Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Mar 2025 in Senate: continues to struggle with its debt situation - that I hope as the Committee on Finance and Budget considers that proposal from the National Treasury, the only way is to have it anchored in law alongside the percentage of debt at 55 per cent so that it is clearly defined, a percentage beyond which we cannot borrow. If it is three per cent, let it be stated, whatever the figure, so that as we do a budget, we move away from this aspirational budget. I still do not understand the rationale as to why we have to take it at ... view
• 18 Mar 2025 in Senate: 2025/2026, 3.8 per cent 2026/2027, 3.5 per cent 2027/2028, in line with a fiscal consolidation path. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, this is what I was talking about. This percentage must work out to 55 per cent, but this may not work out to 55 per cent by 2030. What is a guarantee? I know this because I have been a member of the Finance and Budget Committee. The 3.5 per cent we are talking about if you check our reports for around 2020; these were the figures that we were talking about then. They are aspirational. There is no discipline to ... view
• 18 Mar 2025 in Senate: management because we find ourselves in this situation because you, people, cannot override interest. Therefore, this is a prescribed solution." When you are designing a solution for any problem, you design it knowing or bearing in mind the kind of people that are going to implement it. The National Treasury has demonstrated that the National Assembly may carry the biggest blame when we eventually find ourselves in a situation where we are defaulting on our debt because they cannot be the ones to lead the country. It is only the Senate here, in partnership with the Parliamentary Budget Office, that ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: I think maybe it should be just a small typo, but we commented about it. view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.57(1) to hereby present the business for the week that commences Tuesday, 11th March, 2025. Allow me to give the status of legislative business pending before the Senate then I will make this presentation. There are 55 Bills, of which 43 are at the Second Reading Stage and 12 are at the Committee of the Whole. We have 31 Motions pending conclusion and 25 Petitions are pending conclusion, out of which 17 are due for reporting by the respective Standing Committees. We have 523 Statements pursuant to Standing ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: It is worth noting to the House that since we resumed this Session, we have never voted for any business beyond a voice call. I know that my colleague Senators are busy with committee sittings and other business beyond the voting, but it is equally important to vote and pass legislation. I hope that next week, we shall raise the requisite numbers to conclude all the businesses that I have read. Some of these Bills date back to 2015, if I may recall. The first time I heard of the Local Content Bill was in 2015 and it is still ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will be unfair to us, but we will try to do justice to an ongoing important national conversation. view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will try to speak within three minutes. I agree with what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was informing the House. The Rural and Urban Private Hospital Association (RUPHA) has eventually come to terms with the reality of the day. When the Cabinet Secretary was here last week, what came out unequivocally from the conversation she had with the House is that the hospitals were complaining about historical debts that they have with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and not the Social Health Authority (SHA). The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Finally, after they were assured that after the verification process is done, they would be paid their money, they have resumed services. I visited my own county referral hospital two weeks ago and the medical superintendent informed me that every month they used to write off bills of between Kshs7 million to Kshs10 million from ordinary citizens of the county who, after being treated would tell the doctors to see what to do with them. However, because of this programme, that debt has reduced to about Kshs1 million. This confirms that as we continue to deepen this programme into the ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I just need an extra minute. I was concluding. To be fair to the country, it is important that the report is tabled and subjected to thorough scrutiny by the committees of this House. The country should not rely on newspaper cuttings by some people who may be having other agenda against you. We know for a fact that there are people who used to benefit from the illegalities that were being committed under the NHIF. Do you think The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view