Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to begin my contribution by saluting the American people for the historic elections that has seen 100 women elected to Congress. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: When Congress convenes in January, there will be a woman Speaker, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, the senior most democrat who will be proceeding. That is a message to the world that the American people have shown the way that they can usher in a new generation of women who have stood out to say they will not be shut down and nobody can stand on their way. They have not been elected because of affirmative action, but because they have proved to the American people that they have what it takes. I look at my two colleagues on the other side ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: 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
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: I am proud to speak as a proud husband who has a woman behind me and father of a daughter. I hope that in the future years, we will see what has happened in America today replicated in our great country, Kenya. I salute all women. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today, we are discussing a very important issue. The Constitution that we enacted in 2010 has 264 Articles. Three Articles are dedicated to the issues of intellectual property. What we are debating today is something that has been elevated to the stature of a constitutional matter. I want to read ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: protection. I, therefore, salute the National Assembly for having proposed amendments to the Copyright Act because this is timely. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I echo what other previous speakers have said, that in other countries, there is a concerted effort to protect talent. Not everybody can march up to the stage and sing beautiful songs. This is a preserve for a few within our population who have been given that talent by the Almighty God. It is a pity that in many parts of this country, musicians die poor. We attend funerals, where we raise money for the upkeep of ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I also join other speakers in registering my message of condolences to the families who lost the lives of their loved ones through the very unfortunate road traffic accident that occurred recently. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is sad that year in, year out, this country goes through the same kind of misfortune, where healthy Kenyans die through road accidents. These are deaths that could have been avoided, and it is a very sad thing. It should speak to the conscience of every Kenyan that it is time we took serious steps towards ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Motion. As we are all aware, the larger population of this country relies on maize as their staple food. This Committee has done a fantastic job. We had an occasion to visit the large-scale maize farmers. We are meant to be in Nyamira County on Monday which is one of the counties that does maize farming in small-scale. It is good for us to hear the perspective of the small-scale farmers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, maize farming has been facing a number of challenges in that part of the ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I also want to congratulate my good friend, Sen. Olekina, for bringing this Motion to the Senate. Tourism is a booming industry worldwide; it controls about US$1.2 trillion as an industry. In Kenya alone, tourism generates close to Kshs1.2 billion annually, so it is an The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to give my very hearty congratulation to the Committee that has prepared this Report. I also want to join hands with my colleagues in urging that we expedite finalisation of audit reports that have been pending for the financial year 2013/2014. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Sep 2018 in Senate: I am sorry I was referring to the governors, Madam Temporary Speaker. view