Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: The President spent a good amount of time speaking about the need for inclusion; and having our goals and aspirations joined and directed towards one direction. That is a noble wish. However, if the President watched the House, he could easily have deciphered that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is achieving the opposite of what he intends it to achieve. When he spoke about BBI, half the crowd was cheering him and the other half was extremely mum about it. Therefore, as our President, I wish that as he reflects on the things that he told us, he will eventually ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: HANSARD on the contributions of the representatives of the people on what they think about his Address. That is the surest way for him to know the feeling of the people. As the President, he told the country that which he has done, and which he intends to do. As the representatives of the people, we are giving him the feedback and saying, ―On this and this, we agree with you; but on the following, we do not.‖ It is imperative that if the President wants to succeed on his BBI, the time has come for him to sit down ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge the President to take time and listen to the alternative view. The view of the majority of Kenyans is that after he shook hands with the former Prime Minister, the same has not been cascaded downwards for the people to understand what they entirely want to achieve out of their private conversations. After emerging from the steps of Harambee House, what is the BBI supposed to achieve? We listened that afternoon with a hope that he would perhaps go into more extreme detail to talk about some of the issues that have divided us, ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the very heart of democracy is a very cardinal principle that we will not always agree. However, at those points, we must find ways of being agreeable with each other. We must also realize that those who hold different views from ours are not necessarily our enemies. It is only because we are all raised differently, and appreciate things differently in life; and that there are people who will always hold views different to ours. If the President feels that we need to establish a stronger democracy in this country, then that ought to be ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: One of the other things is that electoral justice is a very thorny issue in this country. Electoral justice does not just end with the normally disputed presidential election. It even begins at party primaries, where many of our political parties still continue to struggle with the issue. When we have a society like ours, where in certain regions, a certificate from the popular political party is as good as a win in the main election, then we must address ourselves to these issues. We must see how we are going to get to a point where we know that, ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President also spoke – and rightfully so – to a great length about not turning back on devolution. I agree with him 100 per cent. Devolution is the silver bullet which, if we were to get it right, this country would change for good. However, it is important for his administration to enumerate--- He has given the figure that, as of that afternoon when he addressed the nation from Parliament, his administration had channeled a whooping Kshs1.7 trillion to our county governments. However, the question that many of the citizens we represent in this House ... view
• 10 Apr 2019 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I feel that some of the drafters of the Presidential Address embarrassed the President in one of his paragraphs. This is because it is a known fact that these Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) that were installed across the City of Nairobi do not function. It has been in the news and we have read it in our newspapers that at the time hon. Muchai was killed on Kenyatta Avenue, they were not working. Another person was murdered and when they tried to retrieve the footage, it was clearly evident that they were not working. It ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to join you in welcoming these very brilliant Kenyans from Kakamega County. I do so in a separate capacity as the Chairperson of the Caucus of Young Senators, the under-35 and the Senator for Kakamega County happens to belong to that caucus. On his behalf, I want to welcome these young brilliant Kenyans and to wish them the very best in their life ahead, requesting them to do their best. They should always put their best foot forward and never take “no” for an answer. Let them continue dreaming the impossible and one ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very important issue. I must congratulate my Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget for responding to something that is very critical to the operations and work of hon. Senators. On many occasions, when you have a crafty and cheeky governor, and when you challenge them in a public function why there is no meaningful development in our various counties, they answer that they have not received resources. Unfortunately, the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: absence of information provides good ground for misinformation. Therefore, without Senators knowing the exact amount and when it was released to their specific counties, it becomes a great hindrance to our work. We look forward to a time where in our pigeon holes and even on these tablets, we shall be able to access this information. When I go to Kericho tomorrow, I can confidently ask my governor to tell me what he has done with the money he has received this Financial Year 2018/2019. For example, I would ask him, out of the Kshs7 billion he received, what has ... view