Chris Obure

Sen. Obure Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make a contribution to this Motion on the Annual Report to Parliament by His Excellency the President. In this Annual Report on National Security the President correctly identifies the major threats confronting this country and its citizens,...

Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NPSC is gradually being dragged back to become an appendage of the security department within the Office of the President. We all know that is the way it was before the new Constitution was adopted. This will be unconstitutional and will greatly undermine the...

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Sen. Obure(Off the record)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In this Senate, we have complained a great deal about lack of investigations. Clearly, the case of Kajiado is relevant in this case. Is the Chair satisfied that the situation should be allowed to go on?

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Sen. Obure Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform my colleague that at that time, I had been sacked from the Grand Coalition Government. I was the first Assistant Minister to be sacked for not having done anything wrong, but for not following the former Prime Minister. I want...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want to say from the outset that I support this Motion. I support it in the sense that the President’s Speech touched on all areas. He also called upon all of us, as leaders, to contribute in all the aspects...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. For purpose of record in this House, I think it would be disorderly for this House to record from the Senator that the Prime Minister unilaterally asked people to leave the Mau. The decision to leave Mau was a decision of...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform my colleague that at that time, I had been sacked from the Grand Coalition Government. I was the first Assistant Minister to be sacked for not having done anything wrong, but for not following the former Prime Minister. I want to say...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, whether this was a policy by the Government or not, I have said, and it is in record that the former Prime Minister, on the Floor of the House, in the Tenth Parliament, said that the people who were in Mau Forest had to be evicted....

Order! I think we need to proceed. As far as I am concerned, Sen. Keter has given his own personal account of the situation at that time. At no time did he say that it was the policy of the Prime Minister. He said the former Prime Minister was the...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was saying that I am happy, indeed, that all the Mau evictees, but not all of them, were rescued. There are some who remained and should fall under the category of people who did not benefit. There are some who were evicted from Embobut Forest...

done and look at how much we still need to do.The other area that the President talked about elaborately is the energy sector. He mentioned, on page 5, in part; “that a key pillar of the foundation is a strong diversified economy. Hon. Members, expensive energy has been a major...

They have been left with oil. Kenya is a growing nation.I want to talk about security which is very serious. The President elaborated measures on how to tackle security. If you read the Report on National Security – I know that a debate on this will come up after the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Speech. From the outset, I must say that somebody obviously has either misled or given a wrong impression about the allocation of revenue as we can see on Page 2 where the President says that the minimum...

Sen. Obure Not exactly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If you allow, I will raise the point of order. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Senator on the Floor has suggested that in terms of cash payments to IDPs, 777 people – according to the President’s Speech - have been paid....

Sen. Obure Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just one of the debaters of this Motion. I do not want to say whether it is me to validate the factual nature of that statement---

Sen. Obure I agree with you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think that Sen. Orengo is correct; that maybe, if you marry all figures they will match up. But I must

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just one of the debaters of this Motion. I do not want to say whether it is me to validate the factual nature of that statement---

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Sen. Obure On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On 6th March, this year, I requested for a statement from the Chair of the Committee on Education, Information and Technology regarding the number of students in Kisii County who have been sent away from public secondary schools for failing...

Sen. Obure Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know if you understood what the Chairperson promised. When will the statement be issued? In fact, the impression that I get is that it is not definite, because he has said that he will no longer be the Chairperson of that Committee....

Sen. Obure Very well, Mr. Speaker, Sir. But the only problem is that I had not suggested any day. In fact, it was not for me to suggest the date when the response will be given.

Sen. Obure Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, Roads and Transport, I wish to make quick responses to questions that were raised in this House. On 11th March, 2014, Sen. Chelule requested for a Statement regarding the state of Molo-Olenguruone Road. She...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have one more Statement and maybe this Statement might touch on part of what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is concerned about. It is a very short one; only a half a page. Order, Sen. Kivuti. If you are convinced that what you are about to...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is about district boundaries so--- You are arguing with the Chair. Have a seat.

I am sorry, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. STATE OF MOLO-OLENGURUONE ROAD Sen. Obure Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is really regrettable. The Ministry responsible for roads makes a budget and they say: We require so much money for this project. Unfortunately because of the financing challenges and the competing interests,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy to really know that the Committee sat down and has come up with the reasons this road has not been completed. It is very unfortunate that today over 80,000 potential farmers from the whole of Kuresoi are suffering because of the under-funding of...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek further clarification as to who is to blame when you talk of under-funding of construction of a road because I have a similar problem in Kirinyaga County. There is road from Kutus to Kerugoya, passing through Kagumo and then Karatina. Do we...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I seek from you some guidance on this answer. I feel that this is something that we are going to be responding to in a similar format almost throughout our sessions. The reason this is happening is because it is not just Kuresoi and Kirinyaga counties....

adopt so that we do not discuss this issue repetitively.

You will be completely out of order because the hon. Questioner showed satisfaction with the answer so delivered to this House. If you think the matter is of that magnitude and importance, you are at liberty to seek a Statement from the same Chairperson.

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am not satisfied with the answer given. This is not the kind of answer that I expected to get from the Committee. I am talking on behalf of very many people from Kuresoi; the dairy and potato farmers who are...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I was just looking at the able Chairperson whom we know at one time was the Minister in the same Ministry and he worked with the officers who I believe are giving those answers. The whole country is suffering with regard...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I am trying to suggest is that the Committee needs to be very serious and maybe call the Cabinet Secretary of that Ministry, because it is a big cancer. In the last two years or so, there was booming business in Namanga Town. Right now,...

Sen. Obure Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to give a Statement concerning the business of the House for next week, pursuant to Standing Order No.45. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on Tuesday, the Rules and Business Committee will meet to schedule the business of next week. On the same day...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Would it not be in order for the Chairman and the Committee to first of all, fast track the roads which have already stalled, like the one in Kerugoya, instead of embarking on the new structures? Sen. Karaba, I would not...

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Sen. Obure On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It would be wrong to digress from the whole issue and start talking about the youth. I do not know what the Member really wanted because I did not concentrate on the conversation. But since I was close, to be...

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Sen. ObureMr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must confess that I used the word Chinkororo and if you allow me I can correct Sen. (Dr.) Kuti. He does not understand the Kisii Language whereas I do. To some Kenyans, Chinkororo means what he thinks, but to Kisiis, Chinkororo is synonymous with...

On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to inform the distinguished Senator for Kisii that the refinery he is speaking about is actually going to be done in Isiolo because of the environmental conditions in Lamu considering the conservation issues and the mangroves. The Isiolo...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to the Report. I beg to support this Report very strongly. Allow me to thank Sen. Mwakulegwa for ably moving the Motion and for leading the Committee, along with his Chair, Sen. Moi, in this tour. Allow...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Did you hear the distinguished Senator for Kakamega saying that the Senator for Kisii was acting in the spirit of Chinkororo which according to our understanding is a gang?

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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must confess that I used the word Chinkororo and if you allow me I can correct Sen. (Dr.) Kuti. He does not understand the Kisii Language whereas I do. To some Kenyans, Chinkororo means what he thinks, but to Kisiis, Chinkororo is synonymous with heroism;...