Oginga Oburu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. At the onset, I must state that I am a Member of this Committee of Devolution and Inter- Governmental Relations. I must also state that I am one of those Senators who visited Tharaka Nithi County in both Chuka and Kathwana. It...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to confess that at one time I was a member of a select Committee, like this one, which was investigating the death or the assassination of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Kenya, Dr. Robert Ouko. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to warn...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the honour. I also want to briefly say that contractors normally leave out drainages in making roads and this is deliberate. This is because contractors cannot work at a loss. Contractors are business people, but corruption within the Government, that is the Engineers...

These committees are the eyes of the people of Kenya. They make good recommendations and work very hard. However, if there is no seriousness in taking the recommendations, they make further and in prosecuting those who steal public funds and dip their hands into public coffers, then the work of...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu? Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Cherarkey to mislead the House that there is something called ‘a previous regime,’ when it is well known that his own boss was the...

Mr. Speaker, the difficulties which we have in our country are not made by ourselves. It is because we are living in a global village where events which are happening in other countries also affect events happening in our own country.I think the some of the reasons we are where...

Mr. Speaker, I think hon. Cherarkey is making a joke of what is very serious. It is well known. You could see it on TV the whole day in Kibra. When demonstrators who wanted to come and demonstrate in town were trying to get out of Kibera, the police went...

(Laughter) [The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Veronica Maina) in the Chair]

Mr. Speaker, Sir, my understanding is that the Committee on Finance and Budget, which is an arm of this House, on our behalf, looked at the same Bill that we are discussing. Their report is supposed to inform this debate, so that we debate with a view of what our...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also stand to support the Petition by Sen. Cherargei, Senator for Nandi County. I knew Hon. Jean Marie Seroney personally. He was a young astute lawyer, who represented not only Kenyans, but also his people very effectively in Parliament. The law which detained Hon. Jean Marie...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale wanted them to be honoured more or less. Whatever the case, the students need to be honoured more because they are not only just leaders of tomorrow, but also of today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the delegations visiting...

Yes, ‘youth leader.’ (Laughter)Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not get it. They are a delegation from which--- An.

Yes, it is from Kisumu County but from which institution? Hon. Senator, it is a University Students Association from Kisumu County. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In our tradition as the Senate, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the delegation from the great Kisumu County. Kisumu County...

We shall move to the next Statement. Is Sen. Murgor not here? The Statement is deferred.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. This is a great day for the Senate. The Senate Majority Leader has left. I would have liked to congratulate him because he is eloquent. He is a young man who I think will go far. He narrated exactly what happened in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was not given---.

Proceed, Sen. Nyamu. (Sen. Nyamu walked to the Dispatch Box) The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Madzayo) : On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. iii) Institute a protocol for sustainable development of the Lake Victoria Basin on the sharing of resources between partner states; and b) The Ministry of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I take this opportunity, first of all, to sincerely thank you for the ruling which you have just made on the issue of the changes on the Minority side. I have been very uncomfortable for the last three weeks that we have...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. The issue of land is a very sensitive because as much as it is a social issue it is also an economic issue. Land is an asset for the people and it is used to enable people to acquire some little wealth...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank my friend, the Senator for Nandi County, for bringing out this matter of education, which have been central even during the struggle for Independence of this country. There was the airlifts of Tom Mboya in the 1950s and the early 1960s. There was...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is an important statement being sought. Fertilizer is an important ingredient in farming. The Kenya Kwanza Government has stated that they do not want to subsidize consumption but production. They have put fertilizer as the only factor of production which they want to subsidize....