Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2181 to 2190 of 2473.

• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just the way we support maize farmers in terms of subsidies for fertilizers, this is something that the Government should do. The income that farmers get is swallowed by the overhauled expenditure they incur in paying salaries for the people who pluck tea and the fertilizer that they have to purchase twice in a year. By the time they receive their money, everything is deducted to meet this overhauled expenses. We need to see more support from our Government in terms of extending subsidies to the tea farmers and end the cartels of tea auctions in Mombasa. ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: This Report is good. If fully implemented, it will cushion our farmers. We must protect this crop because it contributes a lot to foreign earnings of this country. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: I support. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is a difference between Kisii County and Nyamira County. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is like Meru County and Tharaka- Nithi County. I also rise to support the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2019/2020. First, let me make a point to my colleague, the distinguished Senator for Kisii County, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, that when we hear some strong views on the performance of the Committee on County Public Accounts Investments (CPAIC), it is a reflection on the feelings of our people on the ground. We are not really passing harsh judgment on the Committee. It is just a way of some peer review mechanism on ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must say that devolution will never achieve its purpose unless we deal with this dragon called corruption. That is the truth and the fact, and we cannot run away from that. We need to have the approach of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). We do not need to pick all cases of counties; dealing with others half-heartedly and then picking the next one. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my case in point is that I sat in CPAIC that interrogated the affairs of the Nyamira County Government. One of the issues that was raised was ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: You should not go! That is how it should be. Let us be men and women beyond reproach. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are all talking because of the frustrations we face, arising from the feeling on the ground that we are not doing enough. This power to oversight is in Article 96(3) of the Constitution. We have constitutional powers. It is not statutory; it is constitutional. I urge my good friends who serve in the CPAIC to up their game and build the confidence of the public. Let our people on the ground feel that the Senate is doing oversight. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Going back to this issue, I am always very reluctant to question some actions by the Judiciary. We filed a suit in the High Court over two months ago. When I served in the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) from 2007 to 2011, I remember we petitioned the removal of the then Chief Justice, Evans Gicheru. That is why he was given a limited period of transiting from the previous Constitution to the new one. It is because he used to take a very long period of time to appoint a panel of Judges to hear constitutional petition matters, where ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was shocked when I appeared in court last week together with Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka and the Judge casually just told us that he is sorry that a panel of three Judges had not been picked to hear our matter. How can such a small administrative issue take over two months? That is not the way to dispense justice. This Constitution says that justice should not be delayed. view