Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Article 244 states that police officers should prevent corruption. It means that they should start with themselves before they even take the mandate of fighting corruption and economic crimes. They should ensure that there is no corruption among the police force. What happens mostly is that suspects who find their way into police stations will meet police officers who will extort money from them. They are forced to pay bribes even when they have not committed any serious crimes. I hope that the police officers can lead by example. I hope that the new IG of Police can eradicate or ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the people who serve as investigators at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) are officers who are forwarded from the police force. Therefore, we should professionalize the police force and ensure that they themselves are not corrupt. They should not take it that the moment they become police officers, it is a blank cheque to engage in corruption. That way, we will change the culture that we have. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish Mr. Mutyambai well. I personally did not make any attempt to call the out-going IG, like my other good friend. However, I hope that the new IG will be somebody who is accessible to Kenyans and leaders. I hope that he will not find himself in the same situation of disobeying court orders. I wish him well and look forward to a situation where there will be positive reforms within the police force. I also hope that the IG of Police will not be doing what I have seen the Judiciary doing this afternoon, ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think we now need the wisdom of senior counsel. I urge my good friend, Sen. Kang’ata, not to argue on the obvious. All over the world, we have what we call judgement law. What we call judicial review in the country was developed by the Supreme Court of United States of America (USA). That becomes part of the sources of law. If the Supreme Court has pronounced itself and directed that the good Governor of Nairobi City County should appoint his deputy within 14 days, that is the final court in this country as per the ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for according me an opportunity to also air my views on the County Wards (Equitable Development) Bill (Senate Bills No. 34 of 2018). I want to remind us that this country is under a new constitutional dispensation. Our Constitution recognises two levels of development; the national Government and the county governments. Devolution has brought the issue of devolving resources to our people through our county governments. Going down memory lane, before the enactment of our new Constitution, view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: we had what we used to call the Constituency Development Fund which is currently known as National Government Constituency Development Fund. We need to be very careful in enacting this Bill. We should not enact a Bill that may find its way in our courts where it is being challenged on grounds that it is possibly unconstitutional. We need to understand that the new constitutional dispensation that was enacted by the people of Kenya in 2010 has a very key pillar which is separation of powers. We have the Executive at the national Government and the executive at the county ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: say they did the project. Therefore, we are duplicating projects and in the process misusing a lot of resources. This is the problem we are trying to address through this Bill. However, it will be addressed if we truly recognize that the people we represent from the ward, constituency to county level, have a right to determine the project that should be undertaken in the wards, constituency and the entire county. What projects are we talking about? This Bill talks about social rights in accordance with Article 43 of the Constitution which includes health services, housing, access to clean water ... view