Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Then we can do the university model by the Chair. view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me be the first to have the bite on the cherry. I support the Statement by Sen. Wafula on the issue of Bungoma employees. In most of the audit reports that come to the Senate, almost all counties are beyond 35 per cent in their fiscal responsibility. In fact, you have been a governor and you will notice that most counties are going beyond 35 per cent in terms of employees’ compensation. This crisis is also in Nandi. Yesterday when the Nandi County Assembly tabled a report on ad hoc committee, one of the ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Although we receive bashing from National Assembly that we should not be discussing such matters, I thought everything concerns counties. These students we are talking about come from counties. Therefore, I think the National Assembly should get busy ama waende wasikie vibaya nahuko kwao . view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. One of the critical issues that Gen Z raised during the protracted demonstrations across the country was the display of opulence by politicians. This was more dominant during public fundraisings and harambees. The spirit of Harambee, at the building of this nation – the senior youth representative, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga, who is older than all of us, should tell us – changed over time. We have done harambees in many things. In sports, I see clubs like Abaluhya Football Club (AFC) Leopards Sports Club, Gor Mahia, and the rest of harambees. It comes to ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: hospital bills across the country. The problem is not even the hospital bill; it is the commercialised medical services in this country. When you walk to a private facility or health centre, they cannot explain to you why they are charging, for example, the amount they are charging in their medical bills. In some instances, private medical facilities charge Kshs20 million in medical bills. When you ask them about the gloves and the syringes, they cannot quantify who gave them. We should regulate private health facilities across the country because no one can explain the hospital bills they give. Moi ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: for such. Does public fundraising also involve fundraising for campaigns? I have not seen it in this Bill. We do have campaign finance laws in this country. We should, therefore, just regulate public fundraising appeals, so that we do not create bureaucracy. Imagine a small village somewhere in Nandi County which has lost someone and have a target of Kshs250,000 to enable them bury that person. Why create a bureaucracy for them? Why do they have to look for a chief, County Executive Committee Member (CECM) or a Cabinet Secretary to get an approval to fundraise for such an amount? view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Why do we not bring a standardised permit that will be used when someone wants to conduct a fundraiser? They should start with the lowest person there, who is mzee wa mtaa, then get approval from the local chief. How many people in that small village in Machakos County know of the CECM, waziri or the sub-county administrator? It is unfortunate that we want to introduce something like that. I do not see anything on receiving, vetting and processing of applications. Let me walk to the chief's office and get a permit to conduct a harambee. I should fill it ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: Establishment of endowment funds is also important. It can be done on establishments such as the Dr. Hassanally Rattansi and other endowment funds. The role of a Cabinet Secretary and CECM is highlighted together with inspections of records. There are many other better things that a CECM and a Cabinet Secretary can do other than regulating harambees. Let us be fair to this country. Let us prepare laws that are fair to Kenyans. No one is denying that harambees are good. Some of us are products of harambees. Maybe, I would not have been a Senator if I did not ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: those of us who grew up in the village to go to school, build cattle dips and have good places of worship at the end of the day. Let us not lose that good intention. I will comment on the issue of solicitating members for public or private benefit. I know people who do fundraising for their own selfish benefit and we must root out such individuals. If you conduct a harambee, it should be for something good. We do not want Kenyans to conduct a harambee in order for them to buy a vehicle, build a house or buy ... view
• 14 Nov 2024 in Senate: . I heard a Senator say that a pastor was preaching about public fundraisers when he went to church. Pastor Ng’ang’a and the rest of the preachers might blame the Senate, but I want to assure the church and religious organizations that sadaka and tithes have not been touched. It will not form part of public fundraisers. Sadaka, tithes, donation to the church and joining membership fee of free organizations shall not be touched. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lotteries or raffles like Sport Pesa and the rest have also not been touched. I met my religious leaders and we argued ... view