Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 951 to 960 of 1925.

• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to ride on this Petition. First of all, I welcome the students from Nyandarua County who are here with us. I also welcome the Mandera County Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and Investments. We had a full session with them in the morning. They witnessed what we do in the CPAIC. Those of us who participated in the Serena talks immediately after the Post- Election Violence (PEV) of 2007 can safely say – as Sen. Wetangula said earlier on – that it was not a mood that you could tolerate ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: come together, we will live together in harmony without recognizing the ethnicity or boundaries that divide us in every aspect. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was the reason for the TJRC Report which was very well executed. The issues that were being conversed there was that never again should the citizens of this country go to war against each other. That is why all the time whenever there is any dispute, I stand and my clarion language is dialogue because I saw what it can lead to. Many people were killed and others displaced. Today, we have to deal with those ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, we must recognize that land is a very emotive thing. Anything to do with being displaced from land is itself very emotive. I suspect that the residents of this ward in Mandera County have gone through all manner of petitions until they have reached a level of no return. They found out that the only recourse was for their petition to be heard is in this Senate. Since I know what land means to every community, I am fully persuaded that this Petition is properly before this House. Therefore, the best thing ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: them left, right and centre. Added to that, there is this land problem and disputes coming their way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the big brother in the name of the national Government comes to harass the small brother who is the county and even smaller at the ward level, there is reason for us to look into it and find out why this harassment exists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I submit to you in this House that this is properly before us and we should prosecute it. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to welcome Members back to this august House and remind ourselves of our constitutional mandate. Article 96(1) of the Constitution is quite clear that we shall defend the interests of the county governments vigorously and loudly. In defence of those interests of county governments, it also requires us to defend the resource allocation. Subsection 2 of that Article clearly states that our function will be legislation. One such legislation is the Health Bill which was signed into an Act yesterday. Procedurally, it is obviously wrong because health is a fully devolved function. ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice on The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018, by Sen. Olekina. I thank him for bringing this Bill. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: For those of us who have had the opportunity and occasion to go through several elections, one thing that stands out quite clearly is the level of injustices that is done at polling stations. This is where the hallmark of confusion starts from, when you start seeing people fighting one another. They do this because either the results or elections are not being carried out properly and in accordance with the set rules and regulations; or there is an opportunity for somebody to manipulate whatever results are out. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: What Sen. Olekina is trying to do in this Bill is to limit and minimise the number of complaints that come forward through petitions. I can remember in one of the occasions when we had finished the elections and done our own tally, we were winners by 6,000 clear votes. The person who was contesting had already lined up his goons with the purpose of creating a scene in the hall, where the returning officers were just about to announce the results. In that melee of confusion, they hoped to announce the winner by changing the results. These are the ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: county tallying stations is to be able to sign them at the polling station and the results announced there. However, what we have seen through experience is that when they announce the results at the polling station, some engineers have already been set up, in between the polling station and the sub-county tallying centre, and miracles happen. You will find that the results that were reported at the polling station have been changed. The forms are not signed or maybe signed, and this creates avenues for recourse to court processes. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: My understating of this Bill is that, at least, at the polling station level, we should append our signatures all through the delegated agents at that level. That is the kind of amendment that we will need to do so that whoever is your designated agent should be able to sign that form at that level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am persuaded by the argument by Sen. Wetangula that, indeed, in some polling stations they may be extremely--- Every one of us knows that there are areas that are completely hostile, and you are at the mercy of the ... view