Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: these areas. These are the challenges that will continue being with us for many years to come because we have not done proper spatial planning. What has it done to this country? We are now slowly turning our towns into big slums which are totally inefficient. This will create more poverty and misery and, therefore, we will not create any decent living for our citizenry. Therefore, Kenyans have faith in the manpower of this Senate; that we can create prosperity through Bills like the one which is before this House. All the clauses that have been enumerated here are geared ... view
• 27 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. In order to put the records straight, as the then Minister for Technical Training and Applied Technology, I was given the first responsibility in 1988 to set up the youth polytechnics and Technical Training Institutes (TTI) one of which was the Rift Valley Technical Training Institute. One of the biggest headaches that we had at that time was that it was difficult for our school leavers to go to a job that would dirty their clothes; a job where they did not ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to give testimony to the history of athletics in this country. Very few of you would know that I was a sports administrator, a member of the medical commission, International Amateur Athletics Association Medical Commission, the Vice Chairman of Athletics Kenya and later took over as the Chairman of athletics in this country. The story of Kenyan athletes started at the time when Naftali Temu won the 10,000 metres in Mexico in 1968, heralding in the first ever gold medal that was brought to this country. Nyayo Stadium used to be a ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: our athletes and wanted to give them some doping agents. We objected that, that was not the right thing to do. I am glad that we won that war. I would like this House to appreciate that the change of amateur athletics to professional athletics started because we realised that our athletes were being misused. They ran for peanuts, whereas at the time, in football, they had brought in professionalism, so that they could earn money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, Kenyan athletes earn a lot of money. In that case, they have the potential to invest heavily. One of ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We went to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and they were out there, and in my usual professional manner, I went to the theatre and he is out of danger; he has already been wheeled to his centre. I think the kind of rumours that are doing the rounds in the social media should stop. It is a simple basic technical operation that was professionally done, and I take pride that the people who did it were once my students and I want to tell you that he is in safe hands. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for looking at the back street. We had been forgotten. This is a very serious Bill which touches on the lives of people. Once somebody said, oil is a dirty and slippery business. We are just about to walk that slippery path by the manner in which we are trying to draft the main framework law that will govern the conduct of exploitation of resources within the country. I say so because these resources are not found anywhere in the air. They are in and under the sea; on and under land and the surrounding ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I plead with you that this Bill should be withdrawn. Let us go back and have a very serious session, clause by clause, because I am not prepared to assent to a Bill that gives unlimited powers to a CS under the current constitutional framework because he or she has no responsibility. The only responsibly he or she has is to the appointing authority and not the people who are in charge of the resources that are emanating like now the oil in Turkana County and other areas of the country. Yes, I support that we need ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity that you have given me to comment about a very effective and illustrious person in the name of His Excellency Kofi Annan who is no more with us. As you have heard from the Statement, he is the one who put us together during the Serena talks. Many Kenyans may never get to know the kind of drama that was in Serena during the early days when we were trying to negotiate for peace for this nation. At some stage, we thought that the talks would break down but because of his ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Government, I would have asked it to use this occasion through their diplomatic shuttles to enable the entire Serena team to travel to Ghana to mourn a great leader who was able to put this nation together. Sometimes we may not accept it but it is a reality. Africa has lost a great leader and Kenya has lost a great friend who was able to put us together. We argued together and even though we had different opinions, we were able to harmonise our opinions so as to produce a document that saved this nation. Therefore, I join the rest ... view