Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1391 to 1400 of 1831.

• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the sad part is that the people who are narrowing the time of debate to five minutes have already spoken. If I remember correctly, they were given ample time to express themselves. This is the one reason why we were all elected to this House. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Please, even if you are going to limit it, let it not be less than 10 minutes, for us to address our issues. The people who have already spoken should not even have an opinion on this Motion. They do not have a voice. We are not many Senators who have not spoken. Please, let us have ample time to ask for money for our counties. I thank you. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have found ourselves in this situation before. What the Senator for Migori was objecting to was not the use of the term “handshake”. It was the use of the phrase “handshake government” and attribution to some of the things that happened to this creature called “handshake government”. If you look at Article 3(2) of the Constitution, it says – “Any attempt to establish a Government otherwise than in compliance to this Constitution is unlawful”. Governments are not constituted by handshakes. There was nothing wrong with leaders in this country-- - I shake hands with Sen. Cherarkey ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to conclude because I only have one point left. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just like you, I was the Secretary General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the largest party in the coalition called the National Super Alliance (NASA) then. I am still the SG of ODM. I know for a fact that we did not join any government. My failure to speak on an issue does not cause--- view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As the SG of ODM, I was never invited to any Cabinet meeting. I did not second any member of my party to be appointed as CS. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Even the point that he said that there were people appointed to the Government by virtue of that, he should substantiate which CSs were from ODM. Since this is a House of record, there is no problem for him to refer to the “handshake” since we all know what happened. However, reference to “Handshake Government” is where the objection is. I thank you. view