Sifuna Edwin Watenya

Sen. Sifuna Good morning, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Perhaps just some guidance on how we should treat witnesses before they take the stand. Is that not necessary this morning?

Sen. Sifuna Is it not necessary to treat the witness properly before they start answering Questions?

Sen. Sifuna Not tea. It is subjecting them to Article 125, but it is up to you.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is just out of abundance of caution that we require people to be under oath for truthfulness to come out. It is a terrible time for truthful men. The questions to the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the National Treasury and Economic Planning are-

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the problem of having this engagement one year down the line when a lot has changed. This Question is one-year-old. I would like the Cabinet Secretary to tell this House if the payments to Social Health Authority (SHA) or Social Health Insurance Fund...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) , to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources regarding the alleged grabbing of public utility and private lands in parts of Nairobi City County. In the Statement, the Committee should-...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If I remember correctly, the directive from the Chair was that the HANSARD would be produced so that I know what I need to substantiate.

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

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to remind you that I have now obtained the HANSARD. Perhaps, you can direct what you needed me to do.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request that this matter be dispensed with; it is causing unnecessary tension in the country.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very familiar dance and I have agonized about the terms of Standing Order No.121; that in substantiating, I must make substantiation to the satisfaction, in the opinion of the Speaker, that it has been satisfied. I tried to put together some material,...

Sen. SifunaIt is on record that last year, even after the Commission on Revenue Allocation had proposed that we, in this Senate, give counties Kshs415 billion, we only gave Kshs385 billion for the last financial year.This Bill proposes a figure of Kshs380 billion, which is Kshs5 billion less than the...

Sen. Mungatana?

Asante, Bw. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa nafasi ya kuonge---

Sorry, Sen. Mungatana. Just hold. Kindly resume your seat. Let me allow Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to first table that report, so that you can take the Floor. (Interruption of debate on Bill) PAPER LAID REPORT ON THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 38 OF 2024)

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My apologies on behalf of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the Senate. The printout of this report has been slow. It is now available. I now formally rise to beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of this Senate-...

Sen. Mungatana, you can now take the Floor and contribute to the Bill. (Resumption of debate on Bill)

Asante Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa nafasi nitoe maoni yangu kuhusu Mswada huu wa ugavi wa pesa kati ya Serikali kuu na serikali za kaunti. Jambo tunalolizungumzia leo linahusu kupunguzwa kwa huu mgao. Tulipitisha Serikali kuu itapata mgao wake na serikali za kaunti zitapata shilingi 400.1 bilioni. Sasa tunaletewa...

Mimi kama Seneta wa Kaunti ya Tana River ninakataa na kupinga pendekezo la kujaribu kupunguza mgao wa serikali za kaunti. Hii ni kwa sababu, Katiba inasema tuko na Serikali katika viwango viwili. Kuna kiwango cha Serikali kuu na majukumu yake. Vile vile, tuko na kiwango cha serikali za kaunti na...

Asante sana, Sen. Mungatana. Sen. Osotsi? September 24, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 36

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also make my contribution to this Bill. I fully agree with my colleagues who have spoken before me that passing this Bill in the form it is in is actually taking away our powers as Senate. Article 96 of the...

Sen. Osotsi, you raised something with regard to a Motion that you tabled in the last Session. By practise and as a ranking Member who served in the National Assembly, you know that a Motion lapses with the Session. So, if your Motion was not concluded or not approved, then...

Asante sana, Bw. Spika wa Muda. Kwanza, nasimama kuunga mkono ripoti iliyoletwa na Kamati ya Fedha na Bajeti inayoashiria kwamba tusipunguze pesa zinazoenda kwenye gatuzi zetu kutoka shilingi 400 bilioni mpaka shilingi 380 bilioni. Lazima tutofautishe kati ya pesa ambazo tunapeleka kwa gatuzi zetu za Kenya na yale ambayo yanakuja....

Kazi kubwa ya Seneti ni kulinda ugatuzi na ndio maana tuko hapa. Kulinda ugatuzi ni kuhakikisha kwamba fedha zinazokusudiwa kwenda katika kaunti zetu zinatumwa ipasavyo. Tushavalia njuga suala hili kwa sababu tuliketi na kupitisha. Kwa hivyo, naomba pesa ziende mashinani jinsi tulivyokuwa tumesema.Bw. Spika wa Muda, napinga kupunguzwa kwa fedha...

Proceed,

Sen. Sifuna Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sifuna(Loud consultations) September 19, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 20 Sen. Sifuna At the end of the day, it is the responsibility of the Government to protect lives and limbs and every disappearance must be explained by none other than William Ruto.I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sifuna(Loud consultations) (Loud consultations)

Sen. Sifuna, the issue is that you mentioned- -- Sen. Sifuna Let him read back what I said. I said, “his Government.” He is responsible for the killing of Kenyans. (Loud consultations)

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

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to seek a clarification on whether the other Cabinet Secretaries have given any time indication of when we expect them to be here.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, that practice is something that you must not allow. There is no way a Cabinet Secretary can send a letter to you seated in the Chair this morning. I am very shocked. We woke up very early in the morning to come...

