Janet Ongera

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Nov 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We seek your intervention that the period asked of two weeks is too long. This is a very serious matter that is of public concern. A lot of money has gone underground. In fact, it is more than Kshs 5 billion. The shortest time possible should be taken so that Kenyans know where their money has gone. view
• 14 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, Junior has asked the very question I wanted to ask. I want to further ride on that question. view
• 14 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I meant the distinguished Senator from Makueni. That is the Duke of Makueni who is Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Dr. Ouko, thank you for appearing here. The question I want to ask you is that there is a report of the Auditor-General that was presented here yesterday on the Financial Operations of Nyeri County. In that report is regard to Karson Photo House. We were given information that stated that Kshs10.8 million was paid for rent for this particular private premise that the County Government had hired and they spent Kshs29.1 million to renovate ... view
• 14 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity so that I may also ask my questions. The first one is to the Governor and his lawyer. Why, of all the CEC members that you have, out of the 10 members, I can see nine men and one woman. This is in clear contravention of Article 29(8) of the Constitution. Second is on the rent. I had asked this question earlier in the morning but I will repeat. Why did the County Government do renovations on a private property amounting to Kshs29.1 million and go ahead and pay ... view
• 14 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me also make my contribution. Clearly, there have been violations that have been committed by Nyeri County Government. The first point that I consider a violation under the Constitution is Article 27(8) of the Constitution that is very clear. There was no promotion of gender equity. Indeed, from the evidence adduced, we saw that there is only one woman CEC member out of 10. Second is the issue of ad hoc sourcing of contracts without clear tendering procedures. This is a violation under Section 34 and 35 of the Public Procurement and Disposals Act. I come ... view
• 13 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have two questions. First, why was the Governor not given a right to be heard by the county assembly? Can you state whether this is a requirement in the county assembly’s standing orders. The question on qualifications of the county secretary has already been asked. Lastly, why have you not stated to us the actual procedure of how you went about in impeaching the Governor? If I heard right, there was a question of the right to be heard. view
• 8 Sep 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second and support the Motion. It is fairly straight forward. 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
• 8 Sep 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute and support the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.37 of 2016). As my neighbour, I would want to first of all congratulate you for the seat that you are currently occupying. From the look of things and from the way you are conducting the proceedings; you are, indeed, a very good Temporary Speaker. I also want to congratulate Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murungi and all Members who were in the bi-partisan Committee of the National Assembly and the Senate for the good work they did. ... view
• 8 Sep 2016 in Senate: I need your protection from the Senate Minority Leader. I also want to support that tallying should be done at the polling station. We know that the experience we had in Bomas where I was one of the presidential agents was a horrifying experience that we would not want to go through. I support the way this Bill has been written in totality, particularly on the electronic transfer of results. 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
• 24 Aug 2016 in Senate: On a point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is the same point I wanted to raise that Sen. Khaniri has raised; that we are not so sure that we have the threshold because the bell has not been rung. We do not know whether there are others Senators waiting in the lounge. This is a very important amendment. As you know, this amendment affects the constitutional requirement of having one-third of either gender in the Houses. So, let us treat it with the importance that it deserves. I plead with you. view