Cherarkey Samson K

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Through you, Cabinet Secretary, on 28th December, 2020, the Office of the Auditor-General did a performance audit on management of drought in Kenya through the NDMA. One of the recommendations was on the status of the National Drought and Emergency Fund Regulations and the implementation...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the answers by the Cabinet Secretary are totally unsatisfactory. I asked a question about whether the 2017 Regulations on NDEF have been enacted. The answer should have been yes or no or it is still in progress. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as per Standing Order No.1,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Although you have been asked the question, let me re-emphasise. In addition, the Cabinet Secretary has said that there are 44,000 teachers on internship. He should disclose the financial and budgetary implication because he cannot tell us he wants to comply with the court...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to join my colleagues in passing our deepest condolences because we are told 42 Kenyans died because of Friday’s ragging floods. Seventy-one vehicles were also swept away. Yesterday in the news, they said that most schools could not continue. The issues of stormwater, drainage...

Point of information!

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, naturally, I am a lawyer by profession; an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a member of the Supreme Court and also a farmer, because I grew up farming.

I farm maize, dairy and even grocery. I agree with his line of thought that the biggest challenge to the issue of market pricing, especially in crop produce and products such as dairy, is a moribund organisation called the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) . It does not make sense...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to comment about the Statement on increased water prices by the Senator for Kirinyaga. I do not know how you can exercise Standing Order No.1 because the Water Resources Regulations, 2025 were passed. Under the Statutory Instruments Act, Section 11 and Section 19, Parliament is...

Proceed to read it. Standing Order No.53? No, Standing Order No.60, that is Notices of Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, Standing Order No.1. I am sorry for taking long on the issue of--- please give me a moment to apprise myself on Standing Order Nos.1 and 62 on the procedure of...

No, Standing Order No.60, that is Notices of Motion.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah, do you have a typo error in your Notice of Motion?

There is an error and I acknowledge it. That is why I was going to invoke the Speaker's guidance on that error. I think it is a typo. Perhaps, I could be guided. That is why I was raising the attention of the Speaker that there was an error in...

If you are a man and you are able to take care of more than one, you can take care of our business in this world. As the Bible says, our business is to procreate. We must procreate. You can see World War III between Iran and the USA, and...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. That is why I am saying farmers in Nandi will be proud. I appeal to our colleague Senators; Sen. Ojienda, Sen. Methu and Sen. Onyonka, not to go and disparage the Senate. You do not go and tell people that the roof of your house...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have two statements and I hope you will allow me to read them consecutively. FRAUDULENT DIVERSION OF FUNDS AT MTRH Kshs10 million through manipulation of hospital payment processes linked to the e- Citizen platform.In the statement, the Committee should address the following- SECURITY VULNERABILITIES ON...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have policies and I confirm that to Sen. Wambua. He should just be keen on what we are saying. On the issue of Russia-Ukraine conflict, I appeal to the Government because I was just cross-checking that the country has what we call Kenya Diaspora...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. From the onset, I pass my deepest condolences to the family of Hon. Johana Ngeno and his compatriots, who passed on in a tragic air crash at Chepkiep, Sang’alo-Kebulonik Ward, Mosop Constituency, Nandi County. I arrived at the scene at 6.45 p.m.,...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the Senate its consideration on the National Assembly Amendment to The Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 28 of 2024) and its rejection thereof. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) THE PUBLIC FINANCE...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a number of statements. I hope you will allow me to read them in mutatis mutandis manner. PILFERAGE OF NAIROBI WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANY ASSETS CLOSURE OF LESSOS NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC IN NANDI COUNTY UNLAWFUL CLOSURE OF CPSB OFFICES AND TRANSFER OF BOARD STAFF...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, you remember I was the co- sponsor of the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.45 of 2022. I thought you should give guidance in future. I was the co-sponsor because the sponsor was Hon. Rahim Dawood. I was the co-sponsor and I moved...

Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move: - THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (2) by— February, 26, 2026 SENATE DEBATES 21February, 26, 2026 SENATE DEBATES 22 What guidance do you need? I am feeling a lot of pain because my Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment)...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. A quick one to Waziri. He has talked about poverty alleviation especially among the young people, through NYOTA and youth development programmes that are supposed to be in place. Waziri, what monitoring and evaluation mechanisms have you put in place to ensure that what you...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to find out from the Cabinet Secretary on the issue of digital credit providers. We have seen most of them are exploitative in terms of interest, and have shylock-like behaviours, called predatory lending. What mechanisms have been put in place by the...

