Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 1870.

• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: Yes, it is here. Clause 119(a) states that- “The Controller of Budget shall have viewer rights access to all bank accounts maintained by the county executive, the county assembly and all other county government entities.” I am sure Sen. Osotsi will agree with me that that includes all the water service providers. So, I think this is a very progressive proposal. I pray that Members will support the same. I second. view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Just like Sen. Mungatana, I was extremely honoured to be nominated by this House to represent the Senate in this mediation. In defence of devolution, I could not have asked for greater allies to go to war with - if I might use that term - than the National Assembly on this particular issue. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Chairperson of our Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, Sen. Cpt Ali Roba, for providing very robust leadership of the Senate team. The team comprised of the Senator for Mombasa County, ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: the allocation to counties, even if it be marginal in exceptional years such as this, when we do not have a Finance Act in place. The third principle that we agreed on and we were able to convince our colleagues in the National Assembly, is that the county governments can never bear any shortfalls in revenue, since the national Government has more headroom in budgeting. The most important principle is, it is them who draw up these estimates. It is the National Treasury that comes up with these estimates, and you will remember that during that particular process, county governments ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: I am guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are very proud as a county because we know we host all the Senators wherever they come from. Complaints have been raised about the state of the roads in all of our areas in Kilimani, Hurlingham, Eastleigh, Pipeline and other areas of Nairobi. Every time you bring this question up, the governors are always going to hide behind the dispute of the RMLF. Yesterday we had the opportunity to sit with the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation of the CoG, the Hon. Governor for Wajir, Ahmed Abdullahi. The electronic ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: During the mediation, Members of the National Assembly gave us, as a Senate, an assignment to take a message to the CoG. That if it were possible for them to sit down, have a discussion and try to mediate that issue out of the courts, it would be helpful to the common mwananchi . I want to report to the Members of this House and the Members of the National Assembly need to know, that we did take that message to the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation of the CoG. Nonetheless, he was very skeptical. I have ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point that I was making was that the Head of State now, in this institution of Parliament, should note the voices to listen to. I think he should spend more time with Sen. Onyonka. He might be able to guide him 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
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: better than some of the voices he is listening to in the House since, they are not telling him the truth. Let me conclude by saying that the mediated amount might not be pleasant to the CoG. It might not be what this House wanted. I remember when we were dispatched to this mediation, we were given very clear instructions that we must not accept anything less than the Kshs400 billion that we had passed. We had many objections ourselves, including myself, during debate of this particular Bill. Nonetheless, I want to say that the purpose of mediation is not ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Hon. DK is Hon, David Kiplagat, MP for Soi. Let me reiterate something that we said yesterday as well. We must stick to the constitutional principles even when it comes to matters of public finance in this country. We want transparency. Some of the things that were delaying even the process were, that we, in the Senate, were insisting on some transparency. For instance, we were asking if the Finance Bill of 2024 was supposed to raise an additional Kshs380 billion. We need to be shown the programmes for which this money had been planned so that we see if ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, every day, I continue to be a very proud Secretary General (SG) of the ODM party, and especially the contribution of Members of my party in discourse in this particular House. view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: The Statement by Sen. Onyonka, demonstrates that he understands the issues to do with CBC. It goes beyond school infrastructure and issues of the teachers or the staffing of our classrooms. This is the reason why in the morning today, I gave the President free advice. If there is anyone in this Parliament that he needs to keep close, it is the Senator of Kisii because he will guide him on some of these issues. If you compare the Statement that has been brought by the Senator of Kisii and the President’s Address, it is clear that the Senator of ... view