Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: We should rally behind the President in reminding those who head the DCI and the EACC that they should be professional. They should be fair and not guided by the desire to make headlines in the newspapers because that is not why they are there. They should do their job quietly and we should see results through prosecutions and convictions in our courts of law. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: The DPP and the DCI must appreciate that the Constitution that we enacted in 2010 allows each to check the other. If the recommendations of the DCI go to the DPP and they are convinced that the case cannot sustain conviction in a court of law, he should return the file back to the DCI stating that it cannot pass the test in any court of law. What I mean is that the two offices should not operate like they are one and the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: same. If that happens, then it means that the independence of the DPP is no longer there. That is not what the Kenyan Constitution, 2010 envisages. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: There is also the issue of environment. We are now in the month of April but there is no rain. Our President reminded us that we should take care of our environment. We have had a lot of discussions on what has been happening in Mau Forest but people have introduced politics in it. Now, Mara River has dried up. We no longer have animals that used to cross from Tanzania to Kenya, something that used to attract tourists to Kenya. That should worry us. When environmentalists urge us to protect the Mau Forest, it is not for nothing. If ... view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: If you to Nyamira, which is my county, people have planted eucalyptus trees right up to riverbeds and most rivers have dried up. Now, water shortage is a serious problem. We have campaigns by chiefs urging people to uproot those trees and we cannot afford to politicise it because it is a matter of life and death. If we do not take care of our environment, we will endanger our future generations. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: The other day, I was watching a television documentary and I saw a small group of people that started cleaning Nairobi River which has now turned it into a park. Now, people have parties there because the river has been cleaned. That is the kind of message we should send to our people. I applaud the President on that, and I hope that as leaders, we will take these matters seriously. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: I now want to talk about the issue of infrastructure. I hope that the railway network will not terminate in Naivasha but will run all the way from Mombasa to Malaba. When it is extended to Malaba, it should pass through Kericho and Nyamira. We were told that one of the stops will be at Ikonge and we want that to happen. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: When the President was campaigning in 2017, he told the people of Nyamira that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will pass through Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Ikonge and head to Kisumu. So, our people in Nyamira are eagerly waiting for the next phase because we all want to enjoy the network. I am waiting for the time when the President will invite us to take the ride from Nairobi to Naivasha and promise us when the SGR will extend to other areas. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a serious problem when it comes to infrastructure. Most contractors do not complete projects they are given on time. I will give an example of a road which is being constructed from Kijauri Market that will pass through Manga, Mecheo and terminate at Metamaywa. That project was meant to be finalised in October 2019 but what has been done is just 30 per cent. view
• 11 Apr 2019 in Senate: I hope that, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Coordination of Government; Dr. Fred Matiang‟I, who was tasked with supervising other Ministries, will push contractors so that they deliver projects on time. There is no point of a person signing for a contract and given money for a project that they are supposed to complete within 24 months but they take about 48 months to complete. That slows the development pace in this country and impacts negatively on the desire to ensure that we attain Vision 2030. view