Samson Kiprotich Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not want to interrupt my friend, but had to do it for the sake of our sportsmen. He has said the mursik assists people to break the record. Is he not insinuating that our athletes take substances that enhance performance, hence they...

On a point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Deputy Speaker (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki) What is it, Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko?

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not want to interrupt my friend, but had to do it for the sake of our sportsmen. He has said the mursik assists people to break the record. Is he not insinuating that our athletes take substances that enhance performance, hence they can be...

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was making a critical point that the President, whom we believe in, should declare cancer a national disaster, so that we put more focus and energy on it. I agree with the Council of Governors (CoGs) on that. The proposed new Section 22A...

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me then talk to the main Motion that is before this House. The CPAIC of the Senate is a very important Committee. I must appreciate the fact that this Committee has done a commendable job. It has worked tirelessly to ensure...

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. CherargeiService for efficient and effective service delivery at both levels of Government; NOTING THAT, the implementation timelines for the CARPS programme of two years specifically with regard to the capacity assessment, workload analysis and staff redeployment and transfers, are of paramount importance in the Counties as the terms of...

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to second. I thank my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, for picking this topic. I ended up seconding her because I was also thinking of the same Motion. When I went to the Director, they told me that she was...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Motion. You also had intended to move a Motion proposing an amendment to this Report. I will go by your guidance whether to move that first because I would wish the amendment to be dealt...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me then talk to the main Motion that is before this House. The CPAIC of the Senate is a very important Committee. I must appreciate the fact that this Committee has done a commendable job. It has worked tirelessly to ensure that a...

rightly do so because year in, year out, the Auditor-General captures the same issues that are supposed to have stopped. Oversight, in my understanding is effective when supreme audit institutions do not capture repeat offences that are done by those that are being oversighted.If you look at the period in...

that our County Public Accounts and Investment Committee did not get sufficient time to look at public accounts and audits in relation to those areas.The officers, in violation did not come face to face to explain what they were doing before the Senate. This is something that has been happening...

governor appeared before that Committee in his most arrogant sense. He was abrasive and rude to the Committee, but I am happy that the Committee Members maintained their cool and were able to cause him to respond to the issues that were pertinent at that time.However, it was reported that...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to thank Sen. M Kajwang’ for coming up with this Report. It must known to all Kenyans that in carrying out an audit report, the Senate is not out to catch July 25, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 55

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contractors and suppliers to be paid when they have completed their jobs. Therefore, pending bills should actually not be there; and they should be addressed within that financial year so that they do not spill over to the next financial year.As we talk about contractors, upfront payment to them before...

that. You cannot oversight on the media or in newspapers. They need to physically oversight the projects and question them where they find that money for water was allocated and there is no water on the ground. They should question when they go to ward X and find no health...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Report. I want to thank Sen. M. Kajwang’ for doing an amazing job. I sat through a session yesterday and I was impressed with how he handled those issues. I have recommendations that I believe can make...

there is legislation on internal audit within counties but the counties are not implementing that legislation. Having internal auditors in the counties is not good enough. We should have a committee that is independent of the governor to look at the reports produced by the county government. That committee can...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank all the Members of the Senate, who have contributed to this Motion. I know there are very many others who would have wished to contribute, but because of the timing and the pressure of other business in the House,...

before assemblies. If the county assembly is a legislative authority at the county level, why should we deny them that power and right to summon a Governor? A Governor only appears before a county assembly when there are impeachment proceedings against him. What kind of oversight is that, that takes...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me start from where Sen. M. Kajwang left it when he said that the CARPS report should help us to July 25, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 63

structure human resources management within the counties. However, there has not been a lot of progress in terms of recommending the implementation of the recommendations that were given. There has not been enough effort so far that has been put to ensure that enough impetus is put in terms of...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to second. I thank my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, for picking this topic. I ended up seconding her because I was also thinking of the same Motion. When I went to the Director, they told me that she was doing the...

moment. That is because they have competent people who can do this analysis but they are ignored.We can understand the governors who found the defunct county governments and inherited a big wage bill but what about those who inherited a clean bill? There are some counties that were at the...

