Methu John Muhia

Thank you, Senator. He has concluded. If it is a point of clarification, go ahead.

Very well, Serjeant-at-Arms, please, look to it that Sen. Methu is assisted. Proceed, Sen. Okenyuri.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wonder whether Sen. Nyamu had two minutes as I do. Nevertheless, I will try and condense my thoughts within the two minutes that you have given me. Under Article 53 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, every child has a right...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to comment on the statements that have been sought. Whatever is happening to our cousins from the lower eastern region in Kitui County is an extremely sad situation. I like what has been put in this statement by the Senator...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. I do not want to disrupt Sen. Cherarkey’s flow of thought, but there is a situation that you need to address (Laughter)

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am sure the students who are at the public gallery will be recognised at the appropriate time. As the House was rising yesterday--- (Interruption of debate on the Bill)

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know what language Sen. Cherarkey spoke in as he wound up his welcoming, but I think I would be right, Sen. Cherarkey, to say Kongoi mising. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am also looking forward to a day when students who come from Nyandarua will...

Can you tell Sen. Methu to sit? He is not somewhere in Ol Kalou. I rise Under Standing Order 105 and 110, Responsibility for Statements. Did you hear the last comment when he was welcoming you warmly, saying you are related to Mr. Baite? It can send a wrong signal...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are now exercising, you know--- Well, I comply. I do not even want to waste time responding to what Sen. Cherarkey has said. I always hope that people can follow and listen.

I am speaking to it. One cannot speak and listen at the same time. I think he was speaking when I was speaking. I never mentioned Baite. You are my witness that I never mentioned Baite, even if you ask for the HANSARD of this House. I do not know...

At least, you heard that I never mentioned Baite.

I said that the Senator for Meru is my friend, and a friend of Mr. Murega Baichu. Murega Baichu is not Baite. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are Mr. Baichu’s representative in this House. There is no way you can deny your people.

I do not know why Sen. Cherarkey wants to disrupt me. He is not a billionaire, neither is he anywhere close to being a billionaire.

It is a statement of fact that he is not a billionaire. We do not oversight the money that we take to the governors. However, we plead with them to ensure that the people of Nyandarua County relate and feel that indeed more money has been brought to their county...

not account for it, said that he went and hid it somewhere, was punished severely. Therefore, the governors cannot keep saying that they want so much money pushed down to the counties and yet, they do not want to appear before the Senate to account. They say that what they...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to invite you to exercise your authority under Standing Order No.95 (2) to allow me to read a brief condolence message.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to inform Sen. Sifuna that I have only been made aware of the list just now. Nevertheless, we are all prepared to give the late Hon. David Kiaraho a befitting send-off. I rise to pay tribute to our distinguished colleague...

Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to request for a Statement on the implementation, county coverage and sustainability of the NYOTA project. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have felt bad if you did not give me an opportunity to seek clarification because this is a question that we--- You have been my neighbour and we have suffered with you here. Even before this matter is addressed as Sen. Cherarkey has mentioned,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, I know that we have made a comment on this system and as we go out--- By the way, first, I must also inform this House that since I was sworn-in in September, 2022, today is the first time that I have been cautioned. I have never...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Cherarkey, there is a point of order by Sen. Methu John. Thank you so much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Senator was going on very well until he--- I was just quiet because, yesterday, you were really on my case...

Because he is the only one---

Then let me walk on--- You know some people here get very agitated when we speak about the President.

Okay, some honourable Senators get very agitated when you mention the President. He is the President of Kenya. If he does not want to be mentioned, he has other duties he can undertake. Thank you. Hon. Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport (Hon. Davis Chirchir) : Thank...

Because he is the only one---

The final Question was No.93 that I also undertook to bring a response on the current progress of works on the Riruta-Ngong Railway line construction.The transport sector is recognised as a key pillar and critical enabler in achieving Vision 2030 long-term development strategy and the Bottom-up Economic Transformation development. The...

Why are you allowing him to shout at me?

[The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Dullo) in the Chair] Why does Sen. Cherarkey not allow me to ask my question which is on safety? Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that out of the nature of that road, especially the section between Mairo Inya...

they come and say; what have you been doing with all this money that we are sending to the counties. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The governors are refusing to appear before the Senate through its committees. I had to scan through the Constitution. If there is one word that...

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It cannot be that governors are foaming in the mouth when they are telling us to push the equitable allocation from the national Government to Kshs450 billion or Kshs500 billion and when they get the money, they do not want to account...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is my first time to meet the Cabinet Secretary. In the responses to drought that the Ministry has prioritised, one of them is cash transfer and food support. My question is on the strategy used for zoning. Some counties are regarded as food secure,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine was not answered. Which one? I asked but I think the Cabinet Secretary did not capture my question. I wanted to know the strategy they use to zone drought-prone areas. I gave an example of Nyandarua North. There are two wards there that suffer from severe...

Sorry, our deepest condolences

That day I was here early enough, but my colleagues had queued before me. I have just been suddenly informed that one of our colleagues, Senator for Kiambu County, Sen. Karung’o Thang’wa, has just lost his mother, Mama Lucia.

Yes, that is what I have been informed. I rise to support this piece of legislation, which, in my opinion, is a very brilliant thought from yourself. On my way here, I listened to one of the Senators who spoke of the work that you did when you were serving...

Okay, they are green peas. Even French beans are grown in Nyandarua. All the produce is highly perishable. The kind of suffering that is faced by the people of Nyandarua, the county that I represent, for example, is so dire such that we have to sell our produce at a...