Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Thank you, Deputy Mr. Speaker, Sir. My regards to Waziri and congratulations on your appointment. Mine is a question about maritime tourism. Madam Waziri, will you share with us the case for investment in your Ministry and any specific plans, if any, about revitalising our maritime tourism?Specifically, if you look...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on Sen. Wakili Sigei’s statement on the issue of police brutality. This House must fight police force misuse against citizens. I was expecting that perhaps in that statement, another Senator could have requested that one of the biggest motions that we...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a point of information.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a point of information.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the scheme of service is one thing, but there are other challenges that face ECDE management in our counties, including provision of appropriate environment for learning, for example, classrooms and sanitary areas as they are not there in most of our ECDEs. It is a comprehensive...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the plight of Community Health Promoters (CHPs) and previously Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in Migori County. In the Statement, the Committee should-

Next is Sen. Cherarkey.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.105. As you might have observed, I was very patient. I did not want to interfere with the thought process of my dear brother, Senator from Homa Bay, Sen. M. Kajwang’. Madam Temporary Speaker, you have heard Sen. M. Kajwang’ arguing about...

One of the Funds that are normally misused are those for disaster response and management in the counties and even at the national level. For example, in Nandi County, in the Financial Year 2023/2024, according to the Report of the Auditor-General, the approved budget for disaster response and management was...

Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not an opinion. I would like him to clarify whether the necessity of this Bill is because the NDOC has failed or not.

Hon. Members, I hereby defer the putting of the question on Order No. 15 to the next time when we have the quorum. (Putting of the question on the Bill deferred) Next Order.

Sen. Cherarkey, your concerns are very well placed on the state of water service providers. The County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee that you were hoping will deal with that issue, had dealt with it in the previous session. We have done it very well and the report has...

Thank you, Sen. Eddy. (Question proposed) What is your point of order, Sen. Maanzo? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on a point of order, I would like to rise under Standing Order No. 41 on Quorum. This matter is so grave and important for every single county and it has to...

While I rise to oppose this amendment, I request that we proceed with the matters of the House. I agree that this is a very important Bill, in fact, for all of us, under Article(Applause) The principle that is being proposed is that we delete Section 5 of the existing...

Point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you will have a balance of 13 minutes when we resume. Hon. Members, let us rise.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.22. I wish the Majority Leader the courage to check Standing Order Nos.22 and 23. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to speak to them without reading them because they are too long. The reason they are too long is because...

Point of Order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know what is happening with the leadership today. The leadership keeps imputing improper motives on Members. The statement was made on a lighter note. However, the problem is that anything said on the HANSARD cannot be on a lighter note outside there. It...

For instance, I know that Sen. Cheruiyot likes mursik so much. When he goes to Busia, which is very close to the great County of Kisumu and also extends to the border of Kenya-Uganda, you will realise that the economy of fish is very big.We have seen people fighting over...

For you to scientifically deal with fire disasters that we are seeing in Nairobi, perhaps it is not the same way you are going to deal with a fire that is happening in Migori County, which could be an issue of forest fires that are caused by charcoal burners. These...

of power and energy in our country. Specifically, transparency throughout the procurement process of power has been wanting.This amendment seeks to address this core issue of transparency and accountability, not only in the governance structure, but also in the entire procurement process.I come from Migori County where I was lucky...

Counsel, could you please explain the affidavit to the Senators?

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I needed your pronouncement whether the affidavit was presented on time to the Clerk. That is the materiality with which the Senator for Homa Bay County was referring to that piece of evidence.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the materiality of the fidelity is about the issue of timing and filing. However, for my own purpose and use, I wanted to know whether the counsel for the defence objected to what the counsel has just talked about.

Thank you, Mr.Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will be fast. I referred to Section 229 (8) of the Constitution and Public Audit Act, Section 31 (5) . It is a Sen. Beth, please ask your questions.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My initial comment is on that the burden of proving forgery. Who alleges the forgery? Linda needed to have submitted evidence that it is not her signature. However, Linda, you were a legal advisor to the Governor at some point and you know in...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is due to lack of the registers that I did not see. If I got it correctly, you have been the Clerk since 2020. Other than the documents that you have alluded to in these volumes that have been forged, since the governor got into...

Let me just finish my question. Other than the documents we are talking about here, have there been any other documents or any correspondences whatsoever from the office of the governor that allude forgery to this magnitude?

this House on procedure for removal of a Governor. When you read it, it clarifies two scenarios for which an outcome of a special committee would be presented.Standing Order No.80(4) states that— “If the special committee reports that the particulars of any allegation against the governor— this House on procedure...

Proceed, Sen. Chimera.

Sen. Mandago. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, proceed. (Sen. Olekina spoke off record) Sen. Olekina, how can you raise a point of order when he has long concluded his remarks? Proceed, Sen. Tabitha.

Sen. Mutinda, you are still on the edge and you risk going down the cliff. Are you saying that the committee way cannot give justice to the people of Meru County? Just proceed and conclude.

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

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I would want us to appreciate as a country that even if in the mind of some leaders that seems like a temporary solution, we must focus on medium and long-term solution, which has made the young people agitated in this country.I hope that the Senate Majority Leader because he...

Point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Senator? Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the Communication. However, I do not know whether you observed the way the hon. Senator for Bungoma was roaming all over the House, while you were making the Communication. It...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to also pass a few comments on this particular Bill and report from the Committee that I am humbly part of. This proposal by the National Assembly should be rejected in totality. I hope that this House will be bolder...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I wanted to inform my very good friend, Sen. Gloria, that I hear where she comes from, but I do empathize with the fact that we are not discussing whether to reduce the money spent by county assemblies or the executive or not. The money we are...

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was just highlighting some elements of the Bill that are very important. I would then ask my friend to second it for me after moving. The current state of affairs is that the wages that the teachers in the early childhood section of our counties...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Early Childhood Education (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.54 of 2023) , be read now a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, --- Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa ufupi sana, naunga mkono Mswada huu wa...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I believe this is one of the most important Bills that we will pass this year. I thank Sen. Olekina for standing very strongly with the ECD teachers to make sure that they will have proper scheme of service and more salary increase to them. I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to make a quick comment and kindly protect me from Sen. Omogeni. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Omogeni is heckling.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not even started yet. I am just starting. Proceed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to make a quick comment on a very important issue that Sen. Onyonka has raised in this House through this statement on the possibility of auditing all our minerals and being...