Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: When we were drafting the pleadings, as the Committee Chairperson, it was my prayer that this matter be handled by your office and also the country’s leadership, including the President himself, so that we do not have petty fights. I know we have more critical issues that this country needs to address. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Secondly is the issue of budget-making process. Of course, the decision on that matter will be made by the Supreme Court and the process has started. In the previous session, we fought very hard to increase the money meant for counties. Unfortunately, we did not succeed. Going forward, in terms of protecting counties as provided under Article 96, I hope we will push and ensure that we increase shareable revenue to our counties to ensure they are well resourced. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I think Members are forgetting that we should also deal with this animal where the National Treasury strategically delays cash disbursement to counties. This has led to near collapse or stopping of services being delivered by county governments. As the Senate, we must have a position and ensure that the cash disbursements to the counties by the National Treasury are done timely. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: There is also the issue of corruption in our counties. Members of the CPAIC should be issuing summonses to counties that do not follow the law. Counties now burn procurement offices. It happened in Kitui and Busia counties and the other day it happened in Kisumu County. Why are county governments burning down their procurement and finance offices? What are they hiding? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: These are some of the issues that the CPAIC must address, so that we do not have counties burning down their finance and procurement departments. Why is it strategic that it is procurement and finance departments that are burning down? Is the fire allergic to other departments that we have in our counties? view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, we should have a consultative meeting. What happened yesterday was sad. Both our Speakers were never given an opportunity to eulogize the late Mzee Moi. We should come up with the law of pecking order because most of the state functions should be carried out in an orderly manner. It is never about parties or individuals. state functions should not be about individuals or parties. During a state function like the one we had yesterday, the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chief Justice should have been given an opportunity ... view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. My Committee presented an amendment Bill that would help strengthen the Senate. I do agree with the Senate Minority Leader that we need to have a meeting with the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) team that is led by Sen. Haji for us to discuss with them ways of strengthening the Senate. This House should be given veto powers and the necessary powers for it to be the ‘upper House’ in order for us to discharge our mandate. I do hope that Sen. Haji and Sen. Wako will factor in that. I hope that we will ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Standing Order No.99 says:- “A Senator who wishes to speak on any matter in which the Senator a pecuniary or proprietary interest shall first declare that interest.” view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, having crosschecked online and everywhere, I have seen that my colleague from Murang’a County, Sen. Kang’ata, is one of the partners in Muchoki, Kang’ata, Njenga and Company Advocates. I hope that when we proceed to voting on other decisions of the House, we will need a ruling on whether we can release Sen. Kang’ata from participating in the final deliberations on this matter. view