Sifuna Edwin Watenya

We would want the contractor to be brought before our Committee on Roads Transportation and Housing. KeNHA should also answer the questions that have been very well put by Sen. Cherarkey.We need to know the plan of restoration of Mombasa Road, how long it is going to take, how the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this particular debate. As you know, I am not a scientist, I am a lawyer. So, I will not stand here to argue the science. In fact, I took great exception to a statement by my...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just one minute, it is the last point. The position of the Catholic Church, which Sen. Sifuna is a baptised and confirmed member, is that this food called GMO is a no-go zone for us as Catholics. I thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Bill just as many of my colleagues who have spoken before me have done. I was a bit surprised by some of the submissions that I heard from my senior brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the Senator for Kakamega...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to join the colleagues who have risen to support this Motion by the distinguished Senator from Tana River. The argument for dams, at least where I come from has always been to try and mitigate the effects of flooding downstream. It is...

Bw. Spika, naamini ya kwamba Seneta anaposimama kuzungumza hapa, lazima aweze kuzungumza maswala ambayo anaweza kudhibitisha. Sidhani ya kwamba Seneta wa Kaunti ya Mombasa - ambaye namheshimu sana - anaweza kutoa idhibati yoyote kuonyesha kwamba uvutaji wa bhangi unapelekea watu kuruka vichwa. Hiyo ndiyo hoja yangu ya nidhamu.

(Applause)(Laughter) (Laughter) Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to the Motion in its amended form. The reason I support this Motion with a lot of confidence is because this House has demonstrated to me, somebody who is new, that it is absolutely possible for people to...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Sifuna, proceed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is good to see you back in that chair; we have suffered. However, that is beside the point. You are the one who has informed this House that there is a variance between...

Very much so, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, he has captured my fears. We are removing this Motion from the Order Paper. However, all the Clerk needs to do is to cut and paste it on tomorrow’s Order Paper. If there will be as much a variance as a comma, we will know...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are the coalition,

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Like my colleagues who have gone before me, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (1) , to make a Statement on an issue of national and general topic of concern, namely, the ongoing strike called by the Kenya Air Line Pilots Association (KALPA)...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will if it is of any comfort to my colleague. As a lawyer, I am very much aware of the sub judice rule. We know that the matters that are dealt with by the Employment and Labour Relations Court are labour related. They deal with disputes...

Proceed, Sen. Gataya.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion. In fact, the question of access to healthcare in this country is a big debate that we must have as a House, since the issues that are involved are wide-ranging. Sometimes when people rise to propose that we extend certain...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement by the Chair of the Committee on Energy. As a way of illustration, this afternoon, my assistant purchased Kshs100 worth tokens. This is the average amount of tokens purchased by a Nairobi City County hustler. Out of that, we only...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.51. There was a question yesterday and I want you to make a direction on this. The Standing Order speaks of Statements Hour. I have spoken to many of my colleagues, especially on the Minority side, who think that the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to also join my colleagues to congratulate Sen. Murkomen on his appointment. As he said, we go some way back. He only failed to disclose a few bits of our history together. In my third year of university, he was in fourth...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot refuse his point of information. Hold my time. (Laughter)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my brother, Sen. Wakili Sigei, can help jog my memory. I remember Sen. Murkomen had a project which we defeated. That was Okonjo. (Laughter) like him to support our Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) programme and a light rail, for the people of Nairobi City County to...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1) to request a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, regarding the issue of compulsory acquisition of land, to land owners in Lamu County over the terminated coal and power projects. Over...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, regarding the fate of the 600 owners of compulsorily acquired land, which was to pave way for the coal and power projects...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that I was unable to attend that ceremony because at that very same time and day, we had the election of the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (CPAC) which I was attending to.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that I was unable to attend that ceremony because at that very same time and day, we had the election of the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (CPAC) which I was attending to.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to reply. I want to thank all my colleagues who have contributed to support this Motion. The only point I want to add from all the beautiful contributions that have been made is that people should not think that this Motion only...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Environment and Forestry on her appointment. We have not got a chance to interact in this House. However, we have brushed shoulders on the political fields in Narok. I am very...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. These youths confuse me. Sen. Sifuna, Sen. Soipan, Sen. Orwoba and you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, are all youths. So, when I try to talk your language, you now disown me. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale laughed) Anyway, on a serious note CS Soipan, the Deputy...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to join my colleagues who have spoken before me in sending my condolences to our late hero, Mr. Phillip Waruinge. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want this country to move away from this culture where we come here to mourn and...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My point is that, we in the Minority side, had made certain promises. Had we won the election and be in control of the pasturing’s, the people who bring glory to this country, after finishing their tour of duty, would be actively involved even...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sifuna is bringing a very important point to this House. You cannot dismiss by saying the Speaker is applying Standing Order No. 1. The Speaker will only apply Standing Order No. 1, if there is no clear provision. However, there is a clear provision that...

(Applause) Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this particular Motion was motivated by a 10 minutes’ discussion with what our brothers on the majority side call the real hustlers here in Nairobi.An Uber driver who picks somebody along Mombasa Road, in some areas the fees Uber levies on customers is may be...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to welcome the students and teachers from Huruma Girls, in Makadara Constituency. Nairobi is the largest delegation in the Senate. We have seven Members of the Senate from Nairobi led by myself. I saw Sen. Cherarkey asking who the others...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move- THAT, aware that many urban areas and towns in Kenya lack designated car parking areas as a result of imbalance between parking supply and demand mainly due to ineffective land use planning and miscalculations of space requirements, thereby leading to exorbitant parking fees;...