Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunities and Regional Integration today, Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025- Report of the Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration on implementation of the Senate...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Laban Omusundi concerning the branding of public projects with images of Governors and Members of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Wambua on the resurgence of banditry in Kitui. This is not an isolated incident. There has been an increase in banditry activities. Of course, the more famous ones are the ones happening in the Kerio Valley and the...

If I can probably provide a way out and for the comfort of Sen. Osotsi, Sen. Kinyua and the rest of the Members that I know have a position they are trying to canvass. First of all, I associate myself with the comments of Sen. Wambua. It would have been...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was trying to confirm if you read the name of this institution right because to the best of my knowledge, students from Tengecha Boys were in this Parliament on Tuesday. This must be the second lot or the name is not typed correctly, but I will...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, the 29th May, 2025- REPORT OF THE COB ON THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY2024/2025 REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EMALI-SULTAN HAMUD MUNICIPALITY...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can see many Members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries present. I wonder why they are not--- I do not know who they are, unless you mention one. No, let me do it. REPORT ON CONSIDERATION OF THE NUTS AND OIL CROPS BILL...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) to hereby present the business of the week that commences on Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025. The status of business that is pending before the Senate is as follows- There are 53 Bills of which, 37 are at...

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

On a point of clarification, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Absolutely, Senate Majority Leader, that is the way to go. What is your point of clarification? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know who has wronged you today. However, I apologise on behalf of those who may have caused you great distress....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to comment on the statement by Sen. Cherarkey. On Sunday last week, accompanied by the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, we visited the family of the late Father Allois Bett. What we saw was truly devastating. The mother was completely distraught, as were the siblings...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, just a few minutes ago, you have read for us a very elaborate ruling on conduct in the House, including by way of utterances. It is even more troubling because this is the Chairperson for the Senate Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Speaker, earlier today gave a very strict communication on adherence to our Standing Orders. He read to us Standing Order No.101, which includes discussing the conduct of state officers in the absence of a substantial Motion. Sen. Omogeni, my good friend and neighbour from Nyamira...

Sen. Omogeni evaded everything that I asked him. In his logic, he has denied that he was ever a prominent member of the handshake government, something that we know very well. I know how powerful he was but then, if that is a logic, I wanted to ask him, the...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to appreciate the opportunity to do this. I beg to move that the Business Laws Amendment Bill (Senate Bills No.52 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. I have moved many Bills in this House, but none may prove to be as...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Sen. Wambua to second.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2025) be now read a Third time. I request Sen. Githuku to second.

Mr. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 27th May, 2025- The County Governments (Additional Allocations) Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2024/2025. (Sen. Cheruiyot laid the document on the Table)

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- Notwithstanding the resolution of the Senate made on 19th February, 2025, pursuant to Standing Order No.32, on approval of the Senate Calendar (Regular Sessions) for the Fourth Session 2025; and further notwithstanding the provision of Standing Order No.34...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on SHA. I do not know why people get offended or worked up when we say SHA is working. What else are we supposed to say? There is addiction to bad news in the country. Leaders must begin to live and know...

The problem is that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was on his phone when I was making my point. That is why he completely misunderstood what I mentioned. I was pursuing the point of fictitious claims, unless, Sen. (Dr.) Boni wants to mislead this House that NHIF did not have challenges of...

Okay, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the record of the House, I withdraw that comment.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the following Motion- THAT, notwithstanding the Resolutions of the Senate made on 19th February, 2025, pursuant to Standing Order 32 on the approval of the Senate Calendar (Regular Sessions) for the 4th Session 2025; further notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 34 (1)...

speak, I hope the Senate Majority and Minority Whips are whipping the Members for us to conclude on this today.I thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope Sen. Mandago together with the Members who serve in the Committee on Health, including Sen. Omogeni, will lead us home. They must at...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you, on behalf of my colleagues in the House this afternoon, to welcome the visiting delegation from Tengecha High School. Tengecha High School is one of the top performing schools in our County. I hope they will get full value of the time...

I know.

Proceed to conclude, Sen. Cherarkey.

I must say I was very offended that the person who is responsible for that, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, while at a church on Sunday in Nairobi, instead of telling the UHC workers how much money he has put in the budget, he attacked...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the drafters of this Constitution were very mean to the Senate. Extremely mean. When we eventually get to know the truth about what really happened, we would wish to look them in the face and ask, why did you hate devolution this much? You gave the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Cherarkey is not a first-time legislator. Even a first-time legislator by now knows the Standing Orders of this House. If he wants to discuss the conduct of the Cabinet Secretary, he knows what he needs to do. One, he knows that he needs to bring a...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to add my voice to the Statement by Sen. Andrew Okiya Omtatah on the killings of residents in Angata Barikoi, Narok County. I join Sen. Omtatah in seeking to understand, first of all, how far the Inspector General of Police has gone with regards to...

