Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. My point is that we need to do a qualitative analysis to this process. We must ensure that 50 million of us citizens of this country get value for the taxes that we pay. As at now, the truth is that we do not. Every Kenyan pays taxes, but very few of us access public service courtesy of spending almost three-quarters of our revenue collection on paying public wages alone. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: It will, therefore, be important that when the CS tables that policy before us, as we consider it, we look at it with those facts in mind. For example, it will be of interest to us to know that there are almost 300 parastatals in this country, but if you gave Senators a blank piece of paper this afternoon and asked them to list the parastatals that offer valuable service to Kenyans, very few of them will go above 10 or 20. There are so many institutions that were either rendered moribund or are no longer useful to the kind ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: I urge that we look at this issue with a broad and open mind. The only thing that I warn against is that a trend is emerging in this Government where in the pursuit of what is considered to be public good, citizens end up suffering. We, as citizens, have continued to cheer them on and say we support what the Government is doing because it either makes our country better, or we have a sadistic view to life. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me take an example of what happened to the residents of Nkoroi. Their houses were demolished and ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: to celebrate it because it is in the pursuit of global good. There cannot be global good when private or individual human rights are being trampled upon. Therefore, I urge my colleagues in that particular Committee to address the concerns of those Kenyans. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: I watched with a lot of pain and imagined what a father would do if he returned home and he is not able to explain to his 10 year old son why they do not have a place to call home anymore. As this demolition was going on, we could see police officers supervising. How did we sink so low as a country to a point where police officers can now supervise illegalities and demolitions that have not been sanctioned by courts? It is a bad trend which, if we do not speak against it as a Parliament, shall continue. ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Senate Majority Leader is interrupting my contribution. Yet, if there is--- view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for protecting me from the Senate Majority Leader. As I conclude, I support the issues that have been raised by our colleague. I hope that when we eventually get a chance to look into this policy, we shall properly give it our thoughts. With those many remarks, I support. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I welcome the hon. Members from Uganda. I am a board member of the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST). Therefore, I get really excited when I see Members from other regional parliaments come to interact with us to learn about our parliamentary traditions and how we conduct our affairs. I extend a warm welcome to them and look forward to interact with them if the opportunity is presented to me. On behalf of my colleagues and all the other board members of the CPST, I say karibuni . view
• 19 Jun 2019 in Senate: I second, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this chance as the foremost defender of the interests of tea farmers in this House. I would have taken great offence had you allowed people like Sen. Murkomen who do not know how a tea bush looks like to make comments on this particular issue. view