Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to react to the Statement by the Senate Minority Leader. I agree with the Government that sometimes it is necessary to withdraw the police, especially from people who are doing illegal demonstrations. How can you send a police officer to fight another? This is why we have had allegations where bullets have been used by the same bodyguards guarding leaders in the Minority to shoot ordinary Kenyans. This is why one police officer has been killed and over 300 police officers are recuperating in hospital. Chiefs’ houses have been burned in Siaya and ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Yes. view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware Sen. Oketch Gicheru was thrashed at that time by the current Governor of Migori then, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko. Sen. Oketch Gicheru did not make it at that time. However, I have not mentioned names. The HANSARD can bear me witness. Finally, you cannot say that the Government of the day is illegitimate when you want the same Government to provide security for you. We will not allow that. You cannot talk about police brutality and fail to recognize that the police have been killed and injured. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oppose this Statement. view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No. 98, 105 and 101 of the Senate Standing Orders. Is it in order for my big brother and senior youth, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu to allege that the police have been shooting people who are not armed yet we have seen even in media and other outlets that people are throwing stones and rocks and even shooting at the police? That is why one police is dead and 370 police officers are admitted in hospitals as we speak. Is it in order to state something that is not true? I wish he ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to comment on the Statement by your Committee on Standing Order No.56. I thank Sen. Wakili Sigei. Yesterday the Senate Majority Leader raised a serious issue; that of tabling of statements by committees as being not just for the sake of it. You remember, whether you ruled or I was not there, the President had written to you and the National Assembly Speaker about creation of the Official Opposition office. I did not hear the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights saying something about that. I thought that was a very critical and ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: This comes at the hindsight of many issues being raised considering constitutional matters and the place of Opposition in this country. We want to move the Opposition from streets to come and do their job. The second and final observation is on the issue of review of election laws. You are aware the Selection Panel of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is ongoing. Your Committee met the IEBC and you and the Chair were prominently there. I did not hear the update on the review and ensuring that the election laws can be discussed. I am happy Sen. ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Point of order. view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I equally welcome the great students from Cardinal Otunga to the Senate. I think my colleagues have said it all. I went to one of the best schools that has produced two presidents. That is the late President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and also the Fifth President, Hon. (Dr.) William Samoei Kipchirchir Arap Ruto. Maybe yours truly will become one because we do not know about the future. My alma mater is Kapsabet Boys High School. I know it is in an equal league with Cardinal Otunga whose students and teachers are before us. Therefore, I wish ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: Socrates said that we are sojourners on this earth. When our time comes to an end, they will take over the reins and offices and become Senators, leaders, presidents, lawyers and doctors. I am happy a medical doctor, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, and our senior counsel have welcomed them. At the moment, we have only two senior counsels; Sen. Omogeni from Nyamira and my former lecturer Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, SC, the Senator for Kisumu. Previously we used to have two senior counsels; Hon. Wetangula, the current Speaker of the National Assembly and Hon. Orengo, who is now the Governor ... view
• 27 Jul 2023 in Senate: My apologies. I meant Hon. Amos Wako. How can a medical doctor know who a senior counsel is and who is not? It escaped my mind. Sen. Omogeni is the one who introduced the rules for senior counsels when he was the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). He said that if you serve as the Chair of the LSK, you must be a senior counsel. How did he become a senior counsel? I am not doubting him because he has defended me before and he did well but I stand guided. view