Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Sen. Oketch GicheruFebruary, 25, 2026 SENATE DEBATES 29 (Loud consultations) February, 25, 2026 SENATE DEBATES 29

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is why I am telling you that I like it when my leaders inform me because their wisdom surpasses some of us who just came to this House recently. He is a ranking Member who is going to be a governor in...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. It is very important that today the Muslim faith is starting their Ramadhan. Therefore, it makes it a holy month for the majority of our people in the country. It is also the month of Lent for the...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Motion, to the extent that this Senate must focus on some serious issues in this Session. I know that there is pressure because we want to focus on other things. Indeed, they have started to talk about other...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity. It is my honour to welcome the team from Migori. I cannot overstate the importance of keeping HANSARD as a record of what happens in these newly formed assemblies in our communities. I am a better Senator today...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sen. Osotsi.

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sen. Wafula. February 10, 2026 SENATE DEBATES 12 Sen. Oketch Gicheru without paying Kshs25 million to employees for the last two years. We had municipalities operating without any form of independence.In Nyamira County, a report was presented to us showing that Kshs32 million had been spent, yet...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey Samson.

Hon. Senators, Sen. Eddy had a balance of 17 minutes. You can either use your minutes or --- (Sen. Oketch Gicheru spoke off record) Does it mean you have not read it? Sen. Oketch GicheruMutinda, we served in the Committee on the Shakahola matter. We had a task to do...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru: Sen. Oketch Gicheru:Therefore, that would mean that we should hold the County Government of Siaya's public works department liable.Upon inviting the County Government of Siaya and inviting Mr. Otieno, we further established that this was far from the truth. There was actually a contractor by the name...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru(Loud consultations)

Sen. Eddy Oketch, what do you want me to do? Sen. Oketch Gicheru Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.66

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicherusimple English it means, if it is a matter in court, let them deal with it in court. I do not know whether a few Senators wanted us to explicitly tell them go to court.. You have established that this matter is being dealt with in a different...

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Sen. Oketch Gicheru

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Sen. Oketch, avoid exchanging with your colleagues. Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sen. Cherarkey--- (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) (Loud consultations)

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Nyamira County has faced a lot of problems. (Several hon. Senators spoke off record) Just relax. Can you just let me do my thing? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minority side feels that because Nyamira County has faced a lot of problems, I...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sen. Oketch, avoid exchanging with your colleagues. (Loud consultations)

The putting of the question on the Motion has been deferred. (Putting of question on the Motion deferred) Next Order. (The Clerk-at-the Table consulted with the Deputy Speaker) Hon. Senators, we will defer Order No.10 and 11. THANKS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ADOPTION OF REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON...

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Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, with your permission let me take this opportunity to congratulate my sister, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, together with the young people that I am seeing from the Scouts Movement. This is one of the movements that I take pride...

Clerk, give Sen. Eddy just a minute to summarise. Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for instance, the NSWF is something that I have proposed in this House. It is a Bill going through scrutiny, but no one has appreciated that. When I talk about stabilising our revenue structure,...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicherucountry and then increase the human social development of our country, basically moving from an individual to a collective success.It is in that context that I want to simplify my conversation around what the President talked about because his reflection was in simple economic terms divided into two....