Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: (c) the Kenyan athletics team that participated in the IAAF World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar from 27th September to 6th October, 2019, for their stellar performance. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last weekend was an extremely proud moment for us, as a country, that for a whole weekend, Kenya as a nation dominated the world news and all over the globe. Everybody in perhaps almost every gathering of people that appreciate sports and what it is, at least had a thing or two to say about Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is estimated that on that beautiful Saturday morning in Vienna, when Eliud Kipchoge did something that no other human being has ever done in history before, close to two billion people across the globe sat ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: We have seen further that across social media and other avenues, he has received commendation and praise from former Heads of State, Nobel Laureates, and celebrated sports people from across the globe and each time they do that, the name of Kenya is held in high honour. The least we can do as a country, especially those of us in this Parliament, is to celebrate these three gallant groups of athletes. One of them is Eliud Kipchoge. The second one is Brigid Kosgei who broke a 16-year old record. For 16 years, various athletes have tried to bring down the ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the third lot that we are celebrating is the team that we sent to Doha to represent us in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. We had a total of 206 countries and Kenya finished second. That is no mean achievement. The question that we should be asking ourselves is what we are doing as a country and leadership to ensure that the great performance continues to be celebrated. There are many other Eliud Kipchoges who are unable to thrive perhaps because of the dilapidated nature of our sports arena across the country. ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: In the past few years, if you watch football, the National Premier League had got some semblance of order. The same was because of what sports betting firms were putting in, in terms of investment in our national football team. We can argue for or against betting. I am a Christian and I never betted. I do not support the practice but as a leader, I have to appreciate that different choices go for different people. Therefore, I cannot sit in a public office and say that because I do not agree with the practice of betting and gambling, that ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, of late some of us have got the title that we have acquired the new role of being the young opposition boys in town. It is a role that we take up with great admiration if that is what it will take to salvage this country from what is happening. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Therefore, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, cognizant of the fact that we are running short of time and many of my colleagues want to speak to this Motion, I will leave it at that. I beg to move and request the Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet County to second. He is the Senator for one of the gallant athletes that we are celebrating. Probably there is more than one because I only thought about Brigid Kosgei who hails from Elgeyo-Marakwet County. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have a plethora of requests from colleagues who would have wanted to contribute to this Motion, but given that we went late into the evening, for one reason or the other, they were not able to be here till late. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Under Standing Order 105, I do request that the debate be now adjourned. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. This is a very sad issue. As a young person, and also as a person who has been involved in business, I understand the pain that the Petitioners are going through. It is really unfortunate that it has come to this, that as a citizen, after doing business with your own Government, you have to resort to all manner of tricks in the book trying to get paid for what is justifiably yours. I have never understood why it is a struggle for genuine contractors and suppliers, people who do honest business with the ... view