Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 51 to 60 of 1812.

• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: Senate Majority Leader, you are my witness. We agreed, both sides of this House, the Majority and the Minority side, that we will not conduct business by ambush. The information that you are putting out now should have been with the Members before. Your colleague on the other side who is also the Vice-Chairperson of the PSC, herself had not seen that letter. I mean, what are we to make of this? We asked our Speaker, he had not seen the letter. We have had to get this letter from the National Assembly. view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: To be fair to us, when such a Motion is brought, first we need to be informed. It would have been nice if you had attached all this correspondence, so that we do not have to make noise about what you are considering nothing. For you to say that you do not understand why we are making noise is to be very unfair, especially because you have come to the House late. You are telling us you are growing sugarcane in Kericho when I know it does not grow in Kericho. view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: Thank you Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Chairperson of the Energy Committee, the Senator for Siaya, the Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga, allow me to move the Motion on the Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its inquiry into the Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPG Explosion in Mradi Area, Embakasi, Nairobi City County. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its Inquiry into the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Explosion in Mradi Area, Embakasi, Nairobi City County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday 8th August ... view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: our chairperson was the Senator for Nyeri, the Hon. Wamatinga Wahome, who now is a member of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), which we have just been discussing right now. view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: Hon. Temporary Speaker, on Thursday 1st February 2024, an LPG explosion occurred in the Mradi area of Embakasi, Nairobi County. The facility involved was an LPG plant used for storing and filling gas cylinders. This explosion claimed the lives of 11 Kenyans and left at least 280 other people injured. The explosion further resulted in a massive fire which spread to nearby buildings, causing extensive damage to residential and commercial properties. Following this incident, I had an occasion with the area Member of Parliament, the Hon. Babu Owino and the party leader of ODM, the Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, to ... view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: of Nairobi and obtain a business permit, saying they want to set up a shop somewhere there and they will go with that approval to NEMA, saying we are setting up a garage. In fact, this particular site had been registered as a garage and they did not even have a license from EPRA to operate a gas filling plant. So, that presence of multiple legal regulatory bodies and the fact that they do not coordinate and speak to each other when required, causes that complex web of responsibility, and it is very difficult to pin somebody down and say ... view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: We addressed the question of compensation for affected victims. As stated in paragraph 18 on page 12, affected victims should be compensated through the National Disaster Management Unit, whose main function is to administer a comprehensive emergency disaster program. This program is carried out in collaboration with stakeholders, including Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), with the aim of saving lives and protecting property. We have tabled this comprehensive summary of the committee's findings, observations, and recommendations. On behalf of the Committee, we thank the various stakeholders who appeared before us and shared their views. These include the Cabinet Secretaries, ... view
• 3 Apr 2025 in Senate: I wish to acknowledge the 11 lives lost in the tragedy, as well as the many individuals who were injured, displaced or suffered losses due to the damage inflicted on their homes and businesses. This devastating event left a profound impact on our country, and our hearts go out to all those affected. As the responsible Committee, we have committed to ensuring that the relevant regulatory bodies implement stricter safety protocols to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future. Finally, I wish to thank the Offices of the Speaker and the Clerk of the Senate for their support throughout ... view
• 2 Apr 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just needed to seek some clarification, first, as a regular victim of the very stringent criteria that you have very ably reiterated there. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in Senate: During my time at the Senate Business Committee (SBC), there was a conversation we had about the reciprocal responsibility of the Secretariat. Once my statement falls on that axe, at the very minimum, communication should be made to me to know that my statement or the request suffered that fate. Unfortunately, I feel like the Secretariat has never taken up that particular issue. You will only know that it has suffered that fate when you do not see it weeks later. I do not think that is how it is supposed to be, even when you are helping people to ... view