Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1511 to 1520 of 1870.

• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: No, I have not described anyone, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to request you, please do not engage in our brawls. Please. Just sit and be a neutral referee. I have not named anyone. view
• 22 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
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: I have just said that we have come to accept that in this House, we will have to be content with a serious acute short man syndrome by some people on the Majority side. This is why every time we stand here, we are hardly given an opportunity to express our opinions in the manner we are supposed to. We have raised objections and we shall not tire to put it on record. In fact, our interest here is to debate soberly. However, if the environment does not allow us to debate soberly, we will act the way these short ... view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: You are not a short man. Why are you heckling? Stop heckling. view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: Please pause my time because I am not done. Leo niko na nyinyi . view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not obliged to be lectured or listen to anyone. We have children. If you feel the need to lecture anyone, go home and lecture your children. I was not elected to be lectured by anyone. That is a fact. Let me proceed to second the Motion. view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy this afternoon that the person on the Chair is a lawyer and I will be speaking to you, a colleague in the profession. Under Article 37, we are all allowed to peacefully participate in demonstrations, picket, and present petitions to public authorities. We in the Opposition are the primary exercisers of these rights. We have gone a step further to have this matter litigated so that the bounds to these rights are delineated. We have prosecuted this matter before the High Court which has clearly spelt out, under the exercise of these rights, the ... view
• 22 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
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: processions. Indeed, the coalition known as Azimio la Umoja did notify the Nairobi City County Commander via a written letter that we would be undertaking maandamano . It was shocking to hear the police in Nairobi declaring that the planned procession by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party was unlawful. Since we understand that under the Constitution, we do not need anybody’s permission, we decided to proceed and that is exactly what we did. I was in the company of my colleagues here when we set out from these premises to Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) which, by the way, ... view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: and committing nefarious crimes, including people who bring old cars and burn them and accuse supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). We are going to be vigilant. In fact, we will not tolerate anyone calling themselves police officers in civilian clothing on Monday and Thursday next week, because that is how thugs are coming to harm people. Madam Temporary Speaker, we want to exercise our rights. view