Sifuna Edwin Watenya

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations that is led by Sen. Abass. (Loud consultations) Mr. Speaker, Sir, at this rate, I think you need to move my seat. The point that I was making is that I am grateful to...

Throw him out. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the onset, I want to say that I support the Bill. I have always believed and said on this Floor that if you look very closely, you will note that the...

On what? Sen. Sifuna, do you want to be informed? I do not know if he can tell you what he wants to inform me, because I do not usually like when I am in the middle of teaching, to be taught myself, but let us hear what he has...

I understand, because of the controversy that has been surrounding the Fund. In fact, I remember in 2010, I was one of those people who said this is one of those clauses that should not have a sunset clause, and I will give you the reason. It is not a...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, allow me to thank you for the communication you have made regarding the incident involving the young lady, Ms. Murimi, from Braeburn Garden Estate. As the Head of Delegation, I also take responsibility. I have learned my lesson and should be following your guidance....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a petition by Mr. Peter Kamau Gitau seeking parliamentary intervention regarding the recruitment of Kenyan nationals into the Russian army and the detention of Kenyans in Ukrainian prisons. I take this opportunity to present this petition on behalf of the families of Kenyan nationals who...

Could you make your point?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, even when business is sponsored by the Senate Majority Leader, he should not take it as his personal business. It is the business of this House. Since we made these decisions in a collegiate manner, do not ambush us. You can tell us that there was a...

Leader is reporting that they will take back the things that they said, should have been done in the same manner. That would be our expectation. In fact, if the Members of this House would have seen the CoG issuing a statement in the manner in which they issued the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it would have been better for the Senate Minority Leader to do it, but I second.

Madam Temporary Speaker, you have saved yourself a lot of trouble. This is because the students who come from Nairobi usually do not take it very kindly being addressed by rural Senators when their Senator is here. (Laughter)(Loud consultations) Order, Sen. Cherarkey and Majority Leader. Please, let us listen to...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the system still logs me out once you give me an opportunity to welcome the students. I wanted to, very briefly, touch on the Statement by Sen. Mundigi. It was quite heartbreaking that we lost another two young people in Ishiara, in Embu County, arising from peaceful...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not one to fret because somebody is asking whether I am man enough. The Senator for Nandi County cannot utter the words that he uttered at the point when he was concluding his remarks; it is an open threat to a Member of this House....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the Bill by Sen. Eddy Oketch on the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Unfortunately, when he was moving it, I was still attending to students from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. I have since reviewed it. It is a...

No, he is an expert. In fact, when it comes to matters of climate change caucuses in this Parliament, he heads the caucuses. So, with those many remarks, I second the Bill and congratulate my brother, Sen. Eddy, for this straightforward amendment that is going to cure something that is...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask Question No.013 to the Cabinet Secretary for Health the following Question-

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy that when it comes to part (b) of the Question, the Cabinet Secretary has given a specific date. Those are the sort of responses we expect in this House. Therefore, I will wait until 8th of May and expect that communication from him. I...

Indeed, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this conversation, for as long as you hear people saying, “SHA is working, but---” there is always going to be a problem. These Questions by Sen. Catherine Mumma are pointers that there are issues still, and we must keep asking...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, I do. Unfortunately for me, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) expert on PwDs, Sen. Crystal Asige is not in the House today. However, if my memory serves me right, as a House, we passed an amendment and I thought, we touched on this question of taxation...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, because I am the one who sits next to Sen. Crystal Asige. Let me try and explain what the issue is. Since we have a floating icon, you need to have the ability to see where it is on the screen because we have noticed that it...

