Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion by the Senate Majority Leader. This is an important Bill. Therefore, it would be unfair for any Member not to contribute to it.

people during emergencies and taking care of public health problems, as well as helping our people to deal with immediate health services. However, all this is a matter of being timely in that response.I think the spirit of this Bill is to ensure that when health facilities can have money...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru, in view of the circumstances that surrounded the extension of time for the debate, I will order that the House be adjourned. (Laughter) What is your point of order, Sen. Oketch Gicheru? Madam Temporary Speaker, I am rising under Standing Order No.1 to seek your interpretation and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to be sure that I am turning myself here because this is a very important matter. Sen. Kinyua, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will not belabor much on this particular Motion because as the Senate Majority Leader, the very able leader Sen. Cheruiyot has indicated, we get energy as a people in this House from the people we represent. When we were starting the sitting in the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start now. I would like to say that at the very least, this particular National Dialogue Committee gives this country a promise of creating a very significant momentum with the aim of inclusively transforming the socio-political and economic conflict that has engulfed this country since...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start now. I would like to say that at the very least, this particular National Dialogue Committee gives this country a promise of creating a very significant momentum with the aim of inclusively transforming the socio-political and economic conflict that has engulfed this country since...

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this House very seriously and I rise under Standing Order No.121 which says - “A Senator is disorderly if the Senator knowingly raises a false point of order.” Sen. Orwoba rose in this House---

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a proud member of the Committee on Finance and Budget, I second.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. You know I always comply. BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES IN KENYA WITHDRAWAL OF SECURITY DETAILS OF AZIMIO ONE KENYA ALLIANCE LEADERS

[The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Wakili Sigei) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Mumma) in the Chair]

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Members, I wish to rule on this. I will allow comments for not more than two minutes for the remainder of the three Senators; Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. Mwaruma and Sen. Osotsi. Sen. Oketch Gicheru, as you make reference to the fact that the House was empty, that is not...

for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) players, but also outside because the sugarcane industry is dying. Our farmers’ sugar cane is drying in the farms. The only thing that can stop it is dealing with some players who are not sugar millers and do not have out grower schemes--- for...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The players who do not even have out grower skills are the players who are given the chance to import sugar. If the Government of the day is serious, they should know that if you allow our millers to crush our sugarcane without protecting...

This Session has been a tempestuous one because we have sitting in this House while the country has been facing many challenges. However, in the same sense, a lot of opportunities.I have felt that in some of the deliberations we have had in this House, whether through Statements, Motions, and...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I appreciate this Committee for their work. Sen. Kavindu Muthama has engaged the families of the victims. This has also rekindled the conversation around this matter in our country to the extent that it has made visible the frontline workers. These are people who...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I missed this dispatch for the last three months that I have been sick. I thank you, for the great support you have offered me during the last three months. I also thank colleagues, including my Captain Sen. Chreruiyot, who...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Cheruiyot is my leader. I never want to interfere, especially when he is submitting on serious issues that define our relationship with the National Assembly. I empathise with his passion in submitting on this issue. However, is he in order...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to share some thoughts on the Bill. As I had told the substantive Speaker, I am grateful to be back in the House in order to contribute to the business. I will not forget to thank the people of...

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

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Sen. Omogeni spoke off record)

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

I am just finishing, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. So, the money that--- fact. They advised the Committee on Finance and Budget of this House with clear indications of where those monies were going to come from.

I am just finishing, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. So, the money that---

Sen. Osotsi----

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be brief. You know these are emotive issues and we do not want to discuss them so much because sometimes there is also a possibility for talks that are going on. Nonetheless, I stand under Standing Order No.105 which talks about statement of facts. Sen....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not a point of order, but just a point of clarification on the Communication about travel. Does this apply even during recess when the sitting of the House is not affected?

Sen. Ali Roba, please proceed.

Sen. Cherarkey, you are out or order. The Senator certainly did not contribute to whatever you went through. Do not refer to the statement that Sen. Oketch Gicheru referred to regarding withdrawal of security then. I believe that was in the Third Senate. Sen. Cherarkey, is that what you are...

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My point of order is that the Senator has argued that for us to get our security back, I want to talk about myself because my security was withdrawn as a Member of Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party, I must go and apologize to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand guided. I would like to guide the young Senator although they somehow get irritated when you tell them that they are new. You could still do it during your debate and then counter me. You do not have to come up on a point of...

Hon. Senators, in the Public Gallery, we have 100 students, accompanied by eight teachers, from Cardinal Otunga High School Mosocho – Kisii County. They are in the Senate on an education tour. Hon. Senators, in our usual tradition of receiving and welcoming visitors to Parliament, I extend a warm welcome...

from Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Madam Temporary Speaker, since this is debate, it is good for us to listen and get the clarity of the thinking of a Member so that he can carry us with him.

What is your point of order, Senator? What do I mean by this? I have seen my brother Sen. Cherarkey struggling with the concept of having even a Senate representative visible in the Budget Implementing Structure that we are proposing in this Bill. The complexity emerges because perhaps the understanding...

Good morning, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have not been in the House for a while and I thank you for the support. I am still on sick leave, but sometimes it is sickly to be at home and not to be here. Sometimes the deliberations here are more important than...

Thank you. Pole sana. I can see something happened to you. I wish you quick recovery, Sen. Oketch Gicheru.

Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am getting better. I am happy to, once in a while, pop into the House and contribute. It is amazing that we are discussing SDGs this morning. These SDGs are a key framework to ensure that the human index in our...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is nice to see you as well. It has been a while. I thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. It is a very good and timely Motion. The Kenya Kwanza Government has really struggled with the idea...