Cherarkey Samson K

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on a matter of national concern regarding the conduct, financing, outcomes and overall impact of the Jukwaa la Usalama Forum and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir,

I am well guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I apologise.

For purposes of housekeeping, we have system challenges in terms of timekeeping. Your time remaining is three minutes and 45 seconds, for purposes of that contribution. The Speaker felt it was important to alert you to that. You may now proceed. JLAC, I left a legacy report that the Two-Thirds...

Yes.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, but I had 16 minutes? Why is it that when I start acknowledging my female colleagues, the time is suddenly switched off? I wanted to celebrate Sen. Miraj Abdillahi. She is running for Member of Parliament in Mombasa County. We are proud of her. Mr. Temporary...

Freeze my time. I have one minute and 24 seconds.

and a culture that has been built to the extent that people believe that women, when given a leadership chance, tend to forget their responsibilities.I stand today to speak about the number of years that I have served together with women here. I believe that what men can do, women...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to applaud the distinguished Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Sen. Mariam Omar, for ably moving the Motion, especially on the reporting of the Petition by Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) . Coincidentally, I am the one who presented the Petition,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on a matter of national concern regarding the conduct, financing, outcomes and overall impact of the Jukwaa la Usalama Forum and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir,

I am well guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I apologise.

For purposes of housekeeping, we have system challenges in terms of timekeeping. Your time remaining is three minutes and 45 seconds, for purposes of that contribution. The Speaker felt it was important to alert you to that. You may now proceed. JLAC, I left a legacy report that the Two-Thirds...

Yes.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, but I had 16 minutes? Why is it that when I start acknowledging my female colleagues, the time is suddenly switched off? I wanted to celebrate Sen. Miraj Abdillahi. She is running for Member of Parliament in Mombasa County. We are proud of her. Mr. Temporary...

Freeze my time. I have one minute and 24 seconds.

and a culture that has been built to the extent that people believe that women, when given a leadership chance, tend to forget their responsibilities.I stand today to speak about the number of years that I have served together with women here. I believe that what men can do, women...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to applaud the distinguished Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Sen. Mariam Omar, for ably moving the Motion, especially on the reporting of the Petition by Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) . Coincidentally, I am the one who presented the Petition,...

Asante, Bwana Spika wa Muda. Nakubaliana na yeye kuwa hawafanyi mambo haya kihobela-hobela. Wanafanya wakitumia stakabadhi zinazopaswa kutumiwa. Mheshimiwa Spika wa Muda, makafani ya Laikipia, Nanyuki na Nyahururu yako katika hali mbaya sana. Kwa hivyo, magavana wanapaswa kuwajibika ili makafani yetu yawe katika hali inayofaa. Vile vile Serikali kuu inapaswa...

Mheshimiwa Spika wa Muda, ningependa kumjulisha Seneta wa Kaunti ya Laikipia aliyeongea Kiswahili sanifu ya kwamba Kamati ya Uhasibu wa Fedha za Umma katika Kaunti huwa tunaitisha stakabadhi za ukaguzi. Hatuitishi mambo mengi. Nafikiri jambo hilo limekuwa wazi. Asante.

Sen. Mandago, your time is up. Sen. Olekina, proceed.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Mandago today is on fire. I just wanted to inform Sen. Mandago, that under the Constitution itself, Article 226 (5) on Accounts and Audit of Public Entities, if the owner of a public office, including a political office, directs or approves the use of public...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. I want to comment on the amended Motion on the implementation of recommendations by the select committees of CPAC and CPISFC on county public accounts. I have seen the amendment by the Senator for Kisii. From the onset, the power of formation of the committees...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on a matter of national concern regarding the recent acid attack in Nairobi on a 24-year-old gospel artist, Ms. Marie Claire. This...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.1 of the Senate Standing Orders. We need your guidance on the issue of the Division of Revenue. Is it in order for the Senate to discuss and pass the Division of Revenue Bill and allocate resources to governors who have failed...

