Sifuna Edwin Watenya

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• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: abandoned site. He is owed Kshs15 million. I have complained about other uses of money and my colleagues have spoken about foreign travel, for instance. Nairobi City County is leading in foreign travel expenses. If you compare what is being used in foreign travel or even just billboards, we spend Kshs20 million for billboards, yet Kshs15 million is what is required to get the contractor on site in Mbagathi Hospital. The situation is the same at Mutuini Sub-District Hospital, where the most ridiculous thing is happening. Chairperson, I want you to go and confirm that there is an X-ray machine ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was going through the very glossy Kenya Kwanza Coalition 2022 manifesto. One of the striking things that one gets from the very initial pages of that manifesto is the Kenya Kwanza Political Coalition at that particular moment in time had properly diagnosed the problem with Kenya's debt. At least that is what they told us. There is a paragraph that I want to borrow there; they said at the time of campaigns the common adage that: “When you are in a hole, you should stop digging.” I have lifted word for word from the ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was going through the very glossy Kenya Kwanza Coalition 2022 manifesto. One of the striking things that one gets from the very initial pages of that manifesto is the Kenya Kwanza Political Coalition at that particular moment in time had properly diagnosed the problem with Kenya's debt. At least that is what they told us. There is a paragraph that I want to borrow there; they said at the time of campaigns the common adage that: “When you are in a hole, you should stop digging.” I have lifted word for word from the ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: members of the committee. Sen. Eddy Oketch will tell me why they ignored these important submissions from his Institute of Certified Accountants (ICPAC). On Page 21, Paragraph 25(c), (d), and (e), I just want to read those recommendations. On Page 21 of the report, this is what the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAC), recommended that the committee must do. First, we need to prioritise projects independently assessed for financial viability and consider absorption capacity constraints within the investment timelines. They also recommended, considering public-private partnerships as a form of financing development expenditure. Further, they recommended that we gradually retire ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: members of the committee. Sen. Eddy Oketch will tell me why they ignored these important submissions from his Institute of Certified Accountants (ICPAC). On Page 21, Paragraph 25(c), (d), and (e), I just want to read those recommendations. On Page 21 of the report, this is what the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAC), recommended that the committee must do. First, we need to prioritise projects independently assessed for financial viability and consider absorption capacity constraints within the investment timelines. They also recommended, considering public-private partnerships as a form of financing development expenditure. Further, they recommended that we gradually retire ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not discussing the conduct of the Head of State. It is a matter of historical fact that it was a pronouncement he made regarding the controversy surrounding the Arror and Kimwerer Dam projects. 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
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not discussing the conduct of the Head of State. It is a matter of historical fact that it was a pronouncement he made regarding the controversy surrounding the Arror and Kimwerer Dam projects. 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
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: There was controversy at that particular point in time as to how much money had been lost or alleged to be lost at that particular project. The recommendation from ICPAC that I am reading from the report was that we should get regular reports from the Government itself, including details of any commitment fees that have been paid. If this was being done, the point I was making was that there would be no room for such controversy. I am not discussing the character of the President. I know that under the Standing Orders, if I wanted to do so, ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: There was controversy at that particular point in time as to how much money had been lost or alleged to be lost at that particular project. The recommendation from ICPAC that I am reading from the report was that we should get regular reports from the Government itself, including details of any commitment fees that have been paid. If this was being done, the point I was making was that there would be no room for such controversy. I am not discussing the character of the President. I know that under the Standing Orders, if I wanted to do so, ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for that direction. The Head of State is a former Secretary General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He has the skin to take this criticism. I do not know why some Senators on this Floor feel the need to be over protective of the President. The President has thick skin just like all the SGs of ODM do. In conclusion, I would have expected to see some of these good recommendations by ICPAK finding their way into the recommendations of the committee. I do not understand why they have been ignored. You should ... view