Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2019 in Senate: All these complications we are inviting ourselves to, is because we have not been given proper preventive and promotive health care in our institutions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in Senate: With those few remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me add my voice to this appropriate and important Petition to this House. You will all remember that we had a Committee that looked into the tea programmes. The problems that are inherent in the tea industry are numerous but the person who bears the heaviest burden is the small scale farmer; the farmer who literally pays for everything. When we did the survey on the tea industry, it was apparent to us that the tea industry has more than 42 levels of taxation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you were once a Permanent Secretary in ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is any merit in this Petition, it is how we now get the common man - the ordinary small-scale tea holder with less than 1,000 trees – to survive in that harsh environment. This morning I was looking at someone who grows a lot of things in a quarter of an acre. They are quite comfortable with that because of the modern scientific methods of farming. The type of tea bush they planted some 20 or 40 years ago is the same. They have not been able to adopt clones such as Clone 35, which ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: I support. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not intend to initiate a debate. Yesterday, when this matter came up before this House, I approached the Chair and said quite categorically that it is in bad faith for anybody to prosecute a case of Kisii County when I am already representing the people of Kisii County in this House. The Speaker assured me yesterday that this matter will be sorted out. Therefore, I am not alarmed when I see Sen. Poghisio raising this point of order, because I think we must follow certain decorum on how we want to relate to one another ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand a concerned person on matters of education. You and I have had a privilege and opportunity of being Ministers for Education at some appropriate moments. When it comes to the appointments of vice chancellors, the process is vigorous. It goes through a lot of stages. I would not accept a situation where this House is used as a clearing House for a system which is set in place and goes through a full proof process. This House is being treated to a position where we are requested to start investigating that process. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am a Member of the Committee on Education. I sound a warning that let us not enter into areas that we have no competence in, particularly the institutions of higher learning. Let us leave it to the people who are well versed with that process of appointment. However, unless there is corruption or something which cuts across Chapter Six of the Constitution on integrity issues, we need to leave it to the right bodies to do the appointments. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let the country know that the team that was negotiating for us has our full mandate. Let the country know that we stand by the supremacy of this Constitution in the accordance with Article 2 of our Constitution. Let the country also know that in accordance with Article 201, the Principles of Public Finance, sub-section b(i) and (ii), the burden of taxation shall be shared equally. I believe that mama mitumba, mama mboga are paying Value Addition Tax (VAT) and everything else, which will form part of the revenue raised for sharing. Article 201(b) states- ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I second. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view