Wamatinga Wahome

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to commend you for noticing that Senator for Laikipia. Sen. Kinyua jumped two counties to get to Murang’a. I take this opportunity to welcome Members of the Murang’a County Assembly. The Senator for Murang’a County, Sen. Joe Nyutu is away on official...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support. We know that the county governments form one of the political units at the grassroots level. The devolved units in the last ten years have been able to achieve life changing economic empowerment in the communities to the local counties....

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Statement by Sen. Mbugua. It is indeed one of the requirements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we mainstream all the vulnerable in the society. The case is not only isolated in one school in Oljororok. In Nyeri County...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Energy for the period commencing on 14th October, 2022 to 31st March, 2023. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Energy is established under the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, 12th April, 2023. Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on the Agriculture and Livestock Extension Service Bill 2022 (Senate Bills No.12 of 2022) . (Sen. Wamatinga laid the document...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 30th March, 2023- Report on the Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bills No.13 of 2022) (Sen. Wamatinga laid the document on the Table)

Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Senators and in particular the Senator of Kiambu, Sen. Thang’wa, I take this opportunity to welcome the students from Gitwe Girls High School to the Senate. Indeed, the Senate is a House of all possibilities and I am sure...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the President, Dr. William Samoei Ruto, has pronounced himself to the fact that he will be prepared to place his CSs at the hands of Parliamentarians, so that they can be interrogated and explain the policy and direction his Government is taking. From a pessimistic approach, we...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Statement-- - (Laughter) Sen. Wamatinga, that has been closed. Pardon, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am guided. ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN LAND ACQUISITION FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Yes, I do have time. I rise pursuant to Standing...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. The issue of governance, accountability and transparency across the world has been known by researchers and scholars to have cost the global economy a lot. The fact is that we are coming from a regime where CSs were behaving...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Tuesday, 21st March, 2023. Report of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on its consideration of the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2022) . (Sen. Wamatinga...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion. THAT, AWARE THAT water is an essential yet scarce resource whose demand is increasing rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, and industrialization, and whose wastage has become an issue that needs to be addressed urgently owing to Kenya’s...

Sen. Wamatinga, before you proceed, kindly confirm that you are the Senator who seconded this Motion. Yes, I am. Then I am afraid you may have to yield. Proceed, Sen. Dr. Murango.

AIt is actually 15 billion. Thank you, Mwalimu Sen. Mwaruma from Taita.