Erick Okong'o Mogeni

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• 25 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I also want to add my voice. I fully associate myself with the Statement that was issued by the Senate Majority Leader and ably seconded by Sen. Wetangula. We are in this Senate because of the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. Under Article 1 of the Constitution, sovereignty of the people is exercised through their democratically elected representatives. We are here because we have won the confidence of the people of Kenya to represent them in the Senate. The role that we play as Senators is well captured in Article ... view
• 24 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I rise to oppose this Bill for the following reasons. Record will bear me witness that the Bill that is before the House is the same Bill that was debated and rejected by the Senate. Under the Constitution that we enacted in 2010, Chapter Six has a clear Article touching on issues to do with leadership. As Senators, we must ensure that whatever we do, we do not bring disrepute to this honourable House called the Senate. Under Article 73 of the Constitution, the decisions that we make as the Senate must bring ... view
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. For the record, I rise in support of the County Statistic Bill (Senate Bills No.9 of 20180. I begin by giving my hearty congratulations to the Mover, Sen. Farhiya. Statistics is everything. We all know that there is a lot of confusion in our counties in terms of allocation of money for development. It is not possible to have a scientific approach to the utilization of resources that we send to the counties if county governments do not have good statistics. I, therefore, have no doubt that if we enact this Bill, we will ... view
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just making reference to the county that we visited. I believe if we visited--- view
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Going by the person on the Chair, who is also a professor, I believe that --- 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
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, going by the person who is in the Chair right now, I believe that the same applies to Tharaka-Nithi and their cousins in Nyamira. view
• 17 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. To give some importance to the person who will head this unit, I request that we reconsider the qualifications that have been set out in Clause 5 of the Bill. We do not want to pass a Bill that will create problems in terms of implementation. I have concerns with Clause 8 which talks of people who will sit in the Committee. Clause 8(d) talks of two statisticians who will be picked from among County Executive Committee (CEC) members but I have not seen if a criterion has been put down or a body ... view
• 11 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in welcoming the MCAs of Busia and Trans Nzoia. Under our Constitution, county assemblies play a very important role in ensuring that there is accountability. It is good to have our colleagues from the two county assemblies on this day when we are celebrating the African Day Against Corruption.I challenge our MCAs to ensure that they play their role in ensuring that the resources that we, as Senators, send to counties are used to transform the lives of our people and not to end up in the pockets of a few people. Mr. ... view
• 11 Jul 2018 in Senate: , and we welcome you any other tine in futures as we look forward to fruitful engagement between the Senate and the MCAs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view