Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 1917.

• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: The Supreme Court has made so many pronouncements, especially in the Advisory Opinion 2 of 2013. It says that it is actually us, as a House, through our Speaker, that can give away our legislative mandate. The argument of the Supreme Court is that virtually each and every legislation affects counties. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: I say so because even if you go back to borrowing, we all know that our national debt is always the first charge when we come to share our revenue. The debt must be removed first. Whatever remains is what we share. Therefore, if we allow our Government to borrow in a manner that is not properly managed, it means we will not have enough money to share with our counties. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: We say these things here. At times we say them jokingly, but they come back to bite us. On Thursday, if you recall, on this Floor, I did mention that our Governors should take issues of health facilities seriously. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Yesterday, three Members of County Assembly (MCAs) from my County of Nyamira were travelling to Nairobi City for a meeting and got involved in a road accident before Mai Mahiu. One of the MCAs, who is the County Assembly Majority Leader waited for over one hour to get help. The ambulance that was called took more than two hours to arrive and we lost him. They were taken to Naivasha Level Four Hospital, which has no Computerised Tomography (CT) scan or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). We had to look for view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: ambulances from AAR Healthcare to go to Naivasha to bring the MCAs to Aga Khan Hospital. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Any time we discuss issues that affect money that will be available to counties, we should proceed with caution. That is why I always warn that the consequences for any legislation we are passing today could be at your doorstep tomorrow. Yesterday, I learnt that from Narok all the way to Nairobi County, there is no Government facility that can save somebody involved in a serious road accident. That is why we keep arguing that if we get an opportunity to share money to counties, let us give counties enough money that can assist them in performing the important devolved ... view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Going back to the Bill, we have created a shift to base our borrowing on GDP growth. I still maintain that we are moving fast. We are copying the West and picking best practices from them. Let us not pick abstract theories from the West and impose them on ourselves before we do careful examination. If you read about international debt, USA has the largest debt portfolio in the world. Nonetheless, look at their economy. The economy of California alone is more than that of the African Continent. When you base their borrowing on GDP, you cannot go wrong. Look ... view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Sen. Olekina, do you want to inform me on Article 211 of the Constitution? No, my time is not up. If anybody became President, even if I became President today and was not under the watchful eye of Parliament as an institution, I will borrow carelessly. If I go to the bank today and I have a blank cheque, I will borrow carelessly. However, if I know that the bank will be careful to ensure that I do not borrow more than 30 per cent of my net income--- view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: In summary, the most important point why I really choose to contribute today is to ensure that we protect the legislative mandate of the Senate. We should never cede that to the National Assembly because that will be violating clear provisions of the Constitution. If that is taken care of by the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget, I will be comfortable to support this proposed amendment, but with a caution; that giving the Government of the day a blank cheque on borrowing without Parliament acting as a check is a very dangerous route which we should not ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view