Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that the Senate Majority Leader is misleading the House because it is not true to say that--- view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Standing Order No.105 on statement of facts. view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not correct to say that the people represented by the Senate Majority Leader, the people of Kericho are the only ones paying for the roads or they do not use the roads that were built using our taxes. I can assure the Senate Majority Leader that even residents of Kericho get to benefit from the use of the Thika Super Highway and the Southern Bypass. This is because, they do not just stay in the village as has been demonstrated by Sen. Cheruiyot himself. He is from Kericho but he does not drive on the ... view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me state that I rise to support this Bill that seeks to amend the land regime in this country. This is a very brief Bill. If you look at it, I can count only one material clause because it is Clause 3 that seeks to now provide for a regime of registration of land that is held by a public body or institution, being able to apply to the registrar for the registration of public land allocated by the Commission in the prescribed form. view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Nairobi City County, and I am sure even across the country, we have had serious challenges with the registration of land that is owned by public entities and bodies. In fact, we had occasion one time to have a conversation with the governor of Nairobi City County before the Standing Committee of Roads and Transportation. When the question was put to him on whether the county government had titles for the old city council estates land which are earmarked for redevelopment, his answer at that particular moment in time was in the negative. The challenges that ... view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: as long as there is a public body, such as county government or even a national Government institution does not have the title deed, this creates a leeway for people within the lands departments and other places to come up with forged documents. Then you hear that land that was set aside for a public purpose has been grabbed. Therefore, without going into too much, this is an amendment that is timely. I believe that it is responding to a real problem and we need to move with haste to pass it. We are hoping that once titling is complete ... view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As you may know, I am a Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy. I rise to move this Amendment Bill as a proud Member of that Committee that is chaired by the Senator for Nyeri County, the Sen. Wamatinga. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in March 2023, at a sitting of the Standing Committee on Energy, there was a resolution by the Committee to conduct an Inquiry into the high cost of electricity. This is an issue that many of us in this House have interacted with and at that particular moment in time, it ... view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: point at which this inquiry was initiated, Kshs100 would get you only three units of electricity. view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in fact, out of Kshs100, Kshs51 were going to taxes, other charges and levies. The Committee conducted a proper inquiry, including, meetings with various stakeholders. I remember the then Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Hon. Chirchir; stakeholders from Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC); Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO); Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and others appeared before the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a report of the Committee that was prepared in September, 2023. I do not recall the exact date when it was tabled in this House, but it is a ... view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: If you look at Clause 2 of the Amendment Bill, I have proposed that an amendment be inserted in the Energy Act immediately after Section 134. This will be new Section 134A that requires a generating entity to enter into an energy purchase agreement to sell electrical energy to a licensed entity specified in the Third Schedule. Then we move to what the generating entity must consider when entering into such an agreement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have introduced the principles of public finance enshrined under Article 201 of the Constitution into the decision to enter into an energy ... view