National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Hon. Members, I have a Communication on the recognition of a Delegation from the County Assembly of Elgeyo Marakwet who are seated in the Speaker’s Gallery. The Delegation comprises of six Members from the County Assembly of Elgeyo Marakwet, Select Committee on Members' Welfare, Catering and Library Services. They are:

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to welcome the delegation from the County Assembly of Elgeyo Marakwet as they visit Parliament so that they can pick the best practices from this Legislature. Prior to coming to Parliament, I worked in the County Assembly of Elgeyo Marakwet as a Legal Counsel from 2013 to 2022, resigned and sought election from the people of Marakwet…

I also want to confirm that I saw you during lunch hour. I do not know whether you were still doing inspection or buying them lunch. But, Hon. Members, allow me to just welcome them to the House to watch the Proceedings of this House. Next Order.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:

THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Select Committee on Members Service and Facilities on an inspection visit to constituency offices in Siaya, Kisumu, Narok and Bomet Counties, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 2nd October

Next Order.

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 Education regarding the ongoing verification of the number of students in all schools across the country. The Ministry of Education is currently undertaking a nationwide verification exercise to ascertain accurate student enrolme…

Thank you. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, this is not a new issue. Remember I raised it last week. Vice-Chair, bring the response next week on Wednesday. It is an urgent matter.

Yes, we will, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

I will indulge the Member for Mukurweini. Next is the Member for Moyale, Hon. Prof Guyo Jaldesa.

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 police harassment and restrictions on small-scale mining activities in Moyale Constituency. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Moyale Constituency is abundantly endowed with vast natural resour…

Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security you have two weeks.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, you had already given direction, but I think it is good to note that our good Professor knows that this has been a death trap site in his Constituency and it has been an issue for too long. There was a time when we lost many Kenyans. I do not want to pre-empt the answer, but I know the police are there to maintain peace and some level of order to prevent more death. But as …

Very well. Member for Othaya.

[(Hon. Prof Guyo Jaldesa spoke off the record)]

What is the matter Professor?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, deaths or no deaths, the police are there to protect the people. Why should there be deaths when the police are there to protect? He is actually admitting failure by the security agencies. The closure is not...

Order, Professor. You have two weeks within which you can raise further questions. Member for Othaya?

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 the Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation regarding the recent sharp increase in water tariff in Othaya and Mukurweini Constituencies in Nyeri County. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Othaya-Mukurweini Water and Sanitation Company Limited (O…

The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee of Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation, bring a response in two weeks.

Thank you. We will bring the response in two weeks.

Hon. Members, allow me to welcome students from the following schools. They are seated in the Public Gallery: Nairobi South Day Secondary School from Starehe Constituency, Nairobi County; and, Muhoroni Furaha School from Muhoroni Constituency, Kisumu County. Join me in welcoming them to observe the proceedings of the House. I will now indulge the Leader of the Majority Party to give the normal Th…

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 30th September 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during the week. With regards to business scheduled for next week, the House is expected to continue with Second Reading of the Intergovernm…

Hon. Ngogoyo is my very good friend. He is serving his first term in this House, and I frequently have to signal him to pay attention. He, along with others who are not even in the House, is fond of conducting business at press conferences. Yesterday, while we were supposed to be transacting business, he and five other Members of Parliament, who were not even present in the House, staged a press c…

Leader of the Majority Party, you have made your point. Next is the Member for North Imenti.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a Request for a Statement regarding the inclusion of Imenti Sub-County in the upcoming Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruitment. 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 inclusion of Imenti East …

Not Chair!

Sorry. It is “Madam Speaker”. The recruitment is starting on the 13th, so I hope...

Hon. Member for North Imenti, give the Speaker a moment to first determine your Statement before you debate it.

[(A Member spoke of the record)]

Okay.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am not taking over your role…

No, no, no…

I just want to say that I hope you will rule that it should be included by next Thursday. The recruitment commences on 13th October. Thank you.

Hon. Rahim, I hear you. However, I would like to bring to your attention that a Statement should be read as it is. Is the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in the House? Leader of the Majority Party, many other such cases were raised last week. Can they all be collapsed into one response to be brought next week, latest on Thu…

That is okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you. Before we go to the next Statement, allow me to recognise, in the Public Gallery, learners from Kiambuthia Primary School, Mathioya Constituency in Muranga County. Join me in welcoming them to observe the proceedings of the House.

[(Applause)]

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I request for a Statement regarding the tax arrears owed to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) by various National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) committees. I think this is important for Members to pay attention to…

Prosecute your Statement, Hon.

Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning regarding the disputed tax arrears owed to the KRA by various NG-CDF constituency committees, which were picked during our audit. In 2021, the NG-CDF Board received a communication from the KRA demanding payment of tax arre…

Subsequently, a meeting between the NG-CDF Board and KRA was held on 21st December 2021, in which various issues were discussed, including tax accountability on labour-based contracts, collection of tax arrears, and appointment of fund account managers as Value Added Tax (VAT) withholding tax agents, amongst others. Despite numerous engagements between the NG-CDF Board and KRA, the matters have r…

Very well. Is the Chairman or the Vice- Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in the House? Leader of the Majority Leader, kindly let the Chairman of the Committee know that a response is required within the next two weeks. I have called for the membership, and they have heard. They have two weeks. Hon. Ali Wario, Member for Garsen. If he is not in the House, it …

[(Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah spoke off the record)]

[(Hon. Ali Wario's request for Statement deferred)]

Thank you, 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 Transport and Infrastructure regarding the installation of safety road measures along the Moi University-Lessos Road. The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) recently completed the construction of the Moi University-Le…

It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following:

Very well. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, Hon. GK.

