Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1681 to 1690 of 2536.

• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Allegation No.13, the Committee went through the evidence that was tendered before it and found that this allegation was not proved and the same was therefore not substantiated. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, turning back to Allegation 15, on Count One; Violation of Article 43 (1) on the right to access health services, this was a fairy emotive matter that was debated for almost two days. First, we went through other past impeachments before this House. We made an observation that in a number of those impeachments, there are a number of governors view
• 17 May 2021 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
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: who have been brought before the Senate on allegations of violation of that Section of the Constitution. Though there has been a finding, it has not led to impeachment. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Allegation 14, which is violation of Article 227 of the Constitution and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, the Committee having gone through the evidence that was placed before it found that this allegation was not proved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having found that the 14 allegations had not been proved, the Committee made some observations. The first observation is that there is need for the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) to be taken through some induction on how to effectively conduct impeachments before the county assembly. It was the view of the Committee that a number of allegations ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cited the case of the Governor of Kirinyaga County who had the health system ground to a halt. We realized that this is a common problem affecting all the counties. We were trying to balance between the right that is guaranteed to Kenyans, that is, to access quality health services and also balancing that we should not reduce the threshold of impeaching governor too low. This is because it should be slightly above the balance of probability, but also slightly below beyond reasonable doubt. We felt that the Committee should tread with caution on this particular ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there were two issues that were cited by the Members of County Assembly (MCA) in proof of this charge. The first one is that an ambulance that was owned by the County of Wajir broke down and instead of the Governor availing enough petrol so that it is able to render services to the citizens of Wajir, citizens were called upon to fuel this ambulance. There was an allegation that they even bought tyres for that ambulance. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: I would not want lawyers to take me to task on this allegation. We took the words of the MCAs. We were not able to get clear particulars on this allegation. However, the Committee took the view that health is very important and that there should be more demand of accountability from His Excellency the Governor. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we sought for evidence from the MCAs in support of this allegation, we were given examples which caused a lot of excitement and a lot of serious concern from the women Senators. That the MCAs attended a meeting at the residence of the governor where the First Lady was in attendance. The question was; if the MCAs of Wajir elect to pay a courtesy call to the residence of the Governor of Wajir, do they expect the First Lady to take leave of absence from her own house? Mr. Speaker, Sir, if anything, the Committee was ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: In response to this, His Excellency the Governor put a very spirited defense before the Senate. The executive submitted to the Committee that they had made great strides on the improvement of the health status of the County of Wajir. They said that in total, they had 14 ambulances. They also told the Committee that Wajir is a vast county. Therefore, incidences of breakdown of ambulances is anticipated. In support of the allegation that the health situation is not that bad, they had employed 50 qualified doctors, of which 25 have been sent abroad for further studies. They have been ... view