Sen. Edwin Sifuna
ODM • Nairobi
Sen.
Senator for Nairobi County
Total Contributions
16
Sittings Spoken In
5
Years Active
5
Latest Activity
Oct 2022
About
Additional Information
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Parliamentary History & Role Changes
- 2022 – Present: Senator for Nairobi County
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Change to Table ViewSpoken contributions (16)
18 OCTSenate 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 Sigei, the Senator for Bomet County. He can...
View full contribution in sitting →14 OCTSenate 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 ineffective land use planning and misca...
View full contribution in sitting →12 OCTNational 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 ongoing before is very critical. In fact...
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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 and corruption, cost of living, subsidies,...
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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.
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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].
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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.
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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, Article 10, encyclical].
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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].
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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 beings... [excerpt continues].
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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---
View full contribution in sitting →11 OCTSenate 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). I want you to join me because we all hav...
View full contribution in sitting →6 OCTSenate 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.
View full contribution in sitting →6 OCTSenate 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 was elected by your parents. Thank you ...
View full contribution in sitting →6 OCTSenate Hansard — 6 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
6 OCTSenate 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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