National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

1. Status report on the progress of investigations into the death of Mohamed Ture Demo, a form three student of Isiolo High School and Ms. Angelica Kananu Lichira both reported at Isiolo Police Station under OBNo.24/24/07/2026 and OBNo.64/20/07/2026 respectively, including reports from review of CCTV cameras at the crime scene. 2. Measures put in place by the Ministry of Interior and National Ad…

Thank you, Hon. Mumina. Where is the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security? Hon. Ng’elechei, are you a Member of the Committee? Is two weeks sufficient?

Yes, Hon. Speaker. That is in order.

Thank you. Hon. Machua Waithaka.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works regarding the status of construction of Ting’ang’a market, Kang’ang’i market and students' hostels at Kiambu National Polytechnic. The national Government commenced the construction of Ting’ang’a and Kan…

The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works. Is it Hon. Rindikiri?

I commit to submit a report within the next two weeks.

Two weeks, thank you. Hon. Mejjadonk.

Thank you. Pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands regarding the ownership status and intended use of land Plot No.B1/179 situated in Kayole, Embakasi Central Constituency. The land Plot No.B1/179 has been occupied and utilised by the Administration Police as a public security installation serv…

Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Hon. Tongoyo.

Hon. Speaker…

Sorry, it was not yours. It is for the Departmental Committee on Lands. Who is the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands? Hon. Nyamoko or any Member of the Committee? Hon. Josess, are you a Member? Advise your Chairperson so that he can bring a response in two weeks.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will.

Responses to Requests of Statements is next. Is Hon. Dick Maungu in the House? Yes. Hon. Tongoyo, are you ready for Hon. Dick Maungu.

I am. It is a long one. I will try to compress. STATEMENT

This is a response to the Request of Statement sought by the said Member concerning rising cases of insecurity in Luanda Constituency. In particular, he wanted to know: 1. The assessment of the insecurity situation recorded in Luanda Constituency in the recent past. 2. The status of investigations into the murder of Mr Brian Amatea, including the plans to compensate his family. 3. Measures being …

Hon. Maungu.

Thank you very much for the opportunity. Allow me to appreciate the Chairperson for the response although we still feel that we have some security gaps. The Chairperson has really tried to capture the story as it is, but he did not come out clearly. He has talked about rapid response units that need to be deployed. Since I gave this Request of Statement, we have had an opportunity even to host you…

Hon. Tongoyo.

Hon. Speaker, the Member agrees with the Statement, apart from the specific intervention and strategy that the National Police Service is putting in place. It is not proper to discuss some of these issues publicly. I would like to tell the Member that one of the challenges the NPS faces is lack of vehicle mobility. Currently, there is an ongoing programme to ensure that the majority of our police…

Thank you. Is Hon. James K’Oyoo in the House?

Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Good. Hon. Tongoyo, give a response to the request by Hon. James Onyango K’Oyoo, Member for Muhoroni.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a Statement regarding the status of refugee integration and economic empowerment in the country. Hon. Umulkher Harun sought a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development on the status of implementation of the provisions of the Refugee Act, Cap.173 relating to refugee integration and the progress made in transitioning refugee…

Hon. Umulkher.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also thank the Chairperson for the detailed response. I have gone through the Report and it is very broad and heavily focused on programmes, but it does not touch on the real results on the ground. Hon. Speaker, if you look at what has been happening in the refugee camps since the donor funding was reduced in 2025 and 2026, the youth and the refugees have been suffering,…

Thank you, Hon. Umulkher. Hon. Lochakapong, that is a positive comment. You can engage hereafter. Hon. Members, allow me to welcome students who are seated in the Speaker's Gallery: Hossen Mixed Day Secondary School, Marakwet West Constituency, Elgeyo Marakwet County and Skyking School, Chesumei Constituency, Nandi County. In the Public Gallery, we have Luciuti Primary School, Igembe North Constit…

[(Applause)]

Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order st 44(2)(c), Hon. Gitonga Mukunji requested for a Statement on 1 July 2026 regarding the status of leather industry in the country. I will, therefore, respond to the Question as submitted to me by the Cabinet Secretary. One, is a report on the current status of the leather industry in the country providing inter alia the impact analysis of the reduction of …

Chairman, can you paraphrase your statement? It is too long, and I can see you are still fumbling with many pages.

