Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Before I make this Statement, allow me to congratulate Sen. Farhiya for her election as the Deputy Whip of the Majority side. I have served with her in the last two years in the Sessional Committee of Delegated Legislation. I have known her as a very committed Senator. I wish her well in her new assignment. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to put it on record that I serve in the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation. I want to affirm to the House that the recommendations contained in the Report tabled before this House were after very due to wide stakeholders’ consultations. In arriving at our Report, we have had meetings with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury, Kenya Bankers Association and the Judiciary, to discuss issues of fast-tracking hearings and adopt technology in hearing of cases, so that we can have income for the Government, because we are living ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Independence. The people we represent must be realistic that it will not be business as usual. The reality is that we will not meet our targets in terms of tax collection. On the other hand, as people’s representatives, we must put in place measures of cushioning Kenyans. When we had a meeting with the CS for Labour and Social Protection, we made a request that we should have another fresh campaign to register more Kenyans who are vulnerable and above 65 years old, so that they can receive the Kshs2,000 given to them every month. This is so that they ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: I will not mind being informed by my good friend, Sen. Farhiya. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: If you go through the HANSARD, those are concerns we raised with the CS for Labour and Social Protection, Hon. Chelegui. We were not convinced that there are some parts of this country, even if we make reference to northern Kenya, where there is no access to mobile networks. We reminded the CS that there are now mobile phones, which are as cheap as Kshs1,500. We were of the view that most Kenyans have access to these gadgets. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: The other concern was raised that this being Kenya, the level of illiteracy is very high. National Government administrators - the chiefs and sub chiefs - had reported cases where illiterate senior citizens were being conned by their grandchildren. When they received Kshs2,000, they were told that they had received Kshs200. The national Government was of the view that the safest way to ensure this money reaches the beneficiaries was to ensure they go physically to the bank and then receive their cash. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Another problem that was brought to our attention was the fact that at times people die, but the survivors of the deceased never disclose that the beneficiary is dead. Therefore, they continued receiving money from the system that was in place, from the chief and assistant chiefs, and shared it among themselves. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: The win we have so far achieved through this Ad hoc Committee is that we convinced the CS for Labour and Social Protection to pay our senior citizens in a staggered manner. When this money is sent, maybe those whose names start with letter ‘A’ to ‘D’ are asked to go to the bank on Monday, then maybe ‘F’ to another alphabet go on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so that we avoid overcrowding. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: The positive result is that we had a meeting with the Judiciary and convinced them to put in place mechanisms, where cases can be heard through embracing technology. We advised them to consider taking the situation to the near normal, where there is a cause list for cases and lawyers to appear before courts through Zoom or any other platform. I am happy to report that that is now happening. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: There are a number of quick gains that this Committee has been able to achieve. We had a meeting with the CS in charge of youth and ICT and implored upon him to ensure that he extended support to the Judiciary. This is because we were given examples of courts such as Migori, where there was no infrastructure to support cases being heard online. I am happy to report that now there is support that has been extended to regions such as Migori. view