Senate · Afternoon Sitting

Clerk, confirm whether we have quorum. Serjeant-at-Arms, kindly, ring the Quorum Bell for 10 minutes. Order, hon. Senators. Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe and Kisang, take your seats. We now have quorum. Clerk, call out the first Order.

[(The Clerk-at-the-Table consulted the Speaker)]

[(The Quorum Bell was rung)]

Hon. Senators, I have communication to make from the Chair on the updating of Parliament’s website. Sen. Wakoli and Sen. Mo Fire, I am giving you the first warning for the afternoon.

Hon. Senators, the Parliament of Kenya is in the process of updating its website. In this regard, standardised photographs of all honourable Senators will be required for this exercise. A professional photographer has been engaged and will be stationed outside the Senate Chamber today, Thursday, 11th June, 2026 and Tuesday, 16th June, 2026 from 30 p.m. to facilitate this exercise. Hon. Senators ar…

Hon. Senators, I also have a message from the National Assembly on the passage of the Crops (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 8 of 2023) . Sen. Wakoli, I will ignore the Senator for Kirinyaga but for you, second and last warning of the day. I wish to report to the Senate that pursuant to Standing Order No. 46 (3) and (4) , I have received the following message from the Speaker of the…

[(Sen. Wafula consulted with Sen. (Dr.) Murango)]

Standing Orders No. 144, I direct that the Crops (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 8 of 2023) be listed in the Order Paper to be read a First Time. I thank you. Call out the next Order.

Senator Maanzo, you have the Floor.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson, Standing Committee of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAC) , I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 11th June, 2026. Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on its consideration of a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Laban Omusundi regarding the enactment of a l…

Next Order. Sen. Maanzo, once again.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairperson, JLAC, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, the Senate adopts a report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on its consideration of a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Laban Omusundi regarding the enactment of a legal framework to provide for the recall of the President or governor through a citize…

Thank you, Sen. Maanzo. Call the next Order.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a request for a statement on non-disclosure of beneficial ownership in the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) . I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Energy on a matter of national concern regarding the ownership structure and beneficial ownership disclosure of shareholders in KPC.

[(Several Senators held loud consultations)]

Hon. Senators, order. Allow Sen. Omtatah to be heard in silence. If you must consult, Sen. Chemitei, consult in low tones.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Cheruiyot seems to have had some heavy lunch. Therefore, he is looking for ways to keep awake by interjecting all the time. The Kenya Pipeline Company is a strategic national asset, central to the transportation, storage and management of petroleum products vital to Kenya's energy security and economic stability. The recently released KPC Initial Public Offer (IPO…

You are allowed to read the other two Statements, Sen. Omtatah.

My second request for a Statement is on the persistent internal governance wrangles at Cricket Kenya. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on a matter of national concern, regarding the persistent internal governance wrangles at Cricket Kenya, which has resulted in a decline in the performance of cricket sport in…

I believe that is the last Statement?

Yes. My third and final request for Statement is on the effectiveness of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in addressing recurring audit queries and public finance management irregularities. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on a matter of national concern regarding the effectiveness of the EACC.

[(Loud consultations)]

Hon. Senators, there is a lot of unnecessary interruptions and consultations in high tones.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will take it again. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on a matter of national concern regarding the effectiveness of the EACC in addressing recurring audit queries, budgetary irregularities and systemic corruption in public finance management at both the national and county government lev…

Article 79 of the Constitution and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2011 mandated the EACC to prevent and investigate corruption, promote integrity, recover public assets and strengthen accountability in public institutions. However, for several financial years, reports of the Auditor-General have continued to reveal recurring cases of unsupported expenditure, irregular procurement, …

Sen. Keroche, take your seat. Welcome back to the House and do not make noise on your first day after a very long time.

