Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: president who will create a department for a function like firefighting that is fully devolved. The point I am also making is that this Bill is too heavy on membership. If you read through, this Board has three PSs sitting in that board. That is too heavy. Remember that somewhere, we have said that they will be paid some allowances. Other than that, you have a PS for Finance and they may not give us any money. They will tell you that you have already gotten your allocation. You have a PS Interior. We do not need policemen to help ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Let the resignation letter be addressed to the governor. You are a board member of the county so you should tender your resignation to the governor if you want to resign. You do not need to address that resignation to the Cabinet Secretary. This is a devolved function. A county governor is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is a mini- President. Payment of allowances can be restricted to the Salaries and Renumeration Commission (SRC). There is nothing much the Cabinet Secretary will do to set remuneration. Under the Constitution, this is a service that is reserved for SRC. Therefore, ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wanted to seek guidance from you and from the Senate Majority Leader. We started this process together and we were doing this process to carry Kenyans with us. We are doing this as Kenyans and in the best interest of Kenyans. There were views that were collated by members of our Secretariat and I appreciate the work that has been done so far. I plead through our Leadership because I have spoken to the Senate Minority Leader and I hope he can reach out to the Senate Majority Leader; that you allow us, some ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: documents that were tabled on how the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had exercised its powers under the Constitution. Issues were raised around the exercise of investigative powers by corruption, and the positions of permanent secretaries, which are 51. That was a very live issue. That has not been addressed. Issues were raised around the position of Cabinet Administrative Secretaries (CAS). That has not been captured in the Motion that has been moved by Sen. Kinyua. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you give us a chance, since this was a bipartisan Motion, we can also incorporate our views as amendments, so ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you. I want to begin by thanking the Senator for Kakamega for the interest he has shown in bringing a Bill that addresses the concerns of boda boda riders who make a huge contribution to our economy. We thank our former President, the late Mzee Mwai Kibaki who in 2008, zero-rated motorcycles and that opened the market. I believe we now have more than 2 million motorcycles in this country. There is no doubt that they are making a very huge contribution to our economy. Every time they fuel, that is tax to the government and there are many ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know about your county, but I know where I come from, the County of Nyamira, I have so many people who have gone to school to a degree level and they are boda boda riders. I have so many boda boda riders who have qualified as teachers. I even have picked one or two and encouraged them to apply for teaching jobs and they have been successful. Our sons who are in boda boda business are in it because we have no jobs. So, we need to be very fair and kind to ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Having said that about the board, the second issue is mitigating costs on licenses. Some of these boda boda riders come from very poor families. I have helped a few to register and get a riding license because they come from very disadvantaged families. These are people from our counties. We know them and their families. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I suggest that we push this burden to the Government. I am privileged to have you on the Chair because you have been a former Member of Parliament (MP). There was a time when the National Government Constituency Development Fund ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: tell you, that our elections are conducted by IEBC. That is why you do not see lawyers going to court to file petitions because it is credible and it enjoys the confidence of the membership. I am looking forward to a day when my good friend, Secretary General of Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), Mr. Francis Atwoli, will also be elected in a process overseen by IEBC. It is there in Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. If you are subject to an election, the Constitution says you should be elected in a transparent electoral process, but ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Kshs100,000. That is a fine that should be meted out to an hon. MP. It Is 10 per cent of their salary. Putting it at Kshs100,000 is too much. Let us have a reasonable fine. When you go to London, you will find that committing an offence is 1,000 pounds, but when you look at the income of the victim or the culprit, it is over 10,000 Great British Pounds. When you convert, that is over a million Kenya Shillings. It is reasonable to say they pay Kshs100,000. Nonetheless, for this economy, a boda boda person is making Kshs800 or ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: also have employment contracts. Will that be sustainable in an industry that does not entail the Employment Act to determine the minimum salary and the benefits that accompany a contract? That is too much. I propose that we standardize the fee that boda bodas pay for monthly stickers. In my estimation, Kshs300 is on the higher side. If you put it at Kshs100, it means in a year you are paying Kshs1,200, and that is what we used to pay for our motor vehicle licenses; it is reasonable. I propose that we put a ceiling here that a county will ... view