Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, AWARE that on the 11th July 2024, pursuant to Article 126(1) of the Constitution, the Senate resolved to hold its Plenary and Committee sittings in Busia County from 23rd to 27th September 2024; ACKNOWLEDGING THE recommendation of the Senate Business Committee to alter the dates for holding the sittings in Busia The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: County and the need to put in place necessary measures for successful sittings; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to alter the dates for the Senate Mashinani in Busia County from 23rd to 27th September, 2024 to the 28th October to 1st November 2024. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a move by about four weeks. I had explained earlier that there are certain contingency plans that have not been concluded between us and the County of Busia. You understand that a visit in the Senate Mashinani programme involves so many other plans. In fact, this programme is so elaborately organised ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: programme. Therefore, the Secretariat and the technical people that are putting together this programme have asked that we delay our going to Busia by four weeks, so that we can have an even better Senate Mashinani than what we had in Turkana, Uasin Gishu and Kitui Counties. This is so that we make it better and make the people of Busia feel and interact with the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, this is a fairly straightforward matter. I do not intend to take long on it. We have spent the afternoon debating and informing ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Members who have taken time to speak to this important Motion. I hope we can garner the support of the requisite number of colleagues, so that we go to Busia in November and get to learn, interact, and deliver a Senate Mashinani to the people of Busia County that is far much better than what the other three Senate Mashinani episodes offered. It is my sincere hope that at that particular time, Kenyans will appreciate more the work of the Senate, unlike previously in the past, where we have had different varying experiences. They ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: I am seeing an emerging trend where Governors – I do not know but perhaps they are informed by scientific evidence or project viability proposals – are setting up industries to be run and managed by county governments. If the national Government is struggling to manage some of the industries, tell me how good our counties will be to manage many of these? I just thought of that particular industry. I see many county governments putting up this or the other industry. It will be a good study, and perhaps, we can be informed later on. If there are any ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bills No.24 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This is not the first time that this Bill is coming to this House. In 2014 or 2015, when we had the Westgate Attack, the idea to have an agency that coordinates our disaster response was mooted. Reading afterwards about that disaster, it was said that the first responders spent quite a substantial amount of time arguing on basic protocols on how to respond to disasters such as those and many others. There ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: folding up. Otherwise, if we continue with this practice, to the best of my account, we have more than 350 state agencies. You even wonder what they are doing. We have county governments, ministries and state departments. I want to challenge the Committee that is considering this legislation, to particularly point out and establish many of these institutions that we are trying to help them coordinate and come together on the transitional amendments that shall come out of this Bill. We need to wound up those institutions so that even that can be part and parcel of this institution. Mr. ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: Consequently, Madam Temporary Speaker, the establishment of a comprehensive framework will outline the strategies on how to mitigate, respond and recovery that will better protect our citizens and infrastructure. We risk leaving people we represent in this House to the devastating impacts of disasters. It is imperative that we prioritize the passage of this Bill to safeguard the well-being of our country and the people we represent in this House. Part One of the Bill is all about preliminary provisions of the name, the title and the object of the Act. Part Two of the Bill establishes the institutional framework ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and transiting the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). I am very clear in my mind that this country does not need any new agency or institution. We can only make better that which we have. If we are creating a new authority, it is on the understanding and the premise that there are other institutions that we are either winding up completely or transitioning its people and operations into the new agency. T This is to ensure that you do not end up with a continuous recurring bill of close to a trillion Kenyan shillings, ... view
• 18 Sep 2024 in Senate: risk management activities at the county level. It gives information either to the national office or the county governor's office for mitigation of risk and response to disaster. Clause 5 contains the financial provisions, which include the funds of the Authority, annual estimates, as well as accounts and audit of the Authority. This is where I disagree greatly with our colleagues in the National Assembly, with tremendous respect to them. They are the House that handles the budget. They know the fiscal difficulties that this country continues to have, yet they send to this House a Bill that creates an ... view