Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1321 to 1330 of 1831.

• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for allowing me an opportunity to welcome the students of Albright to the Senate. On behalf of my colleagues and the entire House, I wish them a fruitful visit of the Senate. You have said that they are members of the journalism club. We had conversations in my office following a request that came from one of the schools called Huruma Girls to support the journalism clubs in public schools in Nairobi. Today, we are at a very advanced stage as one of the leading global manufacturers of audiovisual equipment to support drama, communication clubs ... view
• 31 May 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
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: public schools. I want us to grow the talent in the school. I hope that we can have very serious future journalists, news reporters and all the others from this particular school. As they might understand, the press and journalism are one of the four pillars of democracy. We need them. We need to see new practitioners in journalism that is an essential core in the protection of our democracy every day because it shines a light on everything that we do, especially as elected leaders here. As we are in this Chamber, you can see that this is the ... view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.237 on the business we have just transacted regarding comments on Petitions. My reading of that Standing Order is that when the Speaker allows comments, the comments are in relation to a Petition. That is singular. When there are two Petitions that are rolled into one, the Speaker should be at least clear on how much time he is allocating every Petition. I feel it is unfair that when a Petition is presented by a Member of another delegation touching on another delegation; like you have been discussing Nairobi and ... view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the tools of debate that has been demonized in this House is the ‘Point of Order’. When you hear someone saying shouting “point of order”, you just think it is something negative. I could not do it – what term do I use – when the substantive Speaker was now committing the Petitions to the Committee. It was also problematic when I tried to raise it when you were calling the next Order because you asked me to wait for the Minority Whip to finish and by that time, matters had already progressed. view
• 31 May 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
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: What I am saying is that there is a Speaker on the Chair. I can see you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, very well. We can get guidance on that from Members of the Speakers’ Panel. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on my feet on a point of order. Pursuant to the Standing Order on responsibility for statements, I do not think it is correct for the Senator for Embu County to say that Senators have no power in his own language. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am still on my feet--- view