Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: I have not spoken. view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to also contribute. First, let me say that I have been privileged to serve on the SBC for two consecutive sessions. Despite some of the aspersions that have been cast, especially by Sen. Mungatana, the report that was given in Naivasha of the midterm performance of this House is an indicator of the work that has been put in by the SBC in ensuring that we process our business here. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: As part of the leadership of the majority coalition, I felt we now need to give other people the opportunity to experience this SBC. When members talk about the anxiety about the speed with which some of the businesses are moving, especially the Bills in this House, I do not think from our side there is somebody who is more passionate about the speed at which business is moving than Sen. Crystal Asige. I hope that with her on that committee, she will ensure that what she has wished to see now happens under her guidance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know what exactly is out of order. I made a statement of facts that if you turn this Constitution page to page, there is no place where it talks about the designation of the majority party anywhere other than in the National Assembly. That is Article 108, which is a fact. If Sen. Mungatana has another copy of the Constitution, maybe in his native Pokomo language, he can show us where it speaks about the designation of a majority party in the Senate. view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to inform Sen. Omogeni that the line of argument he has taken is critical, especially when that information is coming from the former officials of UDA. They have made the habit of claiming existence of agreements, including agreements between ODM and UDA which do not exist. view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: If she must say that there is an agreement between UDA and UDM, she must table that agreement here. Do not accept her to mislead you. view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is quite curious the number of Statements that have been brought by my colleagues and yet it is the final week of sitting. I wanted to raise a concern. The majority of the Statements that have been raised have been directed at the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation. I have counted no less than seven such Statements. At our last meeting, we had almost 30 or 50 Statements that are still pending. There is a conversation we had with the Senate Majority Leader at least during the Senate Business Committee (SBC) on what ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it would be quite unfair because I know there is a discussion about reconstituting the committees. I have indicated that I would want to leave some of those committees. However, I feel it is very unfair for the people or the members who will be joining those committees to be inundated with all these Statements. I do not know if it is possible but we wanted to request your office; at least for us in the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation to be facilitated during the long break to make sure that we clear all the ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: When we hand over to the new team that is coming into that Committee, at least we will not leave them with matters that have been pending all this time. It is also an indicator of the state of the roads in this country. I said during the debate on the President's Speech that we had an occasion in the Standing Committee on Energy to have a conversation with the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads, Transport and Housing--- view