Erick Okong'o Mogeni

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• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I first want to thank the sponsor of this Bill, Sen. Mariam Omar, for thinking about the welfare of the farmers and business people of this country. The main beneficiaries of this Bill will not be just members of the Parliamentarians Regulated Non-WDT SACCO (PACOSO), but our farmers, business people and bosses, who have elected us into this House. I want to begin by joining Sen. Cherarkey in giving my hearty congratulations to Sen. Mariam Omar and also to encourage her that she has demonstrated her ability as a very good legislator and sponsor of ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: reflection of the financial position of PACOSO. I appeal to the journalist who wrote that story to always cross-check his facts before releasing such a story. When I was talking to Hon. Makau, there was a Kenyan who had come to see me in my office. There are some laws we pass on this Floor that are extremely damaging to the pockets of Kenyans without thinking. At times, even damage to our staff who support us here. That Kenyan told me that the deductions from the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), which is at 2.75 per cent of the gross ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: That gentleman can take care of all the issues that have been mentioned here in running cooperatives. That way, we are able to put a strong case when we are sharing money, to give more monies to counties. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Hon. Cheptumo, 13 years after the passage of the 2010 Constitution, why should we come up with a law and you are still referring to the Cabinet Secretary, for a devolved function? Why can we not devolve registration of cooperatives back to our counties? The human being, whether it is a lawyer, the person to be employed in Nairobi and the person who will be employed at the county level, will discharge the same functions. How come we can allow a criminal or anybody who has a civil dispute to go to a court in Nyamira, file a case and ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know it because is on the boundary. All farmers in Kisii used to deliver milk to KCC. By then, it was the larger Kisii District. We only had one district, Kisii. We all used to deliver our milk to KCC. My people in Bosamaro Ward used to deliver their pyrethrum to Sironda, Makairo, and Tinga, and they would get their money. The ones in Tinga Cooperative owned even buildings in Kisii Town. I expected that devolution will hype it up. I feel sad that my people famed for farming in bananas are still hawking bananas ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: telling the SRC to come in and set the salaries for members of tribunals? Let that be a function that can be done by the JSC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a proud member of the LSK. I am proud that she has proposed that LSK should give two members. However, I urge her to delete Part 3 that says that the Cabinet Secretary should also pick three members. Let us allow members of the legal fraternity, the LSK, to pick members of this tribunal and then the chairman can be interviewed and appointed by the JSC. I agree ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Once the tribunal is in place, they can appoint their own secretary. When I served as the Chair of LSK, I was privileged to appoint many people to serve in various tribunals, including - and I hope I am not going to embarrass Justice Mwaniki Gachoka, whom I appointed to the Procurement Appeals Tribunal. This person rose after serving there and is now a distinguished Judge of the Court of Appeal. Let us have faith in our professional body, the LSK, and give them the discretion to pick for us people who are lawyers of repute. As long as they ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the good work she has embarked on in enhancing the tourism sector in our country. In this aspect of diversification, when you travel to other countries and land in their city, you will find that a Government has put in place arrangements to get open buses that take tourists around some key tourist attraction areas. These people contribute to the income of their country because you pay, it is not for free. Madam Temporary Speaker, for us, the buses can take the tourists to Limuru to look at our ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: They can be taken around to see what is happening at the national parks and many other areas. However, I do not see this happening. That requires Government support. What steps will the Ministry put in place so that we can also tap into that market the way other countries have done? You have travelled and know that when you go to London and Barcelona, you will get these buses. Why can we not do the same as a country? Secondly, Madam Temporary Speaker, right now, we have 47 governments across the country. I come from Kisii which has soapstone. ... view
• 20 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to congratulate the Inspector-General nominee, Douglas Kanja, for having gotten a chance to serve, I believe as the fourth IG of Police. Mr. Kanja will be taking office during a very challenging time. I want to state here that his first responsibility should be to ensure that the police respect the provisions of Article 244 of the Constitution. We need to restore public confidence in our police being a police service and not a terrorist unit. I have just been wondering, when those out there who are looking ... view