Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator seated next to me was my lecturer at the university. He has informed me that when you sit in a committee and fail to do the right thing, you are no longer a Senator but a guy. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: This is one of the days that I do not want to follow my lecturer‘s advice. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sympathise with my lecturer this afternoon. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it appears that I am on my own. I will proceed nonetheless. In conclusion, I would like to state that I agree with the sentiments of our colleagues who have stated that it is how we approach this issue that will determine whether we will have a job to do for the next three years while we are still Members of this House or we will have none at all. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: If we continue to tolerate the kind of things that the National Assembly is doing and continue to give it casual approach, we will lose. I would like to state that even the Judiciary to some extent does not understand the procedures of Parliament. Two weeks ago, a senior counsel in this country, wrote to the Speaker of Parliament to stop the National Assembly from considering a particular Bill that would touch on the operations of law firms. I concluded that if somebody at the level of a senior counsel does not understand that Parliament is not just the National ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our position remains firm that we cannot have an Appropriation Bill without the Division of Revenue Bill. What I know about communication is that sometimes we say so many things to the point that people end up not understanding what exactly we are saying. That ought to be our point for the day. The whole country should know that in as far as the Senate is concerned; we contest the Appropriation Bill that was signed by the President, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. It is illegal, null and void. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for recognizing the apex representative of tea farmers in this House. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I am duly guided Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. The matters being canvassed by that particular report, you do recall that about six months ago that this House via a Motion that it had initiated set up an ad hoc Committee to look into the challenges faced by small holder tea farmers. We did our work, responded to all those issues being brought to this House by this petitioner. That report was adopted by our Committee, but it has been lying at Senate Business Committee awaiting— view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that report has been lying before the Senate Business Committee awaiting to be allocated time where this House can debate and pass that report. If that was to happen, those farmers will actually find reprieve. This is because part of the things we have requested in that report, and my colleagues can bear me witness is for the President to set up a Commission of enquiry to look into the issues of KTDA and how they continue to impoverish our farmers. All those issues cannot be properly sorted out by any other action of this House other ... view