Erick Okong'o Mogeni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 May 2025 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that does not support devolution. You hear allegations being made that businesses supposed to be done by youths in the County Government of Nyamira are being done by companies associated with a clique of a few MCAs. We have an obligation as a Senate to defend devolution and protect the resources we send to our counties. I fully agree with the amendments that were introduced and that have been approved by the House that EACC and DCI should pitch camp in Nyamira. view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: As you heard from the other team of MCAs, it is the governor who opts to send the approval of the budget to the group that illegally sits outside the County Assembly view
• 14 May 2025 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 and AudioServices, Senate view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: premises. If we allow that to happen, then it would have been better to remain with the constitution that preceded 2010. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 was supposed to address impunity. What impunity can we talk of as a Senate, other than a situation where a county assembly holds sittings outside the parameters of the law; goes on to process a budget, appropriation is done and money withdrawn and we do not see arrests. That is the highest level of impunity. view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if it can happen at the County Assembly, the national Government will also employ the same tricks where we will say a team of Members of the National Assembly can go and sit somewhere else, pass a budget and then money is withdrawn. I urge Government institutions that have been cited in this report, that is the DCI and EACC, to move to Nyamira as soon as yesterday and conduct investigations. Where arrests have to be made, let them be made and those who must face the full force of the law do so. view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: We are here to protect devolution. I have nothing personal against any group of MCAs or the Governor of Nyamira. It is in the interest of I, as Senator of Nyamira and the other Senators, to ensure we do not have a situation where impunity reigns in the County Government of Nyamira. view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: Finally, as late as yesterday, even after the initial recommendation that was made by the Committee, we are still having a situation where we have two sets of county assemblies, speakers, clerks and two maces in that Assembly. It is something that we cannot be proud of as Senate. We have a role of ensuring that there is sanity. If this persists, we should be more drastic in our recommendations and ensure that no funds will go to the County of Government of Nyamira if the governor does not put his Assembly in order. We cannot allow this degeneration of ... view
• 14 May 2025 in Senate: I thank you for protecting Dr. Matiang’i from the insinuations that were being made by Sen. Oketch Gicheru that he could be part of the enterprise of Governor Nyaribo. He is a clean man and we do not want him to be associated with the level of incompetence being displayed in the County Government of Nyamira. view
• 13 May 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also make my contribution to the statements issued by the respective chairpersons. However, there is one that has caught my attention. While contributing, I heard Sen. Cherarkey state that the approval of nominees to IEBC should be processed by the National Assembly and referred to the Senate for approval. This issue is one that we should address honestly and consciously as a Senate because what happened in Naivasha was a travesty of justice. When the committee of experts went to Naivasha, the Members of the National Assembly totally mutilated ... view
• 13 May 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to this Creative Common Support Bill that has been sponsored by Sen. Eddy Oketch. I want to join my colleagues in registering my accolades for the Senator for Migori, Sen. Oketch, who comes from a city that is famed for music. If you know a song that was sung trying to bring to the attention of Kenyans the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, it was sung by the late Prince Julie, who was based in Migori, where Sen. Eddy Oketch comes from. The song was called “Dunia Mbaya”. ... view