Mogeni Erick Okongo

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I also rise, to support the Bill that is on the Floor that wants to ensure that we continue supporting our counties with adequate resources so that they continue providing services to the people whom we represent and have...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I also rise, to support the Bill that is on the Floor that wants to ensure that we continue supporting our counties with adequate resources so that they continue providing services to the people whom we represent and have...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Actually, I wanted to assist my friend, Senator for Nandi, and just have it on record. This is a House of record. He has made a statement to the effect that the headquarters of this institute should have been devolved to one of the counties. He says that this draft...

I do not know what the Senator for Nandi has taken this afternoon because he is again making a very misleading statement. You know that one of the qualifications for you to be elected as a Member of Parliament is that you must be proficient in the English or Kiswahili...

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. I wanted to comment on the Statement that has been brought by Sen. Mundigi, but also add one thing. If we are making payments or compensating those who are victims of the police brutality, then we are also saying there are people in the police...

This Bill is very important. That is why I have sought your indulgence, that you give me an opportunity to make some contribution to the Bill. I want to thank my good friend, Sen. Oketch, for bringing a Bill that is intended to take care of our environment and of...

I can give an example of my own County of Nyamira where we do not have MRI machines. We do not have facilities that can allow patients to go through intestine cancer screening, what they call endoscopy. If you go to a private hospital like Nairobi, I think they charge...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on the statement by Sen. Hamida on the voter registration by IEBC. When the Kriegler Commission looked into our post-election issues in 2007, the recommendation to the country was to ensure that successive elections are credible, free and fair. Kenyans should...

I want to take a minute to also comment on what happened to my good friend, Sen. Ososti. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are my friend and colleague. You know that many of us have been victims of violence. I remember in 2013, I read about what happened to you in...

Madam Temporary Speaker, we are now speaking as leaders and representatives of the people. If we allow this culture where individuals attack you because they have been sent or hold different views than yours, we will never have a country. Let us allow our democracy to take root. We can...

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, for that information. I hope I will listen to the contribution by Sen. Omogeni on this issue of gender and the role of women. Finally, because I fairly have a few minutes, we need an audit. I want to challenge the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Cherarkey that Madam Dorcus Oduor is a fairly senior member of the Law Society of Kenya. She joined the Bar many years ahead of me. When you mention her name, you should also tell Kenyans that she served as a distinguished...

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, for that information. I hope I will listen to the contribution by Sen. Omogeni on this issue of gender and the role of women. Finally, because I fairly have a few minutes, we need an audit. I want to challenge the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform Sen. Cherarkey that Madam Dorcus Oduor is a fairly senior member of the Law Society of Kenya. She joined the Bar many years ahead of me. When you mention her name, you should also tell Kenyans that she served as a distinguished...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to go on record that I support the Motion that has been moved by my good friend, Senator for Narok. The action by the 29 governors who did not appear before this Senate must have consequences. This House, under Article 125 of the Constitution,...

I urge the people of Nyamira to give this governor sleepless nights. They should proceed to court and sue him to refund this money, personally, to the accounts of the County Government of Nyamira. This is because he has not offered any explanation to this Senate.If you read page 2...

Very good. Next is Sen. Cherarkey Samson. I urge the people of Nyamira to give this governor sleepless nights. They should proceed to court and sue him to refund this money, personally, to the accounts of the County Government of Nyamira. This is because he has not offered any explanation...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was a suggestion by the Majority Leader that those of us who speak on this Motion should not speak on the next, but there is a difference in those two reports. The County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) report tends to deal with a bit more...

Honourable Senators, we have

Madam Temporary Speaker, initially, the Speaker ruled that each Senator will be accorded five minutes, through a Motion that was moved by the Senate Majority Leader. I do not think it is procedural to reverse that ruling to two minutes. Otherwise, we should---

What do we say in two minutes on accountability issues? (Loud consultations)

Yes, Mr. Speaker, first, what this House has made us go through-- -

Madam Temporary Speaker, what we have gone through should provoke us to amend the Powers and Privileges Act to copy what happens in other Commonwealth countries. In Australia, under Section 7 (1) of the Parliamentary Privileges Act, Parliament has been given powers to impose a penalty of imprisonment for a...

Madam Temporary Speaker, before you allow a matter to be conversed the way it is being conversed by my good neighbour, Senator for Nandi County, the facts should be undisputed. I do not know how Sen. Cherarkey has ascertained that our transmission this morning was not on YouTube, and our...

This matter is emotive.

I understand it is emotive and Murang’a could also question---

Before I respond to what you have submitted on, I will give Sen. Enoch a chance, then I will respond.

