Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by thanking the Senate. Under Article 96 of the Constitution, the role of the Senate is to protect devolution. One of the ways of doing so is by creation of legislative interventions to ensure that we continue nurturing devolution in this country. view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this County Assemblies Pension Scheme Bill is a clear milestone. You will remember when we took over, the County Governments Act was used in bringing devolution to fore and protecting it. However, there are many laws still not in place. For example, the Impeachment Procedure Bill which we tried to consider in the last session. 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
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: We had the issue of financial autonomy by the county assemblies which we just concluded and voted for, where we gave financial autonomy to county assemblies so that they can do their work independently. They should have an equivalent of the Parliamentary Service Commission that we have. view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: This is a milestone by the Senate Majority Leader who sponsored this Bill to enhance the functionality of our county assemblies. We do not want our Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) to continue being like Public Relations (PR) officers for governors. view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: When we go to Narok, we want to see the MCAs do oversight without fear or favour. They depend on the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance to allocate resources for them to function. Just like MPs, after finishing their terms, MCAs should have an opportunity of getting pension because they are state officers. We need to correct historical injustices against MCAs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the previous municipalities, we used to have councillors, and councillors did not have pension schemes. In the last session, we brought a Motion to request an honorarium or one payoff to councillors ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: I was in Kapsabet County Referral Hospital and it is in a pathetic condition. I hope the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) should close that hospital. What I witnessed after I left Vihiga County, I drove immediately to the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital; that place smelled like death. The filth and the dirt where Governor Sang has run down completely that hospital. It cannot even qualify to treat an animal or even a sick dog. That place, I noticed that even when you are inside the ward, you can smell death, dirt, and filth. You go to the toilets and ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: You saw that the County Assembly went into sine die ; it is very unfortunate. I want to thank the 19 MCAs, led by Kapsabet Ward MCA, who did an Ad Hoc report. You see on the paper in Kapsabet, that the project is complete, but the background vitu ni different. You go to the Kakiptui dispensary, somewhere in the Mosul sub-county; A Kakiptui dispensary was constructed with Kshs450,000. The governor’s administration, or maladministration, went and renovated the same dispensary with over Kshs3 million. Even in Kakiptui, the borehole that Kshs3 million was used is only giving Kutu water; the ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: We should not allow counties to look like it is an enrichment centre where, when somebody is elected a governor, the only motivation is to steal and plant account resources. So, when we see the Governor of Narok County flying around in choppers, I wonder if the money for that fuel, and the hiring of those choppers, if it can be put to the people of Narok County, they will get ECDE centres, and they will also get clean waters. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: I think the reason Governor Ole Ntutu, flies around in a chopper is because he has not made roads. There are no roads and the only way he will fly around is by a chopper. I normally see him and the Senator driving at night, not because he wants to function at night, but because the roads are impassable and he gets stuck all the time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) must do proper oversight. That is my request. We are doing the pension scheme and have given them financial autonomy. I want to ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: have financial autonomy, pension scheme, improved salaries, welfare and emoluments for MCAs, then they do not do proper oversight. I am speaking to all MCAs from Nandi, Bomet, Kericho, Narok, Lamu, Embu, Kirinyaga, Siaya, Homa Bay Counties and all the counties, including Turkana County, where a form four graduates is giving out drugs and the Health Committee of Turkana County Assembly cannot go and visit. I am appealing to them that we cannot be working hard and then they let us down. I hope that in the next Legislative County Assemblies Forum (CAF), we will call it out as it ... view