Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1281 to 1290 of 1831.

• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: 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
• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: At the Senate Business Committee (SBC), we have fought for greater motion on the Order Paper, so that we can process business faster, and I am happy that we have gotten an opportunity to debate this particular Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I support and thank you. view
• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 159, I rise to withdraw The Office of the County Printer Bill (Senate Bills No. 10 of 2022), which is appearing in our Order Paper today, at number 14. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to join my colleagues who have thanked the Committee on Finance and Budget for a job very well done. In continuation of the discussion we were having yesterday, I would want the House to pay attention to a matter that has been referred to by the Committee at page 14 of the report. This is on the question of the need for revenue allocation that anticipates the conditions in the country and on the ground. In item No.11 the Committee tells us that the annual inflation currently stands at 6.5 per cent. The ... view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: 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
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: outstanding pending bills of Kshs100 billion. This financial year was the first time Nairobi City County was building an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in the history of devolution. If you look at the needs of the people of Nairobi City County, I will continue to remind my colleagues that when it comes to the division of revenue, we must access all these factors and ensure that the counties get money that is substantial for them to make any meaningful progress. In fact, this position if further buttressed by the submission of CoG on page No.5 ... view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Secondly, there is the question of the increase in the cost of public participation. I have heard my colleagues refer only to the geographical size of the counties as one of the factors that determine or affect the cost of public participation. However, we should also factor the population that we are governing. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Nairobians, as my delegation Member, Sen. Nyamu, will bear me witness, are very ‘woke’. That is the term the young people are using. Everything you do in the name of the people of Nairobi is subject to question and they would want to participate. The county government is undertaking an urban regeneration programme of the old city council estates. Two weeks ago, it announced public participation for 13 of the old city council estates that are the subject of re-development. They want to build new houses in these places. I had an opportunity to only attend two of those public ... view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: 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