Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: has come from hon. Otiende Amollo makes a bit more sense for us, that there be a Bill that is introduced to repeal the Finance Bill as was passed. This is because in the language of Article 115, we do not think it can be done in the way that it is being proposed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another thing we can do is that there should be a public pronouncement from the Head of State that we are going to stop arrests and abductions that have been ongoing; free everyone who has been arrested because of these protests as ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: When you go to the TSC, they tell you that there is a system where everybody is logged in and there is a criteria used, and that they will eventually reach to you. However, you can see people dishing out letters from the TSC, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the National Youth Service (NYS) in harambees and funerals. This includes Kenya National Police. These are the things that we need to work on as a leadership so that we stop all this anger that you see. Let me go to another thing. An angry people cannot be reasoned with. ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: The wife of the Deputy President’s Office had 100 employees. We cannot continue like this. There is also the spectre of retreats. This one we are all guilty of, as Members of this House. We need to look at whether the retreats we are taking are necessary; whether these meetings cannot be held here; whether those resolutions cannot be dealt with here. In the independent commissions, Ministries and State corporations, I was told there actually exists fake retreats. There is something called a fake retreat. This is where there was no retreat, but people are paid for going for a ... view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: Kindly allow me one more minute--- view
• 3 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the DPP - I was conferring here with my friend the Senator for Migori County - we were shocked when we heard that a plea bargain had been entered in the Migori corruption case. A governor who had been accused of stealing billions of shillings has agreed to return Kshs300 million for the case to be withdrawn. I want to call for an audit of all the cases that have been withdrawn in the past 12 or 24 months so that we understand the legal basis for the withdrawal of these cases. This is where ... view
• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Apologies to the students for walking in when the Communication was being made. However, I take this opportunity to welcome them to the Senate and wish them a fruitful visit just as the Speaker has said. I hope that you get to experience some good debate this afternoon. I also hope that we shall be seeing some of you taking up these spaces in the future. I wish you well in your studies. God bless you. I thank you. view
• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Apologies to the students for walking in when the Communication was being made. However, I take this opportunity to welcome them to the Senate and wish them a fruitful visit just as the Speaker has said. I hope that you get to experience some good debate this afternoon. I also hope that we shall be seeing some of you taking up these spaces in the future. I wish you well in your studies. God bless you. I thank you. view
• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second. view
• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second. view
• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am very proud to be a Senator this time. I am extremely proud of the House. As you understand, my position is that we did not put up a fight last year as a House to grow the basket of devolution. However, I am happy that standing here today, as the fourth Senate, we have breached the psychological Kshs400 billion mark on the resources that are going to the counties. I thank my colleagues, all of you who voted for the Division of Revenue Bill and the mediation committee that was chaired by the ... view