Erick Okong'o Mogeni

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• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: I will briefly go through some of the clauses that the Mediation Committee considered. The first one was Clause 27. There was a proposal that Clause 27 of the Bill be amended by deleting sub-clause (2) and substituting, therefor, the following new sub- clause. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: “(2) A public education centre shall not be converted to a private education centre or to any other private status without consultation with the County Education Board and approval by the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member.” view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, having deliberated, the Mediation Committee agreed on the following new version. On the Senate Bill, initially the spirit of the Bill was to ensure that an Early Childhood Development (ECD) institution that is funded by tax payers‟ money should never, at any given time, be converted into a private education centre. After deliberations, the Mediation Committee resolved to adopt the National Assembly amendments, which seek to allow conversion of an ECEC from public to private status; but only after consultation with the County Education Board and the approval of the County Executive Committee Member. This amendment was ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday 18th February, 2021- The Report of the Mediation Committee on the consideration of the Early Childhood Development Education Bill (Senate Bills No.26 of 2018). view
• 18 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the consideration of the Early Childhood Development Education Bill (Senate Bills No.26 of 2018). view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing this Bill to the House. While at it, Sen. (Dr.) Zani has distinguished herself as one of the most hardworking Senators. I have contributed to a number of Bills that have been sponsored by Sen. (Dr.) Zani and they are always very progressive. I remember we had a debate here on the Community Health Bill. If you read the Bills, they are always geared towards making some meaningful changes to the people that we represent. I congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani. This Bill is important. Its ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, this elevates members of this tribunal to almost the standards of magistrates. This is because they will be applying to the JSC. The same body that recruits a Chief Justice, judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeal is the same body that will be recruiting members of this tribunal. This is very progressive. It also gives an equal opportunity to anybody who wants to serve in that tribunal to be given a chance to apply, be interviewed and then we only pick those who are most qualified to sit in that tribunal, which undertakes very serious functions. ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: management of our cooperative societies is a preserve of county governments. Issues dealing with the regulation is a mandate of our county governments. However, I have not seen investments from our county governments on issues dealing with cooperative societies or agriculture in general. I think they have surrendered and left this to be a role that must be undertaken by the national Government, which is really not right. That goes against the spirit of our Constitution of Kenya 2010 I hope this Bill can be a wake-up call to the county government to understand that they have a very big ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to join other Senators in appreciating the Statement being sought by Sen. Seneta because it raises critical issues surrounding the 2022 elections. The only information I wanted to disclose to my learned friend is that in the BBI, the application of Article 89 (4) of the Constitution that requires that new constituencies must be in place 12 months before a general election have been stayed by the report in the transition clauses. Even if the BBI report was to pass let us say in December this year, the new constituencies will be ... view