Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard Sen. Mwaura mention that Granton Samboja is no longer a DJ. I wish to inform him that actually one of the allegations that were brought before the Committee and substantiated by evidence - because video and audio recordings were presented before us - is that he is still a DJ. He has a show every Sunday afternoon on Milele FM . The MCAs found that not to be expected of a governor. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir. As a Member of this Committee, it will be a bit weird if I say that I support the Report, because it is our Report. Maybe the better thing to say is that I believe in the work that we did. In all earnest and fairness, we did that job, trying to get the best solution for the people of Taita Taveta County. I have heard many of my colleagues speaking. Therefore, in my contribution, I will try and allay some of the fears that have been brought up. I will also try to ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, had the county assembly dutifully taken their work seriously and presented before us; the county annual budget that they are alleging the Governor is implementing projects that are out of budget, the procurement plan as they had promised or evidence to confirm that the statutory deductions were not being remitted, the results would have been different. I am disappointed that the county assembly did not provide evidence. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: I urge the many counties that are watching today’s proceedings that if they bring a governor before the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, they better be ready to prove what they are alleging. If the county assemblies are not ready to prove their allegations, they should not bring allegations here in the first place because we are not a rubber stamp. One of the things that we are not about to do as the Senate, is to play politics about any The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: particular issue. We only protect the interests of devolution and counties to ensure that they live, thrive and change the lives of the people. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we were able to confirm some of the charges that were brought before us. I heard people speak and make light of some of the charges, yet they are not. It is not easy to say that for an entire two years, a governor has not submitted the annual report on implementation status of the county policies. How can you not tell the representatives of the people who elected you into office what you are doing as a county governor? That is not right and it cannot be entertained. When we looked at the provision in ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, kindly give me two minutes to conclude. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we proposed that this House through its own procedures determines which departmental committee should summon the Governor and the County Assembly of Taita Taveta and go through the charges one by one and ensure that this particular issues that they were bringing are resolved so that the County Government of Taita Taveta can function because as it is, it is dysfunctional. You cannot be on the fifth month of a financial year without having agreed on a budget. Despite the fact that challenges exist in the other 46 counties, they have agreed on a budget. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Paragraph 183, the Committee recommends that on all the charges of financial impropriety, the EACC should conduct an investigation into this issues and report to this House within 60 days. Any county government official; the governor, a CEC, a chief officer or procurement officer who is found to have misappropriated funds belonging to the people of Taita Taveta County should be brought to book. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: I beg to support. view