Senate. May 19, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 2 Sen. HalakeI wish them the very best as they take care of the bilateral relationship between Kenya and...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not a Member of the Committee, but I wish to congratulate her on a good and comprehensive report. I am encouraged we are getting reports back in the House. It is a good sign. Congratulations madam Chairperson and your Members. The issue of...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is not to belittle the sitting Deputy President. I was fast-forwarding; in two months, this country will have a female Deputy President. I am ahead of myself. I meant that in less that two months we will have a female Deputy President.

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, I may have the right of reply but I will let that pass. I do not want to be in trouble now that you have already rested the case. Back to the Petition and its content, I support and I am thankful to the team...

Sen. Halake Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Statement by Sen. Khaniri and congratulate him on all the topical issues he brings to this House, which always help the rest of us because issues like these are prevalent across all our counties. We do not want...

Sen. Halake Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was saying that we cannot be told there are budgetary constraints, especially with projects that have good source of financing such as the World Bank and other development partners. The World Bank, through the Kenya Urban Support Programme (KUSP) , also works...

Sen. Halake Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am a Member of the Committee. However, there are a number of things that had not been concluded by the time of tabling this report. As you may be aware, the Committee has been summoning the CS, EPRA and other stakeholders with...

Sen. Halake Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to thank Sen. Kwamboka for presenting this. However, I am a bit disappointed with the Committee. If there is one committee whose work is urgent, which involves life and death, the rule of law and disintegration of our country should we not...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Amendment Bill 2021. As I have become accustomed to, whenever I look at Bills emanating from the National Assembly, I look at three things. First, is the prosecution of devolved units. As much as this...

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Sen. Halake Thank you. Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice onto the debate or is it the blame game of fuel shortage. As I sat here and listened, I wondered what happened to the mentality of getting solutions as opposed to the mentality of...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to join you in welcoming the delegation from Machakos County Assembly that is here to benchmark on Information Communication Technology (ICT) matters. As the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Information Communication and Technology of the Senate, allow me to welcome them and...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for protecting me. The Universal Service Fund was designed for hard-to-reach infrastructure. In places like Isiolo County, even the basic 2G network does not cover many places. Places like Gotu, Leparwa, Komu, parts of Odlonyiro and other parts that are very close to...

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Sen. Halake Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I agree with my colleague, Sen. Khaniri, that this is a very important function that the Government is missing out on. For many years, many of us grew up to the nice voice of one Mr. Ngwata Francis....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I agree with my colleague, Sen. Khaniri, that this is a very important function that the Government is missing out on. For many years, many of us grew up to the nice voice of one Mr. Ngwata Francis. If he...

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just saying that this Government cannot predict anything. When they are told the right thing, they do not follow. You know Sen. Halake---

Sen. Halake Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not fair for this House and the country to be misled, and we allow that to happen.

Sen. Halake In the sense that she said that BBI is dead. The BBI is still on; on the appeal allowed on issue numbers one, four, five, six and seven.

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Sen. HalakeSimjui binafsi lakini ningependa kuwapa pole kwa sababu huu ni wakati mgumu sana kwa familia ya mwendazake. Hata hivyo, sisi kama Wabunge ni familia yake pia. Sitaki kusema sana ila tu kuwaombea Mungu awape subra wakati huu mgumu wa buria. Vile vile awape wananchi na Wabunge wa Uganda subra...

Sen. Olekina, wakati ni wako.

Asante, Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa fursa ili niweze kutoa rambirambi zangu kwa familia ya aliyekuwa Spika wa Bunge la Uganda na Wabunge wa Uganda ambao najua wamechaguwa Spika mwingine. Wamempoteza mtu shupavu. Kazi ya Spika ni kama ya refarii ambaye anaketi pale kutupa sisi nafasi ili tuweze kutetea...

Bw. Spika wa Muda, nashukuru sana kwa nafasi hii umenipa ili kuwasilisha rambi rambi zangu kwa Waganda na jamii ya Spika mwendazake. Ni uchungu sana kumpoteza Spika. Wakati wa michezo Spika wa Uganda alikuwa mwepesi kwa kutengeneza urafiki. Kwa niaba yangu na ya watu walemavu, ningependa kusema pole sana kwa...

Order Members. Maseneta nina TAARIFA KUTOKA KWA SPIKA UCHAPISHAJI WA KANUNI ZA KUDUMU KATIKA KISWAHILI NA UWILILUGHA March 24, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 7

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Sen. Halake Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support Sen. Kasanga on her Motion on fast-tracking cultural development in counties. I would like to congratulate her because she has always come up with very useful pieces of legislation that will definitely put her on the map of...

Sen. HalakeCOGNIZANT OF THE FACT that the Constitution of Kenya in Article 42 provides for the right to a clean and healthy environment for every Kenyan, which includes the right to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations. FURTHER NOTING THAT climate change is a...

Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, proceed.

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Sen. Halakebecause of activism. These are issues our people are going through. The rangelands in Northern Kenya are not generating, even with the same amount of rainfall.We have 10 per cent forest cover. If we tell our children that 30 per cent forest cover is the difference, that is what...

Thank you. Hon. Senators, I have determined that this matter does not affect counties. (Question put and agreed to) Hon. Senators, we will go back to Order No. 25. Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura the Floor is yours. THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 29 OF 2020)

Sen. Halake Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Iman. As a young mother, I am sure she is concerned and would like something done about this. I would like to also mention that there is a general sense of lawlessness, desperation, mental...