Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2261 to 2270 of 2536.

• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an infectious smile coming from my right. That is what is causing confusion. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I make a correction. I read that county governments should expeditiously prepare and adopt the Annual Budget and Appropriation Bill to ensure service delivery. We can see the confusion that has been caused by this between the National Assembly and the Senate. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: There are some counties that have already passed their budgets and Appropriation Bill, in total defiance of Article 224 of the Constitution. How can we be a country that does not want to respect and adhere to constitutionalism? How can it be? This is something that we, as a House, should fight day and night to ensure that we bring to an end this confusion on how we should interpret and apply our Constitution. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Finally, we should not joke around with the lives of our Kenyan people. In my County of Nyamira, from shared revenue, we are sending Kshs4.8 billion and Kshs600 million from the conditional grants. Our governors must be reminded that some of these monies are debts that Kenyans will pay. If we take just simple statistics, we will be told that each Kenyan owes the Chinese Kshs11,000. When we give this money to county governments, it is not meant to go and grease their pockets. This is not pocket money for governors. This money is supposed to improve the lives of ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: An example is that in my County of Nyamira, we are giving the county government Kshs350 million from International Development Association (IDA) to assist them in the National Rural Inclusive Project. What should be the use of that money? They should use it to increase agricultural productivity and food security. However, one will be surprised that at times, Madam Speaker--- I am sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: I am sorry Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This money is supposed to--- view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Have I said “Madam Speaker” again. This money is supposed to improve --- view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: I withdraw “Madam Speaker” and replace it with “Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.” I will not repeat it. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Yes, I am now winding up. The point I was making is that the money we get from our donors is supposed to improve many things in our counties. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: In terms of agriculture, we need to see more support for farmers groups, cooperative societies and extensions officers. Counties should assist farmers to get markets using technology, so that we have improved livelihoods. I am sorry to say that counties are notorious in diverting money to other things which were not meant to be funded by conditional grants they get from the national Government. That is unfortunate. That is what we see in audited accounts of most counties. view