Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When the Mover was called to reply, there is a request that he put to you; that he would like to see the transmission of this Motion to the leadership of the country, that being the President and the leader of the Azimio Coalition. I was hoping that in your Communication, you would guide on how The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: that would happen. This is because, ordinarily, those Motions are not transmitted to the leadership of Azimio Coalition. Secondly, I also heard him allude to a proposed celebration of the lives that we lost last month outside of Parliament. I do not know whether as a House, we can communicate our willingness to participate in that memorial, and if required, Parliament Road be opened. This is because I do not believe that this House and the young people who want to honour those who lost their lives here are at odds. I was hoping that the Speaker could guide the ... view
• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, personally I find no fault in the manner in which Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has chosen to address this matter because it is not a matter just between him and the Senate Majority Leader. If I understand well, there is a way in which the Executive communicates with this House on their treatment of any Bills passed by this House. So, the authority to tell us with certainty whether the Bills that we have passed here have been assented to or have been brought back with memoranda from the President should be the Speaker of the House. That ... view
• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If I heard the Senate Majority Leader right, there is one Senator who had not spoken. I do not know what the plan is for that one Senator who had not spoken. view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, let me start by lauding the leadership of the Majority and the Minority sides that have brought this Motion this morning. To Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot, my brother, you will struggle to make a better speech than what you have made this morning. I am sure it has given a lot of hope to many people in this country that this institution of the Senate can rise to the occasion when other people are failing. They say that with great power comes great responsibility. I do not think that in this House there ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: us taking responsibility for everything that has happened that has led us to this particular moment. Allow me to follow in your footsteps and tender an unreserved apology to the people of Kenya if I have contributed in any way by my conduct, by my speech to bringing the country to where it is today. I apologize for that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the Senator of Nairobi, you know that Nairobi has borne the brunt of the protests, killings, the loss of lives and property. As I speak right now, we have 39 people, as of the last count, who ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: indicted by the people of this Republic”. We have failed in terms of what we need to do to get this country to where it is supposed to be. I have shared an example here that on 25th June, 2024, anybody driving a Prado was being stoned in the City of Nairobi. Although it is a car that is popular with MPs, very many Kenyans drive this car. It is one of the most ubiquitous cars in the streets of Nairobi. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, imagine you being a doctor or a lawyer and have nothing to do with Parliament ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I saw a newspaper article in the Standard today saying that Members of the National Assembly are in hiding. The question is: Where are these Members? I am very proud to be a Senator today because we are not hiding from the people. We are here to take responsibility for all our actions and to try and deal with the problems that we have contributed in bringing about. There are things, in my view, that we can do and this moment does not call for us to tell the young people what to do. We need ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that my colleagues who have spoken before me have said what we need to do. In all honesty, no one that I know asked for that increment. Personally, I never asked for the Kshs14,000 increment. It is to be tone-deaf if we are going to insist that we get that increment this year or even next year when the economy is in the doldrums and when many Kenyans have nothing to put on the table. I also support the proposal by hon. Members who have spoken before me that we formally resolve that ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: There are ways and means of reducing the expenditure in this House in a manner that will reduce the burden on taxpayers. I honestly do not need that money. Even if I ran up and down the Express Way for one year, I would never exhaust Kshs377,000. We must do this so that we demonstrate to the people that we are serious about what we are talking about. Thirdly, I will speak about something in the Motion. The Senate Majority Leader proposes that the National Assembly should reconvene so that they deal with the question of the Presidential Memoranda on ... view