Janet Ongera

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Mar 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Did you hear the distinguished Senator who is the Majority Whip, refer to a book which we do not know? view
• 31 Mar 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Elachi is quite right in stating that the amount has been increased. The KP used to get donor funding from the World Bank and were, therefore, able to subsidize the rates and electricity charges were being given at the price of about Kshs50,000. When the World Bank withdrew funding, these rates flew up. They went up to even over Kshs300,000 for a single phase. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Did you hear Sen. Elachi refer to “her Government”? I wonder what Government this is, could she highlight? view
• 19 Feb 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. From the outset, I want to join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., the “Duke” of Makueni for bringing this very important Motion that attempts to discuss and help us get the boundaries defined. This is a very emotive subject that requires very careful thought and planning, even as we discuss it. Although it may look fairly straightforward, we are discussing a Motion that could give rise to a Bill, under Article 188 of the Constitution. However, you are aware that ... view
• 30 Dec 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to also make my comments with regard to the point of order that was raised on the sub judice rule. The sub judice rule was put there by Parliament. We are the ones who set this rule and the only reason we set this rule was to prevent Members of Parliament, in the event that there was a matter that was in court that was likely to prejudice the outcome of that matter. Here, we are dealing with a matter which is of great public interest in this country. This ... view
• 30 Dec 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We, as Members of this Parliament cannot just be taken as mere flower girls. We need to put into perspective Articles 93, 96 and 110. This is a bicameral Parliament, and not a House of the National Assembly only. This is a Parliament that has two Chambers and we are not flower girls in this House. I rest my case and support Sen. Wetangula. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second this Motion. I think this is a fairly straight forward matter. The Senators who have been nominated are capable and fit to be in those committees. Therefore, I do not have much to say other than to second this Motion. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Motion. It saddens me that we would be talking about going for recess. Despite being alive to the fact that we have a calendar that we had all agreed to in the RBC, however, when we made this calendar which is almost a year ago, certain things have occurred in this country that necessitate us to stay a little bit longer before we can go for recess. We had about 39 Bills that we needed to have dealt with. Out of these Bills, we have only been able to deal with ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to oppose this Bill. When I look at the contents of this Bill, it does not support devolution. At this time in this country, we want to decentralize our operations and empower the counties with enough power so that they can run their affairs. We now want to centralize these operations by creating a board. Madam Temporary Speaker, when I look at the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, it is very clear, that the counties have been given the functions of agriculture. I know that the control of fertiliser is one of those functions. I ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to oppose this Bill. When I look at the contents of this Bill, it does not support devolution. At this time in this country, we want to decentralize our operations and empower the counties with enough power so that they can run their affairs. We now want to centralize these operations by creating a board. Madam Temporary Speaker, when I look at the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, it is very clear, that the counties have been given the functions of agriculture. I know that the control of fertiliser is one of those functions. I ... view