Sen. Sifuna Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not know what other evidence the Senate Majority Leader would want tabled of disrespect to this House, other than the letter that has been brought to you while seated on the Chair. The fact that he admits that we have engaged on this...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on the alleged kidnap of a Kenyan truck driver, Ms. Florence Wanza Munyao, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 27th August 2024....

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to begin by commenting on the statement by Sen. Gloria. I take this opportunity to congratulate her. I think this is the first time in parliamentary history that a pregnancy announcement has been woven into a parliamentary question. She did well to...

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. SifunaEven yesterday, when we debated having cheaper electricity and putting infrastructure in place, we realized that other countries have done the same to encourage investment in their countries, resulting in jobs.So, it is not that we are exporting labour. We have been unable to create opportunities for people here....

Thank you, Sen. Sifuna. Sen. Cherarkey, proceed.

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. Sifunaguiding principle to disaster management, we must identify all hazards that result from a disaster.The next one I like is under subclause (2) which is enhancing the capacity of the local communities as the frontline to disaster risk management. Many speakers here have given examples of the disasters that...

Sen. Murgor, proceed.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been deputized to make this Statement on behalf of the Senate Minority Leader, hon. Stewart Madzayo. This is a Statement on withdrawal of the security detail of hon. Justice Lawrence Mugambi. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement...

Sen. Sifuna Present and former ODM members.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to comment on the Statement that has been requested by Sen. Raphael Chimera, on this issue of tolling along the Dongo Kundu bypass. Indeed, we at the Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing, which is ably chaired by Sen. Thang’wa, have resolved...

Sen. Sifuna Correct. (Laughter) Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that protection. We, as the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, wanted to know what the Kenya Kwanza Government position is on road tolling. Since, we will wake up one day and we hear that here in Nairobi they...

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

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that the Senate Majority Leader is misleading the House because it is not true to say that---

Sen. Sifuna Standing Order No.105 on statement of facts.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not correct to say that the people represented by the Senate Majority Leader, the people of Kericho are the only ones paying for the roads or they do not use the roads that were built using our taxes. I can assure the Senate...

Sen. Sifunaas long as there is a public body, such as county government or even a national Government institution does not have the title deed, this creates a leeway for people within the lands departments and other places to come up with forged documents. Then you hear that land that...

There being no other Senator wishing to contribute, I will call upon the Mover to reply.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank all the Senators who have taken time to contribute to the Land Amendment Bill (National Assembly Bills No.40 of 2022) . It is quite a straightforward Bill that will secure the interests of our public institutions which have fallen prey to these land...

Senate Majority Leader, are you making any requests for postponement of the putting of the Question, or do we proceed?

Sen. Sifunapoint at which this inquiry was initiated, Kshs100 would get you only three units of electricity.[The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Wakili Sigei) in the Chair] Sen. Sifuna point at which this inquiry was initiated, Kshs100 would get you only three units of electricity....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second.

I will now invite Members to contribute to this Bill. On my dashboard, I have Sen. Gloria Magoma Orwoba.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before I add my voice to this, it is very hot in the Chamber. I think you have seen Sen. Sifuna sweating. I do not know whether the Air Conditioner (AC) is working, yet we have been seeing a lot of renovations happening. Who approves money...

Serjeant-at-Arms, kindly put the

Of all the things that we did not need, one thing we needed was the AC.

Sen. Orwoba, your comments are noted. I expected you to appreciate the fact that there is a refurbished Chamber for you to utilise.

Sen. SifunaSome people think that these discussions that happen in the Senate or in our committees are idle talk. I am happy to assure Members of this House that I can already see movement in terms of implementation of these recommendations. I must thank all the stakeholders; the Ministry of...

As requested by Sen. Sifuna, the putting of the question is deferred to the next sitting of the House. (Putting of the question on the Bill deferred) Let us go to the next Order. ADOPTION OF REPORT ON INSECURITY IN TURKANA COUNTY September 17, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 52

the state of insecurity in Turkana County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 7th August, 2024.

Sen. Sifuna Can you mute Sen. Sifuna, please? I have ruled him disorderly. Mute him and remove him from the platform. Sen. Kisang, please, proceed. (Loud Consultations) Can you mute Sen. Sifuna, please? I have ruled him disorderly. Mute him and remove him from the platform. Sen. Kisang, please, proceed....

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. SifunaSen. Ogola. I have all the faith that this team of 11 can execute this assignment on behalf of the House.Lastly, I join my colleague, Sen. Olekina, in saying, there is no other influence other than the evidence and allegations that is going to bear the decision of this...

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. SifunaI have heard people sing praises about the Cabinet Secretaries that have been appointed. I was a bit disappointed with the ones who were re-appointed, especially in the security sector. This is because I do not believe that we are going to see any change in philosophy. We need...

Sen. Sifuna

Sen. Sifuna