National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

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Well done, Hon. Murugara. That was a long one. Next Order.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Petitions Committee on its consideration of Public Petition No. 11 of 2022 regarding pollution Athi River, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 11th April 2024.

TikTok in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 25th September

Thank you. Before the next Order, allow me to acknowledge the following schools: In the Speaker’s Gallery: Magomano Girls Secondary School from Kinangop, Nyandarua. Hon. Members, acknowledge the presence of your children.

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Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is a great pleasure for me to warmly welcome the students from my Constituency, Al-Muhajirun School. You are most welcome by Members of Parliament. Al-Muhajirun is a group of schools known as Ansaaru Sunna, which is one of the most successful integrated community schools that have uplifted children from our neighbourhood. They do very well in the exams. I also want to …

[(Students from Al-Muhajirun School clapped)]

Order! Order! You clap again and you will be evacuated from that Gallery. And I cannot blame those children. It is the Serjeant-at-Arms Office that has not told the visiting school children how to behave in Parliament. So, Serjeant-at-Arms, you are called to order. Those children do not know how they should behave here. And for Members of Parliament, when you bring students to the Gallery, also re…

Thank you, Speaker. Indeed, I want to inform you that I had a meeting with my students who are visiting the precincts of Parliament, and I ably briefed them as to what they are supposed to do in the Chambers. I can assure you that you are not going to hear that clapping or ululation.

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I take this opportunity to welcome Magomano Girls Secondary School to the precincts of Parliament and within the Chambers. Just to bring to your attention, Kinangop is the home of the first Speaker of the National Assembly. In fact, Sir Humphrey Slade lived in a place called Karima, where Karima Girls is located. Today we also have Magomano Girls Secondary School. These are two premier schools in …

Thank you. On my behalf and on behalf of the House, we welcome the students, their teachers and those accompanying them to the House of Parliament. Thank you.

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Hon. Abdi Ali Abdi, Member for Ijara. Hon. Abdi, is this the same issue you asked the Cabinet Secretary during the kamukunji?

Yes, but this is more of a comprehensive Statement.

So, do you want to prosecute it, or does it die there?

I just want it to be formal so that at least it is comprehensive.

Go ahead. Thank you.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provision of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the tragic killing of a chief and a primary school teacher in Hulugho Sub-County, Ijara Constituency, Garissa County. On 26th January 2026, the Boma Location Senior Chief, Mr Abdifatah Ghani Mo…

It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on the following.

Chairman, Hon. Tongoyo, how soon can you bring the response? Actually, this issue was raised before the Cabinet Secretary.

Yes, it was.

And he substantially spoke about it.

Yes.

So, how much time do you need?

For the purposes of tabling the record in the House and given the gravity of the matter, maybe we can do it on Thursday, next week.

Thursday, next week?

Yes.

Thank you.

I want to send my condolences to the families of our fallen officers, the teacher and the chief.

Thank you. You do that for all of us. Hon. Charles Onchoke.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Orders 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the status of construction of the Gikondi-Thaara Road and the Mwireri-Mutwewathi Road in Mukurweini Constituency. The award of the two projects to contractors created legitimate expectation among res…

Thank you. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure or any Member from the Committee. Leader of the Majority Party, inform them to bring a response in two weeks.

Hon. Speaker, I will do that.

Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party, your Thursday Statement. Do you have any today?

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Lochakapong, who is sympathising that many other Chairpersons are not in the House. I must commend Hon. Tongoyo and his Vice-Chairperson, because they are always in the House at 2.30 p.m. to make sure that they respond to Questions and Statements.

Correct.

The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure should also be aware that many of the Questions that come from Members pertain either to security, transport, health or water. Hon. Kangogo Bowen is also here at 2.30 p.m. I encourage the other Chairpersons to be present.

Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 44 (2) (a) to make a Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met in its first meeting this Tuesday, February 10th, to prioritise business for consideration during the week. Allow me to once again officially welcome Members back from the long recess and wish all of them a very successful Fifth Session, which will be our penultimate Sessio…

Committee of the Whole House on the Judges Retirement Benefits Bill, 2025. This Bill is for judges’ pension. We finished its Second Reading at the tail end of the last Session. Second Reading of the following Bills, should some of them not be concluded today—

Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. Members, allow me to acknowledge, in the Speaker’s Gallery this afternoon, Maranda High School from Bondo, Siaya County.

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Hon. Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity to welcome the students and teachers from Maranda High School to Parliament. Maranda High School is one of our best; actually, one of our top schools in the county. We really support their visit to Parliament. Maranda High School is an outstanding school that has produced many scholars and professionals, including the late Right Hon. Raila Amol…

Hon. Oundo.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also join my colleague, Hon. Atandi in welcoming the students from Maranda High School to this august House. I do so on two accounts. First, my second born went through Maranda High School. I am a very proud father of the boy. Second, we have had a very good working relationship between Funyula National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) and Marand…

sponsored since I became a Member of Parliament have attained either A- (Minus), B+ (Plus), or A plain. They always make me very proud and we associate very well. We wish them well and good speed. Thank you.

Hon. Oron.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity to also add my voice in welcoming Maranda High School. I am an alumnus of Maranda High School. That is where I started from. Maranda High School students, dream on. This is where you should be aiming at. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Next Order.

Hon. Members, I will put the question.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

[(The Bill was read a Second Time and committed to Committee of the whole House)]

Next Order. First Readings

Next Order.

Chairman, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, that is your Motion.