Oketch Eddy Gicheru

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to contribute on the statement by the Senator of Nairobi City County, Sen. Sifuna, on the status of unremitted statutory salary deductions. This is an issue that we have really struggled with even in the Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds...

You cannot explain to us while moving the Bill. We cannot take it. That is disrespect to me. You cannot explain to us while moving the Bill. We cannot take it. That is disrespect to me.

Yes, I am done, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This Bill cannot be moved until they explain this issue to us in a Kamukunji.

Hon. Speaker, with the greatest respect, I feel that the Majority Leader might have misapprehended the nature of the objections that were being taken by the Members. The objection was that because the decision was a collegiate decision of the House, once the leadership of the House met, at the...

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. I also want to just add my voice to the Statement by Sen. Mundigi on the issue of police brutality in Embu County. I think this is a dichotomous issue. On one hand, it is an issue of police brutality in response...

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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that Sen. Cherarkey is contributing to my Bill. Therefore, I do not want to interrupt him, because I am taking a lot of notes here and benefiting from his wisdom. However, if he takes the

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you again for this opportunity. It is very important that I, first of all, take the opportunity to thank the Senators who have given us a lot of feedback on this Bill. I thank Sen. Sifuna, who seconded this, Bill. He did it justice, and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On the question by Sen. Mumma, I did not find it satisfactory. I have read the response here. Waziri, the question was: When will the discriminatory age restriction be removed so as to allow adults with hearing impairments to access hearing aids under the SHIF...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I really need your attention on this because it seems like the previous Speaker who has just left the Chair did not get what the CS said. On this issue of abduction, the Cabinet Secretary in his response expressly said that there is an ongoing element...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think some of us have drawn the line and respect the directive that was given by your office to give our biometrics in order to access this system. However, in no certain terms can we disregard what Sen. Olekina has brought to this House. Despite the...

have realised is not taken back by acts of lawlessness in the form of goons who are being used against individuals. We should look at the growth of the democracy versus the events that are taking place.It is extremely important that Kenyans as well as the political leaders understand that...

I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am becoming of age in this House and I could not let a procedural element of this Motion pass. That is why I was a little impatient when you called me. It was not intended to disregard your dignity. That said, the issue...

footprints in places such as Singapore when they are constructing their roads, buildings and any other form of construction in their country.It is time that this Bill, introduced in this House, was adopted to help the National Construction Authority (NCA) rethink the entire regulatory framework in terms of just thinking...

Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move- THAT, this Bill be read for the second time. I will continue by bringing the attention of this House to the fact that we all know that the construction sector plays a very serious role in the development of our country. When...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I guess just to put it in context, yesterday we were discussing the agenda of why governors do not want to come to this House and the consequences it has, in terms of our mandate and our role to send money to the counties, as well as...

decided, as the Senate, that we are coming for the governors. We must make sure they account for all this money.I thank you. Thank you, Senator. The system is malfunctioning. (The Clerk at the Table consulted with the Temporary Speaker) Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. We are struggling with this...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. It actually gives me a lot of delight to see these wonderful younger people coming to this House. During study days, many people really struggle in their different schools, waking up in the morning for what we used to...

We can even extend time if governors think that we are lazy. We can work on this matter until tomorrow or come back to this particular Motion. There is no problem, we need to be exhaustive. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me put the country in perspective of what this...

Mr. Speaker, this is a very serious matter. An hon. Senator: He will run away. We want to go and arrest him. A citizen's arrest in Kenya is actually a legal mechanism that allows private citizens to arrest people who are suspect under our laws; if you read the Criminal...

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you so much for this opportunity. I support and appreciate Sen. Ledama because of this Motion. What the country has been drawn to could simply look like banter between senators and governors. This particular Motion gives us the opportunity to put things into perspective. In the...

Name them! county, they took it for that programme and would return it anyway with other means. I mean, how embarrassing are those kinds of responses?We had a case, for example, where in Nyamira, in the course of this document that you are seeing here, in CPAC--- I wish that...

Should I name them? Do I have the time? I will table the report. There are a number of them who appeared, but did not respond at all to some questions. A case in example is Samburu County, which had adverse and disclaimer opinions on water companies in Samburu, but...

Clarification, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my clarification is based on the system that is running in the House. You might notice that I was on the dashboard for quite some time on a point of intervention, but I could not catch your eye, or at least, I was not registered on...

Exactly.

Yes, it is good you acknowledge---

I was seeking your attention on a point of intervention. In fact, I realise that when Sen. Boni Khalwale raised the issue that he raised, the students are actually behind you and you cannot see them because maybe there is no system for you to see them. The students will...

I want to be informed by Sen. Eddy Oketch.

Please, sit down. Ask to speak on it later. I am just concluding--- Okay, do it quickly. Please, give him one minute. Let it be a point of information; do not expound on what he has told us.

I am just concluding---

I am just informing the speaker on the Floor, who is the Chairperson of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPISFC) , that he may request a further audit of this system for the benefit of our understanding. He may also call the Commission to order if the...

Just because you have given directives that perhaps the Commission and the technical team should be able to look at this issue and look at why this problem persists; if you look at the problem that we are seeing in this House, it is not just about persistence in terms...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and thank you Cabinet Secretary for showing up. My question is specific to your coordination with the Ministry of Land, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development especially in areas that have been earmarked for upgrading of modern markets as well as Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP)...

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not any other technology, just a phone with a proper AI interface and platform. They make millions of dollars doing that.You will find that in our country, because we are not keeping up with that pace of change, you might want to move in an outdated manner or sometimes in...

Please, hold his time. not any other technology, just a phone with a proper AI interface and platform. They make millions of dollars doing that.You will find that in our country, because we are not keeping up with that pace of change, you might want to move in an outdated...

On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

to the United States in over 15 years and that it was the first state visit by an African leader since 2008, when Ghanaian President John Kufuor was hosted by President George W. Bush.

Give Sen. Eddy the microphone, please. Sen. Eddy Oketch, you may go to the dispatch box. (Sen. Oketch Gicheru went to the Dispatch Box)

Thank you, Senator. (Question proposed) Hon. Senators, it is now time for you to make contributions to this Motion. Sen. Mungatana, please proceed.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I appreciate that information from Sen. Wambua. I think we are consistent, because I said that it was being given that official state visit since 2008. That was consistent when the President of Ghana was given the same kind of support. I was saying it in the...

Thank you, Sen. Abass. There was a question on whether the data that has been collected for use in Senate, from the Senators, is safe, regarding the new system that has been installed, and is under use right now. I therefore wish to bring to the attention of Senators, a...

Madam Temporary Speaker, mine could be an expert opinion, if it is important. Again, it is very tough and difficult to rise on a matter that perhaps you have pronounced yourself on.

Hon. Senators, there being no other business on the Order Paper, the Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 26th March, 2026, at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 5.26 p.m.

I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I seek your attention to the Statement on the rising cases of insecurity in Vihiga County that is not dissimilar to many counties now. As you know, security is not devolved under the Fourth Schedule, and since security...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, they are harassing everybody in Mikei and down in Nyakweri, even those who had nothing to do with the problem that was in Nyatike. Therefore, I request the Committee to also look into the problem of insecurity in Migori. Most importantly, harmonise the problem in Migori...

Sen. Eddy, did I hear Sen. Olekina? Sen. Olekina, do you want to inform or to clarify? I say so because if you look at the funding model, it has seriously targeted support which looks at students' needs in the areas of tuition and accommodation.If you look at the 33...

Anytime. He is my senior and we are having a very good debate here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I support the Motion that is on the Floor of the House, seeking to have inclusion of the teachers training colleges as part of the higher education funding model. We cannot overstate the importance of teachers training. Teachers training is central to...

I was just saying that the more who are remaining at the lower part of the pyramid need to be considered, just as much as those who have gone to the university and there is opportunity for this fund to be able to engage them. Those who are going to...