Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2711 to 2720 of 5232.

• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very excited about this Motion that I am moving this afternoon. You are aware in 2018, this House resolved to hold its first ever sitting outside of Nairobi in Uasin Gishu County. We had a good interaction with members of the public. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you have watched that clip where the then Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet together with the now present Senator for Uasin Gishu were challenged and told that they are very loud and know how to speak very well, ‘ zungumza mahindi’ . That was during that particular session. Members of the public came and interacted with their Senators and had an opportunity to debate with us and engage us. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: They watched us live as we deliberated on their issues. The present Senator for Uasin Gishu County, Sen. Mandago, appeared before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. He gave an account of how he had utilized the funds that had been sent to Uasin Gishu County in the full glare and in the presence of members of the public from Uasin Gishu County. This is something that rarely happens. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Therefore, drawing from that particular experience, we moved on the following year to Kitui County where we had a very interactive session with the members of the Lower Eastern. All the people from Makueni and Machakos came to listen and follow the proceedings of the Senate. In fact, they wanted their governors to appear just as they had watched in Uasin Gishu. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Unfortunately, Governor Mutua, Governor Kivutha Kibwana and Governor Charity Ngilu did certain things that we had not prepared for and we never had the opportunity to appear before us. The sittings of the County Public Accounts and Investmetns Committee turned out to be a shouting match between their supporters. Therefore, for that reason, the Chair of the Committee, Sen. M. Kajwang’, must have suspended the sittings. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Nonetheless, we had a good time in the one full week that we stayed in Kitui County. It was from Sunday evening all the way to Friday. We were doing our businesses, interacted with the people of Kitui County and we visited Government establishments. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have heard me in this House quote on many occasion, the visit of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and Human Rights to Kitui Maximum Prison. When they met with the inmates there, they realized that most of them were actually being held because they could not raise fines for petty offences. The fines were like Kshs200, Kshs5000, Kshs3000 and so on. view
• 9 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
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: The Committee sat there inside a Government prison, passed a resolution and that afternoon as the Senate Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and Human Rights left Kitui maximum prison, they left with about 200 prisoners. The members of the public that had been locked up because of minor offences and could not pay the fines, left the prison. view
• 9 Mar 2023 in Senate: Unfortunately, due to COVID -19, we were not able to do this session in 2020, 2021. In 2022, we were not able to have sittings of the Senate outside of Nairobi because of the general elections. view