I will be accompanying the NA Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday, 23rd Oct, 2024 to Kisii & Nyamira Counties, as part of a field visit aimed at addressing ongoing concerns over tea bonuses, and for fact finding on my statement in the Senate on the same in Sep, 30th 2024.
The Auditor General has revealed irregularities in a Sh14.5 billion CBK currency tender awarded to a German firm without proper oversight. Gov't replaced De La Rue by bypassing competitive bidding, contravening Article 227 on procurement laws.
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN
The Constitution of Kenya Article 43 (1) outlines the most BASIC responsibility of gov't to her pple on access to HEALTH, EDUCATION, HOUSING, FOOD of acceptable quality, clean WATER in adequate quantities & SOCIAL SECURITY.
Amidst the political bigotry, can we deliver just this?
Senator Richard Onyonka: Because of the broad-based gov't, ODM members were speaking passionately about DP Gachagua issues therefore, in public sight, it looked like MPs have become a lynching mob whose intention was to punish him #CitizenDayBreak@SamGituku
Gachagua is a consequence of this system which has become DYSFUNCTIONAL that all we do when we get power is to take state resources/opportunities, share with our friends, families and tribes. The DP is an accident out of us getting rid of MERITOCRACY that we now reward CRONYISM!
Senator Richard Onyonka: At Senate, we will look at each accusation laid. If you say the DP has participated in disinheriting his brother's children, give us the evidence and not hearsay. If you say he is tribal when he gave names of members from his community, chances are those facts do exist, but isn’t that what the president has done when he appointed PSs from his region who are over 100? #CitizenDayBreak @SamGituku
Senator Richard Onyonka: At Senate, we will look at each accusation laid. If you say the DP has participated in disinheriting his brother's children, give us the evidence and not hearsay. If you say he is tribal when he gave names of members from his community, chances are those facts do exist, but isn’t that what the president has done when he appointed PSs from his region who are over 100? #CitizenDayBreak @SamGituku
@RailaOdinga my outgoing party leader needs to apologise to Kenyans. You can't sleep with the government and start misleading Kenyans . Hapana. Yaya pii
This issue is NOT abt Sen. Maanzo, it is abt the historical & deliberate dysfunctionality of your social, economic & political class in Kenya. Sen. Maanzo is just a messenger, as I have been, we must FIX this damn place that you are gloating over, otherwise, all of us are cooked!
Senator Dan Maanzo: President Ruto and Raila Odinga have been bribed with billions of shillings by the Adani Group, and that is why Opiyo Wandayi is the CS of Energy and Petroleum. Adani also sponsored Raila's 2012 presidential campaign #CitizenDayBreak@SamGituku
Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji proposes a Bill that would subject any attempt to impeach the President, Vice President, or Governors to a national referendum, putting power directly into the hands of voters.
This issue is NOT abt Sen. Maanzo, it is abt the historical & deliberate dysfunctionality of your social, economic & political class in Kenya. Sen. Maanzo is just a messenger, as I have been, we must FIX this damn place that you are gloating over, otherwise, all of us are cooked!
Governance SYSTEMS in this country are designed to FAIL, by allowing avenues of LOOTING state resources by leaders & creating DEMIGODS whose agenda is to GRAB as much as they can so that during elections they BUY you to VOTE for them again! The cycle goes on and on. Be VIGILANT!
@gpdkaluma My brother in ODM George Kaluma, as a Senator I earn ZERO shillings from the oversight fund, the 1.5 Million is your own imagination, what is available is recurrent for the oversight team. Verse yourself well with matters in the Senate. Thank you!
I hear you. We will listen, study and scrutinize all the charges laid. I promise to be IMPARTIAL and FAIR. I understand the weightiness of this issue.
Our focus remains on the most PERTINENT issues affecting Kenyans. We must seek answers why SHA/SHIF mgt system has COLLAPSED!
The MOH contravened data protection & privacy act by transitioning NHIF members to the Social Health Authority (SHA) without seeking their consent, it was deliberately UNLAWFUL.
Tabled the CONTENTIOUS issues surrounding the SHA rollout to seek answers & scrutinize it further!
Is public participation necessary in a representative democracy? have the courts extended their jurisdiction in a matter which they ought not to? Today has turn out to be an abused process where citizens got an opportunity to abuse the system …ventilate on what is going wrong rather than give views of the issue at hand! Court must redefine the process of public participation such decisions are retrogresive
Outspoken Gen Z Youth Collins Odhiambo Arrested for Protesting Against Bad Governance
This morning, Collins Odhiambo, the fearless Gen Z who courageously led the charge against the Finance Bill during a mass at the Holy Family Basilica in June was arrested by police for simply standing at the entrance of the church and holding the national flag while chanting "bad governance" to draw attention to the ongoing mismanagement of the country.
He was swiftly taken to Capitol Hill Police Station and is now facing charges of "creating a disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace."
The apparent collaboration between police and the All Saints Cathedral administration to press charges against Odhiambo has raised eyebrows with many now accusing Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit of turning the institution into an arm of the government serving state interests.
Collins is currently remanded at Capitol Hill Police Station awaiting his appearance in court tomorrow, Monday September 16th, 2024.
We must stand up against this assault on free speech and peaceful protest.