Gloria Magoma Orwoba

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a supplementary question on the issue of availability of funds to youth and women. In your response, Waziri, you have said that in addition, the Uwezo Fund has rolled out Wezesha Kazi Majuu product to support the labour mobility, where you are giving...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I have a concern, a Question about Linda Mama. Waziri, you mentioned and elaborated about how Linda Mama has been absorbed into the bigger cover. I have had the privilege or advantage of being pregnant in this particular transition. I do not know whether you...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

On a point of order. Yes, Senator Gloria. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to request that we limit the debates to five minutes per Senator. Under what Standing Order? Under the Standing Order No.111; Limitation of debate.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion with the amendments that have been brought to the Floor of the House. I listened carefully to my colleague, Sen. Mungatana, who said that we should not be quick to recommend and do things before the Committee is...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As I was saying, whatever this House decides on the issue that is affecting Nyamira County is actually going to set a precedence on how we protect devolution as the Upper House. I have listened to my colleagues debating and weighing in on the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on a matter of national concern, namely, the safety of passengers in Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) across the country. PSVs are an essential component of Kenya's...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Some of us are first-timers and I like referring to myself as an amateur in politics. I am learning hence I consider myself an intern of this House. I was looking forward to being sensitized on this matter. Most Kenyans do not even know that...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on this issue of privatization of parastatals and state agencies. You can look at this issue on both sides, when people say that Government property belongs to Government and should stay at Government. However, if it is not helping the people then...

Sen. Cherarkey, you are out of order. There was no marriage introduced in the point of order.

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to address this august House on this very important Motion. The question of bursaries in Kenya is a serious one. It requires sober attention because it is founded on the constitutional provision that basic education is a right. The state is a...

Hon. Senators, I wish to use my powers under Standing Order No.34 (2A) to extend today's sitting by 15 more minutes to enable us to finalize this business. Even just by the definition of it, someone will tell you that it is illegal because a bursary is an award or...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a supplementary question. Congratulations, Waziri, for the work that you are doing in that Ministry. I am privileged to know that you are working silently but serving Kenyans. You have mentioned that you have started conversations in terms of the 2025- 2029...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This afternoon I rise to add my voice to the various statements, the Energy Committee statement and the Budget and Finance Committee statement. Before I go into any issue, I want to remind Kenyans and the Members of this House that the Senate does...

report? It is not the responsibility of the committee to babysit any governor. They should go and ask him hard questions, like what is obtaining in Nandi.It would be gross failure if the Committee on Health would go to Nandi and fail to interview the governor. It is so serious...

places as far as Migori and Kisii to participate in the National Super League. Unfortunately, they are cash-strapped and lack funding. As we work to entrench the culture of academies in our country, it is essential that we guarantee funding to these clubs.I thank you, Sen. Eddy Oketch, for your...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to add my voice to Sen. Onyonka's statement about illegal organ trade. This has since been brought to the public and to the limelight that our youth are being recruited by rogue agents, particularly in the area of Eldoret, to sell their...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Before I support this Report, I want to encourage my colleague there that in God we trust. All science interventions are good, some can even be applicable in some areas, but in God, we trust ultimately. I rise to support this Report on the...

Are you giving information?

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Wambua, what is your point of order? No, he is misleading both the public and this House by claiming that the report supports that all lawyers should not be allowed, yet the report clearly states that there should be regulation. That...

There is no one on the Floor of the House.

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will take my 27 minutes and speak on behalf of my colleagues who wanted to weigh in on this matter because it affects the lives of many people that they represent. Yesterday, I got a couple of points as I listened to my...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will take my 27 minutes and speak on behalf of my colleagues who wanted to weigh in on this matter because it affects the lives of many people that they represent. Yesterday, I got a couple of points as I listened to my...

I was about to ask who Sen. Paul is. Yes, as long as my time is frozen, I would like to be informed by Sen. Thang’wa.

A certified version of this ReportI have not met Senators who confirmed to me that their county governments actually allocate money to support registered sports associations in their counties. So, what we did then, we agreed that we were going to bring an amendment to the Sports Act to make...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Today, 15th April, 2025, two years and three months after the internationally publicized accidents that I had here in Parliament, I am honoured to come before you and this House for the Second Reading of the Provision of Sanitary Towels Bill...

and those who have been involved in the space of menstrual equity, we came down to this particular name: The Provision of Sanitary Towels Bill for the avoidance of doubt. We did not want to have any confusion. Some people suggested that we should call it the Provision of Menstrual...

My proposed Bill seeks to cure these legal loopholes, which have been misused, thereby denying women and girls in Kenya access to sanitary towels. Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m., time to adjourn the Senate. Sen. Orwoba, you have a balance of 27 minutes. The Senate, therefore stands adjourned...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving us the opportunity to make a comment on this Statement on World Autism Awareness Day and Month. This Statement is very timely. Sitting in the committees of National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration and Labour and Social Welfare where we are...

