Oginga Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to take this opportunity to welcome the delegation from the Parliament of our great neighbour Uganda. Uganda is indeed a very close neighbour to Kenya because it is the greatest trading partner of Kenya. If Kenya was...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary and the Permanent Secretary for the good job they are doing. I am aware that transformers are of different capacities. Knowing that the Cabinet Secretary is an expert in the area...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Land grabbing in this country has become a cancer. You will find people who want to invest and sometimes, they come and fall in the wrong hands like land grabbers who mislead them and make them misdirect their...

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

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Next is Sen. Miraj.

Pose the direct question.

Sen. (Dr) Oburu

Yes, it is direct, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. What kind of representation do you have? Why do you keep on losing cases? I have a TTC in my constituency of Bondo, where it was so clear that I am the one who paid for the land, 10 acres for that...

Sen. Chute, you have the Floor.

Next is Sen. Miraj. March 20, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 50

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Thank you, Senator. Proceed, Sen. Thang’wa.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member, who is my friend and respect a lot; Sen. Mungatana, MGH to mislead the House---

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Mr. Speaker, Sir, he is misleading the House.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Standing Order No.105. (Laughter)

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Yes Mr. Speaker, Sir. He is misleading the House that the Government is the one that introduces the taxes and sets tax levels, and that those in opposition should wait until they are in government to set tax levels? It is known that it is Parliament which...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburuare. I hope they will continue to be discussed so that we improve them and have elections that will be beyond the purity of Caesar’s wife.I also saw the issues of political parties discussed, particularly, when it comes to political party hoping. There are principles of democracy. In...

Your time is over, Senator. Sen. Cherarkey, you may have the Floor.

Sen. (Dr.) OburuWhen it comes to allocation of revenue, I would have thought that Members of the Senate would be the first to support proposals particularly from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) based on the rationale which was given to us here. However, we opposed it and I do...

Sen. Kinyua, proceed.

Asante Bw. Spika kwa kunipa fursa hii. Kwanza, naungana na wenzangu kutuma risala zangu za rambirambi kwa familia ya mwanariadha Kelvin Kiptum ambaye aliaga dunia. Naunga mkono Mswada huu wa Kamati ya Shughuli katika Bunge kwa sababu hawa Maseneta ni wale tu ambao walikuwa kwa hii Kamati wakati ule mwingine....

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Bill by Sen. Cherarkey. It is a good Bill because it is addressing an issue of rustling. This rustling is not only cattle rustling, it is livestock rustling and it does not only occur in those areas where they...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope I am not going to be unnecessarily disrupted by my brother.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, proceed.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, listen to the Chair. You were in the House when the Chair made a ruling that our debate be confined to the Address by the President. In the course of your contribution, you might comment outside your Address. However, I would like you to...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, before I give you the microphone, I also bring to your attention the provisions of Standing Order 101. I will read it because this is serious-

Order, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu. Sen. Cherarkey, proceed.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, it was not a payment to the judiciary, it was an allocation.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu(Loud consultations) (Loud consultations)

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Point taken, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Sen. Cherarkey, that was not a ruling by Sen. Oketch Gicheru. I remember I did not allow him. He referred to the interruptions by Members by raising points of order. So, it is not a ruling on his part and I rule you out of order. Proceed,...

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw my question because it is exactly the same as the one Sen. Kibwana has asked about the reconciliation between the governor and her deputy. If she is saved, would she be able to reconcile with her deputy?

Sen. (Dr.) Oburudid not fear that the person was in the opposition and he was elected by people who were supporting Her Majesty’s Government.Once you are a Speaker, you are everybody’s Speaker and you must not be seen to be partisan--- November 2, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 12 Sen. (Dr.) Oburu...

Sen. Abass, you may have the Floor.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As the Chair of the Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, I support this Petition. This is because what is happening in our county assemblies now is very unfortunate. We are not saying that they must be lawyers. However, they must be able to comprehend...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru, you may have the Floor.

Sen. (Dr) Oburushould buy the land and then sell it affordably because the Government maybe helps to moderate, so that you buy it at a reasonable rate.Madam Temporary Speaker, you cannot acquire land for free and sell the properties or houses at commercial prices and you claim that you are...

Your time is up. Sen. Abass.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Petition as reported by the Committee. It is a very unfortunate situation that we are denying the poor Kenyans who lived in Buxton for the last 50 years a place to live. They have been moved to the slums and...

What is your point of information, Sen. Tabitha Keroche.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I had a point of information. I wanted to inform Sen. Abass that I have never grabbed any land. However, we should be very careful in this House as the Senators to ensure this thing of land grabbing ---

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also giving me the opportunity to comment on the Statements. I will in particular be commenting on the Statement by Sen. Okenyuri. As the Statement acknowledged, we have the King, His Majesty Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen Consort Camilla...

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