Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, on behalf of the Committee that I served in, I find it insulting after the hours of work that we have put in. The nation has witnessed how long we have sat in this Chamber to be able to go through the evidence, listen to the parties, do our research and lay a detailed Report before the House. You will be able to see the industry that was put in by this Committee. I, therefore, feel strongly insulted by the Senator for Nandi to suggest that we have glossed over matters that were brought before this Committee. ... view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I listened to you carefully when you read the charges against the governor. I do not recall any accusation against her based on her gender. I would want to understand where Sen. Orwoba is getting the impression that the question of the impeachment of the Governor of Meru County has anything to do with her gender. Perhaps, for her benefit, you could repeat the charges against the governor because I did not hear anything touching on her gender when you read the charges. view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity to also contribute to the Motion. For the record, I rise to support the Motion that we proceed by way of Committee. I understand the mandate of this Committee as submitted by my colleagues is to investigate, find out and report to this House whether the allegations read out against the Governor are substantiated. If the accusation is that there has been nepotism exercised by the Governor, the Committee should report to the House and say that the accusation has been substantiated. On the question of illegal appointments, the work of ... view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am not a mathematics teacher, but I will help the House. It is not misleading because you have the list of the number of women Senators elected out of the 47 counties. We only know the Senator for Nakuru County, my sister from Machakos County and the good lady from Isiolo County. If you do a basic arithmetic, three out of 47 is smaller. It is actually six per cent compared to three out of 11 which is a bigger fraction. view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that being beside the point, let it be known that I am not trying to mislead this House. I am a firm believer in equality. In fact, every woman has the same capacity to misconduct herself as the men. This is not a question that should be viewed through the lenses of gender. Whether we establish the Committee or proceed by the Whole House, what we need to do is to find out if, indeed, the allegations laid against the Governor are true. In this particular question, we are supposed to be blind. Justice is blind. We ... view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: the law. I am also a firm believer that there is no grace period for misconduct. It is the question of how long it should take before you start raising this question as it has been raised in the public forum. I have seen people misconduct themselves even when they are taking the oath of office. view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since I was feeling the weight of responsibility as a person who has been proposed to sit in this Committee and as somebody who is supposed to miss Christmas with his family, I can see the mood in the House is that maybe we all should miss Christmas. That is okay for me and I do not have a problem. I just wish I was not part of that Committee. I wish it was Sen. Orwoba to spend her Christmas here. view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: If you want all of us to spend Christmas here, it is also okay. view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: In conclusion--- view
• 20 Dec 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I conclude? A few weeks ago, we were with you here when the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) games were going on. It is a similar thing with the Christmas holiday. We had problems raising quorum in this House, if you remember. It is because most of the Members chose to go to Juba. We are going to have the same problem. This people are just saying that they want the whole House. However, we know the Members who are committed to come and prosecute matters here. We might have better success--- view