Thank you, Honourable Speaker. Just to comment on the statement by Sen. Hamida. Indeed, we are all concerned about the environment in which we are going to have the elections of 2027. Part of that is the way we treat the process of voter registration, the sanctity of the voters’...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my comment is on the statement from the Senator for Nandi County. However, this House should know that we have actually submitted a Motion of Adjournment to discuss what happened to Sen. Osotsi, which is quite heartbreaking. Since this is the first day we have resumed...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my comment is on the statement from the Senator for Nandi County. However, this House should know that we have actually submitted a Motion of Adjournment to discuss what happened to Sen. Osotsi, which is quite heartbreaking. Since this is the first day we have resumed...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to the request for statement by the Senator for Machakos County, the Hon. Kavindu, you will notice that our people have a yearning for development. My reading and understanding of the Constitution under the Fourth Schedule, Clause 7, is that when it comes to trade, development...

Madam Temporary Speaker, my understanding of the decision that was taken by this House yesterday is that we are not sending a single coin, it does not matter under which instrument, to these governors. In fact, if you look at this Equalisation Fund Bill that has just been read the...

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Sen. Mumma, as part of the leadership of this House, I need to remind you that this House has already written to the CoG on how this matter can be resolved. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you remember, before we went to Nakuru, the Speaker of this House issued a...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Energy on a matter of countywide concern regarding the persistent power failures in several areas of Nairobi City County. Although I received a communication from the Ministry regarding previous...

Hon. Speaker, Sir, there is a matter of great concern to the Members of this House that we had brought to your attention. Perhaps, we could address it while the transgressors are still around because as we speak, they might finish what they are doing and just take off, which...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a spectacle that we witnessed yesterday in the precincts of Parliament. When I was elected to this House, I was guided that there are rules of admission to Parliament. When our Clerk, on behalf of our committees, writes to governors to appear before a committee...

Hon. Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader had requested me and a small group of Senators to proceed to the place where the Governor for Samburu County was addressing the press. We were to do that, so that we escort him into the precincts of Parliament, put him somewhere--- (Sen. Lemaletian...

(Laughter) Majority Leader, you have said you want to hear our wisdom. I am also saying that, as the Senator for Nairobi City, I am willing to drop that business of today, so that we can sort out all these problems.Finally, I want to remind everyone that this House has...

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Let us drop this business. We are amenable as a committee. None of this business is the property of any committee, it is the property of the House. So, let us adopt the position that has been taken. However, until we clear those 29 governors, there is no single coin...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you are taken to the High Court of Kenya and accusations are made against you and you are given an opportunity to defend yourself, and you fail to do so, it means that you have accepted all the accusations that have been levelled against you....

Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to inform my senior, Sen. Veronica Maina, that these issues of incompetence and bad management know no gender and know no political party. They cut across. I mean, that governor who moved Ksh10 million from a KIBES account to throw a bash for a...

mkarimu sana kwa mambo ya harambee. Ninapoenda kanisani, ninakumbuka kwamba amekuwa akishiriki sana. Nina uchungu kwa kumpoteza sio tu kama rafiki bali kwa alivyojitolea sana kwa mambo ya elimu. Ametembelea gatuzi la Laikipia mara mbili kuchangia shule pale.Nilimjua, kumpenda na kumuenzi lakini kwa sababu haya yote ni majaliwa ya Mwenyezi...

Mr. Speaker Sir, we had a unique situation at the Senate Business Committee (SBC) today, that we did not have the whips of both sides of the House and I cannot see them. I see their deputies though. We have very important business, which, if we do not transact today,...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support our Committee. I am a proud Member of the County Public Accounts Committee and more so serving as a Senator in this session. I am happy a number of county governments have been named and shamed, including Nandi County. If...

I encourage that as a matter of procedure, we ensure that in future, these reports are brought at least three days to the constitutional deadline, to allow every Member to speak to the Motion.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.66 (3), I also beg to request that we...

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

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, why are you ignoring me? I had requested a point of order, but you are pretending that you cannot hear me. I know your ears are working. Are you addressing the Chair? Do you have the mic? I do not need the mic. I have a...

Bwana, we were all elected to this House. There is nobody who can threaten us here. Under the rules of this House, once you, as a Speaker, have given direction, if somebody does not comply with that direction, they are out of order, and there are consequences. You have asked...

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