Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think it is in order for the Senator for Kakamega to insinuate improper motives on the conduct of colleagues. Of course, all the hon. Senators who have spoken to this matter are very clear in their heads that these are genuine Kenyans who took part in these business transactions. In fact, if there is a person that we need to check on the people they defend, then it is the friends of people like Rai in this House--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this important Motion by my good friend, Sen. Kasanga. This adds to her already decorated career in the Senate of bringing matters of great importance to the country. This is just part of them. The idea of community forest associations gives one an understanding of a leader who appreciates that the kind of communities that we live in nowadays are not similar to those of the colonial times. I have observed a worrying trend in Government, where for most of the challenges the society continues to ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: The kind of proposal that is given by our good friend, distinguished Sen. Kasanga, gives us a good platitude to understand all the challenges that this country continues to face. If we involve the citizenry more in establishing solutions to the problems that bedevil us, perhaps, we will make more progress than us sitting on the ivory towers that some of us sit on in the big offices that we occupy in Nairobi. We imagine that we can dictate policies for people living in the villages. We think that they are people short on wisdom and so, we have to ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: This is the kind of thinking that we need to appreciate all the other challenges that the society continues to face. We need to appreciate that as a country we are getting civilized by the day. Whenever the most civilized of societies have issues that they feel warrant the attention of everyone in the community, they sit down. The communities receive the reports through their representatives at the local municipalities and county assemblies. Let county governments establish how much of the taxes were used to plant trees in a particular forest, for example, in Kericho County. We should also know ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: This manner of thinking is what we need to appreciate all the other challenges that societies face. We need to appreciate that, as a country, we get civilized every day. Whenever the most civilised societies have issues that they feel warrant the attention of everyone in the community, people sit down to discuss and point out those who are a nuisance to society. If this had been established, most of the forest cover in this country would not have been destroyed in the manner in which it has been destroyed for the past 50 years. If you go to regions ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: How is it that there were evictions of people from Embobut and Mt. Elgon forests, but if you go there, not a single tree has been planted? Forest conservation does not only involve evicting invaders. You have to get a thorough plan because it is an empirical process. You should sit down to plan and think through the whole idea of how you want to manage a particular forest cover. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: There is an issue that was raised by my colleague, the distinguished Sen. (Dr.) Langat. If we had demarcated the Mau Forest in the 1960s that traverses about nine counties, we would not be talking about the kind of destruction that is on-going. As long as we still debate on where the boundary is, the outline and all these kinds of issues, we will not conserve our forests. That is the truth of the matter. I have visited the Mau Forest. I know that in 2017 when the first order was issued for people to vacate the Nyayo Tea Zone, ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Chapter 11 of our Constitution appreciates the cultural diversity of this country. It is not that some of us do not know how to live inside a forest that we make assumptions that everyone who gets access and lives in a particular forest causes destruction. The Ogieks and the Ndorobos know how they live and fend for themselves. They are Aborigines of particular regions I have mentioned and take care of particular forests. That is what you get when you use a community to manage a forest. Section 38 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act that has been referred ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I propose that my colleague, Sen. Kasanga, should move a step forward and introduce an amendment that will ensure that each and every county government gives a report back to this House on how they are improving the forest cover. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Many people talk about the Mau Forest using big words. I wish the Senator for Homa Bay County was here because there is something I wanted to remind him when he was speaking. He spoke well about what we need to do about the Mau Forest, but in his own Homa Bay County, forest cover is hardly two per cent. There is no need of speaking good English in Parliament and do nothing at home because it will not increase forest cover. That is what we need to learn and appreciate. As a leader, I challenge my colleague, Sen. Malalah, ... view