Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1481 to 1490 of 1870.

• 28 Mar 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
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this House is also guided by traditions and customs. Last week when Sen. Cheruiyot was moving a Motion, there was a directive by the Speaker that when somebody is moving a Motion, no points of order would be allowed. In fact, you asked me personally to hold whatever point of order I had until he had finished and then I would raise it at the appropriate time. These interruptions when somebody is moving a Motion derail somebody's thought process. I am sure that we mean to have a sober debate this afternoon. I just want to urge ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Did you sign? view
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have four issues that I wish to address regarding the amendments before us this afternoon. First, allow me to go on record on the question of the propriety of this Report and its being before the House. If you look at page three of the Report, there is a matter titled ‘Consideration and Adoption of the Report of the Committee.’ In my notes, I have underlined the following words on that page- “THAT, we the undersigned members of the Procedures and Rules Committee having considered this report on the review of the Senate Standing ... view
• 23 Mar 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
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I felt it was critical that I put my voice to it, but I am duly guided. view
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me proceed to my second point, on the question of constitutionality. I heard Sen. Mungatana say that he can only be informed by the lawyers. In fact, my senior colleague understands that the question of interpretation of this Constitution has also been defined by who has the powers and ability to interpret the Constitution. It was not left to Sen. Mungatana and certainly not to me. It was provided under Article 165, to be the purview of the High Court. What we are doing here is reading and understanding the Constitution in the manner in which ... view
• 23 Mar 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
• 23 Mar 2023 in Senate: the truth. If you look at the proposed amendments themselves, they have limited the scope and manner of asking the CS questions such that it is going to a cosmetic exercise. It is like there is absolutely no intention to allow members to engage the CSs. This is not what was intended when we said we need to amend the Constitution and bring these people here. Look at the limitations to the number of questions. There are 11 limitations to the context of the questions you can ask the CS. Why are we lying to the public and ourselves? There ... view