Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Let me also kick it off by thanking the Cabinet Secretary for ably taking leadership in making very hard decisions, especially to bring innovative solutions to the power problem that has been a challenge in Kenya. Having noted that, yesterday, I was with the Head of the State, His Excellency the President. We noted that the students in polytechnics are very good, especially in modern technology. One of the students did a very nice presentation of a digital vandalism protection mechanism for the transformers. Having said that, Cabinet Secretary, ... view
• 27 Mar 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 Mar 2024 in Senate: can be made in Kenya? This is so that we save on foreign exchange and most importantly, transfer the technology and also ensure that they can be readily available. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lastly, I commend the fact that renewable energy is very important in Kenya. However, as the Senate Majority Leader asked, if the Cabinet Secretary aware that there are people who are supposed to join the grid in 2026 and nothing has been done, we run the risk of having demand but no supply. view
• 14 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Could the witness kindly tell us what he was doing before he became the Acting Director of Enforcement? Secondly, is there a routine duty roster? Thirdly, when there is a crisis, how do they allocate the duties, and who sits in that meeting? view
• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Indeed, as I sat here listening to my colleagues, my heart pained at how deceptive the Minority side can be. view
• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we get elected and come to this House, we take a mortgage as the first thing. It is high time we tell Kenyans the truth that we, as elected Members, qualify to get a mortgage, so that we can get ourselves decent homes. It is the time that we must sacrifice for the rest of Kenyans. It cannot be that we will be going to foreign countries to borrow money so that we can provide them with houses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, like our forefathers did, fighting for the independence of this country, it is ... view
• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: Let, the Minority side not lie to Kenyans. Now some of them will have counties that have so many slums. view
• 7 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finish, it is very important for our people to understand that we must remove the slums by building affordable houses for Kenyans. I strongly support. Thank you. view
• 7 Mar 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
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I also rise to support this report. At the onset, let me start by commending the committee for the good work that they have done. A lot has been said about increasing revenue to the county governments. I agree with that. However, we must go beyond increasing revenues to the counties. We must also ensure that we put in place sound monitoring and financial systems that ensure prudent utilization of the resources by the governors. Living at an age when we have intelligent financial applications, it is ... view