Janet Ongera

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator asked me to interrogate the reply on his behalf. He is out of the country.

Sen. Ongera On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Hon. Sen. Sonko whom I have a lot of respect indicated his loyalty to the Government. Could he tell us what Government because under Article 46, we have 48 Governments?

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to oppose this Procedural Motion. The reasons being advanced are not reasonable. Standing Order No.123 says that should the Senate want to amend from 14 days to a shorter period--- I stand to be corrected by Sen. Murungi because as we...

Sen. Ong’era What is it, Sen. Ong’era? July 17, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

What is it, Sen. Ong’era? Sen. Ong’era I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for interrupting. But I note with a lot of sadness that we have a person with disability here, Sen. Linet, and she cannot read and follow these proceedings because she has not been provided with this Bill...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution is very clear. Every time the President wants to do anything, it must be put in writing. If any Member wanted to challenge any decision from the President, he would rather be referring to a particular policy that is written where and when....

Sen. Ong’erawisdom can be exercised by this Senate in debating and allocating funds through this Bill because we represent the aspirations of the people in the counties. As a result of that, we shall be showing that, indeed, we are the mothers and fathers of our baby which we are...

Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy I have finally caught your eyes. That has really touched me.

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to enable me also express my condolences to the victims of the tragic accident that occurred last night at Nyambunde in Bobasi Sub-County. Madam Temporary Speaker, may I also join the Head of our Delegation, Sen. Chris Obure,...

Sen. Ong’era On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On a more substantive note but related to what Sen. No.1 has said, Sen. G.G. Kariuki, I have no problem with the Motion. However, there is a growing trend now. This is the fourth Motion with names of Senators assigned...

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. We are now faced with greater challenges of environmental management. Global warming has become a reality in the world. This has arisen due to poor management of our environment. We, as human beings, have degraded our...

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era Is she in order, when she lacks high moral ground, to state as she stated and to mislead the country that if she is given time – and this time she is powerless; she is not a Minister--- (Laughter)

Order, hon. Senator! Sen. Ong’era But, Madam Temporary Speaker, as a result of these teachers teaching our children and grandchildren--- I heard the Leader of Delegation from Homa Bay say that there was somebody who was crying in the papers. It just shows the depth of the emotions of this...

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform my very good friend, Sen. Wamatangi, that we have the National Archives which has plenty of all these documents and information that we can use for interrogating these facts.

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion and also support the amendment that was raised here by Sen. ole Ndiema. Madam Temporary Speaker, for the first time in the history of this country, we are faced with a monster and in order for us...

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am extremely confused. Is the hon. Senator for Vihiga supporting the Motion or opposing it?

Sen. Ong’era Order, Sen. Khaniri! I said you do not respond to that one.

Sen. Ong’era

Sen. Ong’era Order, Senators! Let us hear Sen. Ong’era. (Loud consultations)

Order, Senators! Let us hear Sen. Ong’era. Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Temporary Speaker, for coming to my rescue. June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate Sen. Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu Murungi. I would like it to be noted in...

Senator (Prof.) Anyang-Nyongo!

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Like my colleagues who have contributed to this Motion, I stand to support. I support it for three reasons; one, somewhere in the Constitution, it is said that, that thing which is called the Provincial Administration shall be restructured. The wording here is “shall be...

and bringing them to the President’s Office. That is not restructuring. Restructuring means that the very rules of the game that establish certain offices must be changed, because the structure of a state is given by the legal framework that establishes that state. So, in this regard, what Sen. Orengo...

In that regard, Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot continue using such names or nomenclature like chiefs and the assistant chiefs. The word “chief” is very authoritarian. When you are a chief, you are not expected to be questioned; when you are a chief, you sit on a throne. Therefore, even...

have come up with a law regulating even the character of national ceremonies to represent the new political culture that is participatory and democratic.With those few words, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support.

Senator (Dr.) Machage.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I support this Motion as put forward to us and amended thereafter by Sen. James Orengo, I would like to remind the House that, actually, it is not only the House that has seen these issues; even members of the public have started complaining....

Hon. Senators, Sen. Wako has appropriately presented before the Speaker a notice to move an amendment to this Motion.

June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the Mover of the Motion for having been very detailed in his submission on this matter, and all those who have spoken on this matter and who have suffered the inequities of the Provincial Administration, like the professors and so on. I will not go...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second. As hon. Wako was speaking, I remembered something very important about this Motion; about the political culture of changing names and so on. After the change of Government in Uganda in 1986 and the coming in of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ,...

names of popular councils or something like that so that we come in with a new culture. At the moment, the only thing that is popular is the word “devolution.”However, we need to break down devolution to the local level so that all of us are---

Sen. Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o, are you aware that you have already spoken to the main Motion? Probably, you should stick to seconding the amendment. (Question of the amendment proposed)

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. In speaking to the amendment, I would like to thank Sen. Wako for the reasons he has given as to why this amendment is important. As he has pointed out, I did not, in the same way that Sen. Hassan did, go through the membership...

I do not want to take more time. However, you will realise that we may not take a vote on the amendment because of the position we are in, in the House, which is understandable. In the last two to three days, people have been focused on one issue. However,...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to move that we adjourn and defer the putting of the question to next week on Tuesday. Standing Order No.51 (3) says:- June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES

“Despite paragraph (2), the Speaker may, on the request of a Senator, defer the putting of the question to the following day in which case the Speaker shall thereupon nominate a time at which the question shall be put.”Madam Temporary Speaker, I, therefore, request that we defer the putting of...