Kiplagat Jackson Mandago

Sen. Mandago On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I did not want to interrupt my good friend, the Senator for Murang’a County. However, under Standing Order No.105 on responsibility for statement of fact, could he provide evidence that the Governor used funds for Nairobi City County to pay...

Sen. MandagoIn Uasin Gishu, it will cost Kshs1.5 million. Why? The terrain in Elgeyo Marakwet is so hilly. There are hills and valleys. To construct a kilometre of road in Elgeyo Marakwet might take two to three weeks. To construct a kilometre of road in Uasin Gishu will take less...

Sen. Wamatinga, please proceed.

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Sen. Mandago Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Liaison Committee on the activities and operations of Select Committees during the Third Session (2024) pursuant to Standing Order 224 (2) , laid on the Table of the...

Sen. Mandago Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Senate Liaison Committee, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, 28th May, 2025- May 28, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 1 Sen. MandagoReport of the Liaison Committee on the activities and operations of...

Sen. Mandago Thank you. Let us have Sen. Mundigi on the Floor and thereafter, Sen. Roba respond. After which, we shall close the matter.

Sen. Mandagoprocedures are conducted under the supervision of the qualified medical specialist. All post-operative briefings should be conducted by the lead surgeons to ensure accurate communication with patients and their families about the procedures and outcomes.Three, the KMPDC should, within three months of tabling this Report, issue a caution or...

Sen. Mandago Bi. Spika, kwa lugha ya Kiswahili, tunasema kuunga mkono. Nina ‘second.’

Bi. Spika, muda umeyoyoma kwa hivyo sita sema mengi bali kuunga mkono kazi ya Kamati hii. Wamefanya kazi nzuri. Yule mama wa mtoto alipwe pesa na mambo ya madaktari ichukuliwe hatua vile inafaa ili iwe funzo kwa madaktari wengine. Ninaunga mkono kwa sababu Kamati hii imefanya kazi mzuri.

Can you second the report.

Sen. Mandago Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to make comments on the Statement by the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale. Indeed, I have seen this letter about the former NHIF staff, who were going to be deployed to various agencies in Government. As a Committee...

Sen. Mandago: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support Motion on the Disbursement Schedule because we have had issues with counties. Every time we have an opportunity to meet governors or people who work for county governments in our counties sometimes they take us to task. We...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support Motion on the Disbursement Schedule because we have had issues with counties. Every time we have an opportunity to meet governors or people who work for county governments in our counties sometimes they take us to task. We always tell...

As we support the passage of this Schedule, we are concerned that the National Treasury has continuously failed to honour the Schedule that this House has developed, putting service delivery in counties into jeopardy. By failing to follow the Disbursement Schedule, the National Treasury is continuously accumulating pending bills in...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion that this Disbursement Schedule be approved, so that we can continue doing the service that we are supposed to do to our counties.I thank you.

The Senate Majority Leader.

Sen. Mandago Sen. Abass Mohamed.

Sen. Mandago

Now you are making it difficult for what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is asking to be accommodated. I will then make the ruling that we use this time for the question time, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. When the CS comes back, one of the things he must do is address this issue....

Sen. Mandago Madam Temporary Speaker, before I ask my supplementary question, allow me to table in the Senate a petition by Universal Health Care staff on the issue of confirmation of UHC staff. This is a memorandum of objection of the resolution made by the Ministry of Health and the...

Sen. Mandago Then allow me to ask my question.

Sen. Mandago Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to know from the Cabinet Secretary whether in his budget making process proposal, he included the funds for confirmation of UHC staff.

Sen. Mandago: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, ask your question. Madam Temporary Speaker, now that you have ruled, make sure before we leave this House, you and Cabinet Secretary also address those members of UHC.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, ask your question.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The foundation, backbone and engine of the success of SHA, SHIF and UHC is the human resource. I rise under the provisions of our Standing Order No.51 (c) 6 (c) , that the Cabinet Secretary be allowed to make a statement on this issue of...

