Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Nyamira County has faced a lot of problems. (Several hon. Senators spoke off record) Just relax. Can you just let me do my thing? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minority side feels that because Nyamira County has faced a lot of problems, I have instructions from...

Therefore, that would mean that we should hold the County Government of Siaya's public works department liable.Upon inviting the County Government of Siaya and inviting Mr. Otieno, we further established that this was far from the truth. There was actually a contractor by the name Mr. Aineah, who had been...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, you know that Sen. Okiya Omtatah has spent a lot of time in the streets, so this criss-crossing in the streets anyhow is his habit, but you can perhaps forgive him, so that he can learn the manners of the House. With time, he will understand.

I did, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This House has Standing Orders and I am grateful that you are the one who taught me most of it in the early times. You know, you are an elder and you used to sit with me and you would show me the Standing...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, time without number, I keep on talking about the need for Members to read and understand. You have heard my brother, Sen. Cherarkey, quote Article 50 of the Constitution on matters of technicalities. He has done that twice and you can confirm with the HANSARD, yet...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is once again debating the Report.

Let me conclude, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

I will conclude, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If I do not do conclude, there is the danger of Sen. Cherarkey re-debating the report in the pretext of what I have just complained about, not reading, and he wants me to take him back to class to read again. I cannot...

I was not bashing them, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Oketch, avoid exchanging with your colleagues. (Loud consultations)

Sen. Cherarkey--- (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) (Loud consultations)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, will you protect me? (Loud consultations) I am on HANSARD, requesting you as the leader of this House, because this is a very important Petition. We have done a narrative of everything that transpired. I encourage the Senators that, before they take a decision on this...

(Loud consultations)

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir---

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it pleases you, I withdraw and apologise.

simple English it means, if it is a matter in court, let them deal with it in court. I do not know whether a few Senators wanted us to explicitly tell them go to court.. You have established that this matter is being dealt with in a different jurisdiction. Let...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.66

Mutinda, we served in the Committee on the Shakahola matter. We had a task to do when we went to Kilifi. Part of our oversight was visiting the hospital and looking at some of the observations that are appropriately indicated here. They are factual because we also observed them when...

I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I know there is pressure of time. This is a very fundamental report. I thank the Committee on Health for having made a visit, and not just a visit, but also networking, meaning that they add a positive attitude towards being able to...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, with your permission let me take this opportunity to congratulate my sister, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, together with the young people that I am seeing from the Scouts Movement. This is one of the movements that I take pride in from my...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank the Senate Majority Leader for the trust that he has in me to second this momentous Motion. This is because, as he has said, it is a constitutional requirement that the President give this kind of report on all the measures that...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for instance, the NSWF is something that I have proposed in this House. It is a Bill going through scrutiny, but no one has appreciated that. When I talk about stabilising our revenue structure, this is something that has come from this House. It would be,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, Waziri has indicated that Homa Bay County has got no good climatic conditions for growing pyrethrum. The national Government is charged with making policy on some of these devolved Government functions. Is there a policy position to that effect and has it been communicated to counties? We...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to tell my good neighbour and also my mentor - nowadays he qualifies as my mentor - he used to be my friend but now he is becoming my confidant, that when the Motion was brought, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga had not been made a...

This was a Petition that was presented to us by one Mr. Francis Otieno Otieno, a man with a double name like Miguna Miguna, or a friend of mine called Oketch Oketch. That notwithstanding, this Petition emanated from Siaya County. Mr. Otieno Otieno is seeking compensation for sugarcane crop that...

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

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Kinyua, can you proceed and finish your one minute? What is your point of order, Sen. Eddy? Sen. Kinyua, resume your seat. Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.105 to seek clarification. There are people that the Senator for...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Eddy, what is your point of order? Sen. Karungo, resume your seat. Madam Temporary Speaker, the party leader of ODM, the wisest party leader now existing in the country with a lot of experience, is a Member of this House. He...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wanted to make a quick comment on the Statement by Sen. Okiya Omtatah with regard to state of infrastructure development in the sugar belt region. It is in my heart that always I live by the Kiswahili saying that goes, “Mgala muue na haki mpe” which...

