Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1141 to 1150 of 1925.

• 7 Jun 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is actually very painful for me to contribute on this Motion on the question of requesting or calling upon the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPWDs) in collaboration with the Ministry of East African Community, Labour and Social Protection to carry out nationwide registration of persons living with disabilities. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Anything that increases revenue to county governments will always receive my positive remarks. I believe that some of the areas that have been included in this Bill for support as conditional grants are important in uplifting the economies and services of county governments. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to fully support this Motion on teaching of Kiswahili through the sign language by our schools, both at the primary, secondary, vocational training centres and even the teacher training centres. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for being at the forefront in bringing a Motion which under normal circumstances would have gone unnoticed. I say so because obviously, the new curriculum which is being piloted has clearly given an indication that there were no The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 17 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would also like add my voice to this Motion for Adjournment to attend the Legislative Summit in Mombasa. First and foremost, this is a very important summit. The way I understand it in my previous work, a summit is held, when everything else is said and done, to make far-reaching decisions and not ad hoc deliberations. It is deliberations that will lead to substantive decisions that will guide the agenda and the legislation of both the county assemblies and the Senate sittings. It is important that we interact at this level with the county legislators, ... view
• 17 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thought that I was going to be excluded in this debate. I may not be in a position to pontificate the deeper issues of what The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 17 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, last time when I stood on this Floor, and in accordance with this Motion, it was quite clear that it derives its spirit and mandate from Article 59(4) of our Constitution. We should put in place a legislation that establishes such offices in one, two, three or four places. The Office of the Ombudsman is only available in some of the four regional centres. The main or national one is in Nairobi. We need to appreciate that when Article 10 of our Constitution, the National Values and Principles of Governance was settled, it had key issues. ... view
• 16 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to add my thanks and appreciation for the Nyamira County Legal Committee for coming to benchmark at the Senate on the events and activities that they must carry out in our county. I am a resident of Nyamira County. I am fully aware of the enormous task that they are pursuing in that county. It is a good feeling that coming here, they will keep in check some of the events that are taking place and ought not to have taken place in that county. I am happy that they will be able to ... view
• 16 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute to this important Bill on revenue allocation to counties. The numbers and the figures have already been established. The ceilings have already been set. One fundamental area that I would like to flag out is that despite the fact that the Bill talks of a payment schedule and the publication on a monthly basis, these resources have been shifted to the County Revenue Fund. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to add my voice to comment on a continuing disaster which is taking place in our country. Governor (Prof.) Kibwana has given us a wake-up call to a situation which I feel that there is so much human loss. My first reaction to that message is to send a message of condolence as a House to the people of Makueni County and other counties which have been devastated by these floods and disasters. That should be the first call of action from this House; to say we are very sorry for the loss ... view
• 15 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join the people of Nakuru County on this rather sad episode of losing lives because of man-made disasters. Two million cubic metres of water is enough storm to clear even the mountain when it comes from a given height. The level of culpability is clear: The owner of the dam, WARMA and the national Government in failure to monitor and supervise the building of dams. It is time for this Senate to put a legislative mechanism in place to handle such disasters with great finesse. If we do so, we would have succeeded in the ... view