Janet Ongera

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall comply. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in Senate: Thank you Madam, Temporary Speaker. I apologize for being out of order. I did not do it deliberately; I was responding to your order. The issue of security is very important in our nation, especially at this moment in the history of our country when we are faced with security issues in almost every county. I was in Kisumu attending the ad hoc Committee meeting on harambee. As we were in the Committee, we regrettably learnt that one of our prominent citizens of Kisumu was just shot dead in broad daylight. Therefore, the issue that Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo has raised ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity so that I can support this Motion. This is a very good Motion brought by the leader of delegation from Busia. This Motion wants to build capacities in the counties. There is no way we can have good infrastructure even if we have resources, unless the men and women who are going to implement those services are well trained and have appropriate skills that can enable them do their jobs right. Therefore, we need to support the notion that is being proposed here that we should have the necessary ... view
• 10 Sep 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Kiraitu in order to say that we are now having side shows here when we are discussing important national issues that concern Kenyans? view
• 24 Jul 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Hon. Sen. Sonko whom I have a lot of respect indicated his loyalty to the Government. Could he tell us what Government because under Article 46, we have 48 Governments? view
• 18 Jul 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to oppose this Procedural Motion. The reasons being advanced are not reasonable. Standing Order No.123 says that should the Senate want to amend from 14 days to a shorter period--- I stand to be corrected by Sen. Murungi because as we learnt in the School of Law, this has to be reasonable. The reasons that have been advanced are not reasonable. We have just been told that reducing the days by one day does not make a difference. So, if we made them 14, this would not also make a difference. I join ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is my dear friend, Sen. Murkomen, in order to tell us that unless a written document is tabled from the President when we know that the President can indirectly or directly speak? He need not make any written document in order for the statement to be valid. We clearly saw the President making a submission when he was addressing the Summit where he clearly said that all these functions will be transferred to the counties. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. Let me, first of all, congratulate the Mover and the Seconder of this Bill for bringing it to the House. Madam Temporary Speaker, today the Senate is caught between a rock and a hard place due to the unprocedural activities that were carried out by the Lower House. As you know, this matter eventually led us to the Supreme Court; a matter that I would not go into to discuss its merits and demerits because of the principle of sub judice . However, Madam ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Because of poor policy guidelines and lack of proper planning and ensuring that there is sufficient capacity, this problem has arisen. Because of this, we know that there are so many problems. In fact, the hon. Senator knows that in his county, this is where all this mess is occurring because there are no sufficient nurses and labour wards to deliver these babies. As a result, this is what we are talking about. Let us not load functions to the counties without being clear in our minds that, indeed, we have sufficient resources to do ... view