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

It is a point of order for purposes of procedure. Proceed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.159 on withdrawal of Bills- “ (1) Either before the commencement of business or on the Order of the day for any stage of the Bill being read, the Senator in...

Sen. Sifuna, you are now doing linda county.

to a sentence of poverty, where when they go to the hospital, there are no drugs. They cannot even walk to the market because there are potholes. There is no vehicle that agrees to go to that road. Even the boda boda do not even want to go there and...

(Laughter)(Applause)(Applause) A governor in the CoG gets a monthly allowance every financial year. That is why all the claws of the Chairperson of the CoG were coming out. Are you aware in our CPAC report, we found out that every county is paying Kshs5 million illegal subscription fees to the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support our Committee. I am a proud Member of the County Public Accounts Committee and more so serving as a Senator in this session. I am happy a number of county governments have been named and shamed, including Nandi County. If...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday, we raised a point of order under Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.1. We had similar problems and the Temporary Speaker, Sen. Veronica Maina, gave direction on usage of these gadgets because they have become inefficient. It is like we are going...

Did you hear what he said about me?

Or we move to the National Assembly Chamber. IMPACT OF MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT ON PETROLEUM SUPPLY IN KENYA SAFETY OF KENYANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AMID THE ONGOING CONFLICT

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. Let me comment on the crisis in the health sector. I am disappointed. I want to agree with Sen. Kinyua on the issue of unresolved labour issues in Laikipia. I always say, what defines devolution is the issue of health. If health...

There are many Osotsis in this country. I never said Sen. Osotsi. I have said the Osotsis of this world. They are saying the President’s personal attention to the youth does not matter. This is embarrassing and the young people--- Those are statements you can say on Sunday 29th, in...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will request your guidance. Under Standing Order No. 101 (6) a Senator shall refer to another Senator by the title ‘Senator,’ then the name. I said ‘Osotsi,’ so I will need to be guided under the context of Standing Order No.101 (6) . Then you...

In fact, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude my submissions, I would request that the HANSARD be produced because I said ‘Osotsis of this world.’ I am aware of Standing Order No.101 (6) that says a Senator shall be referred by the title ‘Senator.’ So maybe---

I will need guidance under Standing Order No.101 (6) . I said ‘Osotsi;’ I did not say ‘Sen. Osotsi.’ You have been given guidance, Sen. Cherarkey. If you have finished your three minutes, I need the HANSARD produced. Let me conclude by saying, because the light is still there, that...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, and through you, thank you, Sen. Crystal Asige. That was very deep, concise and precise. As men, I want to assure her, we have learned a lot. Some of us are gender champions. So, you will always have our support. As the Liaison Committee, we...

Can I withdraw and apologise?

Linda is tired or something. Mr. Temporary Speaker, as I rise to second this historic and momentous Motion, I would like to say that the issue of gender is very emotive. I yield back, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Madam Temporary Speaker, you know that these points of orders are meant to waste my time.

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. PUBLIC ACCESS TO LIVE STREAMING OF SENATE PROCEEDINGS ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (Loud consultations)

Sen. Cherarkey, can you finish your submissions on the earlier points? That is why I am saying, if Sen. Okongo Omogeni, SC, is saying that Article 118 should not be a priority, I want the people of Nyamira and Kisii counties to see where Sen. Okongo Omogeni is saying the...

Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to ask the following questions about the stadia knowing that Nandi and the North Rift regions are sources of champions. I would like the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Salim Mvurya, to clarify the status of the following stadia: Kamariny Stadium in Elgeyo-Marakwet County,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary should be honest before the House. There is no ongoing work in Kamariny. I do not know when last he went there. Number two, Kiprugut Stadium in Kericho was opened. He needs to be specific on what they are doing there now. Are...

I am trying not to use unparliamentary language. It would have been unparliamentary if I had said that the Cabinet Secretary is lying.

