20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I agree that my Senator, the Deputy Speaker of this House, should do his oversight or any role that is given to him. However, in this case, he has gone beyond in disrupting peace in Meru. One of the reasons is this: I have written to Kathuri Murungi requesting that the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations comes to Meru County to help solve our issues. I am not lying, but telling the truth. He denied me that chance for the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to come to Meru County and ...
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20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Speaker, Sir. I am not a suspect in that case. I did not even record a statement with the police. They came, did the investigations, and left. On the issue of 2023 approval, the approval for this year, the County Assembly has not approved. They still have issues with the budget. Waziri for Finance elaborated the issue we have with the Assembly. For the document that Linda Kiome said that it was forgery, I feel that forensic investigation should take course and give us an answer for that. This is because I am not a The electronic version ...
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20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
forensic investigator and neither this House. I do not think this House has the power to know if the document is forged or not unless it is taken to the examiner.
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20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wrote to the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations which is led by the Chairperson, Sen. Abbas, and the Senator who has just spoken before, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, has agreed that, indeed, I tried to call them to Meru County so that they can intervene.
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20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Senator. Indeed, I have a CECM of Health. The County Assembly of Meru has never tried to impeach the CECM of Health. That is the position. About political interference in Meru, there are so many other people who believe that they should not be led by a woman and that is why you see them gathering together and trying to politicize the issue of a young family to bring me down. There is a tradition in Meru that they should not be led by a woman. I want to say categorically that the chair of the interference or ...
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20 Aug 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Senator. Indeed, I have tried to engage the County Assembly of Meru by giving the names for the board, unfortunately, they have been ignored throughout.
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