Esther Anyieni Okenyuri

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of international concern regarding the World Expo 2025. Mr. Speaker, Sir, World Expos, officially known as International Registered Exhibitions, are global platforms where national nations converge to explore...

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. I join my colleagues on this matter of definition of “affinity” and the general definition of “relative” and “family”. The definition of family here is the spouse, dependent child or parent of a public officer, a dependent child of the spouse of...

Sen. Okenyuri Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 9th July, 2025- Report of the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism on its consideration of...

Sen. Okenyuri

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity and for agreeing to give me more minutes. I have sat in this House for the last 13 years. What I have seen today has never happened in the history of this House. We have the matters of procedure, but...

Sen. Okenyuri Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am reading this Statement on behalf of Sen. Onyonka. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a matter of national concern regarding the review of constituency boundaries....

Sen. Okenyuri

Sen. Okenyuri Mr. Speaker, Sir, to begin with, I want to read Article 238 of the Constitution. It reads as follows- “ (1) National security is the protection against internal and external threats to Kenya’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, its people, their rights, freedoms, property, peace, stability and prosperity and...

Sen. Okenyuri

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would also wish to know from the Cabinet Secretary, in line with what Prof. Tom Ojienda mentioned on capacity building. We have a soapstone mining activity which is more traditional, but I feel like the Ministry is not giving it much attention,...

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support the Statement by Sen. Wambua. The current issue he is actually highlighting is not appearing for the first time. The Ministry now needs to take stern actions to ensure they stop whatever is happening within that area. Mr. Speaker,...

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism on a matter of national concern on the implementation of a new ticketing and queuing system by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)...

Sen. Okenyuri Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support the Statement by Sen. Tabitha Mutinda on the Protection Trust Fund. For your information, I think most Kenyans do not even know whether this Fund exists. After enacting, not so much was done to create awareness among members of the public...