Sifuna Edwin Watenya

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will if it is of any comfort to my colleague. As a lawyer, I am very much aware of the sub judice rule. We know that the matters that are dealt with by the Employment and Labour Relations Court are labour related. They deal...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Like my colleagues who have gone before me, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 52 (1) , to make a Statement on an issue of national and general topic of concern, namely, the ongoing strike called by the Kenya Air Line Pilots...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are the coalition,

Sen. Sifuna Very much so, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me two minutes. I will go straight to the point. The IPPs who signed very punitive and unconscionable contracts against the people of Kenya were officers within the Government. They were working in the energy sector and were mandated to protect Kenyans....

Hon. Senator, your time is up. Thank you, for being compliant. Senator for Tana-River, Sen. Mungatana, you have the Floor. (Sen. Mungatana spoke off record)

This is a matter---

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to begin by thanking my Chair for bringing this important Statement. I was a Member of the Committee on Energy in the previous Parliament and we did quite a lot of work in regards to trying to deal with the cost of electricity....

Sen. Cherarkey, I hope you did not direct the DPP because Under Article 157 of the Constitution, the Office of the DPP is independent of any direction. I want to believe that your statement was not a direction to the DPP.

electricity here in Kenya. We should use Kenya shillings when purchasing power from them.Finally, we should start thinking about renewable energy. I remember during the previous session, we fought hard to ensure that we have zero-rated purchasing and installation of solar panels.As the Chair mentioned, we have a lot of...