Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I urge standing committees to make use of these provisions to update the House on various business. This is a call to Chairpersons of various committees to consider seriously Bills before them and guide the House on what they are doing with those particular Bills. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that this week, for example, there was a heated debate on the Water (Amendment) Bill, only for the committee to later appear before the House with a report responding on issues which Senators had taken up with that Bill. If we had the report ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: (2) Question No.002 by Sen. Mwenda Gataya Mo Fire, MP, to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration on the non-operationalization of Chiakariga Sub-County in Tharaka-Nithi County. (3) Question No.003 by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, MP, to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development on the theft of cane at weighbridges while in transit to sugar factories. (4) Question No.004 by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, MP, to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development on the appointment and dismissal of Directors and Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers in state-owned sugar companies in Kenya. The electronic version ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: (5) Question No.005 by Sen. James Murango, MP, to the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation on the water projects budgeted for by the National Government in Kirinyaga County in the Financial Year 2023/2024. view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: Finally, on Tuesday, 27th February, 2024, the SBC will consider and approve the business of the week. I thank you and hereby lay the statement on the Table of the Senate. view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for agreeing to indulge me. This is an important Bill and we should not allow it to pass without giving our thoughts. This is a proposal by Sen. Osotsi, the Senator for Vihiga County, to amend the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act to give effect to Article 125 of the Constitution by operationalizing the powers of arrest by Parliament and Article 50 of the Constitution on the right to a fair hearing and connected purposes. This is an important Act of Parliament. I agree with the proposal, though I have specific thoughts based on what Sen. ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: there. In our duty to represent other people, there are places you will have to go and things you will say. There are people you will rub the wrong way for the people you speak for. This is a challenging exercise. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the casual nature with which I see Members of Parliament arrested from bars drugged – as it used to happen in the dreaded days of the 'handshake' – is something we need to lay behind. Hon. Members of Parliament, just like other ordinary citizens, need to enjoy the very rights under our Constitution that we proudly ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is part of the reform which I hope in the tenure of our very good distinguished Senator, Senate Majority Leader Emeritus, Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, we shall see. Clause 3 states that- “Despite the provisions of subsection 5(a) the relevant House or its Committee may require a person to appear before it within a shorter period, as it may determine taking into account the urgency of the matter before the House or the Committee.” This is when Parliament is in need of a particular individual and for one reason or another, they are looking for an ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: There is also something else that Sen. Osotsi, I do not agree with you. I have always said this in the past that when you want to impose a fine of Kshs500,000 for somebody who has snubbed the summons of Parliament, is a slap on the wrist. The people who snub parliamentary summons are arrogant and rich. In my humble opinion the Kshs2 million that you are asking for is too little. Somebody must feel it. There must be a price to pay for anybody who is not being responsive and dishonouring summons to Parliament, be they public officers or ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale would know this having sat in the County Public and Investments Committee (CPAIC) and is a long-serving Member of this House. In any public institution, any resources or money that they collect goes into the Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) account and it is transmitted into the National Treasury. You cannot spend public money without the approval of the Treasury. Therefore, the money that we earn from fines or training because there are people who come to Parliament and pay is put in the A-i-A account and transmitted to the National Treasury. view
• 21 Feb 2024 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view