National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting
Thursday, 14 August 2025
The afternoon sitting focused on procedural issues, notably the refusal to reopen a response already tabled in the morning, before moving to a special motion to approve two nominees to the National Police Service Commission. Members highlighted constitutional and statutory criteria, regional and ethnic diversity, and the expected collaboration between the Commission, the police service, and IPOA. The temporary speaker also recognized visiting students before the motion was seconded. Members highlighted the hardship citizens face in obtaining birth certificates due to distance and cost, arguing that the compulsory requirement for school enrollment is undermining access. The debate focused on amending the Bill to decentralise registration services to sub‑county or ward levels, with calls for more offices, mobile units and mass registration drives. While the amendment received strong support, a brief scepticism was expressed about the proposed Unique Personal Identifiers (UPI). Members voiced strong frustration over the limited reach of devolution, citing difficulties citizens face in obtaining birth certificates and other services far from their homes. They called for expanding Huduma Centres to sub‑county levels and fast‑tracking a bill to establish constituency registrars offices, while also condemning alleged bribery and corruption within the system. The debate combined constructive proposals with sharp criticism of current service delivery and political conduct.
Sergeant-at-Arms, ring the Quorum
Hon. Mark Mwenje, do not do the job of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Come into the Chamber. I am told you have helped with whipping Members. Hon. Members, we can begin the business of the House. Allow me to recognise the following visitors in the Public Gallery:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to welcome all the visitors to the National Assembly, especially the Embu County opinion leaders and shapers seated in the Gallery. I want to tell them that this is where we come every time we have our sittings. They are welcome alongside all the other visitors who are here today. The team is from the four constituencies in Embu Co…
Hon. Temporary Speaker, I salute and welcome all of them to the National Assembly.
Member for Tharaka Constituency.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join my colleague in welcoming our visitors this afternoon to this august House. I particularly welcome the leaders from Embu County, who have come to see how proceedings are conducted here. I also welcome the other visitors, including pupils from Murera Primary School, which is one of the best schools in the constituency. Tharaka Constituency is highly margina…
Thank you. We welcome all our visitors to observe the proceedings of the House. Next Order.
Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, what did you say? I am sorry, I missed it.
You were listed to lay on the Table of the House the Report of the Committee on its Participation in the Diaspora Mobile Consular Services. Do you have the Report? Give the Chairman the microphone.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its Participation in the Diaspora Mobile Consular Services Exercise in Hong Kong from 22nd to 24th April 2024.
Hon. Chairman, I was checking to see who you are seated next to, who is distracting you. It seems the person distracting you is not in the House. Next Order.
Hon. Members, under Order No.7, we have several requests for statements and responses. First, allow me to indulge the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party to give the Statement of the week.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for indulging me on this.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give a Statement on behalf of the House
Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 12th August 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during the week ahead. As Members will recall, last week, the House resolved to alter its Calendar to hold both morning and afternoon sittings on Tuesday, 19th August 2025. The House will commence a long recess on Wednesday, 20th August 2025. We successfully moved the Motion, and Members supported…
[(Laughter)]
Is it Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe's name or the Committee that you are forgetting?
No, he looked at me until I forgot him. Please, bring business. Chairpersons and Vice-Chairs, you have this weekend to complete all pending businesses and bring them to the House. With regards to the business scheduled for Tuesday next week, the House is expected to consider the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill of 2025 and the Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly B…
Hon. Owen, you are now totally out of order. Can you finish reading your Statement? I indulged, and now you are abusing the opportunity. Do not debate it.
Okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am hyping them to come. The House will also continue with the Second Reading of the following Bills, should they not be concluded today:
Hon. Members, we will go on with Order No.7 – that is the Request for Statement by Hon. (Dr) Ariko Namoit, the Member for
Turkana South. We still have microphones behaving funnily. Please, move where one is functioning. Is it still not working? Try the next one.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to request a Statement on the rising cases of insecurity in Turkana County. Pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the rising cases of insecurity in Turkana County. Turkana County has witnessed a disturbing increase in in…
Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security. Hon. Chairperson
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We will provide a response within the first week after the recess.
That is in order. The next Request for Statement will be by Hon. Chege Njuguna. Is he in the House?
Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the disappearance of Mr. Moses Ng’ang’a Muhia.
Mr Moses of Identity Card No.29802051, an employee of Modern Furniture, Ruiru Branch, disappeared on 18th November 2024 after Modern Furniture premises caught fire while he was on duty. The family reported the matter to Membly Police Station vide Occurrence Book (OB) No.15/20/12/24. Since then, his whereabouts remain unknown despite persistent efforts by the family to trace him. In addition, effo…
Hon. Tongoyo, back to you.
Given the seriousness of the matter, and considering that this is a Kenyan who has gone missing – I know that we are going for recess
You should bring it in the first week after we resume, but if you happen to have it earlier, liaise with the Hon. Member because it is a matter of life and death.
I am well guided.
Nominated Member, Hon. Suleka
Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations regarding the escalating insecurity in Mandera town caused by the spillover of armed conflict from Bulahawa Town in Somalia. In recent weeks, residents of Mandera town have been subject…
are also reports indicating that during the intense fighting, overwhelmed members of Jubaland Forces crossed into Kenyan territory. The breach poses a serious threat to our national security and constitutes a clear violation of our sovereignty. The presence of the armed group and related military activities close to the border has also heightened tensions within the community, demanding the remova…
Hon. Koech.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Listening to the Hon. Member on the sensitivity of this matter that involves lives and property, we will serve justice if we get a Statement as soon as possible. I promise to give the Statement before the House on Tuesday, this coming week.
The next one is by Hon. Mejjadonk. Hon. Mejjadonk Gathiru . Thank you.
[(Embakasi Central, UDA)]
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.
