Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1853.

• 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
• 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: on some of the things because the proposed members have not got a chance to speak. We make other sacrifices to be Members of the SBC. You have seen in other instances where Members argue that so and so is a member of four committees or has too many committees and they start with the SBC as if it is a regular Committee. Then you hear people saying, that Sifuna must now leave the Energy Committee and concentrate fully on the SBC, with all its lack of perks that I have described here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that my ... view
• 7 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the Senator for Meru is scared about the information that I am carrying. I wanted to agree with him in terms of the burden on the sporting associations in the counties. The information I want to give him is that I am bringing an amendment to the Sports Act so that we can set aside one per cent of the revenues of each county to support registered sports associations in the counties. That is the information I wanted to pass. view
• 7 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the Senator for Meru is scared about the information that I am carrying. I wanted to agree with him in terms of the burden on the sporting associations in the counties. The information I want to give him is that I am bringing an amendment to the Sports Act so that we can set aside one per cent of the revenues of each county to support registered sports associations in the counties. That is the information I wanted to pass. view
• 7 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the Senator for Meru is scared about the information that I am carrying. I wanted to agree with him in terms of the burden on the sporting associations in the counties. The information I want to give him is that I am bringing an amendment to the Sports Act so that we can set aside one per cent of the revenues of each county to support registered sports associations in the counties. That is the information I wanted to pass. view
• 6 Dec 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. As a member of the Senate Business Committee (SBC), this is a matter that I am aware of. We discussed before the Committee that to accommodate those of our colleagues who have been lucky enough to represent our Parliament in the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) games, we move tomorrow’s afternoon sitting to the morning, so that we can complete some of the matters that are on the Order Paper. It is always a concern for us at the SBC when we see certain matters ... view