Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Ad hoc Committee inquiring into the challenges facing the tea sector in Kenya, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 25th July, 2019. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill, but before I do it, on behalf of the Senate Deputy Majority Whip, Sen. Kang’ata who represents Murang’a County, I welcome the students from his home county. I wish them well in their study. I hope they will enjoy the debate and learn as much as they can during their stay. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very interesting Bill. It is something that we should have done a long time ago. However, for one reason or the other, it is shocking that after The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: many years of the existence of Parliament, it is at this point that we are thinking about the real movers and shakers of our economy. I cannot think of a more industrious group of Kenyans than hawkers and street vendors. These are the people who ensure that we access goods and wares at very affordable prices, if we need to purchase something urgently without walking to a particular shop or a formally built-up rental space. Sen. Kibiru thought it wise to bring to this House a Bill that will regulate how counties should take care of the supposed to be ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Clause 3 of this Bill is about the objects and purpose of this Act. It recognises the need to regulate informal trading, including the conduct of such trade and licensing by counties. Up to now, these businesses are not recognised. It is not considered legit or genuine business to be a hawker in any particular part of this country. Those that are allowed are simply allowed courtesy of grace or the good courtesies of the powers that be. With the passage of this Bill, it will no longer be a favour. It will be a right for a woman, man ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Clause 8 speaks about vending zones and places that shall be publicly designated. One of the things that we also devolved is the ability for local communities to govern themselves. It is possible for a local community to sit, decide and agree that a particular public space can be used as a market. Nobody should question them because it is their public space, and they can do as they feel. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: It is proper that we are now legislating and giving counties the ability to domesticate this via their county assemblies and declare certain public spaces to be vending zones, which people can access after being charged the agreed amount of money. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Clause 11 is crucial. It states that county governments shall provide essential facilities. It is not enough to just say that hawkers in this town can go and sell their goods in a particular space. This law ensures that they are provided with essential facilities, for it to be considered a proper market. You cannot just point at a particular public space and say that is a market. You must provide access to clean water, clean toilet and a place where people can go about their private businesses. There needs to be a solid waste disposal mechanism. You need to ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes half-hearted solutions are worse than even no solution. It is better that when you decide to solve a particular problem, you solve it wholeheartedly. That is the spirit of this Bill. County governments are being challenged that when they set up a vending zone, they should also provide all the essential facilities that will ensure that the businesses of these people thrive. They should not treat it like a nuisance. In essence, I guess that is what this Bill is telling us. Do not treat these people as if they are a bother and, therefore, you ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: most important aspects of this Bill that has been included that I find to be extremely brilliant. view