Mogeni Erick Okongo

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am moved and saddened having listened to the agony that has befallen the family of the late Hon. Jean Marie Seroney. It is a collective shame that as a nation, we have let the family of that great Kenyan to be subjected to the kind of...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me on behalf of the Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Sifuna, to welcome students from Lenana School to the Senate. In our days, when we used to attend O levels and aspire to go to ‘A’ levels, Lenana High School was one of the...

Thank you, Sen. Omogeni. I cannot see Sen. Wakili Sigei. Proceed Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. and do the same thing. Look at bursaries. You have the Members of Parliament, Women Representatives and governors disbursing bursaries. Which household receives what?Madam Temporary Speaker, I pray that this Senate will lead the way in...

(Applause)(Applause) What is your point of order under Standing Order No.98, the point at which you raise a point of order? After the results verification, it looks like it is a tie on 11-11. (Sen. Sifuna spoke off record) They have verified. It is null and void. You cannot create...

No, before you make your point of order, I am on a point of order. I always say that the decisions we make today will bite us tomorrow. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beseech you, to respect the supremacy of the Constitution. If you read High Court Decision 284; the one...

I want to get you correctly. You are doing very well so far. Are you saying that if I make the Communication today, that is the only right thing I will have done for the time I have sat here as a Chair? (Laughter) Mr. Speaker, Sir, it can never...

That is my colleague, a lawyer. I welcome his information. Sen. Cherarkey, the next time you are locked up, I will not come to remove you.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, because I do not want to leave everything to chance, I have before me the decision of the Tribunal and Complaint No.E003 of 2023; Fatuma Adan Dullo versus Azimio La Umoja Coalition against Stewart Madzayo as interested party; Ledama Olekina as second interested party and the Speaker...

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I should conclude then he can contribute. (Applause) Proceed, Sen. Cheruiyot. Mr. Speaker, Sir, like I have always said regarding this matter, I do not have a dog in this fight and I am least interested in the decisions of the Minority Side. I have told you...

A ninavyofikiria kwamba wale walio nyumbani na wale wanafunzi ambao wanakuja hapa wanaona mtu kama Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, wanamwona Sen. Madzayo, Sen. Cheruiyot, wanaona kijana shupavu, Sen. Wakili Sigei, tukiwa tunarushiana maneno kama hayo.Bw. Spika, kwa yote, piga moyo konde yaweke nyuma. Ninajua katika ile hasira ukiwa kinara katika hii...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, I would have liked to make my contributions when Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is in the House. However, let me proceed. I have already made my views on what happened this afternoon, which is regrettable.We all know that before there is calm, there is always a storm. The...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to thank the Senator for Laikipia County, Sen. Kinyua, for bringing this matter to the Floor of the House. The issues raised resonate with the challenges and problems faced by my people in Nyamira County. As you know, we are basically small-scale farmers. We do...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is a person that I had a lot of admiration for, is the Senator for Kakamega, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Even when I served as the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) , his son who is a lawyer is my friend. He is...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Cherarkey that touches on clinicians in our health sector, not the one at the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC) . I do not know about it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have been a Governor. Therefore, you know the excitement...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Statement by Sen. Oketch Gicheru. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I read Article Six of the Constitution, we have two governments that are interdependent. That is the national Government and 47 county governments. Where you and I went to law school...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought the Chairperson of the Finance Committee in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) was going to be the bearer of good news. I thought he would say that tonight, he will have a word with His Excellency the President and by tomorrow, Nyamira County Assembly will...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, how can I lay blame on the gracious lady, Gov. Waiguru? All I urge is that we want to hear her voice, as the CoG Chairperson. She should come and address issues facing our counties. In fact, I want her to take personal effort, the way I...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, advise Sen. Kinyua that he cannot speak twice on the same issue. He is totally out of order. (Laughter) Sen. Omogeni, that is my work. Kindly proceed. You are out of order, Sen. Kinyua. (Laughter) Mr. Speaker, Sir, please, assist us. We are proud to have you...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I, first, thank the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, for magnanimously agreeing to have a discussion between him and me with the intention of trying to calm the tension that we have had in the House this afternoon. Leadership is not easy. If you...

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

We were not elected to come here and waste taxpayers’ money discussing little things as to who sits in which Committee and representing which side of the House; we were elected to come here to do oversight, discuss the budget and represent our people.I appeal to the chief administrator of...

Sen. Sifuna. Hon. Senators, if you have placed your card for intervention, kindly hold on. I am picking from what I am seeing.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us be serious. If you look at the freedom of Parliament from history, there are days you could not stop hon. Shikuku, in the single party era, from speaking on the Floor because of the respect of the House. I have not seen the court...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to contribute to this important Bill. However, I am really saddened by the spirited attack against lawyers that I have seen in this House in the morning and part of the afternoon. This is in particular to LSK. People are talking as...

Your son is a lawyer.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought doctors normally listen carefully. I am surprised that Sen. (Dr.) Khalware does not seem to be listening keenly. I said LSK was in the forefront. I have not said you were not in the forefront. I have said that history bares me witness that LSK...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other point I wanted to make is that because this is a bi-partisan team, we want both sides of the political divide to be represented. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) should be given two slots so that we have a slot reserved for the Majority Side...

Mr. Temporary Chairman Sir, for the record I find myself in the very unfamiliar territory where I have to differ with my colleague, Senior Counsel Prof. Ojienda who has gone on record as opposing this amendment. I appeal to the Majority side to rise to the occasion and be the...

Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the great people of Nyeri vote ‘No.’ The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Abdul Haji) : Sen. Wamatinga, we have to see you on the screen. Switch on your camera. (Laughter)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First, I congratulate the Committee for the “tiresome” work led by--- (Applause) (Applause)