Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

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• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Allow me to congratulate and thank Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at for that Statement. As we deliberate, and as the Committee on Education will deliberate on the issue of raising school fees for students in the university, it will also be very prudent that we begin to look at the workings of these universities. As the other Senators have said, it is true that the Auditor -General has flagged quite a number of struggling public universities. Some of them we were proud to have been associated with, we went to school there. We are who we are ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: financial challenges? As Sen. (Dr.) Langat engages with the Committee on Education, we are also curious to know what is going on in our universities. Why are they having all these financial challenges? What is the issue? What is wrong with the curriculum? We want to know because we are interested. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have a population of very young people that needs to be accorded the future they deserve. Young people are now more attracted to study in private universities because their programmes seem to have what they need to get into the job market. What is happening ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Allow me to congratulate Sen. M. Kajwang’ for these amendments which we must celebrate. This is because they look towards strengthening devolution. The spirit of our Constitution and of this House is to streamline and get devolution to be as effective as possible to serve Kenyans as a whole. I wish that these amendments came in the first month of constituting this House. This is because they are worth celebrating. It is a second attempt. Sen. M. Kajwang’ is trying to remedy the issues that were raised by the Judiciary in the first instance when ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: For example, a county budgetary plan can have the input of some of the other leaders as well because they are also representatives of people who understand what the people need. I imagine what it would be like when we have such a synergy. Worse still is that many of the Senators are always catching up with what the governors are busy doing. So, if we have a forum where Senators are abreast with development agenda of the governor and other MPs, it will be good synergy. We must celebrate the proposal to submit the annual performance report to Senate. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Of course, this is the only place it can be brought to, being that the Senate is the one mandated to oversight counties. This annual performance report would go a long way to help set the pace, standards, targets and expectations. We will also have something that we can measure ourselves as a people on how we are moving our counties forward. I think this is a very brilliant idea. Honestly, we would love this see this came to place. As Sen. M. Kajwang’ said, there will be a standing committee whose works will then be to look at these ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: County assembly’s development and County Public Services Boards, these also need to be streamlined to strengthen the working of our county governments. After all, they are the ones on the ground monitoring what the governor is doing. It is also very critical that we strengthen our County Assemblies and stabilize them as much as possible. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: I commend these amendments and pray that if it were possible we can see it go through before we go to the next election. It will be a wonderful thing if the next Senate has this forum to engage the counties for oversighting and strengthening devolution. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: We hope and expect that should there be any reason why this could be challenged in a court of law, for once the courts can see that they are crippling the work of Senate. In fact, this has been a conversation we were having today in our Committee on Roads and Transportation where we have been stopped from looking into some of the levy funds that are given to the governors. It is unfortunate that there can be money belonging to Kenyans yet, nobody can oversight it. It is a big oversight on the part of the Judiciary. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: We hope this can be looked into significantly so that we can change how we are functioning. We will then strengthen our synergies and work towards one common goal which is a strong and effective devolution, that serves and uplifts the lives of Kenyans. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, once again I want to congratulate and thank Sen. M. Kajwang’ for thinking through this. He is a champion of devolution. Of course, he is the Chair of the Committee and for that we want to celebrate him for bringing this and seeing that these gaps need to be sealed possibly before we go to another election so that we can strengthen the next House that comes. view