[(Laughter)]

The recurrence of similar audit queries year after year points to a deeper problem regarding the extent to which such matters are investigated, culpable persons held accountable, loss of public resources recovered and preventive measures put in place to stop further loss of public funds. In the Statement, the committee should address the following- The number of adverse audit findings reported by…

Sen. Danson Mungatana, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on a matter of countrywide concern regarding the prolonged and unexplained stalling of construction of the Tana River County Headquarters. The county headquarters to be located in Dayate, Tana River was conceived as a key public …

Thank you, Sen. Mungatana. Sen. Edwin Sifuna, proceed. Any delegation of the statement by Sen. Sifuna? If there is none, that Statement is dropped.

Sen. Joe Nyutu, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health on a matter of national concern, regarding the expiry of drugs and medical supplies worth approximately Kshs1 billion at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) . The expiry of essential medicines and medical supplies including drugs used in the treatm…

Sen. Hamida Kibwana, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My Statement is on illegal acquisition of Kenyan identity documents by foreign nationals. 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 a matter of national concern regarding reports of foreign nationals illegally acquiring Kenyan identity cards, passports, …

Sen. Tabitha Keroche and the Senate Majority Leader, please.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a matter of national concern regarding the implementation status of legal policy reforms proposed in the November 2025 Report of the Technical Working Group on Gender-Based Violence, including femicide. In response to the rising case…

Sen. Hamida, take your seat. Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi, you have the Floor. Sen. Cherarkey, why are you tempting the Chair to throw you out? Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe you have two statements. Please, proceed.

[(Sen. Cherarkey held loud consultations)]

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I choose to read one statement today, because there is an error in one of the statements. I am reading this statement on the welfare and working conditions of National Police Reservists (NPR) in Samburu County.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defense, and Foreign Relations on a matter of national concern regarding the welfare, remuneration, medical cover and general working conditions of National Police Reservists serving in Samburu County and other pastoral counties of Kenya. The National Police…

Sen. Enoch Wambua, you may proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Health on a matter of county-wide concern regarding the congestion of patients and bed-sharing in public health facilities in Kitui County. Access to quality health care is a constitutional right. However, public health facilities in Kitui County continue to experi…

Order, Sen. Lelegwe, Sen. Dullo and Sen. Madzayo. Please, take your seats. Hon. Senators, before I allow further statements, pursuant to Standing Order No. 56 (1) (a) , I have got communication on visiting delegation of teachers and students from Maikona Girls' Senior School in Marsabit County.

[(Interruption of Statements)]

Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon of a visiting delegation of six teachers and 69 students from Maikona Girls' Senior School in Marsabit County. The delegation is visiting the Senate for an academic exposition. On behalf of the Senate and on my own behalf, I extend a warm welcome to the delegation and wish them a fruitful visit. I thank y…

Secondly, I also have got a visiting delegation of students and teachers from Mashuuru Boys' High School, Kajiado County. Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon of a visiting delegation of two teachers and 55 students from Mashuuru Boys' High School in Kajiado County. The delegation is visiting the Senate for an academic exposition. On behalf…

[(Laughter)]

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to welcome all the students from the two counties, particularly the Mashuuru Boys' High School from Kajiado County. Let me use this opportunity to say two things about the students who have come here. Mashuuru is my home. For these students to reach here, it is a nightmare because the road to Mashuuru is very bad. It is in terrible co…

They are going far. I just want to encourage them to remain disciplined and any issues that they want sorted out, they must have an engagement with the administration so that they get out of school with good grades. It is a very important thing that I thought I should mention. Thank you.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of Sen. Chute, myself and the people of Marsabit, I wish to take this opportunity to welcome the teachers and students from Maikona Girls Senior High School. This is a very serious step because we have never seen girls coming all the way from Maikona because that place is very far. As my sister Peris has mentioned about the challenges facing Mashuuru, Maikona…

Thank you, Sen. Dullo, for those encouraging words to the girls who are visiting the Senate today. Now, we will proceed to have statements pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (a) and I am calling upon the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget--- Sen. Shakila, why are you intervening?

