Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Tax collection in this country is what is putting us into serious problems. People are paying a lot of taxes in this country and those taxes can actually finance Government budget. However, there is a lot of leakages in our taxes such that they do not end up getting to...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Motion. Is there an issue behind me?

I rise to support the Motion by my brother Sen. Mungatana. I strongly believe when we talk about issues with our rivers such as River Tana, then it is an issue of human rights. It is a human rights issue because across the world and the continent, when issues of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Report. Proceed, Sen. Okenyuri.

Hon. Senators, at this juncture, I invite the Mover to reply.

If you remember my previous Statement, I have been very passionate about the boda boda community. In Migori County, for example, they are always harassed by policemen for no apparent reason or small tokens. I think it is the same in other counties of this country. Therefore, it becomes very...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is my humble honour and pleasure to also convey my humble congratulations to Sen. Okenyuri for being nominated into the House. Despite the fact that she is nominated to represent the interest of women, this is also the House that anchors devolution. We are...

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

Sen. Osotsi, am I a crowd? Am I blocking you from the Speaker? Proceed, Sen. Thang’wa.

Thank you, Sen. Oketch Gicheru. Sen. Osotsi, proceed. Women who have lost a child or pregnancy receive 14 per cent of support. Some of the support infrastructure need to be improved. I would like to urge Sen. Kibwana to improve this Motion to include proper remuneration and support to the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We should not be calling for the disbandment of SRC because their action affects us. Out here, matters like these; salaries and benefits that go to politicians, becomes a very emotive issue. This Gazette Notice calls upon the relevant Committee to come up with...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Miraj to switch from English and Swahili?

Yes, Mr. Temporary Speakers, Sir. Thank you. I stand in for the Senate Minority Leader, who has been called in for an urgent matter. Energy and food are some of the issues directly related to policy, as the Sen. of Homa Bay County had said. As you consider this matter...

I will add you a maximum of two minutes. that the adjournment of this House calls attention to. He has also said that we are going to a working session in Mombasa.This retreat is also critical because this House has established some new committees such as the one I am...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me from the heckling by Sen. Cherarkey. He is my friend and likes people from Sondu.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of general topical concern, namely: concern over the predatory asset-based lending by micro-finance lending companies in Kenya. Kenya has experienced an exponential growth of approximately 80 per cent in the number...

Sen. Cherarkey, you are being invited to sing. Do you want us to find a way of playing the background sound as well?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Leader has a bad habit of heckling, but that is fine. I hope he will not heckle. I hope you will do it in one minute. Sure, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On this issue, it is critical that we do not belittle a...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to document my thoughts on this matter. From the Floor today, we have learnt that this matter has been raised by different Ministries in the past and resolutions made. Unfortunately, it has not been executed. This matter borders issues...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am going to be very brief on this matter. The problem of parking in Nairobi indicts the problem between the county and national Government. It is a problem that has always persisted because we are not clear as a nation, whether the issue...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to make a quick statement in appreciation of what Sen. Crystal Asige has talked about. One of the most ignored chapters of our Constitution is Chapter 4. The framers of the Constitution spent so much time on thinking and rethinking the idea of...

I serve in two Committees; the Committee on Public Investments and Special Funds Committee, and the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. There is already too much work for the two Committees. We must hold our governors to account and expect them to live by the book and...

Can you refer to him appropriately? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I feel harassed. Sen. Faki, do you want to be informed? Yes, go ahead. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Faki wants to be informed. Sen. Oketch Gicheru, refer to hon. Senators appropriately.

That matter has been settled. Sen. Faki withdrew his statement and we dispensed of it. You cannot go back to that issue which he has withdrawn. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, but this issue will keep on emerging and you have guided that Sen. Faki should bring it as a substantive...

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

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for this opportunity. I am here cognizant of Article 1 of the Constitution which states that all power belongs to the people of Kenya. Sub Article 2 of Article 1 recognizes that the people of Kenya will exercise their sovereign power either directly or...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir! Just a minute, Sen. Joe Nyutu. What is out of order Sen. Oketch? Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order on misinformation. Quote the point of order you are referring to. This housekeeping matter came...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No.105, which is the responsibility for statement of fact. My colleague, Sen. Wakili Sigei, is misrepresenting the Address of the President. In paragraph 19 of the Presidents’ speech, he said that...