Mogeni Erick Okongo

(Laughter) (Loud Consultations)

No. Mr Speaker, Sir, you must---

I need to speak.

I have a great point of order.

Mr. Chairman, Sir, ---

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Cherarkey is one of my closest friends in this House. He is a colleague whom I respect.

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we came to this House as elected Senators and I represent Nyamira County. Every Wednesday, I watch debates in the House of Commons. A Chamber like this---

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have not come here to--- (Loud consultations) Order, Senators. May the Senator be heard in silence. (Loud consultations) (Loud consultations) Order, Senators. (Loud consultations)

The point I am making is that we want this to be an interesting Chamber. When I rise on this point of order, I have nothing against my good friend the Senator for Kiambu.Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale watches debates in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

An. hon. Senator: Yes.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have heard my good friend Sen. Mundigi saying in his opening remarks that he supports this Motion that wants to pass the budget. You know that the Senate never passes the budget. May the Senator inform you which budget this is, that the Senate is...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I congratulate the students from your county who are just leaving the Chamber, and who have paid their courtesy call to the Senate together with their teachers. I assure the people of Bomet that they elected a very distinguished lawyer who has done very...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an extremely serious matter. When you tell us to give a contribution of this nature for two minutes, then you are not doing justice to this House. I remind you of the Gazette Notice of 27th July, 2022. The privileges of security that attaches to...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to welcome our students. You should mention the prestigious Cardinal Otunga High School in Kisii County. On behalf my neighbour Sen. Onyonka who is not here, I extend a warm welcome to students from Cardinal Otunga High School. That is...

Madam Temporary Speaker, this is one of the points of order that I fully agree with. I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that I am completely out of order, not to have recognized the late Hon. George Moseti Anyona. He was a great leader from my County of Nyamira. He...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise on Standing Order No. 105 and 101. Sen. Cherarkey has got very bad manners of degenerating and wiggling around and disobeying the point of orders of this House. If you are not careful he ends up doing an injustice to this House. For instance, right...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I am embarrassed on behalf of lawyers in this country that it takes a medical doctor to correct a lawyer on who is not a senior counsel. These are things that Sen. Cherarkey, whom I worked hard on to ensure he is admitted to the bar the...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker and Sen. Omogeni for correcting me. Chairperson, Sen. Ali Roba, allow me to bring us back. My view is that this law must be aligned with the mandate of the Senate, to protect counties and their governments and it must help us to implement Article...

The Hon. Member called you “Mr. Speaker”. Is she in order to refer to you as “Mr. Speaker”, in a time like this when we are celebrating our women? The whole country is proud to see a woman on the Speaker’s seat.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the beauty of being a Commissioner is that I know the list of the people who have travelled. I can tell when Sen. Cheruiyot was out of the country last, how many times he has travelled and where Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was last week. I know these...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Cherarkey for coming up with a Statement that recognises these Kenyans that make us proud. Any time I travel out of the country and people ask where I come from, I always say “do you know that country that Faith Kipyegon comes from, that...

Proceed, Sen. Omogeni.

Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Murango.

On a point of clarification, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Omogeni, what is your intervention? I will allow it under Standing Order No.1. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a colleague, I never want to challenge the ruling of the Speaker. However, there is a tradition that has been set in this House...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank the 11 Members of the Special Committee who have returned a unanimous verdict to this House, proposing the impeachment of the Deputy Governor of the County of Siaya. (Sen. (Dr.) Murango, Sen. Joe Nyutu and Sen. Cheptumo consulted loudly) Mr. Speaker, Sir,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, for purposes of clarity, on page 87 of our laid Report, we have attached Supreme Court decisions that are supposed to guide this House on matters impeachment. If you go to page 87, on the issue of impeachment, the court said that all that is required is...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, Sen. Wamatinga. If you travel to many countries, water is a security matter. If you go to Spain, where they store water is a security zone. You cannot even fly over that region. This...

Disbursements for the County Government of Nyamira for the months of January and February were disbursed in March, together with the disbursement for the month of March. KRA does not want to engage in any discussions yet this is one Government. Today, as we speak, the County Government of Nyamira...

money we have been sending to Turkana County has given water to the people of Turkana. Let us go and find out if there are boreholes.We have been receiving reports indicating that boreholes have been sunk for the people of Turkana County. That will be a golden opportunity for us...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by CCP Mokaya Magembe on credit professional regulation. This is timely. The only thing I would like to propose is to amend the heading of this Petition to include the practice and giving of credit in the market....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement that was raised by Sen. Kibwana. However, we should also not allow Sen. Cherarkey to mislead the House. We all know that the money that was voted for by this House to go to the counties as sharable revenue is Kshs385...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish Sen. Cherarkey was a good student who listens. He should be a debater who also reads. If you read the 115 pages of the Finance Bill, you will see that there is a proposal therein to tax Kenyans 3 per cent in the name of...

You know you cannot raise a point of order twice.

Yes, please. Madam Temporary Speaker, lawyers are normally poor with figures. Whether you call it a levy or taxation, the thing is that you are raiding Kenyans’ incomes by taking away 3 per cent. Whether you call it Housing Levy Fund or whatever you call it, it is still a...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Cherarkey has been on his feet twice. On this particular occasion, I wish to disappoint him. I am not willing to be informed by him. (Laughter) that is before us; and demand that the Finance Bill comes before the Senate and we deal with it in...

Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I would like to register my appreciation and congratulations to Sen. Mariam Omar for coming up with this Bill, which if enacted, will bring smiles to many contractors who have been subjected to untold suffering in the hands of our counties and the national Government. Listening...