29 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Welcome to the Senate. Congratulations and enjoy yourselves while you are here. Listen to our discussions. I believe some of you, in future, will be in this House and others in the National Assembly. Others will become governors and even presidents. Thank you and karibuni . I will see you shortly when you are out there.
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8 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Statement by the Chairman of the CPISFC. I thank the 12th Parliament, the 3rd Senate who in their wisdom split County Public Investment Committee from CPAIC. For the last nine years, CPAIC in the last Senate did not audit special funds and investments in the counties. That is why as a committee, we have a lot of backlog. We have dealt with about three financial years for close to 40 counties. Basically, we will be finishing by the close of this month of August.
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8 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, from what we have seen from the water companies, over 90 per cent are insolvent. They are not able to run on their own because of so many things such as inefficiencies, corruption, incompetence and lack of capacity for the staff because most of the water companies run as if they were independent of the county governments. However, at least now that we have met with the governors, they have known that they are in charge, in control of these water entities. Most of them have even reconstituted the boards because, in the past, some of the ...
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Cherarkey for bringing the Statement to congratulate Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala and now Wanyonyi. They are doing this country great.
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
Faith Kipyegon has made us proud. Kenya is shining across the World now. We want to continue and even reward. Somebody said that the President of Uganda sets aside a big car, a Prado and a house for those who beat Kenyans. Ethiopia also rewards their athletes very well. In Kenya, maybe we need to speak to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Sports so that we set aside resources when we are doing our budget every year to reward our athletes. With that, we can at least continue making Kenya shine across the world so that we regain the ...
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
There is something that we need to do, apart from rewarding them. We also need to train them in terms of investments. We have lost many athletes in the past. They get rewards and make money. However, in the process, they do not have people to teach them investment management. If we teach them how to invest, when they grow old and reach an age that they are not competing anymore, they will have income from what they will have earned during their youth.
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Omanyala has also made us very proud because the 100 metres race has never been known as a Kenyan sport. It has been associated with the United States of America (USA) and maybe Nigerians. However, Omanyala has made us proud. So, we need to encourage our colleagues to compete in all the races because we are capable of winning, earning forex exchange from sports.
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate them. At least even now, we know Wanyonyi has done us proud. We should invite these athletes every year to come and speak to us, and encourage the youth so that they know we can make money by engaging both in education and also competing in other sports.
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
We are doing well in Elgeyo Marakwet County. Iten is the hub of local and international sports. Kipsang, Brigit and Moses Kiptanui and many others have made us proud and we need to reward them.
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26 Jul 2023 in Senate:
I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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