Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

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• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: supporters to terrorise them. They thought that would be the end of politics and the beginning of nation building. In conclusion, I wish to urge our colleagues in the Minority side to come back to their senses and stop blackmail and economic terrorism that they are ravaging and running on the people of Kenya. There is no better way to describe what you are doing to your country. You cannot wish to have a better nation that is governed by the rule of law, yet you are out there ensuring other citizens do not enjoy their constitutional rights. Mr. Deputy ... view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can assure the Senators in the House that I have no intention of doing 51 minutes. I will be brief because I had said many of the things that I had wanted to say that afternoon. Nonetheless, here is something that I just want to conclude on, having read through Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for purposes of reference, the Bill seeks to give life to Article 43 of our Constitution on economic and social rights. I do not believe that it is out of idle duty that the drafters of our Constitution included any ... view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: itself, they have found solace in visiting Kenyans who live in the informal settlements. Of course, many of them live there because of the challenges of life. Perhaps even on a Monday afternoon, you will find them at home because of lack of a working opportunity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have affordable housing as a key pillar under the manifesto of the Kenya Kwanza administration. One of the programmes that we are implementing is to ensure that subsequently over the years, we shall be able to get rid of Kenyans living in the kind of informal settlements in almost ... view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: Read through the economic and social rights that Kenyans demand be guaranteed to every Kenyan - freedom from hunger. It is unconstitutional for a Kenyan to be hungry. It is not easy to guarantee that right because we are a capitalist country. We are not a socialist nation, where we can say that those that are unable to make ends meet will be fed. view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what did we promise and what are we doing? We promised that we shall make food affordable and how are we doing that? While our competitors were subsidising manufacturers; the big boys in this town who mill, make their profit but despite charging exorbitant costs to ordinary Kenyans needed to be put in an affirmative programme where they are paid and run it as a subsidy programme. view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: However, we argued that the easiest way to ensure that ordinary Kenyans afford food and have it on their table easily is by subsidizing production and the farmer. You make sure they are able to produce cheaply. That is what is being done. On top of that, it is not sustainable to just rely on the ordinary farmers in Machakos, Kitui, Kericho and Marsabit to feed the nation. view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what responsible governments are doing out there and what this administration has begun to do, is to invest in large-scale agriculture. At the end of the day, if the national demand for a grain like rice is 300 million metric tonnes and farmers only produce 120 million metric tonnes. Normally, the deficit is imported and that makes us lose money and less competitive. The deficit should be produced locally through large-scale agriculture by ensuring that the Government provides land and puts together the infrastructure by constructing mega dams. We know there is plan that by the ... view
• 30 Mar 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view