Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1521 to 1530 of 1870.

• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: My microphone is still on--- view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we have heard dangerous pronouncements from some of the colleagues in the political circles talking about final 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: solutions to certain people who they consider to be the problem. I am a student of history just like you. You will remember the question of the final solution of Jews in Europe. We should not use such language. By the time you resort to violence, it means you have lost the argument. Engage us in robust debate the way we are doing here. If you are unable to engage us, please remove the police, so that we can deal with you straight, view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 22 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, with all my body parts, I second the Motion. view
• 21 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for also giving me the opportunity to also speak to this Bill and thank you for your kind words which we have noted. Allow me to begin with the provisions of this Bill on the question of obligations of the county governments which to be clear, I support. One of the things that you will notice is that the Report of the Committee at page 12 has noted that the TVET sector is inadequately resourced and that there is no financing policy by the two levels of Government on these particular vocational trainings. My ... view
• 21 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
• 21 Mar 2023 in Senate: If you look at the responsibilities of the counties in the Fourth Schedule, in fact, out of the four, when it comes to education where we have pre-primary education, village polytechnics, childcare facilities, and homecraft centres, I think counties have only made advancements when it comes to Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) classrooms. However, we still have challenges of lack of enough ECDE classrooms in our counties. view
• 21 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since we have heard sections of this administration saying that they are keen on unbundling all the devolved functions and financing them adequately, we would like to see that even in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). In the Report of the committee, it was noted that Kshs2 billion grant for funding the rehabilitation of vocational education and training centres and village polytechnics was converted to the equitable share in the Financial Year 2022/2023. view