Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 1925.

• 11 May 2022 in Senate: I foresee a problem but I hope it is provided for in this budget. Pending bills, which are a big headache for all governments, whether at the national or county level, must be provided for, so that we start on a clean slate. It is not fair to pass over pending bills to an incoming government without settling them. If it were possible, they should be settled in this financial year which ends on 30th June. That is less than two months from now. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: If that was the case, when another financial year starts, all those who will be in office will start on a new slate, whether at the national or county level. The only thing that this Senate can do is to push the National Treasury to ensure that pending bills are settled in one way or another. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the county, the Council of Governors can come to an arrangement both at the National and the County level on how the pending Bills must be cleared. With those few remarks, I support this County Allocation Bill (CAB) which eventually ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to weigh in on this issue of weather predictions and expectations from farmers and many other people, including the aviation industry, who very much depend on the weather predictions and for the safety of travelers, whether on land, sea, air or farmers going around looking after cattle, particularly in the arid and semi-arid regions. I remember when I was negotiating the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris during my tenure as the Ambassador for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It was quite clear that some of the advanced or ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: 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
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: I remember when the Ozone Layer story was being propagated by the late Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, I happened to have attended that conference with the late President Moi in London. People laughed off saying there was no such a thing like Ozone Layer depletion and, therefore, we were likely to have catastrophic development of weather patterns all over the world. We are now witnessing it. All that is happening is as a result of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and the weather patterns have been distorted totally. Therefore, we have difficulties knowing what to tell the farmers and ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for allowing me to also contribute to this important Grants Bill. I thank Sen. Kibiru, the Chairperson of that Committee, for ably chairing this meeting. From the outset, let me say that one of the most innovative elements on this Grants Bill, is the question of removing these unconditional grants which was very vague, to additional funds. They were bringing it within the framework of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, which will be an accountable document and account for funds being availed to county governments to spend. These funds are either grants from ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: 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
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: sure that this becomes an annual affair, is for us to pass this Bill today and await the National Assembly to reciprocate the same sentiments, then we shall be home together. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this very important Bill, the Cotton Industry Development Bill of 2021. The purpose of this Bill is to be able to initiate a legal framework, a policy framework and other attendant instruments to be able to make the cotton industry very buoyant within the agricultural sector. One of the main elements in any agricultural sector is the element of production. You know one of the problems we have in this country in many of our cash crops that we are growing today is the question of rain-fed ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope this is not just a Bill for the sake of a Bill. When it becomes an Act of Parliament the Government should create an enabling environment for farmers to get access on cost effective fertilizers to promote cotton crop growing. I know that there was a time when there was cotton growing in South Nyanza. It was a joy for us to travel to Kendu Bay to see the cotton ginneries. We saw the processing of the raw cotton into yarns and the products that came out of it. It was a pleasure. view