Mogeni Erick Okongo

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fully understand and symphathise with the agony that hon. Senators are finding themselves in while trying to get the pagination. I also symphathise with the counsel. He has made eight bound copies for 67 Senators. The copy I have is well paginated. He was making reference...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I heard my classmate, Mr. Katwa Kigen invite you to invoke Standing Order No.30, to make a final determination on this impeachment. It is the Rules of Procedure, not Standing Orders. Okay, under the Third Schedule, under the Rules of Procedure. My understanding is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I Second the Motion by the Senate Majority Leader and Senator of Kericho, my neighbour. I agree that the matter is weighty and the Senate is in the spotlight. This is the time we need to demonstrate to the country that we are fair. We...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to second the reports on the 147th Assembly of the IPU meeting and related matters that was held in Rwanda, Angola, that has been tabled by Sen. Catherine Mumma. We live in a community of nations and this initiative is very important...

tallying of votes that are received by candidates. That is the only way we can ensure that elections truly reflect the free will of the people. There are many jurisdictions where elections are closed and the results are known almost at the close of the hour.In 2021, I was privileged...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Statement that was raised by Sen. Onyonka on allegations that there are people who want to grab ADC farms. I do not know for how long we will have Kenyans who remain extremely primitive; who does not understand that there is...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Omogeni, what is your point of order? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to inquire from Sen. Mandago whether he is order to only refer to the Muslims in order to show their fairness in...

My contribution before this House this afternoon is that we should give equal opportunity to a Kenyan who has the requisite experience and has expressed interest to serve in the public service or in any parastatal. It is not about us trying to profile anybody. If the unfairness was regarding...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to comment on the statement raised by the Senator for Nandi, Sen. Cherarkey, touching on low returns for tea farmers. If you visit counties like Nyamira, Kericho, Bomet and Nandi where tea is grown, farmers are crying. In Nyamira, for example, where I am...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the good work she has embarked on in enhancing the tourism sector in our country. In this aspect of diversification, when you travel to other countries and land in their city, you will find that a Government has put...

Madam Temporary Speaker, it is embarrassing to the legal profession that Sen. Cherarkey, a lawyer, does not know the full names of senior lawyers, like the Cabinet Secretary for Education. The Cabinet Secretary for Education is Julius Migos Ogamba. He is your senior in the profession; you ought to have...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I first want to thank the sponsor of this Bill, Sen. Mariam Omar, for thinking about the welfare of the farmers and business people of this country. The main beneficiaries of this Bill will not be just members of the Parliamentarians Regulated Non-WDT SACCO (PACOSO)...

When they gave summons to Mr. Jimmy Wanjigi to appear at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), he walked there yesterday. That is how we should be; proud as a nation and then we can say we have a police.I am the one who defended Hon. Keter. He was arrested....

When I heard your introductions, you said you are the County Attorney?

He is the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) ?

Okay, that is even better for me. There is an issue that has always caused problems for us. I just wanted to get clarification from you; the issue of public participation. As a County Attorney, I wanted you to shed some light for us. When you do public participation, do...

That is volume V. I am sure the lawyers will give you. There are a number of photos--- Sen. Omogeni, you had not more than two minutes. I will, under Standing Order No.1, give you one minute. Have a look at those photos and just confirm to me whether the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are quasi-judicial proceedings. This is a professional who is being condemned without being given a chance to say his side of the story. This document would have been introduced and given to the witness when he was on the witness box. If we now produce and...

Bwana Witness, I just wanted to get your experience as an MCA. You seem to have conducted this public participation or the entire process in one day. I have seen the photos and the people who were in attendance.There seems to have been a very low turnout. Have you done...

Hon. Senators, we have to terminate that session. The 30 minutes allocated to this session has long been spent. Governor, you may retire to your seat.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to comment on this issue of pending bills and inform the Senate Majority Leader that if we were to have an honest conversation around this issue of pending bills, it is all about the interests of certain governors who will never release payments...

A certified version of this ReportI remember hearing him for more than one and a half hours as he took us through what he thought were some omissions by Dr. Amoth when he served in this position in an acting capacity when this country was going through COVID-19 pandemic. So,...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to also make my contribution in support of the Land (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.40 of 2022) . A title deed is a very important document. When I was in law class, I was told that the best way...

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my good friend from Kakamega, Sen. Khalwale, that the people of Nyamira have not approached the Senate to get permission to go and settle in that wetland. They have petitioned the Senate so that it can intervene and protect the wetland. Therefore, the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for also giving me an opportunity to contribute to this report by the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. This Petition involves people from my county, some of them who migrated from our neighbouring county represented by the Senator for Homa Bay,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale used to be a Member of ODM and he ran away. I do not know why he is mourning more than the bereaved. He has no business commenting on the businesses of ODM. Now that he has heard of something called Broad-Based Government,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, so just breathe in and out because you will be hearing a lot about ODM and the party leader going to the African Union (AU) . Just get used to these things; they will occupy our spaces for a while now. During Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s...

Is there any Member, I do not think there is a Member of the committee. Is she a Member of the committee? Are you a Member of the committee? You can confirm if you visited Nyamira. Maybe I did not get it right.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was a big oversight on the part of the committee. I hope you can revisit and make a physical visit to Nyamira. Sen. Dullo has left. She and Sen. Chute come from counties where they have community land. Community land should be used for the...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Cherarkey who is a very good student of mine. I worked very hard to ensure that he is admitted to the role of advocates. He is doing very well. However, it is good for us to have our facts. The people...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Any Senator speaking before the House should be able to support the facts that he lays before this House. Sen. Cherarkey has stated that the PSC has spent Kshs200 million to repair the damage that was caused by the Gen Z...

Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, I want to begin by thanking the Mover of this Motion, the son of Rose Auma Ajwang’ and Mzee David Ajwang’ Nyakwamba of Homa Bay. I hope I got their names right. If you are one of the Senators who normally appear when your governor appears...

My neighbour, the Senator for Migori, should know some languages are unparliamentary, including using the word ‘heckling’. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that he should not mislead the country by referring to the Senator of Mombasa, County 001 as being one of the lawyers who...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Omogeni, what is your point of order? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the magnanimity of the issue at hand. However, we have to be guided by our Standing Orders, especially Standing Order No.101, which prohibits us from discussing the...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should not hit the judge very hard. This Constitution created an Article 159 on alternative forms of dispute resolution. I would like to inform Senators here that even people who have committed murder have been referred to mediation, reconciliation and arbitration. You cannot attack the...