National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF).

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Select Committee on National Government Constituencies Development Fund on list of nominees to the National Government Constituency Development Fund Committees for Webuye West, Isiolo South, Nandi Hills and Mumias East Constituencies

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the National Government Constituency Development Fund for four constituencies committees, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 1st August 2024 and, pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 (4) of the National Government Constituency Development Fund Act, 2015 and Paragraphs 5 (2) and…

Thank you, Hon. Tandaza. Next Order.

On the request for statements as annexed in the Order Paper by Hon. Mishi Mboko and Hon. Owen Baya, they have requested that their requests for statements be deferred. As you may be aware, they are engaged in the vetting of Cabinet Secretaries. Those requests for statements are hereby deferred.

Let us go to Hon. Barrow Dekow, Member for Garissa Township. Is the Hon. Member in the House?

I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

You may procced.

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 Administration and Internal Security regarding unexplained abductions and disappearance of several persons from Garissa Township Constituency. On 30th July 2024, four persons were abducted from Garissa Town. They are Mr. Mohamed …

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:

Member for Garissa, are you focusing on the statement or you are debating the same? Please, stick to your statement. Have you finished?

I just wanted to re-state the fact that the President has pronounced himself on numerous occasions that the era of extra-judicial killings has come to an end. However, it seems that the security agencies have defied those orders. We want the security teams to take this matter seriously. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Member for Garissa Township. Hon. Yakub, do you want to comment on the matter? I give you a minute.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want to give support to my brother, Hon. Major Dekow, Member for Garissa Township. Abductions have now become a menace. It has no meaning, and is becoming more political. For the last three or four months, there have been abductions all over Garissa. We thought that those abductions were meant for security purposes, but those particular four cases and two…

You only had a minute to make a comment.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

What is out order, Hon. Member? I hope it is not about what Hon. Yakub has said because he has already finished. So, the point of order cannot even stand. Instead, I would like to give a chance to Hon. Edith Nyenze. She has a request for statement. Is Hon. Nyenze in the House? She seems not.

[(Loud consultations)]

On a point of order.

Hon. Makali Mulu, what is out of order?

Thank you for giving this opportunity, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The matter of Garissa Township was raised yesterday by one of the Hon. Members from that area. Today, it has come up again. Would I be in order to request you to order for some urgent action on this matter? People are losing their lives while others are being put in a situation of panic. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Makali Mulu, I will give a chance to the Chairperson to tell us when the Statement will be given.

Thank you, Hon temporary Speaker. Before I respond as to when I will bring a response to the statement request, as clearly put by the Hon. Member, only yesterday, more or less the same matter was raised in this House by a Nominated Member from Garissa. I seek your indulgence because these matters are more or less the same, talking about the same area. Can I consolidate the two requests for statem…

[(Hon. Temporary Speaker consulted with the leading Clerk-at-the-Table)]

Thank you very much. First of all, I will respond to the matter that has been raised by Hon. Makali Mulu concerning the issue of Garissa that has been raised so many times. I was in the House when it was raised yesterday. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security has requested that the two requests for statements be consolidated. Chairperson, let the thr…

I am well guided, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I want your indulgence considering that you are requesting that the request for statements be dealt with in a more comprehensive manner by the Members who will be appearing before the Committee. Will it then be necessary for me to bring a statement to the Floor of this House thereafter?

[(Hon. Makali Mulu spoke off the record)]

You must report back to the House on the matter that has been raised. The matter is no longer of interest only to the people of Garissa. It is also of interest to this House. So, after you have received a proper response, you will report to the House in the usual way.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have appropriately guided us on the way forward. I am much obliged.

Next is the usual Thursday Statement by the Leader of Majority Party.

You may proceed, Leader of the Majority Party.

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, 30th July 2024, to prioritise business for consideration during the week of 5th to 9th August, 2024. As Members are aware, the House reviewed its Calendar and is set to proceed on a long recess next week on Friday, 9th August…

Thank you Leader of Majority Party. Next Order.

(National Assembly Bill No. 34 of 2022) THAT, this House do agree with the Report of the Committee of the whole House on its consideration of the Senate Amendments to the Sugar Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2022).

Hon. Members, debate on this Motion was concluded yesterday. What remained was putting of the Question, which I will now put. Next Order.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Chairperson, Departmental

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the joint sittings of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health and the Senate Standing

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance. I support the Committee Report. This is also my Committee. To put the records straight, I examined and passed Dr. Amoth as a post-graduate student at the University of Nairobi. Fortunately, I also vetted him at the Committee level. For that, I want to assure the House that Dr. Amoth is a highly qualified and competent individual who is …

Thank you very much. I can see so many points of order. Hon. Jared Okello, what is out of order?

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. There seems to be a general consensus that everybody in this House is for Dr. Amoth without any contestation. On that breadth, I ask you to indulge us and call upon the Mover to reply.

Well, I can see a lot of support for that proposal from both sides of the aisle. However, I will put it to vote. Mover.

[(Question, that the Mover be now called upon to reply, put and agreed to)]

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Members for overwhelmingly supporting the Committee’s position. I want to also thank the Departmental Committee on Health of the National Assembly. I beg to reply that Dr. Patrick Omwanda Amoth be approved as the Director-General for Health.

Thank you very much. Hon. Members. I will go ahead to put the Question. Next Order.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

The Mover is not there. Next Order.

The Chairperson of the Committee is not in the House.

(Motion deferred) Next Order.

Similarly, the Chairperson of the Committee is not in the House. Next Order.

The Chairperson of the relevant Committee is absent. Next Order.

Similarly, the Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity is not in the House. I direct we proceed to the next Order.

The Leader of the Majority Party is not in the House. I, therefore, direct that we move to the next Order.

The Chairperson of the relevant Committee is absent. Next Order.

Is there any Member of the Pan- African Parliament to move this Report? No.