Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Otherwise, our counties are in dire need of these funds at this particular time when there are many challenges. People in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) do not have food. It is high time this Senate debated strongly on the area of oversight. The Senate is not directly in connection with the oversight activities in the field. The County Public Accounts and Investments Committee relies heavily on the Auditor-General’s audit report. More often than not, these reports delay. When I was in this Committee, I was surprised that we were still dealing with issues of 2015/1016 Financial Year. The ... view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: The next Senate will need to reinforce their oversight activities. This is with reference to the oversight fund, to enable the Senate to oversight activities in counties. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: I also thought that we spend much of our time in the Senate, unlike the German Senate, which spends a few days in the Senate. Most of the time, they are in the field doing oversight activities for their counties. As Senators, we are mostly here and our work has become more theoretical than practical. Villagers have understood that we are the agents of oversight. While going round during campaigns, some of us were shown several projects that have never been completed by the county governments. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Finally, in as much as we are supporting the disbursement of these funds to our counties, governors should spend it prudently. They should not use it for campaigns. This money should be used to clear pending bills and complete unfinished projects. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: I support this Motion. view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to add my voice on this important Bill. The Special Needs Education Bill is a game changer in as far as education for people with special needs is concerned in our country. The current situation is pathetic. During my tenure as the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, we managed to go around several special needs schools. We realised that the names and signposts along the roads point to special schools. However, the content available in those particular schools does not match the standards required for them to be ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to thank God for bringing back Sen (Dr.) Mwaura. Senator, you remember very well when this happened, I came to your office and I assured you as much as God is still Almighty and Omnipotent, you will come back to the Senate. Therefore, it is high time that we thanked God who is above all of us. I remember telling you that in as much as nobody is God in this world, God will take His position and do his work. I even told you to thank God. I am ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this golden opportunity to make my contribution on the Eighth State of the nation Address by the President. From the onset of the Address by the President, the expectations of Kenyans were so high. I want to appreciate that in the very beginning, the President mentioned that Kenya is greater than everyone of us. If this one is put in practice, everyone in this country will be able to realize the importance of being a citizen in this nation. I also appreciate the way the President in a nostalgic way narrated from ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: The greatest challenge that affected this particular eight-point programme that had been introduced by the President is corruption and lack of a policy framework. The people who have really benefited from this particular programme are very few because of lack of an effective framework that was supposed to be set by the Government on how that money was to be administered, so that it reached the real Kenyans on the ground who are very needy. Otherwise, the money benefited relatives of some of those who were directors of these particular programmes. It also benefitted some regions, which were maybe well ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: appreciate the efforts that the Government has put in place to address the issues and the challenges that farmers are facing. When the President mentioned that there is subsidy on fertilizers, I would like to say that is true for coffee farmers who felt the subsidy by the Government. However, the tea and sugarcane farmers have not felt the support by the Government on matters to do with the tea and sugarcane sectors. For example, the bonuses that tea farmers are receiving in Kericho, Bomet and other neighbouring zones are so minimal. In fact, most of them have gone to ... view