Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o

Sen. Okong’o On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that Senators have agreed to finish this business as fast as possible. However I do not know whether it is possible to go ahead without tellers.

Sen Okong’o Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is absolutely impossible to give a response next week. This is because looking at the one for Tana River County alone for one year, 352 groups benefited from Uwezo Fund. If you see what is written here per constituency then classified into youth,...

Sen. Okong’o Order, Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki! You have made a very important observation. For the record, I would like to state that the Speaker shall pronounce himself at the appropriate time on what happens in that regard, concerning your observation and a ruling as you have requested. Although, there is...

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have just received a card from the Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) inviting me to listen to President Obama’s speech. I am surprised that we are receiving this invitation which I think is supposed to come from the Ministry of Foreign...

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Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my other life as a women rights advocate, I also wish to thank the team that is around. It is good to learn that there is consensus building. I also take this opportunity to warn those in offices who want women to forget about...

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, there comes a time where the Eminent Senators in this Senate must challenge themselves on what they stand for. Are they patriots? When we were splitting Committees, I was on record opposing it. We sit in four Committees, but the tradition is that you see...

Sen. Okong’o Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also support this amendment and the Motion brought by Sen. (Eng.) Karue, also referred to as the father of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) . He is fighting for those marginalized counties in terms of office space. On...

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Sen. Okong’o Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the same note, I would like the Chairman to clarify on the contracts given to some companies and individuals in America to market Kenya. Where did they emanate from, if this board is not in place? (Applause)

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues raised in the petition from Busia County are cross-cutting. Most counties have flouted the fundamentals in the Constitution, especially that of public participation. This is because of the fact that the county executives are the exchequer for the county assemblies, thereby; the...

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank the Chair for the well informed positions. I agree with the sentiments there in.

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Order! Order, Sen. Okong’o. Spare the House more confusion. Let us leave it there. I urge you to make use of your neighbourhood, the Senator for Kakamega. (Laughter) THE SELF HELP ASSOCIATIONS BILL (SENATE BILL NO. 2 OF 2015) THE CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILL NO.3 OF...

Order, Senators! We are now on the Supplementary Order Paper.

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise under Standing Order No.39 (2) to find out why public resources have been wasted today in printing a Supplementary Order Paper, when all that was required was for you to apply Standing Order No.39 to achieve what the Supplementary Order...

You have a point, Sen. Boni, but we have also requirements which are justified from even the point of order raised by your good neighbour, the Senator for Nyamira; that these things must be made abundantly clear. So, there was need to reorganize the Order Paper. That reorganization could not...

What is it, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry, I was actually listening.

When you are listening, you do not indicate to me that you want to speak. June 17th, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support this Petition, my appeal would be to the county governments not to do the same things they are doing at the moment. It would be prudent that those who have not appended their signatures to the agreement to lease those medical equipment,...

Sen. Okong’o Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also support the petitioners from Mandera. As my colleagues have said, I appeal to other citizens who feel aggrieved in the management of their resources to come to this House, which, as provided by law, deals with such issues. Sometimes when we raise some...