Sifuna Edwin Watenya

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. These days we, lawyers just listen in bemusement when Members whose professions we have no clue stand up here and deride and attack lawyers. These days we just laugh, but it would be interesting if one day you stood up and told us...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish you would allow these hon. Members to meet these doctors here one day. When those doctors come here you will notice that there are hon. Members who never go and meet those doctors. I am sure they will not address them the way...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to inform the hon. Senator that, in fact, the announcement by the President yesterday was on plans that his Government is May 7, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 11 Sen. Sifunaintending to put in place to help the people of Nairobi City County. This is...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will absolutely insist on that line. If you protect me from these frivolous points of order, I was going to tell you about what the county government has done. I was expressing my disappointment. The rain in Nairobi started beating us seriously on the...

Sen. Sifuna I want to advice—

Sen. Sifuna Let me make the correction you have asked me to make---

Sen. Sifuna I ask the hon. Senator for Tana River County, the very able Danson Mungatana to not wait for President Ruto’s money because it is not coming. I thank you.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No.105 on responsibility for statements of fact, is the Senator for Nandi sure about the things he is telling this House? That I have not visited any of the places that have been affected by these floods? I know for a fact...

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

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Sen. Sifuna I confirm. The Counsel for the Deputy Governor (Mr. Wilkins Ochoki) : Confirm that you were in the County Assembly of Kisii when the Motion that has been brought to this House was debated.

Sen. Sifuna Madam Temporary Speaker, mine is a quick one. Generally, if you go through the affidavit, there is nothing that is related to the charges before us. However, I would like to find out from the MCA because the role of MCAs and ourselves is to oversight counties. Does...

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Sen. SifunaHon. Members, as I sum up, the defense by the Deputy Governor should not be taken seriously. It is concocted and it has been summed up so as to rue this House not to vote for the Motion. Members, I sum up by requesting you to allow the Motion...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, you caught me confirming the law on whether this House can impose the same sort of sanctions that we have seen imposed by committees on witnesses who fail to appear. I have said enough about Hon. Aisha Jumwa and I have no more to say....

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

Sen. Sifuna: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, please, proceed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek your clarification on whether the options of this House are limited to the provisions of Standing Order No.51(d). Why is the option of the fines and other penalties that are available to the committee not available to this...

Sen. SifunaHigh Court sitting in Kitale that declared all those processes to be extra-legal because most of these committees were disbanded without ever handing in their final reports to tell us whether those bills are payable or not.I want to speak as the Senator for Nairobi City County. Sometimes lawyers...

Next is Sen. Chute.

Sen. Sifuna Proceed, Sen. Kinyua.

Sen. Sifuna I withdraw, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The point that I was making on the question of disaster is that many of our counties are overwhelmed. We have about Kshs900 million for disaster response in Nairobi. What most people do not understand is that disasters in Nairobi is a daily...

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Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be reading these Statements on behalf of Sen. Mumma. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the implementation of the Signed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) by the Government....

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

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Senator for Nandi County in order to impute ill motives on Members of this House? I would want him to clarify who the guilty, who are afraid, are. I hope he is not referring to the Chair, which would be something terrible to...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We wanted to know from the Cabinet Secretary, Defence, two matters.

Sen. Sifuna Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that comprehensive response. However, the Cabinet Secretary perhaps could advise his team that they should also be responding to correspondence from Senators. I did write to you in February and all these could have been responded...

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Sen. SifunaWe want her to tell us, in Nairobi, the public--- April 17, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 31 Sen. Sifuna We want her to tell us, in Nairobi, the public---

Is that the same question you are asking now? Sen. Sifuna Sen. Sifuna, I heard the Cabinet Secretary say that they now have Kshs5 billion on the wheel to pay these bills. The public institutions

Sen. Sifuna, I heard the Cabinet Secretary say that they now have Kshs5 billion on the wheel to pay these bills. Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a story---

I do not want us to continue--- Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a story that included other institutions that have to go through the vetting and verification processes that she spoke about.

Sen. Sifuna, rest assured that Nairobi City County will be covered. Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, why do you not allow them to come from the witness because you are not the Cabinet Secretary for Health?

Order, Sen. Sifuna. Sen. Sifuna, you know we cannot have two Speakers at the same time. No, you cannot direct your questions to the Cabinet Secretary. Nobody is special in this House. You should just abide by the laws of the debate and the Standing Orders, with a lot of...

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

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Sen. Sifuna Let us hear the Senator. Order, Senators. He is on a point of order. Let us hear him. (Loud consultations)

Let us hear the Senator. Order, Senators. He is on a point of order. Let us hear him. Sen. Sifuna Mr Temporary Speaker, Sir, yes, I am on a point of order. We have very few minutes and this is a critical national discussion and debate. We are not here...

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

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Sen. Sifuna Order, Senators. We cannot proceed like this, Senators. (Loud consultations)

Sen. Sifuna Wait, let us hear him. (Loud consultations)

Wait, let us hear him. Sen. Sifuna(Loud consultations)(Loud consultations) Sen. Orwoba, order! (Loud consultations) (Loud consultations) April 17, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 45

I was listening, you were not listening. I will throw you out. We are not listening to each other. Sen. Cherarkey, you were not listening to Sen. Sifuna when he said he has withdrawn that statement. He has the right to replace it. It needs to make sense. (Loud consultations)...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No.122 on Gross Disorderly Conduct (b) , it says- “A Senator commits an act of gross disorderly conduct if the Senator-

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the first of a series of Bills that have come before this House that I will not start by objecting on constitutional principles. It is one of those few that have come before this House recognising that, in fact, this is a national...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, do you want me to bring a substantive Motion to discuss Arsenal? The point that I was making is that this is something that the Senate Majority Leader alluded to, some of these things are personal choices. Although this facility is available for everyone,...

Sen. Sifuna That is fine. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion. As I said, I was deeply embarrassed in the morning by the fact that we had the opportunity to put serious questions to the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Health, but in my view, we squandered it. In fact,...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am seconding. Nothing stops the Cabinet Secretary and officials in the Ministry. Today, I met them outside the corridor and told them that they have embarrassed the Ministry and themselves. All they need to do is to have informal meetings with...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of general topical concern namely, the exclusion of the Kenya Lionesses rugby team from the Kenyan team to the just- concluded Africa Games, 2024 Edition, which took...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to answer the following three questions-

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was a bit worried when I was reading the written response from the Cabinet Secretary because it did not have the last bit there, which is the most critical bit for the people of Nairobi City County on the action to be taken....

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. When the Cabinet Secretary appeared before us at the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing, we explained to her our objections to the Housing Act and explained to her that it was on principle. I am sure that she is aware that...

Sen. Sifuna Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I thank the Senator for Meru County for bringing this important matter before this House. As the people of Nairobi City County, we had the privilege of hosting the Senate Committee on Health yesterday. I take this opportunity to thank the entire Committee...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not mean to interrupt my colleague, but could she substantiate her allegation that it is nothing more than a scheme to paint the Government in a bad light? This is because this is a matter of concern for all Kenyans. Some of...

Sen. Sifuna Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.105, on responsibility for statements of fact.

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