Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for according me an opportunity to also make my contribution to the amendments that are on the Floor of the House; The Water Amendment Bill (Senate Bills No. of 2023) view
• 15 Feb 2024 in Senate: Sen. (Dr) Murango is confusing Sen. Orwoba on the Floor of the House. As Senators, our main mandate under Article 96 of the Constitution is to defend devolution. That is why the people of the Republic of Kenya created a Bicameral House so that Senators principally are supposed to be defenders of devolution. So, every time we consider a Bill as Senators, our first concern is whether that Bill is clawing back on devolution or it is strengthening devolution. Secondly, we are supposed to ensure that we do not support a law that takes away the devolved function. If we ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in Senate: want to transfer that function to the national Government, we begin by amending the Constitution. If we do not, we will be enacting a law that is clearly unconstitutional. We should take our work seriously. Legislation is not a joke. In other jurisdictions, differences between two Houses; the House of Representatives and the Senate can lead to dissolution of the entire House. It has happened seven times in Australia. Therefore, we should not shy off as Senators from telling off our colleagues from the other House that the amendments that they are trying to push through are unconstitutional. Let us ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in Senate: these fights of we want to have more power than the other level of government. That should not be. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to be on record that on behalf of the people of Nyamira County, I will be opposing. I stand here to oppose this proposed amendment, especially where it is clawing back on functions that have been reserved by the Constitution of Kenya 2010 for county governments. Even reading the creation of a tribunal as proposed in this Bill, there is no participation of our county governments. We are giving that power to the Judicial Service ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in Senate: You go to Israel, they recycle water. The water that you use in a toilet in Tel Aviv is recycled. That is what we should be doing so that we move as a country. We know that Kenya is a water-scarce country. We do not have enough water as a country. Let us store more water; let us have technology that can assist us recycle water and then we build the capacity of our counties to supply water to our people and connect sewers. In Nyamira Town and the entire Nyamira County, we do not have a sewer connection. Those ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 14th February, 2024- Report of the National Dialogue Committee. I thank you. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) laid on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 14th February, 2024. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking the Sponsor of this Bill, Sen. Osotsi, for bringing what I perceive – I beg to differ with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale – to be an important amendment to the Powers and Privileges Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, every organisation does audit of its activities annually and looks at its strengths, weaknesses, the opportunities it has, and the threats it faces in executing its mandate. Madam Temporary Speaker, these proposed amendments to the Power and Privileges Bill is a response to the weaknesses and the threats we face as a House in ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: wilfully refused to appear before us will emerge as a weakness. We must do something to respond and to fill that gap. Madam Temporary Speaker, if it can be of comfort to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, we had a debate like this when I served as the Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). We had powers to conduct investigations, but we did not have powers to arrest. We debated for a long time looking for a solution. Finally, we made a conclusion that the best thing that will enhance the powers of EACC to summon a witness is to ... view