Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1621 to 1630 of 1820.

• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: I have engaged with this issue as a leader of a political party. We have seen it from the prism of both the economic and political life. We have felt that this particular weapon of IDs has been used to regulate the number of people in the register of voters. In the border counties of Western Kenya like Busia, there are women who have been married for years and who do not have ID cards and depend on their husbands’ ID cards. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you cannot send such women M-Pesa though you should not be sending anyone’s wife money. My point is that they do not have the most basic access to services like M-Pesa. We need to have a system that recognizes a Kenyan from birth such that from the time you are born until you reach 18 years, the system automatically generates an ID for you. You do not have to go to a chief for a letter for all those things because God decided you become a Kenyan and the document does not make you one but the ... view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: We should have a system that generates the IDs automatically, so that when you reach 18 years, you are issued with an ID card and a passport so that Kenyans are not exposed to the indignities of being denied this important document. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement. I will be eager to see the sort of work that can be done because Sen. Mumma has done a lot of this kind of work including registration drives for voters. We have seen how big the problem is. Let people not be afraid of having more voters on the register. If that is the reason you can decide to derail somebody’s economic life just because you know they will vote for Sen. Sifuna, I think it is very unfair and cruel. I thank you. view
• 23 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just seeking your guidance. I do not know whether I should proceed? I want to add one word to this. view
• 23 Nov 2022 in Senate: I am very happy that this particular Statement is being sought. I am personally very passionate about sports and sporting facilities especially here in the city where we have a lot of talents. So, I will be looking forward to this Statement. It continues to break my heart that we do not take sports seriously. We even have an ongoing problem which I have spoken to on this Floor. There is absolutely no support for the national teams. Just this morning, I was informed that the women rugby national team is supposed to be going for the Dubai Sevens. However, ... view
• 23 Nov 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, it is public knowledge that my ancestral home is in Bungoma where for a very long time we were sugarcane farmers. It was quite interesting watching my brother Sen. Cherarkey speak because they say if you watch or cheer as a crocodile feeds on the children of your neighbor, when it is done with those children, it will come for your own children. view
• 23 Nov 2022 in Senate: For a very long time, the cries of the people of western Kenya who are sugarcane farmers have been ignored. We have been saying that we need to curb the problem of importation of sugar because it is killing our industries. However, because we are gracious people, we are not laughing at the farmers in the North Rift about what has befallen them now. In fact, we are crying with them because as it happens, we also grow maize in western Kenya. view
• 23 Nov 2022 in Senate: Perhaps, we could start with understanding what food security is. A cursory search in Google will tell you that food security means when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs, food preference for an active and healthy life. If I break down those requirements it is actually possible for you to have physical access to food but you do not the economic access to that food. If you have a bag of maize that is going for Kshs10,000; you are physically near the bag but you ... view