Hon. Senators, questions have been asked by Members and we have 17 minutes to go. So my view is that we allow the Cabinet Secretary to answer. (An Senator spoke off the record)

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. My question is straightforward. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, with the establishment of the three health funds under SHA, how do you ensure that patients will not be lining up at chemists to look for drugs that have been prescribed in hospitals? That has been a big...

You have asked a question.

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Sen. Mandago Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope that you will also keep my time focused because I want to address the issue.

Sen. Mandagowomen's leadership. They should learn to follow the proceedings, the Standing Orders and the procedures of the House.

Sen. Mandago Sen. Gloria, what is your point of order?

Sen. Mandago Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to request the Chair to protect citizens from the toxic statements that are being spewed on the Floor of the House. We have guests at the gallery and as a wise man I think we need to take cover of such unpalatable...

On a point of order! Sen. Mandago Thank you so much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to welcome our guests who are the UK MPs from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. I want to tell them to feel at home. I look forward to...

Sen. Gloria, what is your point of order?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, considering that I was supporting the submissions of Sen. Eddy Oketch, I do not want to disrupt him. When I listen to Sen. Mandago standing and not only Sen. Mandago, today, this afternoon is a really trying session, when I listen to various Senators always trying...

Sen. Wafula, what is your point of order? Hon. Senators, I have to put an end to this matter now.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to request the Chair to protect citizens from the toxic statements that are being spewed on the Floor of the House. We have guests at the gallery and as a wise man I think we need to take cover of such unpalatable and unindigestible...

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Sen. Mandago Did he say exactly that?

Sen. Mandago Let us resume. Proceed, Senator Omtatah.

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Sen. Mandago Thank you so much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, allow me to appreciate the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations for taking time to embark on this matter. There are very few women deputy governors. Most of the governors are male and their deputies are also male. Very...

Hon. Senators, before I call the next speaker, who is Sen. Omtatah, I would like to suspend the sitting for five minutes and resume thereafter to attend to a personal matter. April 10, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 49

Let us resume. Proceed, Senator Omtatah.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to address this august House with regards to the Motion being debated. I have looked through the Motion and will comment on a few issues. This matter was allegedly triggered off by an element of insubordination on the part of the...

Sen. Omtatah, just as a matter of guidance, if you could please follow Standing Order No.120 on relevance and repetition. You have deviated from the Motion at hand, and I have given you a leeway to discuss the matter that you have entered into, but you are dwelling on it...

Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am guided by your wisdom. As I wind up, I was just going to bring up an analogy that the genesis of the dispute in Trans Nzoia County was not being addressed. When I looked at the report, the governor had clearly said that...

Sen. Mandago On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. April 9, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 29

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

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

Sen. Mandago I want to inform Sen. Kinyua that protection is not necessarily an electric fence.

Sen. Mandago Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a question to the Cabinet Secretary, which we may not get an answer today because the issue is not closely related, but it endangers our forests. There is a plant called cuscuta that destroys the very trees that we plant. If it...

Sen. Mandago Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Isiolo Airport is not classified as an airport. Eldoret is an international airport receiving no less than five cargo planes. I expect you to be asking the Cabinet Secretary when he will be expanding the runway, so that we can export agricultural produce from...

Sen. Mandago Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No.105--- (Sen. Cherarkey consulted loudly)

Sen. Mandago He is on record. He said it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this business of people demeaning projects in other counties is not good. I was just passing information to the Deputy Speaker that he should ask the Cabinet Secretary when Eldoret International Airport will be extended because it...

Sen. Mandago Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my point of order is on Standing Order No.105. Is it right for Sen. Cherarkey to say that the Eldoret International Airport reception looks like a toilet, when Nandi County is suffering from serious problems? They are not even at the level of having...

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Sen. Mandago: Sen. Mandago: Madam Temporary Speaker, I will not withdraw unless I see the content of the letter. What I know is that the letter was not written to him, as the Speaker, but as a Chair of the commission.

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Sen. Mandago Sen. Cherarkey, you are being very disruptive. Sen. Omtatah, please, proceed. (Sen. Cherarkey consulted loudly) Sen. Cherarkey, we will listen to those contributing in silence, please.