Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: go and run for an elective office, which is bad manners that we are practising in this country, and it must stop. The third point is that the National Irrigation Authority is a failure. We must collapse some of these agencies.Yesterday, we discussed about the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). I know there is a biting drought in Makueni, Kitui, Machakos, Kajiado and northern parts of Kenya, which include Mandera, Wajir, all the way to Turkana. Some of the agencies have money, but you cannot understand what they do. You recall the Solai Dam Tragedy. It happened because agencies like ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I call upon the CBK, which is the regulator, to enforce these regulations. We have the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, where they have defined the meaning of proceeds of crime. The issue of farm machineries and accessories must be looked into. We need to know the status of the machinery at West Kano Irrigation Scheme. Just like the commercial banks, the NIB must be sanctioned and senior officials surcharged so that we ensure that our farmers do not continue to suffer. Owing to the failure by the EACC, I encourage the CAJ, also known ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: So, you are proposing that we have court martial? If the EACC has bungled investigations, we can become radical and allow the army to take over through court martial. If the watchman is the one allowing stealing, who will ensure that the watchman is being watched? Just as the Member said, if the EACC has bungled investigations, the institution that should take over is the military through court martial so that the money can be returned. I know Sen. Maanzo knows this because he is a Senior Counsel. We must trace the money that was stolen. As we surcharged them, ... view
• 6 Mar 2025 in Senate: I urge Members to support this report. I do not know whether Sen. Maanzo is a Member of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. They should invite the EACC to appear before the Senate. They should stop arresting traffic police officers who take Kshs50 or 200. They should tell us where individuals who are stealing the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), those who used to steal from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and those who did state capture are and why they are enjoying the proceeds of corruption. We are making noise here in the Senate, ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Chute of Mandera. Due to the ongoing drought situation in the country, it is very sad that 60 years down the line, we as a country are still discussing non-access to clean and safe water, yet many millions have been allocated. There is an agency called the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). That agency and the water works that we have should be proactive. If boreholes are non- functional, you can imagine the suffering of Kenyans. Garissa Town is less than one kilometre but there is no water there, ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: Nowadays he is wise. I accept. view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the Senate Majority Leader has said is happening on paper. It is only yesterday that the residents of Mandera demonstrated because Kenya Power has not added them a generator. In fact, Kenya Power should have added them another generator at the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadhan but they have not done so. I am speaking from a point of information. When we went there, we established that Kenya Power is yet to do something. The Senate Majority Leader should direct the Cabinet Secretary for Energy to do this. He should sit with him and ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: green energy. We must zero-rate solar accessories and panels, so that Kenyans who cannot access electricity--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact in your area, which is Kilifi, and Northern Kenya, people should be using solar energy because apparently there is a lot of sun and wind. Look at Garissa. There is no water, yet the river passes in the town. As we call upon the Ministry of Energy to provide electricity, governors must also be held accountable. I know you did a good job while in Kilifi. I was sad today to see the Governor of Wajir, who is the ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate the newly elected Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Sen. Wafula, who is the Senator of Bungoma County. I expected him to move the Report in Kiswahili. He has started with new energy. In Tanzania, they refer to such energy as view
• 5 Mar 2025 in Senate: . I also want to congratulate the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The issue of maize diseases continues to give us a challenge. Maize is grown in all the counties and even across our borders. The challenge sometimes emanates from the seeds because the organisations that propagate the seeds are not keen to prevent some of these challenges. The Kenya Seed should come up with seeds based on the soil type and climatic conditions of a region. They should, therefore, not develop the same seed for Narok and Nandi or Bomet. I am happy that Kenya Seed Company Limited ... view