Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be reading these Statements on behalf of Sen. Mumma. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the implementation of the Signed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) by the Government. In the statement, the committee should- (1) Explain the position of the national Government, particularly the Ministry of Health and the county governments regarding the CBA which were signed by the two The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be reading these Statements on behalf of Sen. Mumma. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the implementation of the Signed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) by the Government. In the statement, the committee should- (1) Explain the position of the national Government, particularly the Ministry of Health and the county governments regarding the CBA which were signed by the two The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: levels of Government and health workers in 2012; and which are the subject of the ongoing national-wide strike by health workers. 2) Clarify whether the national and county governments intend to uphold the principle of perpetuity of Government obligations in the implementation of the CBA, and if not, explain why. (3) Outline measures put in place by the Government to safeguard the safety and well-being of health workers who continue to provide essential and emergency health services despite calls by the unions for all health workers to participate in the strike. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: levels of Government and health workers in 2012; and which are the subject of the ongoing national-wide strike by health workers. 2) Clarify whether the national and county governments intend to uphold the principle of perpetuity of Government obligations in the implementation of the CBA, and if not, explain why. (3) Outline measures put in place by the Government to safeguard the safety and well-being of health workers who continue to provide essential and emergency health services despite calls by the unions for all health workers to participate in the strike. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before you get to the end of that statement, there is no way of me knowing you are talking about me, when you start by Deputy Minority. It could be Leader or Whip. So, until I heard the last word in your statement, I did not know that you were speaking about me. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am speaking to this House on a very difficult day for the people of Nairobi. As I speak, many of our people are marooned in their homes. I have seen videos and photos of people on rooftops. Some ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before you get to the end of that statement, there is no way of me knowing you are talking about me, when you start by Deputy Minority. It could be Leader or Whip. So, until I heard the last word in your statement, I did not know that you were speaking about me. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am speaking to this House on a very difficult day for the people of Nairobi. As I speak, many of our people are marooned in their homes. I have seen videos and photos of people on rooftops. Some ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: High Court sitting in Kitale that declared all those processes to be extra-legal because most of these committees were disbanded without ever handing in their final reports to tell us whether those bills are payable or not. I want to speak as the Senator for Nairobi City County. Sometimes lawyers are all lumped together and many claim that most of these legal bills are fictitious. However, there is a process in the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) to ascertain what is payable and what is not. There are many good young lawyers who have done work for Nairobi City County ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: High Court sitting in Kitale that declared all those processes to be extra-legal because most of these committees were disbanded without ever handing in their final reports to tell us whether those bills are payable or not. I want to speak as the Senator for Nairobi City County. Sometimes lawyers are all lumped together and many claim that most of these legal bills are fictitious. However, there is a process in the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) to ascertain what is payable and what is not. There are many good young lawyers who have done work for Nairobi City County ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: serious loses because of non-collection of garbage and dumping of soil on the riverbed in that particular area of Ngong River. I had a conversation with a young contractor who had come to my office. He had been contracted to collect garbage. After receiving the contract, he went to the suppliers of machinery, that is backhoe loaders and trucks and got a loan to finance the project thinking that he would make some money and pay for the equipment. By the time the guy was seeing payment, he had to abandon work and his machines were repossessed by the financiers.They ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: serious loses because of non-collection of garbage and dumping of soil on the riverbed in that particular area of Ngong River. I had a conversation with a young contractor who had come to my office. He had been contracted to collect garbage. After receiving the contract, he went to the suppliers of machinery, that is backhoe loaders and trucks and got a loan to finance the project thinking that he would make some money and pay for the equipment. By the time the guy was seeing payment, he had to abandon work and his machines were repossessed by the financiers.They ... view