Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: nine-year old child who drowned following flash floods in Mashimoni, Kibra Constituency, Nairobi County, on 5th January, 2024, and whose body is yet to be retrieved after being swept into the Nairobi Dam. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Detail the actions taken by the disaster response authorities and the national security personnel in the area to facilitate the recovery of Master Iboshe's body and hand it over to his family for a decent burial. (2) Outline targeted long-term strategies and actions that will be implemented to prevent similar tragedies in the future. I thank you. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me, just like the rest of my colleagues have done to begin by congratulating members of the NADCO Committee for a job well done. As you know, I was part of the initial committee that attempted to resolve some of the issues that have been raised by Members of the Azimio Coalition. I am on public record having stated that I requested my principals to excuse me from that particular duty because, at the moment that I was making that decision, I did not feel that we were making any headway, and because, we ... view
• 20 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
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: 2022 election; number three was the reconstitution of the IEBC; and number four was fidelity to political parties and respect for political parties. As a Member of the Azimio Coalition, I must disclose to this House that the coalition had its Parliamentary Group Meeting and deliberated on this Report, and the words that were used by my Leader of the Coalition were that the Report of the National Dialogue Committee was imperfect and unfinished, but a good start. That same description is what was endorsed by the Central Committee of the Orange Democratic (ODM) Party, for which I am the ... view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can find this at Paragraph 830. The Senate Majority Leader has also spoken to the proposal in the Report, that all state and public officers who travel anywhere requiring a flight of not more than four hours should travel in Economy Class. That came from the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition (OKA) and you can see it again on Paragraph 830. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we made certain proposals on the cost of living and reduction of taxes. Unfortunately, and we have said it publicly, we were not able to persuade our colleagues from the other side. I want to give a few specific examples. Our position has always been that if we reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products from the current 16 percent to the 8 percent it was prior to the last election, we would have some reprieve. Unfortunately, we were not able to convince our colleagues on this. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: We also proposed to reduce the Road Maintenance Levy from Kshs18 per litre to Kshs13 per litre. We achieved concurrence on this and we thank our brothers from the other side for seeing the point. This is also at Paragraph 830 of the Report. We also proposed to reduce the Petroleum Development Levy by 50 percent from the current Kshs5. 40 to Kshs2.70 per litre but we were unable to convince our brothers and sisters. view
• 20 Feb 2024 in Senate: We also proposed to reduce the anti-adulteration fuel levy from Kshs18 to Kshs7 per litre. All these proposals were being made by Azimio La Umoja, One Kenya view
• 20 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