Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: I think that this is something that we should all support. I have seen in Clause109(e) that- view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The County Treasury shall, at the beginning of every month, and in may event not later than the fifteenth day from the announcement of the month, disburse monies to the County Assembly Fund for the expenditure of the following month.” view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: There will now be an Authority to Incur Expense (AIE) holder at the county assemblies to incur expenditure for the efficient management of the county assembly. This is something that is to be supported. There are also provisions for guidelines on how that authority to incur expenditure shall be executed and, therefore, it is not a blank cheque to anyone. This is a very vital proposal and I hope members of this House will take note of this proposal. 109(e) sets timelines for which the County Treasury must release money to the County Assembly Fund; not of the current but ... view
• 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
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, every time I have stood here, I have always implored my colleagues to always remember that we exist in a certain context. You cannot be tone deaf. On an afternoon when somebody has just brought a Statement here on the dire state of affairs at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in terms of the capacity to hold our women giving birth, then Members stand up and start claiming that they have not been able to access tea, mandazi or a health club. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a member of the SBC, I am going to be pushing ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not want to interrupt Sen. Cherarkey, but I did not quite get what he said about how the Committee dealt with my amendment. Read the report at page 10, it says the Committee unanimously rejected the proposal to exempt industrial sugar from the sugar development levy. They said there was no justification to exempt only imported industrial sugar from paying the sugar development levy, while all other imported sugar is subjected to the levy. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: Honestly, I have to express my disappointment with the Mediation Committee. I am in the unique position where I am the Senator of the City of Nairobi, but also a sugarcane farmer. That unique position allows me to have perspective of the various interests that we were trying to protect, unlike my colleagues from upcountry, whose perspective was limited, in my view. I very respectfully submit to the perspective of the farmer and the local sugar industries. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I took time to have a meeting with the Mediation Committee, at least our representatives from the Senate. The Members ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: taxation every financial year. I suspect that this will also put the pressure further on these manufacturers because it will increase the cost of production. When the cost of production increases and then see higher prices for these commodities, we will have lower sales. This directly translates to shrinking employment in terms of the number of people that can be hired. Some of our factories here in Nairobi have closed down their entire production lines because they can no longer manage to sustain the cost of wages. Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I wholeheartedly supported the Sugar Bill, especially from the ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am rising under Standing Order No.103 to direct the House that it is a matter of public knowledge and notoriety that, in fact, the subject being brought on the Floor of this House is a subject of court proceedings happening before the whole country. It will be highly prejudicial for us to engage in that debate at this particular moment in time. We need to respect constitutional institutions that we have. You will remember that last week when this House was charged with that matter, the courts refused to intervene. ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: Order Paper, those questions were not even filed last week. Some of them are as old as six months or a year. It is unfortunate that it takes that long for us to engage with Cabinet Secretaries. One of the things we have tried to do in this House is to stay current. There are many matters that are live right now, including matters in the energy docket. I was expecting to see the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum here. At least for the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, you may say maybe there was confusion as to ... view