am not wrong, were spending more than half the resources that we devolved on paying salaries. Surely, why should you want to be called a governor? Your name should be turned to paymaster general. You are just a salaries payment officer if you are disposing more than half of the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Give me a second, I want to retrieve my notes. I beg to move that The Cooperatives Bill (National Assembly Bills No.7 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. This is a very important Bill. The cooperative movement is the heart and soul...

extremely powerful officers because many of our people are organising themselves into cooperatives.Sen. Mungatana, we seek to pass this piece of legislation so as to ensure that those men and women have sufficient powers to ensure that even the young people that you are about to tell me to go...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I associate myself with the comments by Senior Counsel, Sen. Okongo. That is something that has troubled me for a while. However, you need to find comfort in the fact that we have now since enshrined the Council of Governors (CoG) in law, making it a...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for indulging me. I seek your permission, under Standing Order No.1, that you allow us to extend by 15 minutes. I will reply in three minutes and conclude. I will not use the entire 15 minutes, if you can permit. You can even give...

The beauty of the SACCOs is that they provide financial support directly to the people we represent in this House. Very few of those who vote for me rely on commercial banks for loans; perhaps hardly 10 per cent. However, more than 90 per cent are members of a SACCO,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a question to the Cabinet Secretary with regards to her answer on individual loan products to women. Women entrepreneurs face very serious challenges and women have to overcome more barriers than us men in terms of access to opportunities. I have seen in the Cabinet...

Mr. Speaker, Speaker, Sir, as a punishment for interrupting a very solemn moment when students visit our institution, I will be requesting that we move the House that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale be compelled to meet with the students and buy them lunch. Otherwise, I welcome these students that have joined...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I rise to comment on the Statement by Sen. Edwine Sifuna on the operations of KRU. As a May 21, 2025 SENATE DEBATES fan of rugby and sports in general, it must be our interest to ensure that our federations function optimally and any...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Motion. Probably, it will be good for me to explain why, so that Members do not think that I am at variance with what the Committee is proposing. There is a little technicality on how this Motion is drafted. The Motion before...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think Sen. Omogeni was doing so well on this issue, representing his farmers, who incidentally are also my farmers because we come from the same region. He knows that when Sen. Moses Wetangula moved the House on that particular matter, it was because only four counties...

Development Fund (NG-CDF) at 2.5 per cent. If this House is to concur, then it must also affirm the exact percentage that should go to the counties for each financial year.The reliance on the last audited financial accounts has left counties struggling under deep debt and operating with insufficient resources....

The plan has always been that the train will have a stopover at Ikonge in North Mugirango. However, of late, we are hearing rumours that there is a plan to divert it to our neighbouring county and leave the people of Nyamira out.Madam Temporary Speaker, that region has coffee, tea...

The plan has always been that the train will have a stopover at Ikonge in North Mugirango. However, of late, we are hearing rumours that there is a plan to divert it to our neighbouring county and leave the people of Nyamira out.Madam Temporary Speaker, that region has coffee, tea...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a question with regards to the financial inclusion product otherwise known as a Hustler Fund, which the Cabinet Secretary responded to in the first part of the question. For the record, to the best of my knowledge, the President never promised a grant....

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, just for 10 seconds on the issue of procedure; yesterday at the Senate Business Committee (SBC) , we passed an agreement that whenever we are handling this session and we are pressed for time, we give priority first to Members who initially drafted questions before the...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg for your indulgence because I still have an additional request to the Cabinet Secretary on this tobacco issue. It is something that he has alluded to. Can I make it as a request so that as he brings additional information to the House---? That is...

Mr. Speaker, I thought I had trained very many assistants, but nonetheless--- There were many others besides Sen. Methu. REPORT ON CONSIDERATION OF THE COUNTY CIVIC EDUCATION BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.4 OF 2024) REPORT ON CONSIDERATION OF THE KENYA POLICY ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (SESSIONAL PAPER NO.3 OF 2023)

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very sad affair.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not mind.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I hold the Senator together with all the Members who serve in that Committee in high regard, but I must look them straight in the eye and tell them that they have failed...

As I have said, among all the absurd statements made, the most concerning is the Chair’s revelation that the Controller of Budget claims she cannot determine which function of the Assembly is benefiting from these funds because she receives Exchequer requests directly from the county government. These funds are not...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of my colleagues and the Senate, I do welcome the students who have visited with us this afternoon. I hope they will get full value of their time and money that they have spent to visit the Senate. This is their home in...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir. Data protection is a very serious issue. I know this because many times when we pass legislation that allows Government to acquire data from citizens, we have always had a conversation as a House on the importance of ensuring that storage of this data guarantees...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I support the Creative Economic Support Bill 2024. I wish it had been called The Creative Economy and Innovation Support Bill, 2024. I hope at the Committee of the Whole Sen. Eddy should allow us to amend. Before I make my comments, pass my...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I proceed with this Statement, let me take this opportunity to welcome hon. Senators back from the short recess. I hope they took time to rest, spend time with their families and friends, reconnect with their constituents and rejuvenate themselves for Part III of the Fourth...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this request was for comments in the earlier discussion. I do not have a comment on the Statements.