Sifuna Edwin Watenya

I have just come from Kiambu Police Station, where I had been arrested purportedly on charges of unlawful assembly in my own office at the KICC. It absolutely breaks my heart to hear some of the comments that have come from the Chair of the Committee on Energy, knowing that...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. The Standing Orders provide that you must complete your submissions in the language in which you began. I think my brother is out of order because under the Standing Orders, you are only allowed to read a quotation. You cannot go into...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to give strength to the Statement by Sen. Osotsi. As you know, I am a Member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) . In the past few weeks, two counties appeared before us. One of the most interesting things is that because...

Sen. Sifuna, you had another Statement. Kindly proceed.

Senator Tabitha Mutinda, you have the Floor.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to welcome the students from Lenana School. I can see a few of them are remaining because I know they wear maroon, grey and white. The colors were a bit confusing for me. This is one of the earliest high schools in...

Madam Temporary Speaker, this House is also guided by traditions and customs. Last week when Sen. Cheruiyot was moving a Motion, there was a directive by the Speaker that when somebody is moving a Motion, no points of order would be allowed. In fact, you asked me personally to hold...

Madam Temporary Speaker, this House is also guided by traditions and customs. Last week when Sen. Cheruiyot was moving a Motion, there was a directive by the Speaker that when somebody is moving a Motion, no points of order would be allowed. In fact, you asked me personally to hold...

Did you sign?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have four issues that I wish to address regarding the amendments before us this afternoon. First, allow me to go on record on the question of the propriety of this Report and its being before the House. If you look at page three of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I felt it was critical that I put my voice to it, but I am duly guided.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me proceed to my second point, on the question of constitutionality. I heard Sen. Mungatana say that he can only be informed by the lawyers. In fact, my senior colleague understands that the question of interpretation of this Constitution has also been defined by who has...

Sen. Methu. (Sen. Methu walked into the Chamber)

Proceed, Sen. Veronica Maina. These are the Hon. Senators who key in and walk out. It shall be disorderly of Senators to do so. I hope as we are considering the amendments to the Standing Orders we put that as disorderly conduct. Sen. Mandago, kindly proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak. I do not understand why Sen. Cherarkey wants to take possession of the leadership of the unions that are here. I assure him that we, as a political movement, have had very close working relationships with the unions...

(Loud consultations) Madam Temporary Speaker--- I am directing from the Chair that you allow the Senate Majority Leader to finish. Madam Temporary Speaker, a plain reading, Standing Order No. 223 speaks to the signature of the Chairperson, the Madam Temporary Speaker, I assure you, on behalf of the Minority side,...

Madam Temporary Speaker, we are all capable of establishing whether a document has been signed by the majority of the Members. When we see such decisions, then we start questioning whether we have fairness in this House. From those documents, it is very clear that only four Members out of...

Because of you! (Loud consultations)

It was caused by you!

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Temporary Speaker (

Madam Temporary Speaker, let me just request and beseech the Chair that this House should only be guided by Standing Orders. Even limiting debate is expressly provided for in the Standing Orders. In the event that we want to limit the debate, we should do so before commencement of any...

solutions to certain people who they consider to be the problem. I am a student of history just like you. You will remember the question of the final solution of Jews in Europe.We should not use such language. By the time you resort to violence, it means you have lost...

Madam Temporary Speaker, this is what I was saying. People keep on shouting here against your own rules. Temporary Speaker (Sen. Veronica Maina) : Hon. Senators---

Madam Temporary Speaker, my time was not over. Temporary Speaker (Sen. Veronica Maina) : Sen. Okenyuri, proceed. (Loud consultations)

solutions to certain people who they consider to be the problem. I am a student of history just like you. You will remember the question of the final solution of Jews in Europe.We should not use such language. By the time you resort to violence, it means you have lost...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for also giving me the opportunity to also speak to this Bill and thank you for your kind words which we have noted. Allow me to begin with the provisions of this Bill on the question of obligations of the county governments which to...

(Loud consultations)

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is why the Senate Minority Leader was insisting that you at least listen to the rest of us before you make a decision. I have a lot of respect for you, both as my senior in law and as the Speaker of this House. I feel...

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am also a Member of the Committee on Roads and Transportation and the chairperson here is my friend. I am extremely disappointed that that statement has actually been made on this Floor. One of the things that is very frustrating for us, as the Minority...

(Loud consultations)

Sen. Sifuna, resume your seat. (Loud consultations) Order, Senators. Let him conclude. I will be heard in silence! I want to demonstrate to you that you are abusing the points of order. That is what I will do. I am on the Floor on a point of order.

(Loud consultations) (Loud consultations) (Loud consultations) AHon. Senators, I have heard the contributions by the chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation who made his Statement on consideration of the Petition presented by Sen. M. Kajwang’.The gist of it is that the committee has not concluded the consideration of...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, protect me from goons on the other side. Like this goon talking here. Sen. Oketch Gicheru, you cannot refer to other Members of this House as goons. Please withdraw. He called me a goon. I thought it is a common language between me and him. So,...

Which one?

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. Sifuna? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are all Kenyans and have studied history. There have been five administrations. I do not recall in the history of this country an administration called the ‘handshake’. The last administration...

Bw. Spika, mimi sio mtu wa kutishwa na lugha yeyote. Ninaweza kutoa Hoja zangu kwa lugha yeyote ambayo itamridhisha Kiongozi wa Walio Wengi. Ameniomba nitumie Kiswahili kwa sababu ndugu yangu, Seneta wa Bungoma, ana weledi wa lugha hiyo. Nitajaribu pia niweze kwenda katika nyayo zake. Bw. Spika, wengi wanajuwa mimi...

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

(Loud consultations) wanted to present me with this Petition, so that I can come and canvass this matter here because that is why they elected me.Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are stuck in this circular motion. If I remember correctly, we thought there was some middle ground, the last time. That...

I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding allegations of a plan by the Ministry of Health to restrict unemployed Kenyan workers from seeking jobs abroad.In the Statement, the Committee should address the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Probably for the benefit of the students in the gallery, the Nairobi delegation is quite healthy. We have one elected Senator in Nairobi but we have at least five nominated Senators who come from the Nairobi County and therefore, they form part of the...