Madam Temporary Speaker, perhaps, it would be good, because Sen. Cherarkey is a good friend of mine, and he is also a legal mind. I just do not know to what extent his legal mind helps him. Madam Temporary Speaker, what happens is this. Sen. Cherarkey was quoted over the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Statement that the Senator for Nandi has raised is important. It seeks to get accountability on the side of our foreign relations offices, regarding our citizens in neighbouring countries, particularly Tanzania. The mantra is that sometimes there is something called, too little too late. After the...

When were you talking to Sen. Cherarkey? I thought you were talking to the Speaker. Thirty seconds and we are concluding. We are past the 3.30 p.m. Just conclude. Sen. Oketch Gicheru: It would be important for that same Committee to look into the quality of contractors who must ensure...

It would be important for that same Committee to look into the quality of contractors who must ensure that there is quality assurance and insurance in the nature with which these markets are developed. Lastly, I think it is important that the Committee interrogates the Micro and Small Enterprise Authority...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is under Standing Order No.101, where you are imputing improper motive on the leadership of the Kenya Kwanza. The Kenya Kwanza is a big organisation and institution that has Members of the Senate. When you talk about this empowerment, the statement that Sen....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am glad to see the Cabinet Secretary here. She got back to work and she has been doing a lot that she could do within the time that she came in. My question is; what are the targeted programmes you have for kids who...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary has talked for long and my question is informed by the data that he has talked about. I request that you allow me one minute. What he has referred to is a project by the Government that is not economically viable. I do...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not being impatient, but I asked a specific question. However, the hon. Cabinet Secretary has spent a lot of time talking about the rationale of why they want to start this company. I asked about the viability of this company. The viability is; what...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday 12th November, 2025- Report of the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Francis Otieno regarding compensation for sugarcane crop damaged by...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I second.

Hon. Senators, I now put the question that the Cooperatives Bill (National Assembly Bills No.7 of 2024) be now read a Third time.(Technical hitch)Hon. Senators, you may now vote.(The Clerk-at-the Table consulted the Temporary Speaker)Hon. Senators, I am informed that there is a technical hitch, so allow one minute for...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT the Senate adopts the report of the Standing Committee on Roads, Transport and Housing on a petition to the Senate by Mr. Francis Otieno regarding compensation for sugarcane crop damaged by the department of public...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I will quickly make a few comments on this statement with the former good Senator of Nandi now becoming not a very--- (An hon. Member spoke off record) Are you paid by Sen. Cherarkey? On a more serious note, this...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I still insist that Sen. Cherarkey is rising on frivolous points of order.

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I still insist that Sen. Cherarkey is rising on frivolous points of order.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am on a point of order. This again is frivolous. If you look at the Standing Order under which Sen. Osotsi is being accused, Standing Order No.101, it does not prohibit the mentioning of any name. It prohibits imputing improper motive or mentioning a name...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I will make very quick comments that are direct. What we see happening in our police cells is disheartening and dehumanising. Most importantly is the dignity of the justice system that starts with police cells or people under police custody. The...

As approved, indeed, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to thank you for your courtesy because just like Sen. Sifuna, I was in the team that went to India to bring the remains of our departed leader and brother, Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. I would not participate better if I...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is my pleasure again to stand here to second this Motion on the amendments that have come from the National Assembly with regards to the County Governments Additional Allocation (No.2) (Senate Bills No.8 of 2025) . Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a routine Bill to second....

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

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Oketch Gicheru, what is your point of order? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise under the Standing Order No.105 on the statement of facts. Perhaps, my good friend, Sen. Sifuna’s statements borders Standing Order No.101. He insinuated that we are...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.105 is on responsibility for statement of fact. The Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) has been delayed because the matter is actively in court. It has not been delayed because of the broad-based government. The issue is in court. In fact, he, as a...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my point of order is just on Standing Order No.101 in terms of imputing improper motive. I think that this Committee, and I want to wish my colleagues the courage--- Sen. Mumma and Sen. Sifuna are very good legislators. As a Committee, when we receive these...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion by Sen. Cherarkey. The strength of a nation and how a nation progresses is measured first by how it treats its children from when they are young. The kind of lifestyle you want for your children determines the stride of...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It cannot be a point of order, Sen. Eddy. What is your intervention? Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know it is a very cold season. I want some clarity because, as the cold season begins, I am starting to notice different kinds of...