30 p.m., time to interrupt the business of the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday 30th July, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6:30 p.m. July 25, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 67

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei(Laughter)(Laughter) Sen. Cherargei yanafaa kuhakikisha kwamba yamezingatia azimio ambalo Seneti inaweza kutoa kulingana na hiyo arifa. Sisi kama kamati husika tunatarajia majibu sahihi ambayo yatasaidia kuendesha ugatuzi katika taifa letu la Kenya.Asante, Bw. Spika wa Muda. (Loud consultations)

Bw. Spika Wa Muda, wenzangu wananisihi nizumgumze Kiswahili. Hawajui ya kwamba mimi ni gwiji katika mambo ya Kiswahili sanifu na hata utohozi, ufafanuzi na falsafa za Kiswahili. Mimi ni Seneta wa Kaunti ya Nairobi Mjini na ni kweli nimezaliwa mjini Nairobi. Wakati ambapo tulijaribu kuvua samaki, tulipata tu vyura wadogo...

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I support this Motion and I believe that it will be passed quickly. I want to thank the Speaker and the entire Senate because you gave us an onerous duty of midwifing the process for which we went to court...

Sen. Cherargeimore than 50 years of age, and that is unfortunate. We have to stop the use of agrarian system of agricultural farming in this country. We have to look for ways of making the young people appreciate farming.We can use modern technology to produce more. That is what we...

July 18, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 40 Sen. Cherargei more than 50 years of age, and that is unfortunate. We have to stop the use of agrarian system of agricultural farming in this country. We have to look for ways of making the young people appreciate farming.We can use modern technology...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will now make my contribution to the Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, who together with Sen. Wetangula, chaired the Ad hoc Committee on the Maize Crisis. The Committee, of which I was a Member, made various recommendations. I was surprised and shocked to...

stores before the decision to import is made? Otherwise, we shall continue to have the problems we had last season when the importation was done in a very irregular manner.The same way that importation was carried out to the detriment of the farmer, is still the way that is being...

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargei Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday 11th July, 2019:- Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation on the Proceedings of the Open Government Partnership Summit held in Ottawa, Canada, from 29th to 30th May, 2019. (Sen....

Sen. Cherargei Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation on the Proceedings of the Open Government Partnership Summit held in Ottawa, Canada from 29th to 30th May, 2019, laid on the Table of...

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I commend Sen. Halake for this Statement. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has visited various prisons. Therefore, I assure you and the House that in fullness of time, we will file our report. We will also review the National Police...

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I commend my colleague Chairperson – the distinguished nephew, Sen. Sakaja – for this wonderful Statement of the Committee. I have only two issues; one is on the issue of birth certificates, where we still have a very big problem. I do not...

Sen. Cherargei Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of birth certificates, I insist that it is so critical, and you will find people traveling far and wide and get tired in the process. We, therefore, need to make a resolution on how to assist our people to access this vital...

Sen. Cherargei

Sen. Cherargeinaming it after Joe Kadenge, so that his neighbours from Nandi County can go and run and play football in the stadium.I thank you. July 9, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 30 Sen. Cherargei In Nandi County, most of the revenue comes from the sports people. I have heard Sen. Wetangula...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Statement raised by Sen. Khaniri concerning the legendary footballer called Joe Kadenge. It is sad for me to stand here and talk about an icon that Kenya has lost. As my colleagues have said, when I first...

Sen. CherargeiCounty Executive should appear before the Senate and tell us what went wrong. We should know whether it was because of the systems, or if it was because of fraud. They should also tell us whether the business people migrated, if the number of cows declined or land rates...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to make my remarks on these proposed amendments. I congratulate my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, who is also my party member; she is doing a wonderful job. The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Pareno) She is not just a party member; she...

Sen. Cherargei- July 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 22 Sen. Cherargei The security details of some of our colleagues in this House like Sen. Kihika of Nakuru County were withdrawn. It also happened to some Members of the National Assembly and governors where in some cases it was indefinitely and in...

Hon. Senators, I would like to say the following. The Chair has a difficult yet an important job of making sure we balance all our issues and interests within the time limits we have. As I have said, it is a difficult job, but also important because that is what...

Sen. Cherargei Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I have heard my colleague Senators speak with passion this afternoon on the Statements that were made by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget and also the Senate Majority Leader. It is very important that people...