Madam Temporary Speaker, my question relates to Question No.003 by Sen. Joyce. I want to find out from the Cabinet Secretary, since he is always quick to speak in the media and at political rallies, the status of the investigation into the killing of Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett. I also...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will make brief comments. I commend the committee for this report. The issue of public debt management strategy is key. It is a reality that as at 2026, public debt was at Kshs12.3 trillion. It is also a reality that for some time now,...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this report, under the able leadership of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader and the Chairperson, Sen. Oburu Odinga, who is our Gen Z leader. The other day, he was saying, “Weka mawe”. It is good to have him midwife...

I am the devolution warrior. As you can see, coming from the Senate Majority Leader, I might also be the Majority Leader or a bigger person in future. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I second this Bill, there is no legal framework on culture that has been put in place. This...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I never knew that there are indigenous people who had known a torch. That is the only thing I wanted to ask Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale only that I have not had time to sit with him. I thought that torch should be off by now. Has it...

Hon. Members, please, consult in very low tones and let us hear Sen. Cherarkey. (Loud consultations)

Sen. Kinyua, what is your point of order?

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Kinyua has just walked in. He was in Kisii and Nyamira counties. He is still resetting his thinking to what is happening on the Floor of the Senate. You also know he has been walking around with a very dangerous man whom we impeached...

Sen. Cherarkey, you cannot discuss the Temporary Speaker in that light. Can you concentrate on the issues?

Okay, I just wanted to relate. Let me use the immediate Temporary Speaker who just left the seat, Sen. Mumma. People like Sen. Mumma, they no longer give birth. They have given birth to their lastborns. (Laughter)

Yes, the Speaker can always inform me.

Proceed. I am sure you are duly informed.

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to make comments on the Report on the findings of the Committee on Health, on the visits to Mandera, Marsabit and Wajir counties. These findings by the Committee on Health are not statistics. This is a reality in many counties in our...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reading of Standing Order No.57 (1) is very clear. In fact, it has been specific in the reading statement of the Majority Leader. Since it is not provided expressly on the laying or the tabling of papers, Standing Order No.1, which you have absolutely--- Let...

No, it is not, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is request for a statement on the status of investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) into extrajudicial killings and abuse of police authority. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just in one minute, I would like say that on the issue of JSS interns, it is unfair to the more than 20,000 young Kenyans under the JSS programme. There must be a process of ensuring that we put into focus them being put in permanent...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the onset, as I support the Motion, allow me, with tremendous respect, to wish our brothers of Muslim faith all the best as they begin Ramadhan. This is a holy season. Coincidentally, today is Ash Wednesday for the Catholic faithful and the beginning of lent...

(Loud consultation)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since I tried reading the Standing Orders and they do not explicitly provide how classified information is handled, that is why I wanted your guidance. However, I have some information here, which I can table. Then, if there are rules and guidance on how classified information...

Further information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

I do not know why Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is mad.

He is saying I am wasting the time of the House.

These are dispatches from the NPS, in the official communication, which I can table. However, I thought the procedure is to table, then they verify and then they get back to me. That is the procedure of the House, unless the Standing Orders have changed.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought part of--- (Loud consultations) You are supposed to substantiate. Do you know what your statement was and what you should substantiate? You are not substantiating the police information or whatever they communicated. You are substantiating allegations about a meeting in Kitengela. That is what...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I am saying that it is classified information.

Sen. Cherarkey, you know what you are supposed to do; the rules of the House. You know you are supposed to substantiate the allegations that you made yesterday. Could I read to you once again? (Loud consultations)

No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand, but I needed the indulgence on the classified information part. If you can guide me---

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I have information here that I wanted to table---

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so that the House can proceed in the comfort, I beg to withdraw and apologise but I know in the fullness of time I will be proven right.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on a matter of countywide concern regarding the recent disputes between matatu and boda boda operators in Nairobi City County which have escalated into violence,...

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No.1, you should also exercise your discretion by protecting Members. When a matter has been ruled on, it is a res judicata matter. It should be stopped from discussion. I thought the Senior Counsel would be better placed to know when a matter...

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