Enoch Kiio Wambua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1971 to 1980 of 2681.

• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yours faithfully is sponsoring a Bill in this Senate, the Dengu Bill. One of the things that we need to do is to expand the food basket in this country. We must stop the conversation that certain regions in this country are food baskets to feed our people. Let us weave more food baskets in other regions to ensure that we give benefit to farmers across this country. We have farmers in some countries who live like kings and they are treated with dignity and are given express passes in train stations and supermarkets. The principle is ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to eulogize my friend and colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka. I am very sensitive view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: 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
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: about time, but I plead with you to give me an additional two minutes because while eulogizing, I will also give a brief of what the funeral committee is doing. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to eulogize my friend and colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, the Senator for Machakos County, who left us on the 11th day of December 2020. For the record, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka left us at 8.45 a.m. on 11th December 2020 and not earlier as had been circulated by a section of social media. I would like to note that all of us have lost a dear friend and a great leader in this nation. The late Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka was a man who was very passionate about the things that ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in my interaction with Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, and I say this with humility to the people of Machakos County--- In fact, counting the number of times Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka has gone with me to Kitui for functions, I am convinced that he could have spent a lot more time in functions in Kitui than Machakos. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: When I lost my auntie in May this year, it was Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka who called me and said that him and I should not bother other people. We would share the cost of the burial. We would buy the coffin and pay for transportation to go and rest my auntie. He drove himself to my home for the burial. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, time will not allow me to say the many things I did with my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, but one thing stands out. Earlier in the year, I mentioned to him that I was thinking of enrolling for a Masters Degree in Theology. He told me that on the day I would go to pick the forms for enrollment, he would go with me, so that we pursue the course together. That is how close he was to me. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: God gave us Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka and God has called him. Blessed be the name of the Lord. It will be remembered how Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka stood with Kitui and Makueni and all the counties that were supposed to lose money in the Revenue sharing formula. view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: I remember how he was lobbied by so many people to abandon the course because Machakos was gaining money. In my presence, he told them that for as long as view