Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2301 to 2310 of 2536.

• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: has been raised nationally. The first thing to do is to share the money. Once you have the portion that will be spent by the national Government, then you can come up with an Appropriation Bill. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: I thought we have lawyers in the National Assembly. This is elementary. Even anybody in first year can understand. This Constitution is very clear in Article 2. It says- “This Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and binds all persons and all State organs at both levels of government.” view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Whether you are in the National Assembly or the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning, you are bound by this Constitution. You will not run over Kenyans and say that because you have the title of the National Assembly, you can disregard this Constitution and the interest of counties and their governments. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: As a senior lawyer, we will fight this issue on this Floor. If we do not win, I will be in court and will declare any Appropriation Bill that is passed by the National Assembly unconstitutional. We will fight them from the High Court of Kenya, Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court, because we are here to defend this Constitution. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I remind Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning, Mr. Rotich, what Article 2(2) of the Constitution says- “No person may claim or exercise State authority except as authorised under this Constitution.” view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: There is no way he can claim to exercise any authority that is contrary to this Constitution, by purporting to go to the National Assembly to read the Budget before we are agree on the Division of Revenue Bill. He is acting contrary to Article 218 of the Constitution. What he has done today is tantamount to abuse of office and he must be told in a very clear language. view
• 6 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Statement that had been raised by our colleague, Sen. Khaniri. There is something that is very disturbing. There is something we used to call perpetual succession in Government. When we were in the Education, Information, Communication and Technology Committee and my Chairperson is here, the CS then, Madam Amina assured that the Government required at least two years before the new curriculum could be rolled out. This man called Prof. Magoha, came in and rubbished what she had promised us and took like 15 days to roll it. Madam ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise in support of the Statement that has been requested by Sen. Pareno. I just want to bring to the attention of the Committee that will look into this matter that this is a problem that affects many areas in this country. When the Committee will be looking into this issue, it should be geared towards giving a solution that will be applied across the country because there are many owners of land who are affected by the Government acquiring their land for worthy projects, but it does not pay them. Some people have ... view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: The World Bank has a policy where the national Government cannot commence construction of even a road before it deals with issues of settlement. It is the same case I have witnessed in North Mugirango Constituency. There is a road to be constructed all the way from Migori to Kisumu. The Government wants people evicted, but no compensation has been done. I hope the Committee will consider moving an amendment to the Act, so that we put in black and white that a project should not commence before owners of land are paid. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: We have also a bigger problem because there is an animal we created called the National Land Commission (NLC) that has turned out to be an avenue for mega corruption. In some cases, they do not want to pay people whose land is acquired by the Government because they ask for kickbacks. They make the value of land so high that it does not make economic sense to undertake some projects. We need to address the issue of corruption within the NLC. There have been cases where land is surrendered for particular Government projects, but the NLC turns back and ... view