Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: This is one of the serious discussions that comes out of that particular forum and they ask us to anchor them in law for a horizontal relationship with the county governments so that they are able to perform their duties and roles better. I have been around all these years that this House has existed and I feel bad about the fact that, we, as the Senate, have actually been unfair to our colleagues who serve in the county assemblies. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, do you know that even the offices of leadership in our county assemblies are not anchored in ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: Even the best dancers must know when to exit the stage. That is why I like legislative proposals that increasingly come to this House for setting up time limits. They are put in law, so that you do not have people overstaying in office. I do not believe in people who refuse to leave office. This Bill also proposes to enhance the functions of the Intergovernmental Relations Agency to include following up on summit resolutions. Remember what I mentioned a few minutes ago. In passing this law, I am fulfilling a summit resolution that was made more than eight years ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: example, from the national Government because part of what they do are responsibilities that are shared across the two levels of government. They also receive contributions which are informally set. I think it is an equitable amount from all the 47 county governments. With the establishment of the CoG secretariat in law, our county governments will make contributions without being offensive to the law. As they do it, it continues to raise audit queries in almost all our 47 county governments because they are donating to a body corporate that is foreign and alien to the operations of our law ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: messages, for example, that the Speaker just decided on change of leadership. You can find even a Speaker of a county assembly forming a select committee on their own. Most Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) are serving their first term. As such, it is their first time to interact with a legislative body. Therefore, they do not understand some of the challenges. The Senate is supposed to play the big brother role and be a mentor to our county assemblies to make sure that they come of age. There are issues of manipulation of budget processes. What powers do county ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: We look forward to sending Director Ruge here to train them. This man is a repository of legislative procedures here in the Senate. The same knowledge needs to be passed to our county assemblies. How do you transfer and pass that knowledge? It is not with the visits that we get here every other afternoon. For example, the Speaker reads that today we have visitors from Tana River County who have come to learn about the operations of the Senate. Surely, we are taking that joke too far. You need a proper institution established by law, that Members of County ... view
• 8 Aug 2024 in Senate: However, that was then. The debates in the county assemblies that we have in present day Kenya are just as good as the ones you would get even in a national Legislature like the Senate or the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya, if not better even in certain instances. Even the quality of legislators that are being sent there; citizens are beginning to appreciate that a representative needs to be somebody who knows how to pass on your issues, represent and feel with you when you have challenges and speak out for your sake. Therefore, that sets the ... view
• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, 7th August, 2024. view
• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have two quick issues. I say this quickly after the Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. As a House, we must also become a bit more serious in how we undertake our duty because of the people of this Republic who voted us to this House to legislate, represent, oversight and ensure that we propagate solutions that make their lives better. Even as issues are brought to fore every afternoon via statements by our colleagues, we must then ask ourselves how we can quickly resolve many of the issues that come before us ... view
• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: dismayed at the behaviour of governors. However, we are the only ones who have the powers to resolve this issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I expect that when we resume from recess, the Committee on Finance and Budget will be ready with an amendment towards the fulfilment of the desire and benefit of many citizens who work and contract services for and on behalf of our county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly--- view
• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was interrupted and that is why I kept quiet for about a minute. view