(Loud consultations)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Cherarkey in this “Upper House” that protects devolution, to allude that deputy governors have got no work and should, therefore, just go to the office to read newspapers if they want to survive their terms? I say this because this...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

I want Sen. Cherarkey to tread carefully. If possible, avoid going that direction unless he sits in the Powers and Privileges Committee and he has facts. Otherwise, we are all waiting to see the Report for us to know what transpired.Thank you. (Loud consultations)

matter that concerns us. As I have said before in this House, today it might be Nyamira County, but tomorrow, it might be the county that you are representing here.I have been listening to the Chairperson of the Committee in charge of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations as he gave this...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to respectfully decline. Sen. Omtatah informed and guided me, which led to me reading prescribed apologies in this House. Therefore, I would like to respectfully decline. One thing that I would wish to say---

mentored, suggesting they should be sent to elderly men for guidance, among other things. I have just heard Sen. Omtatah speak. I am astonished that he is a senior counsel with all his age and years of experience, whether inside or outside Parliament. I cannot imagine that someone advising the...

Yes, I do not want to---

I cannot even bring myself to say those words as a recent mother of two boys.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to the Chair and this House, why are there double standards when women in this House use idioms? I am one of them. Just yesterday, I used an idiom - a metaphor, in fact - when I said 'mpango wa kando.' I...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to engage in back-and- forth discussions with my Chair because I respect it. However, it depends on which dictionary you are referring to. We are in 2025 and there are various dictionaries available. Nonetheless, I will proceed to respond to Sen. Omtatah.

a fact that Sen. Omtatah is indeed my senior? Is it not a fact that he is neither 10 years old nor three years old? In fact, maybe I am mistaken, but Sen. Omtatah is indeed, as you have stated, a senior elder. Sen. Cherarkey himself has acknowledged this. So,...

Asante, Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa nafasi hii. Kwa heshima, nasimama kwa hoja ya nidhamu jinsi nilivyouliza. Sio vyema na haki Seneta mwenzangu, Sen. Gloria, kutoa hoja zisizoweza kudhibitishwa. Amesema kuwa Sen. Mandago huwa na mtafaruku na hawezi kuwa na msimamo katika masuala fulani katika Biunge hili. Hata hivyo, amekosa...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for clarifying that we should not mourn more than the bereaved. I want to conclude by saying that as we protect devolution, we have to ensure that we think of the future and not just our current positions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Eddy Oketch and perhaps also Sen. Wafula that we were here in Plenary when we were shown all the videos of everything that happened in Meru County. We even had the witnesses, some of them who are legislators, come here. Some...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Eddy Oketch and perhaps also Sen. Wafula that we were here in Plenary when we were shown all the videos of everything that happened in Meru County. We even had the witnesses, some of them who are legislators, come here. Some...

I am on a point of information. How can you stand on a point of order on a point of information?

We have stopped your time. Sen. Oketch Gicheru: Under Standing Order No.122, there is something called frivolous points of orders that can take you out of debate. However, I will respond

On a point of order!

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, considering that I was supporting the submissions of Sen. Eddy Oketch, I do not want to disrupt him. When I listen to Sen. Mandago standing and not only Sen. Mandago, today, this afternoon is a really trying session, when I listen to various Senators always trying...

On a point of order!

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, considering that I was supporting the submissions of Sen. Eddy Oketch, I do not want to disrupt him. When I listen to Sen. Mandago standing and not only Sen. Mandago, today, this afternoon is a really trying session, when I listen to various Senators always trying...

In many words, that is what he said. That is why I am saying that he is misleading the House because I do not think drama festivals were put in place to push for a political agenda. much as we are politicking, to enter the world of creative arts and...

That is not my point of order.

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to finalise on the issue of governors and deputy governors in the counties. What we are witnessing in some counties is an issue of people failing to perform duties of that office and trying to compete for one office....

In many words, that is what he said. That is why I am saying that he is misleading the House because I do not think drama festivals were put in place to push for a political agenda.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to address this august House with regards to the Motion being debated. I have looked through the Motion and will comment on a few issues. This matter was allegedly triggered off by an element of insubordination on the part of the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 9th April, 2025. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION (STRATEGIC AND INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS) (NO.2) REGULATIONS, LEGAL NOTICE NO.71 OF...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed)

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my views on this particular Petition. I am trying to get the name of the Petitioner, because I was so deep into the--- I would like to commend Mr. Laban Omusundi for this, because there is an assumption...

Madam Temporary Speaker, many petitions and statements are normally committed to the respective committee by the Speaker of this House. Is the Member in order to insinuate, she is trying to direct or to question the capacity of the Speaker of this House?

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand guided---

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand guided---

Madam Temporary Speaker, I am aware that this Committee recommendation is a joint committee between the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and JLAHRC. No one is arguing whether these recommendations are from JLAHRC or from wherever else. This is a joint recommendation, and the two players here are...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand guided. However, I would like to first of all find out if my time has been frozen, and if I am going to get back my time. I would also like to say that as I am on the floor of the House,...

Madam Temporary Speaker, let me summarise by saying that maize cannot receive justice in the chickens' courts. The lawyers should have never been involved. I do not support this Report.

Sen. Kinyua, you would rather seek that clarification when it is your time to contribute. Just allow Sen. Gloria to finish. Your point of order has nothing to do with Sen. Gloria's contribution.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I was apologising to the petitioner, Mr. Laban, that he has brought a very strong Petition. Unfortunately, it has landed on the wrong table in terms of who should look into it in my opinion. I want to apologise to him because I am a Member of...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to express my empathy for Sen. Osotsi, as I understand his passion for this matter. However, as someone who has been mentored and has made efforts to follow our Rules and Standing Orders diligently, it is very clear in our Standing Orders that once...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to extend my warm regards to the students in the gallery and to welcome them to this ‘Upper’ House, the Senate of Kenya. As you can see, this is not a House exclusively for older men. It is a House...