Wahome Wamatinga

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• 2 Aug 2023 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
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: regardless of where we come from. Whether marginalised, disabled or from an ethnic minority, you must have equal opportunity. It is high time that we, as legislators, put the legal framework in place to ensure that every child who goes to school in this country, regardless of whether their father is known or unknown, has an equal opportunity. We can never do that if we have a million and one examples of--- view
• 26 Jul 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to add my voice to this issue that has not only been affecting the business of the Committees. Indeed, a lot has been said about the legal implications and requirement. However, we especially on the Majority side have one obligation of representing and prosecuting government business. If the Cabinet Secretaries - who are the instruments through which the Executive formulates and implements the policy - are not prepared to come and answer basic questions that would help us prosecute the same to the people we represent, how do we even work? Considering ... view
• 26 Jul 2023 in Senate: are not. We try to give excuses or explanations, but we cannot do it for five, six and seven times. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is time you cracked the whip and use your position to have a candid discussion with the Executive. A point will come when we shall state that: “If it is the Executives Presidency that is making them not appear, then we may as well sit back and let them prosecute the business; which we know shall not be good”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important that you start a candid discussion as we do the writing ... view
• 26 Jul 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. Let me start by thanking my colleagues who contributed a lot in this Motion. They enriched the idea and suggested a way forward that we can embrace as a country, as we face the dangers of climate change. Everybody agreed that it is time we started treating water as a prestigious commodity. In some places, water is more expensive than fuel. All along, we have treated water like a commodity that is not diminishable. However, the discussion we have had through the Motion brought a realization that we need to embrace ... view
• 26 Jul 2023 in Senate: Today, there are solutions that are available and affordable that can be implemented to help the country manage the water systems. We should embrace water recycling so that we do not end up losing this important resource. If we embrace intelligent water technology into our day-to-day usage, we will save more than 60 per cent of water that goes to waste. If you look at half a litre of a bottle of water bought from a supermarket, if you turn that into the litres we lose, you will see that we are losing lots of money that can be saved ... view
• 18 Jul 2023 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, all of us seated in this House went for elections on 9th August, 2022. Some of us had several competitors and others had few competitors. We defeated some with big and others with smaller margins. Life moved on. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know that in the true spirit of democracy, there must be a winner and a loser in an election. It is very unfortunate that indeed, after every cycle of election, we have to go through this round of circus. We have a ... view
• 18 Jul 2023 in Senate: No. I do not want to be informed. I want to finish view
• 18 Jul 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there are several agricultural Bills here in the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries that are geared towards bringing the cost of living down. Some of the Members sitting on that side, who are in my Committee, we started a good journey of bringing down the cost of energy, but when I need them, they desert me because they have to go and fight. view
• 18 Jul 2023 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