Mogeni Erick Okongo

The amendment proposes to amend the Health Act 2025, by inserting a new Section 7A to address a number of issues affecting those who are not able to pay medical bills that are incurred in our public hospitals and in some cases, private hospitals. I am sure that all of...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to also make my contributions to The Public Audit (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.4 of 2024) , that has been forwarded to us from the National Assembly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me begin by stating very firmly...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am following the submissions by the Senate Majority Leader keenly. I am also disappointed that I witnessed the signing of some two Bills yesterday. One of them is the National Infrastructure Fund Bill, 2026. I thought that that Bill concerns counties and we would have...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Leader used to be a commissioner. I have gone through the records and seen the bad habits of the commissioners of yesteryears. They are the ones who used to be up every now and then. I remember we christened them “sky team”. However,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was waiting for Sen. Oketch to tell us whether he is a fish farmer or a sugarcane farmer, so that we benefit from his experience as a farmer. I heard that he is the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation and...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know that there are things that can be said in a very slight way, but they can easily throw aspersions. The fact is, number one, it will be important for my neighbours in Kisii to understand that Sen. Onyonka is not in those two committees....

Yes, thank you. I am ever grateful to Sen. Oketch. He put in some support to ensure that I get this position of Commissioner, including my neighbour, my good friend, Sen. Cheruiyot. If there is a Bill that is so important to the farmers of Kenya, it is this particular...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. For the record, I agree almost entirely with this Bill that has been processed and sent to us by our brothers and sisters in the National Assembly. It is very enriching sitting next to my colleague, Sen. Wambua. I have learned today that the...

Is it a point of information? I need to give you permission. Is it a point of order?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my good friend, Sen. Wambua, should liaise with his Party Leader, who is our korera, our in-law. He knows when you come to Kisii and tell us you have brought a cow, it is not complete till you say a four-legged animal. You can slaughter one...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know, we are paying the price of violating the intent of Kenyans, when in 2010, they decreed that our cabinet secretaries should be professionals. We have now turned politicians to be the ones standing in as cabinet secretaries and they are doing politics. You can...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the report that has been brought before the House by the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. For some of us who went to school when KCC was KCC, we remember those cadre of workers in the 1980s. I believe there...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to comment on the Statement on the dispute between matatus and boda bodas. While on it, I want to caution Sen. Cherarkey, who is a colleague in the profession, that it is never wise to make unsubstantiated claims against your colleagues. Despite any differences...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we fought very hard as a country and I am happy that this afternoon we have the son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in this House behind me, who fought very hard for us to have a free country. He fought for us to have a country...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleague Senators in condemning police brutality. We enacted a new Constitution in 2010 and the aspirations and spirit of Kenyans were to create a free and democratic society. That Constitution enshrines fundamental rights, including the protection of our youth from inhuman treatment. How can...

No, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Speaker, a doctor cannot treat himself. As the Senator for Nyamira, I have sat here and listened keenly as my colleague Senators provide wisdom in a manner that balances the interests of my county assembly and the interests of my Governor. Having sat the whole morning and this afternoon,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to welcome our newest Senator for Baringo to the House. He is taking the seat that was occupied by a man we really respected and counted on, our senior in the profession, the late Sen. Cheptumo. You know Baringo is a county that...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to join my colleagues in passing my message of condolence on the passing of Dr. Philip Buchere, who was a very dedicated officer within the Parliamentary Service Commission and in the CPST. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this has been a very difficult month for Parliament....

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have keenly listened and followed the contributions of Sen. Abbas, my good friend, and he has done very well. However, is he in order to make a pronouncement on this House saying that the President is in office Sen. Abass, your time is up. However,...

Tell me a country that has gone to First World status, yet they cannot even fix their pot holes. I was driving from Kemera Ward through a national Government road, Nyambaria road, which is full of pot holes. So, before we do these super highways, why can we not even...