I apologise for that, it is Sen. Omogeni.

There is no ‘Mr. Speaker’ here. Sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker. The President raised the Bible with his right hand and said that he will serve all Kenyans. When the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) levies taxes, it does not exclude people of Nyamira or Kisii, we all pay taxes equally. So,...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue is properly rested. Perhaps then the Commissioner, because he is seated with us here, the only thing that he can do for the benefit of all of us, because these are not decorations, there is a reason why these screens have been mounted. The Commissioner...

Madam Temporary Speaker, before you allow a matter to be conversed the way it is being conversed by my good neighbour, Senator for Nandi County, the facts should be undisputed. I do not know how Sen. Cherarkey has ascertained that our transmission this morning was not on YouTube, and our...

Madam Temporary Speaker, before you allow a matter to be conversed the way it is being conversed by my good neighbour, Senator for Nandi County, the facts should be undisputed. I do not know how Sen. Cherarkey has ascertained that our transmission this morning was not on YouTube, and our...

This matter is emotive.

Before I respond to what you have submitted on, I will give Sen. Enoch a chance, then I will respond.

Sen. Enoch Wambua, I recommend that you focus on your submissions and ignore Sen. Tabitha. Sen. Tabitha, avoid distracting the Senator. Proceed, Sen. Enoch.

I apologise for that, it is Sen. Omogeni.

There is no ‘Mr. Speaker’ here.

Thank you, Sen. Omogeni, the point is made. Yes, access is free to everyone without having to go to State House, but, obviously, State House also houses the President of the Republic of Kenya and it is accessible to every Kenyan, including Sen. Omogeni. Coming to the points that are...

Sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker. The President raised the Bible with his right hand and said that he will serve all Kenyans. When the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) levies taxes, it does not exclude people of Nyamira or Kisii, we all pay taxes equally. So, on the issue of the railway,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to comment on the statement that was raised by Sen. Tabitha Mutinda on the placement of three insurance companies on statutory management. These are corporate insurance, Trident, and Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO) . The way we know it, it is...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am rising on a point of order. There is a Senator on the Floor of the House, barefoot, contrary to our Standing Orders. Rules are very clear. Which Senator? Sen. Karen Nyamu.

is a levy that we collect between Kshs70 billion to Kshs80 billion every year. With the devolved roads and the requirements of Schedule 4 of the Constitution, the courts gave directions to make good the fact that devolution resources follow devolved functions.Therefore, the Bill is before this House to ensure...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to speak on the statement that has been brought to the House by my friend, Sen. Mwenda Gataya. For once, I am doubting whether the contents of this statement are true. If indeed they are, then we have no country. If it is...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not right for my good friend, the Senate Majority Leader, to misquote me. I have never stated that nobody has gone to hospital and SHA---

No, let us have facts clear. I said that under SHA, benefits that are supposed to be enjoyed by people are not properly defined. I have stated here that there are instances where patients have gone to hospitals suffering from the disease we are discussing this afternoon, that is cancer,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just following the same line, I made a statement this afternoon while contributing that there are instances where SHA has failed to clear bills for patients. I want to table an invoice from Nairobi Hospital where the patient incurred a bill of Kshs1,119,414 and SHA paid...

But guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- I have been challenged and I am tabling a document. How are you tabling the document? I want to forward it to the clerks here. I have done it before; there is precedent. Let us not have this culture of not wanting the truth...

But guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- I have been challenged and I am tabling a document.

I want to forward it to the clerks here. I have done it before; there is precedent. Let us not have this culture of not wanting the truth to come to the fore. Let the truth speak. It is here.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you are here in this House to---

Sen. Omogeni: You are diverting the debate from the point; even God Almighty knows. You know we are not debating, but giving comments on the statements. Sen. Omogeni: Even from the bottom of your heart, you are diverting us from--- No, I am not. You are the one who is---...

I have said I am tabling an invoice and I have given reference. The Deputy Speaker (

Majority Leader. Sorry, sorry, Mr. Deputy I am here to manage the House. You cannot be the Majority Leader and the Chair. An. Hon. Senator: That is what he is doing. Even from the bottom of your heart, you are diverting us from---

Even God knows that this afternoon you are trying to block the truth.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think I can reply from here. I, first, thank all the hon. Senators who have taken interest to read this Bill and to make their contributions. I am glad that all the Senators who have made contributions to this Bill are in support though a...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can be informed. It is okay.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I think that is a very useful contribution. I am glad that Sen. Olekina seems to have taken a very keen interest on how we shall implement these amendments. If we are all in agreement, this legislation can lead to another amendment of our...