Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for granting Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale a chance to go and enjoy his favourite glass of chang’aa early in the day. Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I quickly--- view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: But he enjoys chang’aa, and that is a fact. view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw the word “chang’aa” and replace it with “his favourite drink”, which is known anyway. view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me quickly go to more serious issues. I want to add my voice to the issue of Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital (MLKH) that has been brought by Sen. Kibwana. Where MLKH sits today is where I used to play football as a young boy from the age of two up to the time I became an adult. People being served in that particular hospital today are friends that I grew up with. If I were not a Senator in this House, perhaps, I would be doing other duties like what has been brought by this Senator. ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to appreciate the opportunity to speak on this very important endeavour by our Committee charged with this very enormous responsibility. First, for the record, I wish to register my appreciation that mediation exercises are now taking a shorter period than was the case in the previous sessions of the Senate. Previously, the first few meetings would end up being five or 10 minutes and we would disagree on very basic matters, including who chairs the meeting and who makes the opening prayer. That is how bad the relationship between the two Houses was then. I ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: I celebrate these committees more specifically in this Report. I have only about two or three comments that I want to make, specifically on the Committee recommendations that have been made on what now will be the mediated version of this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I, first, want to appreciate that this is a very important piece of legislation. You understand that in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) manifesto, we made a promise to make water available to as many citizens of our Republic as possible. Having made that promise, we came to the realisation that it was going to ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: I appreciate that in this mediated version of the Bill, Clause 4 now provides for the opportunity to engage with the citizens and seek their views. It is at this point that citizens can give their views. Perhaps, even put a limit on what will be the allowed charge and the time period within which they need to pay. If, for example, you live within the City of Nairobi, you know that the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) expects you to pay your water bill by the end of every month. However, given the enormous task that they have ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: and old piping systems. I want to believe that the coming in of private players in partnership with these water service agencies, will rid out these losses and ensure that they deliver water to our citizens at a fee that many of the average citizens can easily afford. There is one that I am not certain how it has been addressed in this particular Bill. Although, I recall that previously as I Moved this Bill, it is one of the things that we had concerned ourselves about. What would eventually happen with the existing water service agencies in our counties ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: I hope SRC will do a better job of determining the rates based on the efficiency of a water service provider so that you do not apply a standard rate across all the 47 counties. We are sometimes obsessed with certain constitutional principles that end up violating the core mandate of service provision, which is to ensure that every citizen enjoys this service. Not every water service provider has the financial capability to carry on certain costs. I believe that what the Tribunal in Mombasa County will be earning might not necessarily hold true to what it will earn in ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024- The National Treasury and Economic Planning, 2024 Budget Review and Outlook Paper. Mr. Speaker, I beg to lay. view