Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is worth noting that, as we speak, Parliament is processing the Public Participation Bill, which has been transmitted to the National Assembly. Our Constitution, as given, is a people-centered decision, especially at county governments through public participation. We have seen that our courts have been focusing on ensuring that they make decisions to meet the public participation and citizen-centered decisions. This is one of the ideals of OGP programmes that we have. Parliament, being critical both in oversight and legislation, the decisions being made should be given an opportunity. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the delegation from the Parliament of ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: The Kenyan Delegation participated in the deliberations and robustly presented our country position during various sessions. Of course, I participated at some point. It is important that we shared experiences about the new Constitution, which came into place from 2010. We shared that our Constitution is now citizen-centered. The people of Kenya have been given a unique opportunity in terms of decision making. Those are some of the best practices that we have been doing It is worth noting that, most of the key decision-making that have been guiding through the people’s watchman because of public interest, this Constitution has ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, my clarion call, as I conclude, is to call upon the county governments to embrace. Embrace has a different meaning in this country. I am trying to--- view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: No, it is not about wamama; but embrace. I am trying to get a better word. The county governments should welcome the issue of open governance. I am happy that in the convention that is being chaired by the Deputy President, (Dr.) William Ruto, and we had a conversation about it the other day – Sen. Dullo is one of the core conveners - to allow the county governments, like Nakuru County Government and Nakuru County Executive should be ready to face the decisions that they make. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Therefore, I challenge governors, county governments and even our county assemblies, to stop this issue of making decisions in the dark, or having village gatekeepers or adjusted decisions. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I would like to tell you for a fact that most of the court cases that county governments face is because they have not involved the people. People are just questioning on public participation, people’s interests and citizen participation. That is why most county governments are in court. They have been taken to court even on budget and policy issues. There are also a few legislations that have been taken to court on a few occasions by the public. This shows that public participation space in Kenya, especially in this region and the entire Africa, has ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Even as we call upon the national Government and the county governments to provide, I also want to do so to the private sector, which plays a critical role. They should also share information. Under Article 34 and 35, on the right to information and media freedom in this country, we want to challenge other stakeholders, who are non-State organs, to be part of the entire process of opening up their spaces, sharing information which is a constitutional right and ensuring that we move forward on some of these issues. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: As a Committee, we are ready to come up with legislations, policies and regulations that will be in place to ensure that we are seized in open governance. I want to challenge all these State organs that if you make decisions in an open, transparent, fair, citizen or people centered, and there is public participation, we will have many Kenyans being happy to be part of that decision making process. 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
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: As we talk about the Big Four Agenda, we need to ensure that we bring everybody on board, so that on some of these decisions we make, we let people know what is happening. Before I forget, with your guidance, we have the Senate Mashinani program. The other day, you led us to Uasin Gishu County and now Kenyans know the role of the Senate, as provided for under Section 96. I am happy that the House leadership is here, because they have been instrumental in opening the Senate so that people can understand. I know that there are some ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: they do not know the vision and they do not have the information that you want to change them through. This could be the annual development plans, county integrated development plans and the processes that we have. Therefore, I want to challenge all the stakeholders to be open, and to ensure that we engage the Government and various agencies. Finally, the custodian of public interest is no longer the Attourney-General. Anybody can walk to a court of law or any Government institution, and demand for information, as provided for under this Constitution. I challenge the citizens of Kenya not to ... view