[(Sen. Shakila Abdalla spoke off record)]

Asante Bw. Spika wa Muda. Kuna Statement nilileta last week ya watu wa Siyu walipigwa na majeshi. Waliingia kwa kijiji, watu wakapigwa, wakaumizwa na nyumba zao zikabomolewa. Hiyo Statement mpaka sasa haijaletwa kwa hii Floor. Ni nini inaendelea? Sheria ni kuwa baada ya masaa 24, Statement inafaa iletwe kwa Floor. Nashangaa.

I have just been informed that your Statement is being processed. It is before the Speaker's Desk. Your intervention is noted. Just take your seat. Chairperson Committee on Finance and Budget, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This is a statement pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (a) of the Senate Standing Orders. As you may be aware, in April 2026, the Committee on Finance and Budget---

[(Loud consultations)]

Order, Hon. Senators. Sen. Khalwale and Sen. Abdul Haji, I am giving a general warning to all the Members today. If you do not feel like being in the House, do not tempt the Chair to throw you out. If you must consult, consult in low tones. Allow those who are keen on doing what they are supposed to do, to do it in peace and silence. Sen. Ali Roba, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will start the statement hoping that our colleagues are listening. Statement under Standing Order No.56 (1) (a) of the Senate Standing Orders. As you may be aware, in April 2026, the Committee on Finance and Budget inquired into the exercise of powers of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to stop the transfer of funds under Article 225 of the Constitution. …

under Article 96 (1) and (3) of the Constitution as the protector of counties and the apex body that oversights national revenue allocated to county governments behooves the House to address its mind to finding a final solution to the issue of pending bills. It is alarming that in the County Government's Budget Implementation and Review Report of Financial Year 2025/2026, the Controller of Budget…

Thank you, Sen. Ali Roba. Statements pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) . The Senate Majority Leader.

Sen. Veronica Maina, please proceed.

Hon. Speaker, this is a petition on the illegal freezing of salaries and the exclusion of 313 seconded Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) programme officers from statutory pension rights under Cap 189. I take this opportunity to present this petition on behalf of Peter Makara Ngure, Alice Muthoni Ng’ang’a, Winfred Wambui K. Karanja, Edith Wairimu Gatimu Kariamburi, Agnes Njoki Kuria, an…

Teachers Service Commission, the Public Service Commission and the county public service salaries adjustment and collective bargaining agreement benefits. THAT, as a result, the affected officers’ salaries have effectively remained frozen at 2015 levels, causing them to miss salary increments under the 2017 to 2021 collective bargaining agreements, subsequent salary reviews in 2023 and the 2025 t…

[(Applause)]

Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.238 (1) , I commit the Petition to the Standing Committee on Education for consideration. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 238 (2) (a) , the Committee is required, in not more than 60 calendar days from the time of reading the prayer, to table its reports in the Senate for consideration. The Senate shall thereafter consider the report of the committee. I…

[(The Petition was committed to the Standing Committee on Education)]

[(The Clerk-at-the-Table consulted with the Temporary Speaker)]

(Bill deferred)

(Bill deferred)

I will rearrange the Order Paper, so that we consider Order No.25 followed by Order No.24 and then Order No.23. Clerk, read the Order.

Sen. Danson Mungatana, you have the Floor.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank you very much, for giving me the Floor. I wish to move: –

THAT, the Senate adopts the Reports of the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the - i) The Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No.11 of 2026); ii) The Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No.13 of 2026); and iii) The National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Vehicles) Regulations, 2026 (Legal Notice No.…

Who is seconding?

I ask Hon. Maanzo, a member of our committee, to second because he sat in those meetings and knows what we did.

Sen. Maanzo, please.

Madam Temporary Speaker, these regulations did not comply with the law. The NTSA, which has delegated power from Parliament, is asking for further delegated power to appoint inspectors who are not government agents. We asked them to withdraw and republish the regulations to comply and gave them a timeline. They were not willing. Eventually, they said they would withdraw, but we have seen no sign.…

Thank you, Senator. Honourable Senators, this Motion is now open for contributions. I call upon Sen. Ole Kina.

