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Sen. Edwin Sifuna

ODM · Nairobi

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Floor contributions
16
Sittings spoken in
5
First recorded
Oct 2022
Latest
Oct 2022

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October 202216

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About
Sen. Edwin Sifuna Watenya is an accomplished advocate of the High Court of Kenya, dynamic public policy strategist, and Secretary General of the ODM party serving as Senator for Nairobi City County.
Parliamentary history
  • 2022 Present: Senator for Nairobi County

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Floor contributions (16)

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Tue, 18 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 18 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Petition. I have been privileged to visit the islands that my brother, Sen. M. Kajwang’, has spoken about on multiple occasions. The first time, I was accompanied by Sen. Wakili Sig…

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Fri, 14 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 14 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT AWARE that, many urban areas and towns in Kenya lack designated car parking areas as a result of imbalance between parking supply and demand mainly due to…

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Wed, 12 Oct 2022National Assembly

National Assembly Hansard — 12 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity, as the Senator for Nairobi City County, to welcome the students from Leadership Academy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why your decision on the discussions that were …

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to avail myself of the protection of both Standing Order No. 121 and of the Chair... [full speech on post-election healing, magnanimity, gender parity, bipartisanship, Judiciary an…

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to avail myself to that protection because of what we have seen in previous debates. However, allow me to continue.

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can see why I took the earliest possible opportunity to seek your protection... [continues on ODM position, women MPs, political parties, cost of living, fertiliser, GMOs, irrigation].

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to warn him that before he informs me, he should know that I am also a farmer.

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I doubt that I have any more information than I left with when I went to sit down but I thank my brother for the effort. We had a plan as well for reduction of the cost of living... [continues on food security, GMOs…

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I conclude, as I see my time is almost up. The decision such as the lift on the ban of GMOs is a radical policy pronouncement... [continues on public participation, Article 10, encyclical excerpt].

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, this is the reason why I was asking for your protection... [defends right to quote encyclical]. The Pope says- “Although no conclusive proof exists that GMO cereals may be harmful to human bein…

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

It is not my words. This is the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church saying that we need to have a debate---

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Tue, 11 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to inform my colleague that as we speak, the “hustler” Government that you put in place in Nairobi City County, is evicting those hawkers you are speaking about from the Central Business District (CBD). …

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Thu, 6 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 6 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Nairobi City County delegation, I welcome our lovely students from Karen C. You may wave to the Senators so that they can see you.

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Thu, 6 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 6 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have loved to introduce the rest of the Nairobi City County delegation, but I do not see them. We have quite a number of Senators from Nairobi, my dear students. I am the head of delegation because I am the one who…

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Thu, 6 Oct 2022Senate

Senate Hansard — 6 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting

Mr, Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.95 that prohibits a Senator from reading a speech which is exactly what my sister is doing.

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