Beatrice Akinyi Ogolla

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I welcome the Cabinet Secretary and our senior brother once more. My question to the Cabinet Secretary is, what percentage of the funds lent, especially of the Hustler Fund, has become bad debt? Mr. CS, now that we are in a broad- based Government, is...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. My question is straightforward. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, with the establishment of the three health funds under SHA, how do you ensure that patients will not be lining up at chemists to look for drugs that have been prescribed in hospitals? That has been a big...

county assembly oversees. What then happens if we have a county assembly that is illegal and non-functional?I say it is illegal because it is not clear who is running this county assembly. The county assemblies are definite. We have them referred to as the county assembly--- county assembly oversees. What...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to end by talking to the Governor of Nyamira. Put your house in order and let the County Assembly of Nyamira to run. Your time will come to an end. Whether you want that assembly not to be disarmed, as a Senate, what...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to mourn a gallant son of Homa Bay County. The loss of Sir Charles Ong’ondo Were as we referred to him, is not only a loss to the Kasipul Kabondo Constituency team, but also to Homa Bay County at large, Parliament, Kenya, and the ODM...

I thank you, honorable Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I rise to support the Statement by the Senator of Kisumu, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, on the pollution of Lake Victoria. Some time back, a research was done by a German organization. From the findings of that research, somebody said...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My question to the Cabinet Secretary is: What is the state of basic services that the Kenyan refugees in Magatho and Dilo Towns in Ethiopia have access to? Now that we are planning for their coming back to Kenya, what are the re-integration plans that...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you once more for granting me an opportunity to read out the Question by the Senator for Migori as instructed by himself. Before I do so, I would like to welcome the Cabinet Secretary, hon. Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, who was also my Deputy Party Leader and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My first supplementary questions is: Hon. CS, do you have an inventory of these former employees? If so, how many are they? You have said that they have suffered for so long. Do you know how many they are? What are the timelines of the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to comment on the Statement by the Senator for Kisumu, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, regarding ethnic exclusion and marginalization of PWDs in the county assemblies. It is not only county assemblies. We want to encourage inclusion in all sectors, whether in public service or private...

of Parliament. It is unfortunate if we continue with the trend of speaking at the spur of the moment and moving away immediately after.I am glad that we are having a conversation about this Bill because the organ of it is how to give life to statutory instruments that have...

I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For giving me an opportunity to support the amendment that we have before us. It is a great amendment to the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2024. I support this because of certain challenges that we have had with implementing authorities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. This is a request for a statement on the poor living conditions of police officers living quarters in Ndhiwa Police Station in Homa Bay County. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Défence...

I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will start by supporting the first two Statements under Standing Order No.52 (1) . As we remember J.M. Kariuki on the 50th anniversary of his death, I want it to go on record that I also want to remember, in a special...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I especially applaud the leadership of this country, that is the two leading lights; His Excellency the President and the former Prime Minister. It is not for any reason that I indicate that I am proud of these two gentlemen....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to comment on the Statements. I want to add my voice to the Senator for Kisumu's Statement on the transfer of core county functions by the County Government of Kisumu to the City of Kisumu. The Urban Areas and Cities Act envisaged...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, my concern is about development of dams in general and not just Thwake Dam. Why does the Government begin their projects before land owners are compensated?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my Question is as follows-

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. To the Cabinet Secretary, do we have disaster preparedness measures put in place that are gender sensitive because disasters affect gender differently?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by the Senator for Nandi County on unsettled electricity bills owed to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) by the county governments. I insist that county governments must pay their electricity bills. We cannot tell other Kenyans to...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I rise to support the statement by Sen. Cherarkey, I keep on asking myself for how long medics will be on the streets in this country for their issues to be addressed. As we are seated here, those medics on the streets would have been...