Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1651 to 1660 of 1820.

• 22 Nov 2022 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 Nov 2022 in Senate: We would want the contractor to be brought before our Committee on Roads Transportation and Housing. KeNHA should also answer the questions that have been very well put by Sen. Cherarkey. view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: We need to know the plan of restoration of Mombasa Road, how long it is going to take, how the resources that were allocated prior to this matter coming to us have been utilized so far and when can Nairobians and Kenyans in general expect have the old Mombasa Road back. This extends all the way to Waiyaki Way. view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this particular debate. As you know, I am not a scientist, I am a lawyer. So, I will not stand here to argue the science. In fact, I took great exception to a statement by my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that scientist are ethical people. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale went to the same school that I did; Musingu High School and they taught history in that school. You will recall the phenomenon of Nazi scientists; the people who came up with the gas chambers that were used ... view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: If there is new science to show us that this food is safe, we should be shown the new evidence that has emerged to show that these particular organisms are now safe. We are not damn people. We can be taught. We are teachable people. However, as it is, we view
• 22 Nov 2022 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 Nov 2022 in Senate: are protesting a unilateral decision by the Government or the Cabinet to lift the ban without having allowed this broad discussion to happen. Secondly, there is a value called patriotism. Patriotism means you love your own country and you protect your own people. There have been arguments that the introduction of the GMOs is going to disenfranchise many farmers because of the question of the technology that is employed in the field of genetics. There are arguments that many of the organisms that have been created out of this process are subject to very serious patents that one cannot even ... view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: For the poor people of this country, that is a false choice, as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale told you. What happens to a poor person when he is hungry and somebody tells him there is a packet of unga but it is GMO yet he has not eaten for three days? It is a false choice. We have a responsibility as this House, as a Government, to protect the vulnerable by making policies that protect everyone irrespective of whether they can exercise a choice such as that because of their pockets or not. I spoke to this issue last time. I ... view
• 22 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg for one minute to finish that point. The position--- view