Sifuna Edwin Watenya

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• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: I will start with the principle object of the Bill. I have a problem with the principle object of the Bill because it is stated to be perationalisation of PPP in the water sector. Mr. Temporary Speaker, us in Nairobi, have had the taste of perhaps the most famous PPP in the country today. That is the Expressway between Mlolongo and Westlands. Many people who can afford to use a toll road will tell you that it has improved their lives. However, for the many people in Nairobi who cannot afford to pay toll, I can tell you that, the ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: 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 Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: through the bulk purchases being proposed in this amendment. What that does is that the public can only rely on Nairobi Water to supply 300 million litres of water per day because 200 million litres are now in the hands of a private company. What happens to that private company? Those private companies will not prioritise the majority of the people of Nairobi who cannot afford to buy water, even at the current rates imposed by the NCWSC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will be commercialising life itself in this City so that those with the capacity to buy water, ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: 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 Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Fourthly, there is a concern about the loss of revenue by the entities owned by the County Government. Loss of revenue also translates to loss of jobs. Many workers at the county-owned water services companies are concerned that once you shift the bulk of the supply of water to private hands, there is no guarantee that their jobs will continue to be tenable. It is possible that we are staring at job losses and there is no mechanism in the Bill as currently drafted to ringfence or protect the people currently working at the NCWSC, so then after these commercial ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: 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 Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: I am one of those people who has brought amendments to Bills I thought were unfavourable, unconstitutional and over-reaching in their provisions, but those same amendments have been defeated here. The question I am asking myself is: how do you amend something that is fundamentally flawed from the beginning? I want to convince my colleagues that they should not tell us to amend something unconstitutional. You do not amend something that is unconstitutional to make it constitutional. You throw it away or out. That is the only solution for unconstitutional provisions of a Bill such as the one we are ... view
• 13 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to wish my colleagues a happy new year. It is good to see all of you, including you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is quite telling that this is one of a few committees where there is very little contestation. I do not see as much interest from Members to be part of this Committee as others. I was just asking my colleagues who have served with me on that Committee in the previous Session, it could be because this is one of those Committees in this House that does not have the usual ... view
• 13 Feb 2024 in Senate: 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 Services,Senate. view
• 13 Feb 2024 in Senate: for the Senate Business Committee (SBC). In fact, there are no perks that I am aware of. This is one of those committees that cannot be adjourned for lack of quorum. If you are a Member of this Committee, you must show up for meetings of this Committee. I suspect that is why the interest is not as high as the impending committee on impeachment of the deputy governor of Kisii County that I have heard about here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been the privilege of my short life in this House to serve in the SBC. I know ... view