Beatrice Akinyi Ogolla

Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill that has been presented by my sister, Sen. Miraj. You and me are part of Committee that has started that journey even before this Bill comes in. It tickled me yesterday, Madam Temporary Speaker, that...

Did you mention a school in Ndhiwa?

Would it be better if you ask that question to the Cabinet Secretary next time specifically on titling? I am trying, so that other Senators who have questions have an opportunity to get the responses. Proceed, Sen. Sifuna.

Sen. Sifuna, I already gave guidance on that issue.

Thank you, Honourable Speaker. On the issue of the ---

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was amazed that my Secretary General (SG) is talking about a way in which pregnancies occur. I only know of one way. That is beside the point. My point back to this question, on the dropout rates and particularly those affected by poverty. My question to...

I know the CS has talked about the general measures, but I was very specific to the urban poor, which have peculiar challenges. Are there any affirmative measures other than the general measures the Ministry has? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the rural setup, I could expound, there are social...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the statement by the Senator for Murang’a. I sometimes support the Hammurabi laws that speak of an eye for an eye. If one had to torture and kill our people because of pineapples, there must be a way in which the same culprits...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement on the state of the Kenyatta National Hospital. As I support this Statement, it is important to note that Kenyatta National Hospital, being a national referral hospital, requires massive funding. All what Sen. Omtatah has enumerated here is...

Madam Temporary Speaker, from the word go, I want to declare that I support the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. Counties are distinct governments. It is unfortunate that we are always lamenting about disbursements throughout the financial year. I feel like counties are on the receiving...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I start from where Sen. Khalwale has left on the issue of public schools. Do we know that most of the managers of our public schools and especially the primary schools, are spending all their days in cybers in the many urban centers around those schools?...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Back to this issue of not voting. The hon. Member is a representative of the people and he oversights on their behalf. Why would you as a representative of your people not take a position on a topical issue that affects them? After this, are...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Hon. Member, as an elder, there seems to have been a problem in your county for some time. What Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods have you initiated as an elder to solve some of these problems that you have in the county? Secondly, is there...

Sen. Mumma, please, proceed.

you have an official role of knowing where people keep their phones or for what reasons did you know where the Hon. Member's phone was? you have an official role of knowing where people keep their phones or for what reasons did you know where the Hon. Member's phone was?

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Sen. Beatrice? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, please sit down. Madam Temporary Speaker, is the Majority Whip insinuating that Homa Bay does not deserve services from this Government? Yes, we are Kenyans. We are County 043 and we...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Majority Whip, I never quarreled with you. I only confirmed your assertions.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to emphasise that the same respect that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has talked about on their region is the same respect ODM as a party calls for from each one of us. There was a reference of a blood group. I wondered which blood...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to read a Statement on behalf of Sen. Richard Onyonka, the Senator of Kisii County. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health on a matter of nationwide concern regarding the suspension...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 41 OF 2023)

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I needed to get this from the Cabinet Secretary. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, do you think last year we handled the Gen Z issues well? In your opinion as a Ministry, what are some of the innovative ways in which we could have attended to their outcries?

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for accepting that my head of delegation asks more than one question. I will ride on the privilege he has as his delegation. That is a preserve of the Chairperson, Sen. Beatrice. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I start by welcoming the Cabinet Secretary, Hon....