[(Question proposed)]

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. I am very proud of this Senate and particularly the Committee on Delegated Legislation because we are dealing with urgent matters. In this country, we have a business of cut and paste. We copy and paste. We go on benchmarking visits, travel around the world and see what other Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMV) are doing. In America, where I also lived, there …

constitutionally sound. After that, there is publication, then a Bill is read the First Time on the Floor of the House. After First Reading, it is notified to the public that there will be public participation. Some people who do not believe in democracy detest public participation because it slows down everything but it is important. This Senate and the National Assembly took time to carry out p…

Hon. Senators, exercising the powers of the Speaker under Standing Order 34 (1) (a) , I extend the time of sitting by not more than 15 minutes so that we can conclude this business.

Asante, Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa nafasi hii ili niweze kuchangia mjadala wa NTSA. Mambo mengine yanayofanyika katika idara zingine ni chungu kwa sababu yanafanya watu wakasirike. Mambo mengine tumekuwa tunayaona kila wakati. Kuna wakati tulisema mambo ya gadget; kuna wakati walisema mambo ya mishipi, lakini hadi leo, hakuna kitu chochote kinachofanya kazi. Tukianza kuongea mambo ya mabasi y…

Thank you, Sen. Mundigi of Embu County. Sen. Murango, please, proceed.

Asante Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Kwanza, napinga kwa dhati. Jambo la kwanza, wanapotuambia kwamba watatengeneza vituo mbadala vya kukagua magari, tunajua wazi kuwa kuna watu ambao wanataka kujitafutia kazi kibinafsi. Walakini, kwa sababu serikali ina uwezo na hakuna kitu imeizuia kuzijenga, hebu ijenge vituo.

Mhe. Spika wa Muda, jana nililipia kufanyiwa gari ukaguzi, na sikupata matatizo yoyote. Walakini, hatuwezi kuanza tena kuleta sheria zingine ambazo zitafanya maisha ya mwananchi iwe ngumu zaidi. Ukiangalia vitu ambavyo wanaleta wakisema ni vya kisasa, ukikumbuka, kuna wakati tuliletewa vidhibiti mwendo. Saa hii, hata magari mengine hayana, na bado yako barabarani. Kwa hivyo, si kusema kwamba, sher…

Thank you, Hon. Senators. There are no more Senators willing to contribute to this Motion. So, I will call the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Danson Mungatana of Tana River County, to reply.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to thank the Hon. Maanzo, Hon. Olekina, Hon. Mundigi and Hon. Murango for their great contribution. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senate must stand for the people of Kenya. There is no way we are going to allow these regulations to come in effect, 1st July, 2026. It is going to bring chaos to this country, and we must stand very firm. We must vote to annul tho…

Hon. Senators, I now direct that the putting of the question will be deferred to the next sitting of Senate, especially with respect to the Motion that was under discussion. Clerk, can you call the next Order? We have a few minutes.

[(Putting of the question on the Motion deferred)]

Madam Temporary Speaker, I was waiting for you to call me.

Proceed, Sen. Kathy. Sen. Mumma: Madam Temporary Speaker, first, to thank you most sincerely, for indulging me to be able to move this, Bill. I beg to move that The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bills 2022, (National Assembly Bills No. 61 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. I commend my co-sponsor for this very important Bill. Technology has assisted humanity, at large in very profound ways. …

our experts on fertility matters have gone ahead. Now, it is possible to harvest eggs and sperms from two partners and find a third party to incubate the embryo and have a child. This is happening in Kenya and elsewhere in the world, where parliaments in those places have put in place laws and regulations to ensure that those who need this service are assisted. They should operate in an ethical m…

at the time of death. Every person has the right to access ART services by licensed experts. The informed consent must be mandatory. This law also focusses on access to information. It establishes ART registers and databases. It restricts disclosure of donor recipient identities. It provides that minors cannot access certain information. It also brings in a regime for licensing of clinics and cry…

Sen. Mumma, you will have 45 minutes when we next commence debate on this Bill.