Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1831.

• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, he is the Chair of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). Since he is my Chair, I have to say yes. I do not have any option. view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we understand the jitteriness of our colleagues when we discuss this matter because even their own MCAs ask them these questions when they go home. As I conclude, in fact, this question of the autonomy of budgets of the assemblies is something that we, as a Senate, must expedite. I am aware that our legal team is working on this and reviewing of the ceilings. I am happy with the Chair of the Committee on Finance and Budget, the Senator for Mandera. He is always willing to listen to the county assemblies when they come to him ... view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Kindly, let us not run away from our primary responsibility and vilify other organizations such as the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). Let us have a conversation with the CRA about allocation of more resources to those who provide oversight once we grow our devolution basket. I thank you. view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you for your indulgence, Madam Temporary Speaker. I had two Statements. The first one was on water shortage in Nairobi City County. view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the destruction of property in tea estates belonging to private investors in Kericho and Bomet Counties. In the Statement, the Committee should – (1) State the role, if any, played by local leaders, security officials and the respective employee unions in Kericho and Bomet counties, in dissuading or encouraging the destruction of private property owned by tea estate firms. (2) Explain why police intervention was not adequate to prevent the destruction of property ... view
• 6 Jun 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise Pursuant to Standing Order No.41 on the quorum during proceedings of the Senate. So that the business on the Order Paper does not suffer the consequences that were discussed at the Senate Business Committee (SBC), I would like to notify the Chair that we do not have quorum to continue with this particular Sitting. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes you sit in this House and hear things that make you wonder where commonsense went in this country. I mean, we should just go back to commonsense. How is it that you can build a hospital next to a university that teaches medicine, when the hospital was intended to help in the advancement of medical studies, then you give a legal notice saying that the hospital cannot be utilized by students of that same university to study the same thing which the hospital was built for? Honestly, as a country, we need to again find commonsense ... view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many examples of things that do not make sense in this country. For this week – Kenya will surprise you – this ranks a distant first after another I heard yesterday about ranking schools on the number of trees planted. However, I do not want to go into it. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: I support this Petition. I would be very interested to listen to the rationale because I do not get it from where I sit. view