Why is he heckling? (Loud consultations) Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I need to be taught---

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, he should tell us the facts. I am not challenging your ruling.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I need to be taught---

I withdraw and replace that he is misleading the House. Very well. What is your point of order, Senator? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is concerning the way he answered my question. I had asked about Nyahururu Stadium, which I am aware of and yet, he is directing me to...

Sen. Cherarkey, let us hear the response. The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports (Hon. Salim Mvurya) : CRBC on the 7th March. I have mentioned the contractor; it is part of the details--- (Loud consultations) Withdraw and replace. I withdraw and replace that he is misleading...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the point has been made. I withdraw but he knows what he consumes. That is why he gets confused and insults everybody.

But he must also withdraw, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Cherarkey, we were going to ask him to apologise. Okay, I withdraw and apologise to my good neighbour, Sen. Boni Khalwale, for what he uses. Sen. Boni Khalwale. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. I was making a very important point...

But he must also withdraw, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Okay, I withdraw and apologise to my good neighbour, Sen. Boni Khalwale, for what he uses.

Madam Temporary Speaker, you know that these points of orders are meant to waste my time.

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. PUBLIC ACCESS TO LIVE STREAMING OF SENATE PROCEEDINGS ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (Loud consultations)

Sen. Omogeni, I would like to guide you on the question that you rose to respond to. It was on live streaming. However, on this, bring a substantive question or substantive Motion. That is a serious issue.

Sen. Cherarkey, can you finish your submissions on the earlier points?

Madam Temporary Speaker, you know very well that one of the most active and industrious Senators of this session is yours truly. He even asked about Wote while I asked about Kapsabet Stadium when the Cabinet Secretary was here. Before you rule, I demand the following; one, an Information Technology...

That is why I am saying, if Sen. Okongo Omogeni, SC, is saying that Article 118 should not be a priority, I want the people of Nyamira and Kisii counties to see where Sen. Okongo Omogeni is saying the railway should pass. Finally, I will be demanding that an IT...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will comment on a number of issues that colleagues have raised. One is the issue of bodies that have been buried. We do not know the number; it is either 13 or 14. We must be told. I have seen documentation that disposal...

Can you allow me--- Were you asking--- (Sen. Osotsi spoke off record) Mr. Temporary Speaker, that is a political statement. You can make it in Mbale or Luanda in a market. It does not meet the threshold of this House. Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey. Mr. Temporary Speaker, finally, on the issue...

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

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just on a point of information. I want to thank Sen. Okiya Omtatah for that honesty and truthfulness. That is the integrity we need from leaders, not conveniently misleading us. I wanted to inform him that the public has invested so much that even the medical...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order 105 and Articles 94 and 96 of the Constitution to inquire whether it is in order for the distinguished Senator of Kitui County to want the President to do oversight of Kenyatta National Hospital, yet it is this Parliament which appropriates...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, sir, as I rise to support this Motion, these gadgets are yet to be functional. It is almost two months and they are not interfaced. (An hon. Senator spoke off record) Yes, that is why I am saying this. In fact, there was an issue of interface....

in its functionality. It is hard to access some of the documentation. In fact, the initial iPads should be brought back.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can I have your attention? Our iPads should be brought back; they were better than this. I hope the Commission and the Secretariat are noting the...

He is known by the ladies in this House as kijana barubaru - to be the Deputy of Sen. Ledama Olekina. That will be a very lethal powerful force that will sell the broad-based agenda across this country, including matters education. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 43 talks about basic...

