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Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. On my own behalf and the leadership of the entire Senate, I extend this welcome to the delegation and wish them well in their study tour. Your Senator is a very active Member of this House. I am very sure...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must set the record straight. Once sufficient notice is given to a Cabinet Secretary (CS) to appear before a committee of Parliament, there can never be an excuse for not appearing. Being on a trip abroad is not a reason for November 29, 2023...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to use part of my time to also comment on the issue raised by Sen. Cheruiyot and Sen. Faki. There is a reason why Ad hoc committees are created. They are created on the understanding that the issues they will...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, he can inform me.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is not useful at all. He is repeating what I said. When the Committee started, they were dealing with 95 exhumations, by the time they were concluding there were 429 bodies exhumed. From that day to date, there could be more. I will...

Sen. Wambua I will be straight to the question. I wanted to stand so that I could see the Cabinet Secretary properly. These days, we do not get to see a lot of him. My question is on the Kibwezi-Athi-Mutomo-Kitui-Migwani-Godoni Road. My friend, the Cabinet Secretary, sat with me in...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also contribute to this Bill. From the start, I thank Sen. Cherarkey for thinking through such an important Bill, especially that we take care of the interest of livestock farmers. In supporting this Bill, I will limit my comments...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me from the Coast region. (Laughter)

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to welcome the visiting delegation. I wish them well in their engagement with the Senators and staff of the Senate. I congratulate them for choosing to come to the Senate, which is the ‘Upper’ House of the Parliament of the...

Sen. Wambua I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.105. The Mover of the Motion has told us that what we are being asked to do did not emanate from us; it was a resolution of the United Nations Security Council. I would want the Mover of the Motion to clarify...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for that clarification. Further to your clarification, for the record because it is on record, the Speaker has ruled that yes, there was a donation of 34 metric tonnes of fertilizer from Russia. That is the reference that Sen. Sifuna made. The...

Sen. Wambua Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also contribute to this Motion. I will request my colleagues led by the Majority Leader to just allow Members to debate. The majority will carry the day and we will be bound by the decision of this House. Mr....

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, in a different situation you would have ruled that the Senator has already concluded his debate, but because you have asked me to substantiate, I will say those are just semantics. Whether we requested or not, the fact is that we are sending our men...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and duly apologize to Sen. Mungatana.

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. The CS said that this is a first time for him to appear before the Senate to engage in this manner. It is also my first time to engage with a CS after the court ruling the other day....

Sen. Wambua Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the beauty of it is that you are dealing with a fast learner. I am guided.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the matter of human-wildlife conflict, it is a shame that 60 years after Independence, we are still grappling with the basics of the issue of human-wildlife conflict. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a case in point. Two weeks ago, in a ward...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also add my comments to the Address by the President. I seek your guidance first before I make my comments on whether you have ruled on the admissibility of the statements and documents laid by Sen. Sifuna to substantiate...

Sen. Wambua I am well guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will see how to navigate my comments. First of all, I want to say on record that before I joined the Senate in 2017, I was a senior editor in this country. I used to dispatch journalists to cover this...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether the Senator for Kakamega has already made his contribution on this matter. Since I now have time to make my contribution, if he listened to my opening statement, I said that this is not just an act of ticking boxes...

Sen. Wambua I am okay, he can inform me.

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Sen. Oketch Gicheru. I will indeed take more than passing interest in the response to those Statements. While at that, because I have the Floor, we must also a find way of getting Chairpersons of Committees to fast-track responses to statements, either administratively or otherwise. It...

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I seek three quick clarifications. First, Hon. Josphat Nicholas Kinyua should clarify which political party he was elected on. Secondly, according to the report of the resolution of the Meru County Assembly on impeachment, 59 Members of County Assembly (MCAs) voted to...

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, why am I getting directions on what to do from all over? I am a ranking Member of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion by Sen. Cherarkey.

Sen. Wambua Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try to say a lot of things in three minutes. First of all, I want to go on record on this impeachment Motion. It is clear to this House, to this country and to the world that the relationship between the Governor and...

Sen. Wambuaand those who do not get it will get another chance. Let debate flow so that we extract value from the debate. November 2, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 10 Sen. Wambua and those who do not get it will get another chance. Let debate flow so that we extract value...

Thank you, Senator. However, this is not a Motion. This is a Petition and I am allowing Members to comment. Checking on the list, as the Chair, I should balance issues. Sen. Tobiko, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is an important Petition. It raises pertinent questions on the qualifications of all the Speakers in the country that are in Parliament and the county assemblies. I believe we should raise the threshold on people who are going to lead these county assemblies...

Your time is up. Sen. Sifuna, you may have the Floor.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy speaker, Sir. I happen to know the gentleman who sponsored this Petition. Simon Lenguiyia is nominated by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to the County Assembly of Narok. ODM is the largest political party in East and Central Africa and I happen to be the Secretary...

Sen. Kisang, you may have the Floor.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not want to comment on what Sen. Sifuna has said. Most of us in this House are not lawyers, but it is important that we check the minimum qualifications that Speakers have both at the county assemblies, National Assembly and Senate. Even...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, you may have the Floor.

Sen. Wambua

Sen. Wambua Sen. Veronica Maina, you are accused of misleading the nation and the House. (Laughter)

Sen. Veronica Maina, you are accused of misleading the nation and the House.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my profession as a lawyer, I have never misled anyone. I cannot mislead a Senate. I wanted to explain to the House that the kind of decisions that you need to make at this level are equivalent to the decisions that are being made, not...

Sen. Wambua Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not responding. I am saying that he is supposed to be responsible. I am rising under Standing Order No.105 on statement of fact. Nandi County can be rich, but it has a sub-location that is poor and is supposed to be brought to...

Order, Sen. Wambua! Sen. Wambua Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sharing information---

Order, Sen. Wambua! No, you are not. You are playing the role of the Speaker. Can you pass on the information that you have? Sen. Wambua Madam Temporary Speaker, if you take debate that way, then people will not debate. Allow free flow of opinion. I want to inform the...

Thank you, Sen. Wambua. (Laughter)

Sen. Wambua Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Omogeni for giving me the honour to second this very important Motion. When this Committee was constituted, there was a lot of suspicion and bad blood between the two sides at the dialogue. With time, things have normalized and therefore,...

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Sen. Wambua

Sen. Wambuarains have just set in, just because you want land to revert to a cement factory? What is it that the cement factory wants to do with the land today that we could not help and go through a process of reacquiring this land?Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand here...

Hon. Senator, your time is up. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Sen. Wambua

Sen. Wambua Hon. Senators, before I allow Sen. Mariam Omar to make her contribution, allow me to make the following Communication.

Hon. Senators, before I allow Sen. Mariam Omar to make her contribution, allow me to make the following Communication. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR VISITING DELEGATION FROM THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF NANDI (Applause)