Hon. Speaker, I will move fast. On the implementation status, the Kenya Leather Industrial Park is situated in Kinanie, Machakos County. This is meant to ensure that the leather produced here is tanned and value-added in Kenya. On the measures that the Government is taking to unlock and adapt the potential of the leather industry, we have the Leather Value Chain Development Support Project. It is …

Hon. Mukunji.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the onset, as you had said, that Statement was long, but without substance. This is a cosmetic report from a Ministry that has not appeared in this House since we came in. It is one of those ministries where the Cabinet Secretary has not appeared before this House to either answer Questions or explain what they are doing.

Order, Hon. Mukunji. You are now debating the Statement. Just hold on. You should have the capacity to listen because when you talk, I listen. Take your seat. Your Statement sought the status of the leather industry in the country. He has given a very long, comprehensive Statement on its status. For you to interrogate the Statement properly is not to make those bellicose statements. Simply ask him…

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I mean what I say because I have read the report. I was given the report and I internalised it fully.

Then interrogate it. Ask him to clarify.

Yes, I want to get into the substance. First of all, the report does not say why many tanneries continue to close down. We are now close to 18 tanneries that have closed down, yet there were local people who were trying to add value to the leather industry. The report does not address the issue of the declining production of leather products in this country. This has led to the loss of serious ski…

Thank you, Hon. Mukunji. Chairman, those were just general comments, but if you have any response to any one of them, you can go ahead.

Hon. Speaker, I want to thank Hon. Mukunji for requesting for a Statement. However, I request him to give specific questions that he wants us to answer. Otherwise, the information he has given on the industrial park is not accurate. We allocated in the budget its final batch of money to make sure that it is operational in this financial year. That budget was passed by this House. We are on course …

Thank you. Statement number five is from Hon. Fredrick Ikana, Chairman of Transport and Infrastructure. There has been a request to defer it. So, it is deferred to next Tuesday. Hon. Members, allow me to acknowledge in the Public Gallery, Legal Sisters Organisation from Dagoretti North, Nairobi and in the Speaker's Gallery the AHP Workshop Primary School from Belgut, Kericho County. On my behalf a…

[(Moved by Hon. Raphael Wanjala on 29.7.2026)]

[(Resumption of debate interrupted on 4.8.2026)]

Hon. Members, this matter came up yesterday. Is Hon. Wanjala in the House? Any Member from the Committee on Implementation? We will give it the last chance tomorrow. If the Mover will not be here, I will use Standing Order 95 to put the Question, his absence notwithstanding. (Motion deferred) Next Order.

[[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) in the Chair]]

The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba): Very well, Hon. Members. Let us proceed. I call upon the Chairperson to report. Hon Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM): Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole House has considered the Fisheries Management and Development Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 59 of 2023) and approved the same with amendments. The Temporary Cha…

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report. I also request Hon. Umulkher to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House be amended by inserting the words, “subject to recommittal of Clause 39 and Part XVIII, comprising Clauses 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 and 207”. I also request Hon. Eve Obara to second.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second. (Question proposed)

[(Question put and agreed to)]

THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BILL (National Assembly Bill No. 29 of 2023) Clause 39 The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Peter Kaluma): Hon. Eve Obara, please, move Recommittal to Clause 39.

[[The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Peter Kaluma) in the Chair]]

[(Recommittal of Clause 39 and Part XVIII)]

THAT, Clause 39 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause 1 by deleting paragraph (a). Hon. Temporary Chairman, subclauses (b), (c), (d) all the way to (k) adequately cover what we are trying to do in (a) because they will work towards rejuvenating the fish in the waters of the lake. (Question of the amendment proposed) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Peter Kaluma): Hon. Millie Odhiambo.

