Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: stand up to be ambassadors and spokespersons for inclusion of PWDs because nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow. A census was carried out on disability in Kenya and the findings were quite interesting, that out of our total population, 2.2 per cent suffer from one form of disability or another. The county that had the highest figures on disability was Embu at 4.4 per cent, followed by my county of Homa Bay at 4.3 per cent, Makueni at 4.1 per cent and Siaya and Kisumu in that order. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes when you look at the ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: I will be glad to be informed. view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree with Sen. Asige that the Constitution under Article 54(2) says that the state shall ensure the progressive implementation of the principle that at least 5 per cent of the members of the public in elective and appointive bodies are PWDs. At least 5 per cent but we have a 2.2 per cent disability prevalence in the country. There is what the Constitution aspires to and there is the reality. The problem then would be for you to fully realize or actualize Article 54(2), you would probably be having the same PWDs sitting in various ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is Sen. Asige in order to close the market so soon because Sen. Cherarkey does not have to prove anything? In fact, that ambiguity should be strategic and it will bring attention and will give some of us hope. So, it might not be appropriate for Sen. Cherarkey to substantiate so that we remain hopeful that we could fill that void in the life of the distinguished Senator. view
• 29 Oct 2024 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
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Division of Revenue Bill is the most important financial instrument that this House considers. Every Senator, if they are committed to their sense of duty, ought to have a view on the Division of Revenue Bill, because this is where we are demonstrating to the people that we represent. That the money that governors are using in the counties cannot pass to them without going through the Senate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some Senators in this House, like the Senator for Bungoma County, has been told that he has nothing to do with ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: It must be put on record that the first time this matter went into mediation, we were led by the Senator for the great County of Meru, who is today sitting on the Chair. We had a conversation with our brothers in the lower House. We had a very scientific approach, and we were able to convince them that the right amount of money that should go to county governments should not go below Kshs400 billion. We wanted more, but we were able to convince our brothers to settle on Kshs401 billion. It was not voodoo. It was scientific. We ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: When you approach courts of law and instruments of justice, there is always one of two outcomes. If you go to court, you either win or you lose. At the end of the day, when you lose, you might have your reservations, but you leave that court feeling that justice has been served, even though you lost. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when our mediators went into that session, I do not know how the conversations went, but in the past mediation, which you and I were part of, we were able to demonstrate why Kshs400 billion was sufficient. I do ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: not able to prepare her report on time. When the Assembly eventually got to consider the report, it made recommendations that both persons be investigated and be prosecuted for causing serious financial loss to the residents of Nairobi. Those officers of the County went to court, and in court arguments were made. The eventual decision was that the County Assembly of Nairobi City acted outside the constitutional timelines, and therefore their report was null and void; and that the Auditor-General also tabled that report outside the constitutional timelines, and therefore that audit report was null and void. Mr. Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: We have assumed that wages in county governments should be 35 percent and above. The question is, what is the authority behind that? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did a study that indicates that in the most efficient municipalities and urban areas and cities, the proportion that goes to wages is seven percent. I will be happy to share with Senators that report of the IMF. The global standard or the gold standard when it comes to human resource and wages is seven percent. We have institutionalized 35 percent, which is five times the gold standard and in many cases, ... view