Okoiti Andrew Omtatah

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. At long last. First of all, I think what is being discussed is important, but the manner in which it is being discussed is not proper. For the main reason that if we enact this very important law without following the procedure laid in...

Crystal Asige. She is always elegantly dressed, punctual, and articulate in her presentations. However, she was maybe able to achieve that because her parents had the means and capacity to make her what she was meant to be. Imagine if Sen. Crystal Asige had been born into a family that...

Madam Temporary Speaker, like everybody who has spoken before me, I am indebted to Sen. Kavindu Muthama because of this Motion. I rise to support it for all the good and deserved reasons, but amongst them, I support it because of my brother who was called Moses Mwani.Moses Mwani from...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Start-Up Bill (Senate Bills No.14 of 2022) . The Bill is by our very own Sen. Crystal Asige, whom I congratulate. We have interacted before on the Bill. She has the passion, conviction and courage of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this very important Bill. I begin by congratulating my brother, Sen. Wambua, for having thought through this process. I begin with Section 23 of the Bill which states that the Crops Act shall not apply to the production, development and regulation...

Yes. Kindly take us to Standing Order No.118 and proceed to read it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order 118 states – ‘Senators to be seated

I rise to support this Bill and associate myself with the comments that have been made by Sen. Osotsi except to clarify that the Constitution does not prohibit the Finance Bill coming to this House. The Constitution only requires that the Finance Bill is introduced through the National Assembly. I...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, thanks for the information, but I was not referring to President Ruto or his administration. I was simply referring to the Government of Kenya having removed police officers from police stations.I am litigating that matter in court. I got orders staying the eviction of the police officers....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a war on the Republic of Kenya. It is a fight for the soul of this country and we will not shy away from it. We do not have another country. We only have this country. For those who are inviting me for a...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to contribute to the Motion by saying that adjourning for the prayer day is apt. Even though we are not a theocracy and we must masquerade as one, it is important that those who want to pray are given an opportunity to do so....

Madam Temporary Speaker, I wanted to rise on a point of order, but my device did not alert you. Nonetheless, Standing Order No.41 (1) regarding the quorum states that- “If at any time in the course of the proceedings of the Senate a Senator objects that there is not a...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion by the Majority Whip. I stand to support this Motion on many fronts. Before I do that, I want to congratulate the team that settled on Turkana as the county where we should start a tour...

Clerk, can you confirm that. It has been reported to me that we do not have quorum. I wish to order that the Quorum Bell be rung for 10 minutes.

I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No. 39 on the quorum of the Senate. Do we have quorum to conduct business?