Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. One question is to the witness and another is a clarification from the counsel. I will start with the counsel. Counsel, from what the counsel from the Assembly side has indicated, do you feel that what you did was tantamount to putting...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. CECM, the law of equity requires you come to any institution of law or any institution that exercises judicial authority to help you with clean hands. Do you feel in the context of the exercise that you did which was basically to...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru A Member who has spoken on the Motion cannot draw the attention of Chair to that point of order. (Loud consultations) Madam Temporary Speaker, I have not even spoken.

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee reports to the Senate its consideration of the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed)

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I ask Hon. Maanzo to second.

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Eddy Oketch, there is something new to disclose? Which county is this?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know Sen. Eddy Oketch’s interest in this matter. It is not the debate. I will choose not to indulge in that conversation. The point I was making is that even in these matters where county assemblies consult citizens, either with their budget, impeachment proceedings, they...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know Sen. Eddy Oketch’s interest in this matter. It is not the debate. I will choose not to indulge in that conversation. The point I was making is that even in these matters where county assemblies consult citizens, either with their budget,...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In conclusion, under Standing Order No.1, allow him to bring that Statement so that we can converse. It is in bad faith to issue a Gazette Notice to import rice, yet we have a lot of rice in Mwea and Nyatike,...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, pursuant to Standing Order No.153, I beg to move that the Committee of the Whole do report to the Senate its consideration of The Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023) , and seek leave to sit again tomorrow. (

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda. Hon. Members, I had directed that I am not going to allow any additional comments on the Statements read out. However, I know there are so many Members who have made requests. We are out of time for comments on Statements...

Chairperson, please proceed. Just a clarification, you are not in this particular Bill. First of all, let us have Sen. Mumma, who was the Chairperson of the session, to report.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered The Creative Economy Support Bill (Senate Bills No.30 of 2024) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.

I call upon the Mover to move. Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report and call upon Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe to second.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) THE BUSINESS LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.51 OF 2024)

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Hon. Members, before I allow the next contributor to this Motion, I have a communication to make on visiting teachers and students from Kimogoro Adventist Schools in Bomet County. Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon, of visiting teachers...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sorry, I am just concluding. We must have an opportunity for all of us to access fertilizer. I am only disappointed, as I expected Sen. Murango to have brought a Statement on the Gazette Notice on the importation of rice, yet rice in Mwea and Nyatike is...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Serjeant-at-Arms, close the doors and draw the bars. (The doors were closed and the bars drawn) If that is done, we are voting on these Bills electronically. Serjeant-at-Arms, nobody should leave the Chamber after the bars are drawn. Whether you are voting as a delegation or a nominated Senator, you...

Hon. Senators, this is different from the others. This Bill is not going to the Third Reading and so, I want to communicate on its way forward. Hon. Senators, having considered the Presidents Memoranda on the Conflict of Interest Bill (National Assembly Bill No.12 of 2023) and approved the recommendations...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health on

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch GicheruSen. Abass, Wajir County. The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Veronica Maina): Hon. Senators, the results of the Division are as follows-

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We are progressing well as a Senate. I appreciate that even as I rise to speak, I support this Bill before us, the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill. This Bill comes in the backdrop of the Division of Revenue Bill, which...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, Sen. Omogeni is my senior. I know how much I respect him. He should not say what I did not say. I did not say that those other institutions are not trusted. I just said we are trusted more than them. It...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. For the first time I have seen a situation where you invite Sen. Cheruiyot to give a comment on what the Speaker has said. On this issue of fare, I am looking at the Senate...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Mr. Temporary Speaker, if you give me time, I will bring you the Mzalendo’s data and show you how much the Senate is trusted across board in the country in terms of making sober decisions. I was calling to the conscience of my--- I know Sen. Omogeni...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru Sure, I will do that. However, I appeal to him as one of the Senators, that his Bill on gambling is a bad Bill. It is based on the idea that we will make significant tax revenue from gambling. You cannot rely on gambling to raise taxes....

Sen. Oketch Gicheruresources, they should approach Parliament for more appropriation of resources, so that we can fight corruption in this country.That is why when I see young people agitating for good governance, EACC must be held accountable. At the county level, most governors are becoming overnight billionaires. They are becoming...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru