Sifuna Edwin Watenya

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was hoping that the Senator for Uasin Gishu, who I think is still the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, would be present in the House to listen to the Statement by Sen. Chute on the completion of Sololo Level 4 Hospital. Similarly, we...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I could sense some anxiety on the part of the Senate Majority Whip when the Statement by the Senator for Kirinyaga, Sen. (Dr.) Murango, was being read. It was as though he did not want us to have an opportunity to speak...

Sen. Sifuna On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Senator for Nandi in order to ascribe duties that are reserved for investigative agencies to a political party? He knows very well that political parties are not enforcement agencies when it comes to matters of alleged criminal conduct. All breaches of the...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hold brief for the Senator for Nandi County. I hope that I will not be denied an opportunity to speak to the Statements because I have read them. This is a request for Statement by Sen. Cherarkey. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1)...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to make brief comments on the two Statements by the Senator for Nandi County on the pending bills owed to Kenya Power by counties and the alternative revenue streams for Kenya Power. I am sure you all remember there was a very embarrassing...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the leaders on our side for handing this responsibility to me. I know that the Cabinet Secretary for Health is here and Sen. February 26, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 5 Sen. SifunaWambua is one of the people with questions for her. I am...

Sen. Sifuna Very well, Sen. Methu. (Laughter) [The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Abdul Haji) in the Chair]

Proceed, Hon. Cabinet Secretary. Sen. Methu. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I kindly request for an opportunity to ask a question before she answers the questions posed.

Very well, Sen. Methu.

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to conceptualise the issue that has been raised by Sen. Cherarkey and Sen. Sifuna. There is no way that the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Health cannot say that they are not aware of the case of baby Arianna,...

Baby Arianna suffered from Pearson disorder, and she is the 10th patient in the world to get that particular disorder. Therefore, there is no way the Ministry would say that they are not aware of such a patient who has such a rare disorder. The hospitals in India have actually...

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Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to welcome you back. Since the delegation from Lesotho is still here, I want them to pass my regards to the former Prime Minister, Moeketsi Majoro, who is my personal friend. He was the head of delegation for the Observer Mission...

Sen. Sifuna Please, give the hon. Senator another thirty seconds. February 25, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 22 Sen. Sifuna Kuna sharia inayojulikana kama Kenya Heroes Act. Sheria hii inasema kwamba tuwatunze na kutoa njia ya kuwatunza hawa mashujaa wetu. Nilishtuka sana kuona Spika mwenzako katika Bunge la Kitaifa akisema ameshangazwa na...

Please, give the hon. Senator another thirty seconds.

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Bw. Spika, sisi kama Bunge ili tusije hapa tena kulalama jinsi ambavyo mashujaa wengine wanatelekezwa, tuweke fedha katika Bajeti ya mwaka huu kwa sababu tuko katika hiyo cycle ya Bajeti, katika Bunge la Kitaifa na hata hapa. Tuweke pesa kwa ajili ya hii National Heroes Assistance Fund ili tusije kupigwa...

Sen. Sifunawant to vary it because there is wisdom in that leadership. That is why you have leadership in the House.What will guide my judgment in supporting or not supporting this Motion? First is just guidance from the Senate Majority Leader whether the decisions of this magnitude made in this...

Sen. Sifuna Sorry, we apologise for that hitch in the system. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to welcome my colleagues in law of the Colloquium of Legal Counsel in parliaments across the continent. I have heard of a brother from Uganda; our neighbour, Libya, Sierra Leone and...

Sen. Sifuna On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with great respect, I think that we can guide each other here. On previous occasions where somebody has doubted the record that has been read out by the Speaker, our Standing Orders require that the entire HANSARD be produced. If in the event the...

Sen. Sifuna Very well.

Sen. Sifuna Very well, understood.

Sen. Sifuna Very well, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Very well understood.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are Members of that committee, and whatever directive you will make, we will abide. For your information, we have elections to get the chairperson and the vice-chairperson on Tuesday next week. By the end of the day Tuesday, the committee will be in...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a new Member of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, I do not think you need any sessions with the committee to know why the President is being heckled across the country. That is my position. Nevertheless, I...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when somebody is called to substantiate---

Sen. Sifuna Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. When a Senator is called to substantiate, they must provide something to back their claims. You cannot take us down a rabbit hole trying to teach us English and Literature. Even I, who is not a Njuri Ncheke elder like the Deputy Speaker,...

Sen. Sifuna Hon. Senators, we are welcoming distinguished visitors from our neighbour, Uganda. Order, Sen. Wamatinga, Sen. Mo Fire and Sen. Cherarkey. (Loud consultations)

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Sen. SifunaI can see Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is looking at me. If Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale sends somebody to represent him at a function in Malinya, and that person has questionable character like, for instance, is a night runner, murderer or has bad manners generally, the reputation of that person rubs...

Madam Temporary Speaker, on a point of information.

Sen. Sifuna, would you wish to be informed by Sen. Eddie? Sen. Sifuna Madam, Temporary Speaker, it is going to mess with my flow of thought, but let him inform me.

Sen. Eddy, do not mess up the flow of thought from the hon Senator's submission.

Madam Temporary Speaker, this is one of my favorite leaders on the Minority side, I would not want to interrupt his submissions. I have listened to him using the word, position of the country interchangeably. He said that there was a position of Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga on a number...

Sen. Sifuna: Thank you honourable Senator. You are fiery this afternoon as the SG of the ODM. February 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 32

I thank you. (Applause)

Thank you honourable Senator. You are fiery this afternoon as the SG of the ODM.

Madam Temporary Speaker, contributing to this Motion after Senator Sifuna and speaking to the very successful, I must say, for this country, bid by the Right. Hon. Odinga to secure the leadership of the African Union Commission; coming face to face with issues that the Secretary General of my party,...

It is to those ideals that we look forward and that Senator Sifuna is speaking to this afternoon. It is to those ideals, Madam Temporary Speaker, that the ODM Deputy Party Leader, Sen. Osotsi has spoken to this afternoon.Madam Temporary Speaker, when Martin Luther King spoke of his dream of...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to address this House on this very important Motion of Kenya's place in the international order of nations, and especially on the African Continent. Before I do that, I also take the opportunity to pass my condolences and to pray for our...

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Sen. Sifuna: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to briefly comment on the statements by Sen. Faki and Sen. Hamida. However, before I do so, this is the last Sitting of the week before a major event happens in Addis Ababa. I am happy that Sen. Olekina is...

Sen. Samson Cherarkey?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I support Sen. Mohamed Faki, Senator 001 from Mombasa, for this wonderful Statement. I agree. I thought Mombasa was better. In terms of poor service delivery of health services, Nandi should be number one. On 1st December 2024, I visited Kapsabet...

Sen. Cherarkey, the incidents occurred in Longisa Hospital and the second one was in Cheptalal Hospital, both in Bomet County.

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Sen. SifunaHe is famously known for dreaming of a city in a forest. In an interview just a few months before he passed away, he said his one biggest regret was that he was not able to achieve that dream.Many people can still remember how Mombasa Road, all the way...

Thank you, Sen. Sifuna. If there is anybody who probably would be doubting that you were spearheading tree-planting in the course of one of your assignments in 2010, yours truly can confirm that indeed you managed that sector very well when you were dealing with the billboards sector. You did...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the poor working conditions and lack of essential equipment and kits for Community Health Promoters (CHPs) in Nairobi City County. In the Statement, the Committee should-