Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1925.

• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have gone beyond the level where sooner or later, we will collapse, even with the best flowery language that we are being told; that it is manageable. When you get to a situation where the borrowing escalates to higher levels, the level of corruption continues going up and the resource flow to the county governments is diminishing, it is a recipe for chaos. We must arrest that situation before long. I thank you for your attention, Mr. Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to voice my message of welcome to the Kirinyaga County delegation. It is one single county that I have a lot of time for because my household is from Kirinyaga. I, therefore, welcome you and look forward to coming to see where my household comes from. I look forward to engaging you once more. However, I paid the entire dowry. Therefore, there will be no additional dowry to be paid to that region. I thank you. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I think that Sen. Mwaruma is asking the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources to get to the bottom of the matter dealing with the social aspect of the miners within the environment where they are working. The second point that must come out very clearly in this report is the benefits that accrue from mining, which is the economic element that must stand out when one wants to mine in any part of this country. The third element that must come out in that Statement is the environmental concern. We are aware that ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in Senate: I second. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I second. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me also add my voice. I am a Member of that Committee. From the experiences that we have had in serving the last CPAIC, it is quite a thankless job as it were in many respects because you spend many hours being able to interrogate issues that may have happened some five, six, seven years ago and small of a postmortem exercise rather than the ant-mortem exercise itself. We are all mandated by the Constitution to oversight the performances and the dealings of county assemblies and the county government. We are to look ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Chairpersons. This Bill is designed to make a very clear distinctive difference between the old Bill or Act of Parliament, which denotes the physical planning as it is today in our statutes, as opposed to the new philosophy of land use. This is because it has a much wider meaning. If that is the direction he is taking, then I am in sync with what he is saying, so that we do not spend so much time. I think the idea of bringing in the word “land use” is because it has a ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also add my voice by supporting this very important Motion on the Senate Business Committee. This Committee is, by far, the most important committee in any chamber, particularly at the Senate level. This is an area where you are able to prioritise issues and areas that affect view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: directly. Without prioritising those areas, we will be left in limbo, not knowing how to handle some of the issues that come for our attention. I am vividly reminded of one such issue – the one of health – and there is a nurses’ strike going on right now. I believe that the Senate Business Committee will not turn a blind eye to the suffering of a majority of Kenyans who are not receiving view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: healthcare. This matter must be resolved in one way or the other. There is always squabbling on the sharing of resources between the national Government and the county governments. We must strike a balance to know what kind of resources are required for a devolved government function like health in the county governments so that we do not leave the governors struggling to try and pay these nurses in one form or the other. Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that this Senate Business Committee, in its own wisdom and deliberations, will tackle the issue of food security in this ... view