Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish the two candidates well. I know the law says the President will appoint one. Of course, we hope to see those Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) members before this Committee. I support and ask the House to support too. I ask the SRC that if either of them succeeds because they are two, they should assist the country in advising on the issue of ballooning wage; not only the national wage but also county wage. The only county that is below 35 per cent is Turkana County. The rest are beyond 35 per cent as ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. The issue of land would not be complete without my input because where I come from, a man is defined by the land they own and women. If you are a real man, then in the context of the African culture, where we come from, especially the pastoralists, you are not important. I do not know about the other regions. My law lecturer, Prof. Tom Ojienda, the Senator for Kisumu, wrote a book called view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: He used to teach me conveyancing in the university. In his opening remarks on this Book, he says that land is an emotive issue and it defines many issues in the African set-up. Land laws are many. They are like a catalogue. There is the Land Registration Act, the Land Act and the Registration of Titles Act and some of them have been amended. The whole issue was given with the onset of the Constitution, of the land and environment at Chapter Five, which defined land into three classifications; community land, public land and the private land which some of ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: . Affinity to grabbing of public land is a very serious issue in this country. From 1963, how do you explain that one family in this Republic owns over 500,000 acres; the size of Western Kenya? We know that land reforms in this country have made many strides. In the previous regime, one of the tokenism that the political patronage would use is to give land. If the powers that be passed and saw any beautiful land, wanasema katia mimi hiyo. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how do we explain today that we still have absentee landlords in the Coast, yet there ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, did you hear that story where someone has the title deed of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) grounds. I will not be surprised if the Parliament buildings are squatting on private land. How do we know? If the invaders wanted to take over Parliament, they would have been taking over private property, until we see the title deed that belongs to Parliament. The KICC issue has never been resolved. I wish the Chairperson of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, and it is good the Senate Majority Leader is here, to tell us the ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Can you believe that most of the land in Kericho, for example, was given as wedding and love gifts to the British who voted during the precolonial and the First World War? This was done and yet our fathers and mothers sacrificed to fight for the independence of this country. When you read the Gulag Report, and the Mau Mau uprising, the most salient and emotive issue was land. view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Our fathers, mothers and grandmothers went to fight in the forests because of land; I know Gen Z are fighting on the streets. It is sad that 60 years down the line, there are Kenyans who are still suffering because somebody somewhere who owns a tea estate like Lipton, among others in Nandi, Kericho, and Bomet, up to today has not gotten justice; while Kenyans who live in the northern Coastal part of Mombasa, have absentee The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: landlords. Probably, the issue of Shakahola happened because there was an absentee landlord and the land was not being used. view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Similarly, in Lamu where my brother Sen. Githuku comes from, the conflict is about ownership of land among other factors. On registration of public land, as we talk today, I think close to half or less than half of primary schools and public institutions do not have a title deed in their name. view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: When you look under Article 60 of the Constitution of Kenya on principles of land equity, vis-a-vis the amendment, we must create equitable access to land and security of land rights. I know all of us own land. I was telling somebody jokingly that if you want to ensure your land is safe, you charge. In layman's language because not all of us are legal minds and do not enjoy the legal prowess that I possess, it means that you take a loan to ensure your land cannot be grabbed. view