Hold on, Hon. Mejjadonk. What is out of order, Hon. Suleka? Tuesday next week is the nearest you can get the response.
I appreciate, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I want the Committee to visit and see what is going on in Mandera. It is a matter of urgency. Thank you.
First of all, let the Chairperson respond to the Request for Statement. I am sure the Committee is up to the task, if there is a need to visit. Hon. Mejja.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the ownership of land parcel LR No. Nairobi block 156/548, in Embakasi Central Constituency.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, during the official opening of Komarock South Primary School in 2022, the President, in the presence of the Former Cabinet Secretary for Education and the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, publicly pledged to allocate a five-acre parcel of land adjacent to the school, registered as LR No. Nairobi/Block 156/548 for the construction of a secondary school and a Technical Vocational…
Chair of Departmental Committee on Education, are you in the House? Vice Chair? Any Member? No Member of the Committee is in the House. Majority Whip, can you make an undertaking on behalf of the Committee Chair?
Hon. Temporary Speaker, we will make sure that we respond to the Request in the second week after the recess.
Kindly note that this issue is deeper than the normal 44 (2) (c) . It may require an inquiry and cooperation from other committees, and specifically the Committee responsible for land matters. Therefore, you may need three weeks. I will give you three weeks to bring a report to the House after we come from recess. Hon. Members, before we go to the next one, allow me to recognise in the Public Gal…
The next Statement Request will be by Hon. Mark Mwenje, the Member for Embakasi West.
Hon. Temporary Speaker, mine is a request for a statement regarding the unlawful detention of the body of the late Ms. Margaret Njoki Mburu at Kenyatta University Funeral Home. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding the detention of the body of the late Ms. Margaret Njoki Mburu. Ms. Ma…
Departmental Committee on Health. The Vice Chair, Hon. Patrick, is here. Hon. Patrick Ntwiga (Chuka/Igambang’ombe, UDA) : Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Statement Request is in two parts. The first part is one release of the body, which is urgent. It is a matter on which we can bring a response on Tuesday because the burial is an urgent matter. The second part of the Statement Request is …
Very well. We expect a partial response on Tuesday. The rest shall be brought after we resume from recess. Hon. Gachobe Samuel.
I thought Hon. Osoro completed his time. He has lost the chance now, as he is very busy in Kisii today. I rise to support the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No 41 of 2024) by Hon. Aden Daudi Mohammed. I listened to several contributions earlier this week. Some were very misguided. I think one of the contributors had not even read the Bill. He conceded that he…
illegal activities like child pornography, terrorism, and extreme religious and cultic practices without curtailing in any way the freedoms of Kenyans to constructively engage online. On the issue of cyber harassment that one Member spoke about, it is provided in Section 27 of the Bill. It is very clear what constitutes cyber harassment. It is true that children and young people in this country h…
from various schools are the most vulnerable members of our society today. Some people watch 30 or 45-second clips on TikTok and believe they are true. Everything they see on TikTok, we must be there to protect them from. I keep going back to the Finance Bill of 2024. Kenyans believed all manner of untruths that were circulated on TikTok and other social media platforms. When we begged Kenyans to …
Please, give the Leader of the Majority Party one more minute to conclude.
Just one minute, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to conclude that point. I had a conversation with one of our top doctors, Dr Gikonyo of Karen Hospital, the other day. I was with a friend who said she had seen something circulating about Dr Gikonyo promoting certain pharmaceutical products and believed it was true. If we do not have laws to protect Kenyans, they will consume pharmaceuticals or other prod…
Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Members, before I give the next Member the Floor to contribute to this Motion, I would like to go back to Order 7, Request for Statements. This will allow the Speaker who just left the Chair to prosecute her Request for a Statement. Please, Hon. Martha Wangari, proceed.
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am standing under Standing Order 95. Reading the mood of the House, and as per the contributions already made, this Bill is already accepted by most of the Members. We can now call the Mover to reply. Thank you.
But I am still on the Floor, Hon. Temporary Speaker.
You will conclude, then I will find out whether that is the mood of the House. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I am afraid. I am extremely afraid. The history of this country does not give us comfort that the Government or the Executive can exercise the unfettered powers we are giving them, judiciously, consciously, and in the best interest of the people of Kenya. What will stop the Govern…
Well, Hon. Members, I am inclined to indulge Hon. Njeri Maina, Member for Kirinyaga.
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. Hon. Aden is a good friend of mine. We were in some Committee together before I was suddenly de-whipped, and I joined the crying of Hon. Oundo.
I rise to support this Bill. It is very timely and very succinct. I highlight Clause 3 of the
Thank you, Member for Kirinyaga. Hon. Members, Hon. Suleka Harun rose on Standing Order 95 and requested that the Mover be called to reply. I want to find out whether it is the mood of the House that I call upon the Mover to reply. I now call upon the Mover to reply, Hon. Aden Mohammed.
[(Question, that the Mover be called upon to reply, put and agreed to)]
Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me thank the Members of this august House for their very intelligent contributions to this proposed piece of legislation. Let me assure them that I have keenly listened to the concerns that they have raised. I will incorporate those concerns into the Bill. It is true that “illegal activities” is a very broad term. When we reach the Committee of the …
Okay, based on your request, it is assented to. Next Order.
I can see the Chairperson of the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration, and Agriculture is not in the House at this moment. Next Order.
Hon. Members, the Chairperson of the Special Funds Accounts Committee is also not in the House at the moment. Next Order.
Hon. Members, this one is by Hon. Kaluma, who is also in a different engagement. Next Order.
The Leader of the Majority Party is also not in at the moment.
Hon. Members, the time now being 6.55 p.m., this House stands adjourned until Tuesday, 19th August 2025, at 10.00 a.m. The House rose at 6.55 p.m.
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