19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the response from the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation on Thwake Dam, but we are constrained to ask other questions, also touching on other dams in the Republic. We know the Ministry says all the time that they have no budget. As a House, we would like to know the dams that are ongoing and the others that have been proposed and what magnitude of money we need to push. This is so that we know the budget the Ministry needs for all the dams across the country and the many stalled irrigation ...
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19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, if every Senator talks about their county, you will be surprised because many projects are stalled, others have been proposed and are yet to start and therefore, we feel constrained to ask questions. I may not know much about Thwake Dam where Sen. Maanzo comes from, however, if the Ministry, at some point, through the respective Committee can give us what indicative figures they need, as the Senate, we shall also put our voice on it so that we can bankroll all these projects across the country. This is not a supplementary question, but a comment to ...
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19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate our Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Soipan Tuya, who before she was appointed as a Cabinet Secretary, was one of us in this House. She has not let us down this far. Mine is to first congratulate the KDF joint operation with the National Police Service in the North Rift because it is only enormous in the Baringo area, Samburu, and Baragoi. For the first time shops are open in that area. So, I want to thank them for that gentle operation. I sometimes get restrained from talking about other areas, especially where ...
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19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Sen. Wambua, you asked your supplementary question. Our Standing Orders indicate that you only need to ask one. What do you want to say again?
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19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
Sen. Wambua, you asked a question and then answered it yourself. Therefore, allow the Cabinet Secretary to comment on that operation in July last year. Cabinet Secretary, if you are not ready, then we can also ask you another question.
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19 Mar 2025 in Senate:
I will request that Sen. Wambua, that if he is not really satisfied, he could walk to the office---
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