Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: It cannot be business as usual for poor people that when you become sick, you start making your coffin. Those born in poor families should be given an opportunity to reclaim their lives because they can access better medical services. This can only be done if we support SHIF and SHA. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support. view
• 19 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 19th November, 2024- Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on its consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bills No.5 of 2023). view
• 13 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to express my displeasure with the conduct of some of the Cabinet Secretaries. I also wish Hon. Dr. Barasa quick recovery. On average we have been doing quite well. Maybe what we also need to do is look at the time we spend with them both in the House and in the committees. Some of the Questions that we put through to the Cabinet Secretaries are raised in the committees. We need to also look at their schedules because a Cabinet Secretary might be committed elsewhere. This appearance and non-appearance that ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My question to the Cabinet Secretary is that most of the JSS teachers who have been posted to different schools have been housed in the primary schools are graduates. We have head of teachers who are P1s. Will the Cabinet Secretary tell us how administratively, a graduate and a P1 teacher are supposed to work under the P1s? view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I will be very brief because at 11.30 a.m., I will be taking the oath of office as a commissioner. I am quite happy. I sat in the Mediation Committee. Indeed, we, as the Senators, were quite firm that the amount we had suggested of Kshs400 billion plus would remain untouched. We pushed and listened to our counterparts. I agree with our colleague Sen. Beatrice that we had insisted we needed and we must get the Kshs400 billion. However, at times it ... view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: We realised we were not the only people who are served by the national or the county Government. We realised the situation and the fiscal space that the country is moving around. In the spirit of give in order that the counties do not come to a halt, we must agree. In every mediation, it is the spirit of give and take that governs people. Emotional intelligence is required for us to be able to conclude. Looking at the fact that we will be shortly moving for recess and the county government will also be doing the same, we asked ... view
• 27 Oct 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 and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree with my colleagues that county governments do not have a framework that the national Government enjoys having such as entering into Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). We must also have a paradigm shift in the way we look at things. In some of our counties, especially in the agricultural sector, when it comes to water reticulation, the units are so little that they cannot achieve economies of scale. Therefore, this calls for a collaboration between counties and the national Government, so that they can realise some of the mega projects that have been conceptualised. We ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I sat in the Mediation Committee as a member of the Standing Committee. Indeed, the issue of water scarcity and the reticulation has remained quite a major challenge in this country. That being the case, the Committee from the Senate and the National Assembly sat together. In the spirit of one nation and one approach, we thrashed out the issues that we had. Fully aware that matters of water affect county governments, we realized that it is imperative that we agree on a way to move it forward. It is not lost to ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: need to come up with smart meters, smart and intelligent water reticulation system and water leakage system as is with gas and oil pipeline. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we achieve this, some counties will save up to 70 per cent of the water that they harvest. We know that in the wake of the climate change, our rivers and our groundwater is reducing day by day. This calls us to ensure that we have a more pragmatic approach that will ensure that the water that we harvest is not only used prudently but also accounts for each and every drop. ... view