Methu John Muhia

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to second this particular Bill. From the onset, I did not know that Sen. Cheruiyot has that in-depth knowledge on matters of environment and climate change. I feel very challenged that he has understood the meat and crust of why we need...

Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 31st August, 2023:- Report of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023) . (Sen....

Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to agree with the elder of our church, the African Inland Church (AIC) . This is a Procedural Motion and you also know that we also have the other Bill before us that we need to conclude on. I second and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion. Sen. (Dr.) Oburu has stated that we are supporting this Motion while opposing it. This is further from the truth. We are in support of this Motion. However, we are giving our reservations. We...

addressed urgently. It cannot be that after every bumper harvest, the country goes into a situation where people require food relief. It is sad that even now when some places have a bumper harvest, the Government is still distributing relief food to other places within the Republic.The country must invest...

Without taking much time, I move and call upon Sen. Cheptumo to second. Without taking much time, I move and call upon Sen. Cheptumo to second.

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want us to get the facts right. I would like to inform my good elder brother, Sen. Thang’wa, that while we agree that he is the Senator of the majority of votes, it is not fair for him to conclude that...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I only needed to remind my good brother that one of the reports that we are working on is a joint report that my Committee and his Committee are dealing with. It is ready. We shall also be dealing with a Message that came...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am standing in for my neighbor, Sen. (Dr.) Murango, to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry the following Question.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be brief as you had advised. I have heard the response given by the Cabinet Secretary. She is my line Cabinet Secretary in the committee that I chair. Regarding lifting of the logging ban, I know there are strategies that the Ministry has employed to...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a Statement relating to the activities of the Senate Standing Committee on Land Environment and Natural Resources for the period between 1st April, 2023 to 30th July, 2023. During the period under review, the Committee held a total of 12 sittings...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me the opportunity to comment on this Petition. I would be betraying the teachers from Kilifi County if I choose to keep quiet. I have been a resident of the county so I know the areas that have been mentioned in that Petition....

Sen. Madzayo, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this well-thought-out Bill by my colleague, Sen. Mariam Omar. She is a Member of a committee that I Chair. If Members of the committee were here, they would tell you that we refer to her as our...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today 18th July, 2023. COUNTY GOVERNMENTS EQUITABLE SHARE CASH DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE COMMISSION ON ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE REPORTS REPORTS OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF VARIOUS ENTITIES Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statement...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to pass my warm welcome to my former colleagues from the County Assembly of Nyandarua in the Serjeant-at-Arms Department. They are known to me because I served with them at the County Assembly. I wish them all the best as they benchmark with the...

Thank you, very much Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am particularly very excited that you have given me an opportunity to welcome the beautiful girls from South Tetu Girls, a school in Nyeri. Even though it is not my home county, on behalf of their Senator, Sen. Wamatinga, I welcome them...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. (Loud consultations) Can we have order on the Minority side? You are not the one guiding the House. Can we have order? Sen. Methu, finish your point of order.

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What is your point of order, Sen. Cherarkey?

Asante Bi. Spika wa Muda. Kwa kweli naweza elezea. Kwa sababu tukiwa hapa sisi wote ni shahidi. Sen. Cherarkey ameita Sen. Sifuna goon, hiyo ni kumaanisha nini? Kwa hivyo, hao ndio wanapanga na kuchochea wananchi. Sen. Beth Syengo! Sen. Cherarkey na Sen. Methu wanachochea wananchi ndiposa waonyeshe kwamba sisi ndio...

Sen. M. Kajwang’, resume your seat; we heard your point of order.

Madam Temporary Speaker, if we do not respect the position of the Chair, then we cannot have a debate. My point of order is on the content of speech. A Senator is not supposed to impute improper motives. (Laughter) Sen. M. Kajwang’, I have cautioned you before to heed when...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is no Senator speaking. How can you rise on a point of order? Sen. Faki, proceed to make your Statement. On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for according me an opportunity to vehemently oppose this Report that has been brought on the Floor of this House by the Special Committee. I do not want to spend much time thanking them because my colleagues have spoken to that. As a young legislator,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know he wants to take advantage and debate the Motion. The point I was making which I would like to conclude on is about procurement. Since we are speaking of procurement, if the Governor for Siaya County bought a seat for his deputy for Kshs1.1 million,...