Yes, please, of course, the Commissioner can always do that.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are aware of a matter where hon. Sossion was cleared by the court. He received his status as a teacher, but since Sen. Joyce comes from Bomet and maybe they are compatriots with the hon. Wilson Sossion, she has better information than me. Looking at...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a statement on a matter of national importance regarding the centenary celebration of Kapsabet High School, Kapsabet Town, Nandi County, an institution that has for the last 100 years played a pivotal role in shaping Kenya's leadership,...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on the issue raised by my colleague, the distinguished Senator of Baringo, Sen. Kiprono Chemitei. I think he is learning very fast and we are proud of what he is doing at the inceptive steps. I want to discourage people who...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, as my late grandfather and former Deputy Speaker of this House, Jean-Marie Seroney said, when people rise up to question some of the things, you do not need to answer them. So, I leave it to rest and allow the distinguished Senator for Baringo to come for...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also join you in welcoming the great students from Kianjogu Senior School in Nyeri County and wish them well. I am happy they just walked in when the debate on a report of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights was going on....

Mr. Deputy, Speaker, Sir, I hope the party leader of DCP is watching because even Jesus Christ was denied three times. Senator Methu has denied before the Floor of the House that he is not a member of DCP and he has been lying to the people of Nyandarua. The...

Sen. Wakili, is it a point of order or information? I overheard Sen. Cherarkey asking that the Chairperson of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee should have sat here, yet I am on my seat here. I just wanted to give him the comfort that I am following his contribution, because...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had seen the Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights consulting with Sen. Methu on a few matters of national importance. I appeal to the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important amendment brought forward by the Hon. Member of the County Assembly (MCA) . I also thank the Chair, Sen. Wakili Sigei, who happens to be my Senator and the Chair of the Standing...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of accidents on our roads is a big problem. The Eldoret-Mosoriot-Kapsabet-Chavakali Road is very narrow and has continued to cause a lot of accidents and loss of life. I am aware there is a periodic maintenance contractor on site who only brings murram to the...

It is you. irrelevant, introduce debate and bring the President into the mix? He can do those politics on the corridors of---

Thank you and congratulations on being elected as the Temporary Speaker for today's session. That shows the faith the House has on you to discharge, of course, as a ranking Member of this House to be the Temporary Speaker for the purposes of the ongoing works. As I rise to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Let me make quick observations on the Statement by the Deputy Speaker and the Senator for Meru. This issue of cattle rustling and banditry is very unfortunate and sad. Since the beginning of the year 2026, close to 2,000 livestock have been...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Senator for Nandi County? Bw. Spika, ninafahamu ya kwamba hii ni awamu ya kwanza ya Sen. Chimera. Hakuna kubweka katika Seneti; ni kuongea ama kuwakilisha. Iwapo lugha ya Kiswahili imemchanganya, basi atumie lugha ya Kimombo. Ningependa...

I wanted to deal with Sen. Omogeni, but that one is beside the point. Let me continue to make my comments on the Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.12 of 2025) . There is an introduction of Section 7A, where it is illegal, unconstitutional, immoral and abuse of human dignity...

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

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

Thank, you, my leader, for allowing me to inform you. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to inform the Senate Majority Leader that for advocates, there is what we call the Advocates (Remuneration) Order, where we do our costing and there is availability of what we call pro bono services....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to read my two Statements. ROLE OF COG IN APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES CONCERN OVER POLICE OFFICER FILMED SHOOTING AT STUDENTS’ HOSTELS AT UON

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Sifuna has spoken very well today on behalf of most of us and we are proud. If he continues on this trajectory, things look promising. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to comment on the statement on your county. It is unfortunate that three-and-a-half years...

Sen. Olekina, you have heard the point of order by Sen. Cherarkey.

Sen. Olekina, Sen. Samson Cherarkey wants to inform you. Do you want to be informed?

Sen. Cherarkey, please hold on. The Senior Counsel is attempting to catch the eye of the Chair. Are you willing to be informed by Sen. Okong’o Omogeni? All right. Proceed, Sen. Omogeni. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to inform Sen. Cherarkey. He has made some pronouncement to the...

Thank you for that information. As the crisis happens, I hope services will also improve because it is one of the premium hospitals in the country. I hope the PSC will also do due diligence because the last time I went there, services were not good. I hope they will...