Sifuna Edwin Watenya

I would like the team from the County Assembly to know that as the Speaker has said, it is difficult to control what people say on social media. Yesterday, some of the witnesses asked to take photos with me outside there. I have also seen posts from Kericho saying that...

Hon. Senators, let us see how far our batteries will take us. If they run low at 6.30 p.m., we are human beings, we shall abide. Again, let us see how far our batteries will take us. Proceed. (Several Senators spoke off record) No, we cannot. However, individually, you can...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have been through this process many times and these are experienced lawyers. Part of the thing they should do before they start is to introduce to us, the Senate, their documents. You cannot just refer to documents and we have volumes upon volumes here. I would...

Now, there will be a full complement of three, including my sister Wakwabubi, who has just joined us today.I welcome you to the capital. Here, nobody can touch you for as long as you can say Sifuna. (Laughter)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to raise questions to the Cabinet Secretary over a matter that was raised regarding his docket recently, for him to just provide some clarity to this House. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) released a report recently on the Hustler Fund. They...

This is the reason I wanted to attract your attention, because this keeps happening, even yesterday, my unit was failing. (Sen. Oketch Gicheru spoke off record) No, Sen. Eddy, I can see you on the screen. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why the Senate Majority Leader can see things...

When you speak of an improper motive, it is like the example that I gave here, that my unit---

That is the information I am giving. (Loud consultations)

Yes, I am informing him. Can I finish?

When you speak of an improper motive, it is like the example that I gave here, that my unit---

That is the information I am giving.

Can I finish? I did not finish. Sen. Sifuna, please, sit down. You did not inform him. You are actually analysing instead of informing. Everybody knows how they behave here. We were praising him that now he is becoming a good boy. (Loud consultations) Sen. Sifuna, if you are affirming...

Senate Majority Leader, please focus on the point of order on the issue at hand.

Sen. Omogeni, do you want to respond to that? (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) Sen. Cherarkey, you are not on the Chair and you are out of order. (Loud consultations)

Just a small clarification, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want you to guide the House on how many times someone can rise on a point of order when another person is standing on the Floor. Guide us also whether it is possible that there is only one person and one Senator,...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to start by applauding the Committee on Delegated Legislation led by Sen. Gataya Mo Fire, for this bold position that has led the House to rally behind the entire Committee. When something is wrong, we, as a leadership, have a responsibility to say...

The placenta is shared by the mother and the child. I do not think any party can claim whose placenta it is. It is also mine and I can text my mother here to confirm whose placenta it was.

is identifying the problem. Leadership is also offering the same problem on the same platform. We are not going to get out here in the Senate after 2027 with certificate of either who was shouting more than the other, who had more points of order than the other. It is...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish you had permitted me to give diagnosis of a problem in the previous discussion, but let me proceed to read the Statement. STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you gave a directive on the other matter, but I would like to offer a diagnosis of the problem as I see it between this House and the ‘lower’ House. I believe the problem is that the leadership of both Houses does not communicate, not just...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I have two Statements. I request that I take both of them at once. SECURITY SITUATION AT KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES INCREASE IN HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION FEES IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir ---

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to alert the Senator for Meru that there is another tradition that when delegations come to visit us, we must buy them lunch. Now that you have insisted on the traditions of this House, the students from the USIU must know that lunch...

But Sen. Cherarkey was doing the same!

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

Hon. Deputy Speaker, we continue to grapple with very unfair application of the rules of this House; that people will bring irrelevant discussions when they are making contributions, but people only rise to object when others do it. Let me begin by saying I am very proud that I was...

interacting with them. We want you to interact with the people of Busia because that is the land of Mulembe. There are no problems there.I assure the Senator from Busia that if there are any spillovers or shortages of anything, even if it is chicken, to rush fresh chicken from...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, in my experience, one thing that the governors do not like to see is the Senate on the ground. I am happy that upon my request, the Committee on County Public Accounts is coming to Nairobi to audit our projects. The Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As you know, I am an unacknowledged patron of the Kenya Lionesses 15s Team. We saw the Cabinet Secretary taking photographs with that Team with a dummy cheque of Kshs2 million. Up to today, that team has not received that money. Can he confirm why...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I second. (The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Mumma) consulted the Clerk-at-the-Table) (Question proposed)

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Madam Temporary Speaker, it was offensive to me, just like the rubbish that we see out there.

Madam Temporary Speaker, the only phrase we can use here is “one term.”

Madam Temporary Speaker, once he withdraws the “two term” phrase, the “one term” phrase will disappear automatically. Can he first withdraw the offensive words? Sen. Cherarkey, please withdraw. Madam Temporary Speaker, let him withdraw the phrase “two term.”

Madam Temporary Speaker, the only phrase we can use here is “one term.”

Madam Temporary Speaker, once he withdraws the “two term” phrase, the “one term” phrase will disappear automatically. Can he first withdraw the offensive words?

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to contribute on the Statement brought by the Senator for Taita Taveta, Sen. Mwaruma, on the contributions to SHA, having a requirement that the beneficiaries must contribute at least yearly to enable you access the services. The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.121 (1) (b) . Sen. Cherarkey is in the habit of raising false points of order knowingly and using that opportunity to introduce debate that had nothing to do with what was being said on the Floor. I do not remember...

Madam Temporary Speaker, can I finish? Hon. Senators. It is now 6.30 Madam Temporary Speaker, the HANSARD exists for a purpose. It is possible for us to establish conduct that is established; that it is repeated conduct. In fact, today is just one of those opportunities that have actually been...

Madam Temporary Speaker, deal with the infraction in the order in which they came. Deal with him, then you can deal with me.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I withdraw.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your kind indulgence to allow me to read this Statement on the welfare of staff who work for Chandarana Food Plus Supermarket Chain. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of general topical concern, namely the...

I think hon. Chair --- (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record)

Thank you, Hon. Chair.

Yes, in fact, I do have. The Cabinet Secretary has given me a 2019 report, but I was meant to believe that there was another report funded by the World Bank in 2017. A consultant funded by the World Bank actually ranked this Ngong-Riruta line as the least priority in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, on many occasions, I have heard the Senate Majority Leader threaten to bring a document that he happens to have seen in the Office of the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport that shows the inequity in the distribution of road projects over the past donkey years....

Ndugu yangu, Mhe. Mwaruma, nimekusikiza kweli ukizungumza hapa na hata mwenzangu, Mhe. Ledama Olekina – tunapata huzuni sana lakini tunashangaa maanake ripoti zipo kwamba baadhi ya viongozi wakuu katika taifa hili la Kenya, ni wakaazi wa Taita Taveta. Hivi ni kusema hawana habari ya dhila hizi zote ambazo mnazipitia? Hilo...