Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2019 in Senate: I urge this House to invoke the provisions of Article 251 of the Constitution. If we have people who occupy State offices, who do not want to respect the Constitution, then we should invoke Article 251 and push for their removal from office. The Article provides that- ―A member of a Commission ( other than an ex officio member ), or the holder of an independent office, may be removed from office only for— (a) serious violation of this Constitution or any other law, including a contravention of Chapter Six; (b) gross misconduct, whether in the performance of the member‘s ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir--- view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I did not invite Sen. Sakaja to make lamentations about his party, Jubilee. He heard what his Senate Majority Leader said the other day. In conclusion, I think this a serious matter. Since the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Information and Communication Technology is in the House, we need to evaluate and relook at the conduct of the head of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), especially how he is treating teachers. view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: This morning, I saw some reports on social media that 157 teachers from Kitui had obtained a court order reinstating them back to office. This is a waste of public funds. If we allow TSC to disregard the law and the Constitution, people will go to court, they get orders and they are taken back to office. Who will meet all these legal costs? This is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: abuse of office. We should call a spade a spade. It is time that serious action is taken against the head of TSC. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion that has been placed before the House by the Mediation Committee. I first congratulate the Chairperson of the Mediation Committee, Sen. Peter Njeru Ndwiga and the Members who sat in the Committee, Sen. (Rev.) Waqo, Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko, Sen. (Dr.) Langat and Sen. (Dr.) Zani for a job well done. Madam Temporary Speaker, if our beloved President watches the business transacted in the Senate, then he should know that this is the decent way of doing business. The idea of sneaking Bills that touch on devolution through the National Assembly ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, secondly, I wish that the Senate Majority Leader was here to listen to what I am saying. He has thrown blame on the side of ODM Party. However, we have a body called Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) which determines the sharing of revenue between the national and county government. The IBEC which brings together all governors and the national Government is chaired by none other than the Deputy President of this country, Hon. William Ruto. This crisis we have today is because he was not able to provide leadership at the IBEC level. If The ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: he had provided leadership and agreed that counties need more resources, then they could have passed a resolution that counties should get Kshs335 billion. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I want to urge my good friend, Sen. Murkomen, to whisper to the DP about this issue because he will seek votes from our counties in 2022. We need to see him being in the forefront. When H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta took over in 2013, the budgetary allocation for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Kenya was a meagre Kshs14 billion. Within a period of four years, the allocation to the NIS has shot up to Kshs36.6 billion. It is all for Recurrent Expenditure and not for any development. How can we deny our counties an increment of just Kshs20 billion, ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: We cannot have a country where a professor thinks that he is the only one that has a monopoly of good brains. Since he is a professor, he does not want other Kenyans to get an opportunity of advancing themselves academically. This is something that we should not tolerate. The time is ripe for us to have a constitutional amendment that will do away with this idea of picking CSs outside Parliament because these are people who never engage with our people. They live in the ozone layer. They do not understand the problems that people face in this country. ... view