Judith Achieng Sijeny

Sen. Sijeny Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was consulting. Perhaps, I could find out what it was. I am not aware. We could move on to the next one. I will come back after consulting. DECLINING PROFITS IN THE TEA INDUSTRY

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, we communicated to the relevant Cabinet Secretary about Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s request on the road to Kakamega, of allocating at least Kshs5 million to repair the road---

Sen. Sijeny We have written but not received the answer. We have sought a meeting on Thursday. With your permission, we could report to this House on Tuesday next week.

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to congratulate the petitioners. If these are the real relevant caregivers, it shows they are concerned about their area of specialty, especially the health of mwananchi, “Wanjiku”. The issue of losing lives cannot be prevented in the name of fighting for supremacy,...

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir I will---

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale requested for a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation, regarding the status of Kakamega-Kaburengu-Webuye Road. The questions were as follows:

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very brief.

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply as follows. November 4, 2015 SENATEDEBATES

Sen. Sijeny The Senator for Bungoma, Sen. Wetangula, requested for supplementary information from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation regarding the status of construction of Kakamega-Kaburengu-Webuye Road as follows:

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard the further clarifications sought for by various Senators. I concur that the best way to go about it is to invite the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, to come and answer the statements sought for. We had done that...

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was definitely going to do so. Everything is in the HANSARD. Even as we seek clarification on statements from the Ministry, we can tackle what we can. If this particular Committee had requested of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure before and they...

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most obliged.

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and congratulate the people of Murang’a who have demonstrated maturity and confirmed that they are peace loving Kenyans. They have approached the big sister, the Senate, to help them deal with their issues as enshrined in the Constitution. Secondly,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the formation of the Committee. I urge the Members who I believe will retire from this Sitting for their first meeting, to observe the precedence already set when we had the issue of Kericho County, a Jubilee Governor impeachment, the Committee was chaired by a...

Hon. Senators, in order to save on time, I call upon the Mover to reply.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply.

This is a matter concerning counties. We will therefore proceed to vote by county delegations. (The Division Bell was rung) (The Bar was drawn and the doors closed) DIVISION ELECTRONIC VOTING NOES: Nil.

The results of the Division areas follows:-

Sen. Sijeny Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I join you in welcoming our counterparts of the Committee on Delegated Legislation from the county assemblies. We met and we had a very fruitful deliberation. They have learnt a lot from us. We too have learnt from them. I can assure...

Sen. Sijeny Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity and Sen. Adan for donating your precious time to me and more so, for bringing this Motion. This is well thought and thank God it had to come from a woman. This means you have really thought...

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the court cannot rule then, a date was given where they were going to be given a hearing. I did not follow up, the court needed to interrogate why they did not want to go free. At times, prisoners will always say that they...

Sen. Sijeny Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I have said, you have to interrogate because some concerns are genuine. You will go home and you will be killed if it is a domestic dispute and you have not been removed from that hostile environment. If it is something you witnessed,...

Sen. Sijeny Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to thank you for the cooperation that we are getting from the National Assembly. My only concern is that there is an issue of gender in the membership of the Committee. It would be more appropriate if a lady would...

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Sen. Sijeny Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the petitioner. I also add my voice on behalf of persons with disability. Most persons with disability do not have ID cards simply because they are not given an opportunity and the bureaucracy does not allow them. I propose that the Committee...

Sen. Sijeny Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also allowing me to welcome the Tangaza University College sisterhood who are seated at the Speaker’s Gallery. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, I feel proud that we have sisters coming in the name of a university. We need to...

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Sen. Sijeny Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support this Petition and applaud them because these Kenyans have chosen to follow the right channel; non- violent and very professional ways of solving their problems. I am sure after this Petition is determined in detail, these problems will be...

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