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I wish to fully support. It is only in fishing where we put very harsh regulations. When you put ‘closed seasons’ for fishing, which many people call “closing the lake”, it means people cannot get money to take their children to school or money for food yet we have put many measures, including a dedicated section for artisanal fishers working together with the national and…

Absolutely. They are nowhere. They become beggars. I think people do not understand that fishermen or fisherwomen are actually just fisherfolk. They do not have any other livelihood when you say “now we have closed the lake”. It is like telling farmers that there is no tilling the land from January to March. No. We go by what we see. Even the fisherfolk know when the lake has no fish and they will…

One of the amendments I have brought has to do with re-stocking. I have taken time to understand the fishing arena since the fisherfolk elected me. One of the things that I have understood is that you can re-stock the lake in the same way you have the cage fishing. You can get fish through fingerlings or other means and re-stock the lake. What we need to do is scale up our technology. If we are us…

Allow me also to support the amendment. Given all the reasons by Hon. Millie and Hon. Eve Obara, I just want to add something on ‘closed seasons’, especially for shared waters like Lake Victoria where we legislate to close our side when the other side, in Uganda and Tanzania, fishing continues. We are telling our people, who are 100 per cent dependent on fish, that we have closed knowing they do …

[(Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to)]

[(Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to)]

I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Part XVIII of the Bill which comprises Clauses 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 and 207. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Peter Kaluma): Order, Hon. Chairman. I will give you a minute because this is a House of procedure and rules. Let us get it right.

THAT, Clause 39 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by— Question, that the words be inserted in place thereof be inserted put and agreed to) (Clause 39 as amended agreed to) Part XVIII

[(a) deleting the opening statement and substituting therefor the following new opening statement— (1) The Director-General shall in accordance with the best scientific advice and such other relevant information as may be available, with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary and in consultation with county governments and after public participation, by notice in the Gazette, impose, among others, any measures for the conservation and management of any fishery including— (b) deleting the word “including” appearing in paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the word “and”; and (c) inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (f)— (fa) designate specific areas and times for fishing by fishers specialising in different types and methods of fishing; (fb) designate by regulation, the space allowable for cage farming, artisanal and other types of fishing. (Question of the amendment proposed)]

[(Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to)]

[(Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to)]

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Part XVIII and substituting therefor the following new Part— Part XVIII-Establishment of the Fisheries Tribunal Establishment of the Fisheries Tribunal. 198. (1) There is established a Fisheries Tribunal. (2) The Fisheries Tribunal shall consist of the following members appointed by the Judicial Service Commission— (a) a Chairperson who shall be a person qu…

[(2) In addition to the powers set out in subsection (1), the Tribunal shall have the power to hear and determine any dispute concerning fisheries and aquaculture where there is a business contract, unless the parties have otherwise agreed to an alternative dispute resolution mechanism. (Question of the amendment proposed)]

[(Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to)]

[(Question, that the words to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to)]

[(Part XVIII as amended agreed to)]

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report its consideration of the Fisheries Management and Development Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 29 of 2023) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed)

[(Question put and agreed to)]

[(The House resumed)]

[[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) in the Chair]]

We may take our seats. Yes, the Chairperson to report to the House.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that Committee of the Whole House has considered the Fisheries Management and Development Bill (National Assembly Bill, No. 29 of 2023) and approved the same with amendments.

Mover.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report and also request Hon. Ruweida to second the Motion for agreement of the Report of the Committee of the Whole House.

Seconded.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Question put and agreed to)]

st THAT, this House notes the Report of the Kenya Delegation to the 151 Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and related meetings held in The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba): Equally, the Chairperson had sought deferment of this matter and, therefore, it is so ordered to be deferred. Next Order.

[(Motion deferred)]

The Chair sought deferment and I order that this matter be deferred to the next session.

[(Motion deferred)]

I order that this Report be deferred to the next session. (Motion deferred) Next Order. ADOPTION OF SEVENTH REPORT ON AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF SPECIFIED FUNDS

I further order that this be deferred to the next session. (Motion deferred) Next Order. ADOPTION OF 9 TH REPORT ON AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF SPECIFIED STATE CORPORATIONS (a) Kenya Medical Supplies Authority for the Financial Year 2021/2022; (b) Agriculture and Food Authority for the Financial Years 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2…

I order that this be deferred to the next session. (Motion deferred) Next Order.

THAT, this House adopts the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Implementation on the Implementation status of Reports on Petitions and Resolutions passed by the House, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, rd 3 December 2025.

Hon. Members, this is also deferred to the next session. (Motion deferred) Next Order. APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY

This matter is equally deferred to the next session. (Motion deferred)