Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my question is with regard to a very topical issue under his docket. That is the issue of an influx of illegal miners who are taking advantage of our various communities that perhaps do not understand the kind of minerals being traded in. If you had nothing due to poverty and someone shows up at your doorstep to offer you very little resources, you will accept even though they do not meet the legal procedures that are set out. We have passed laws in this House to ensure that individuals who owns land, or if it ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2023) be now read a second time. This is a very important piece of legislation. Brief as it is, it carries with it very important powers of Parliament which have been assumed by other bodies. Madam Temporary Speaker, on many occasions, I have seen either the Cabinet Secretaries or even state agencies continue to carry on legislations that have the full force of law without consideration of Parliament. This is sometimes even when they have lapsed, without any reference back ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Bill will ensure that nobody exploits the mischief of trying to implement regulations that are null and void, which is the case. Clause 2 of the Bill more specifically, will be amending Section 11 of the 2013 Act and determines that our Delegated Legislative Committee will require the regulation making authority to submit an instrument to Parliament within seven days of the date of the resolution of the committee. Further, notwithstanding subsections 4 and 5, Parliament may, where a statutory instrument ceases to have effect in accordance with subsection (4), notify the public in two newspapers that the instrument is ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to reply. I thank my colleagues who have taken the time to speak on this important Bill. Making their contribution and thoughts on something that I said, though brief, is extremely important to the existence of Parliament as an institution. We take this for granted on many occasions, but it has grave implications if ignored. Sen. Mungatana, I thank you for your thoughts. Some of the things that you have said are in practice. For example, I know for a fact that our Committee on Delegated Legislation has a meeting tomorrow with the ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The Meteorology Bill (Senate Bill No.45 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. The Meteorology Bill was published in the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.172 of 2023. The principal object of the Bill is to put in place a legislative framework to regulate the meteorological services in Kenya and to coordinate and monitor meteorological services. The Bill proposes to establish the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority, which shall be responsible for the provision, regulation, coordination, and management of meteorological services. This is important because we live in a data-driven society. Before ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: may not be a benchmark institution for others because it is still new. However, I know for a fact that 10 or 30 years down the line, there will be countries that will come to benchmark from these institutions. This is because ordinarily Kenyans are professionals. When they are granted an opportunity to work in an institution, they do their best. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: There are many other reasons we do not succeed in other things. At least I know it is not for the want of good professional work or people of good repute. This Bill provides a legal framework to set up that particular institution so that we know. Nowadays, we hardly see the weather reports yet you know that growing up Ngwata Francis was almost like a permanent fixture on our television screens and many people would dress the following day depending on the information that he gave on the news. That is not the case anymore because we have come ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: We have severe weather changes and events in Kenya, including the just concluded prolonged drought and the ongoing heavy rainy season. You know how sinusoidal our weather patterns have become. You come from a high drought to another peak of heavy rains and all those in a completely unpredictable season. They have a significant impact on our country's population, economy and the environment. These extreme weather phenomena have led to food and water shortages, loss of lives and property, disruption of critical infrastructure and many other things. It would be possible, for example, if we had such institutions that are ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: I will quickly run over the various parts. More importantly, Part I on Clause 1 to 4 of the Bill, provides for those provisions and outlines the purposes and objectives for which I have properly enumerated. It helps Kenya to be part of the global community. We are members of the global society and there are certain global commitments that we have made as a country, which the passage of this Bill helps us to fulfil. For instance, the Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisations where we have signed up. As a responsible country, ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: love and live with them as they are. This Bill provides for the penalties because it is an offence to mislead the people of Kenya. Part VI of the Bill contains transitional provisions on what happens to the meteorological departments, authority and all those things. The saving powers of the institution and so on. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks I beg to move and request the Senator for Tana River, Sen. Mungatana to second. view