We will give the response in two weeks’ time.

Very well. Hon. Umulkher Harun. Is she in the House? She is not in. That Request for Statement is deferred to the next time it will be scheduled again in the Order Paper. Next is Request for Statement by Hon. Kaguchia. Is he in the House? He is not in. It will also be rescheduled in the Order Paper.

[(Requests for Statements Nos. 1 and 9 deferred)]

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will read through the response and I hope Hon. Keynan is listening. The first question was on the measures being taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to identify, geo-map, and gazette traditional migratory routes, communal herding grounds and pastoral zones in Northern Kenya. I have summarised the response but I believe Hon. Keynan ha…

Hon. (Dr) Mutunga, is that the summarised version of the Statement?

Yes, I am winding up. Hon. Keynan was very particular with his request, and I would like to touch his heart.

You have taken quite some time.

There are only 15 resolutions.

Hon. Keynan.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Last week, this House interacted with a response from the Ministry, which was not only wanting, but completely out of place. I almost sought your indulgence today to be patient with us because we are dealing with an entirely neglected sector. Two things come to my mind. I requested for this Statement on 30th June 2025. First, I appreciate Hon. (Dr) Mutunga becau…

Are you happy?

Can I finish my contribution, Hon. Temporary Speaker?

Hon. Keynan, since you requested for the Statement, you know the rules. You can ask for clarification if you need it, but do not debate the Statement. We still have a lot of business to cover.

I want to indulge you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Maybe your ears are not used to the livestock music, but that is on a light note.

Hon. Keynan, you are out of order. All matters are important to the Speaker. You are totally out of order.

The responses and avenues being suggested are very good. Will I be right to ask the Chairman to ensure that those joint resolutions between the Council of Governors and the Ministry are properly implemented? When that meeting takes place between 23rd and 25th October 2025, the Committee, under your able leadership, will be part of the deliberations to ensure that this Statement does not become jus…

Very well. As has been said by Hon. Keynan, Dr Mutunga is up to the task. We will move to the next response to a Statement request by Hon. Joseph Namuar. Is he in the House? Where is he? I did not know Hon. Emathe is also called Namuar. Hon. Kangogo.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have a response to a request for a Statement by Hon. Namuar regarding the lack of development and non- exploitation of Lake Turkana resources. I will be very brief and summarise the Statement because I had already given the Member a copy of the same. Lake Turkana is a closed basin located in North-Western Kenya. The response from the Ministry, which is signed by Hon. Has…

On the support being provided to fisher folk and BMUs to enhance access to equipment, financing, markets, and capacity building, there are about 51 registered BMUs in Lake Turkana; 41 in Turkana County and 10 in Marsabit County. Through the Kenya Fish Marketing Authority (KFMA), the 51 BMUs have been sensitised on the fish commercialisation and subsequent establishment of fish marketing cooperativ…

Very well. Member for Turkana Central, are you satisfied?

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am not satisfied with the response. If I am told to rate on a scale of five, I will give it one; only on item number three. I say so because it is only the fish markets that were just advertised and we did site handovers recently, that are tangible. And that is an answer to my question number three. Allow me to quickly say three things on this response. Number…

Turkana, in his report said, “fish, which should be a source of development, die of old age in Lake Turkana”. That is a recent report of 2022. In short, Turkana County is not developed and its potential is not being exploited. That is what our President meant when he said fish in Lake Turkana die of old age. He was referring to the Report by Dr Wassie Anteneh. Secondly, Lake Turkana has the poten…

Hon. Kangogo, you have been rated at 20 per cent from that statement. What do you have to say?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, to an extent, I agree with Hon. Namuar that Lake Turkana has been neglected for a while. On 20th of this month, my Committee will visit Lake Turkana for a public participation activity, which I also reported before you in the Liaison Committee. We are developing a new Fisheries Management and Development Bill which will address many of the challenges that our fishermen have…

Hon. Namuar.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, a quick one. The current financial year’s budget on fisheries for Lake Turkana does not reflect equity. Implementation must start with this budget other than just giving us concept notes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Chairman, I am sure you have heard his concerns. The next response is to the Member for Kandara Constituency. Are you in the House? The response to that Statement is by Hon. GK and his Committee.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Member for Kandara Constituency, Hon. Njuguna Chege, requested a statement regarding the completion of the Mackenzie-Muruka-Kamurugu Road. In the request, he sought the following:

Member for Kandara, are you satisfied with the statement?

Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I respond to the Chairman of Transport, allow me to pay tribute to the 16 victims who perished on Sunday during that gruesome road accident on Nairobi-Nakuru Highway. We convey our heartfelt condolences to the families. This is one family that lost all family members. We pay tribute to the families of Mr. Karanja, Mr. Mburu and Mr. Karatu. Our hear…

Member for Kandara, I have indulged you and on behalf of the House, we also send our condolences. On behalf of Gilgil, where this accident took place, I want to confirm it is one of the worst accidents we have ever seen. We send our prayers to the families that were affected from Kandara and we pray, as you have said, that they will have peace. Regardless of that, I have indulged you, despite the …

Thank you. To the response, we are already in the month of October and I have not seen any signs of the contractor coming back to the site. I just wanted to make sure we are talking of October 2025. Thank you.

Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon, we will make sure that this contractor is given enough pressure to do what he is supposed to do. I will support my colleague in ensuring that this road is completed and that we will ensure the Ministry does what is expected of them. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Machakos, to be responded to by the same Committee. Is the Member for Machakos in the House? If she is not in the House, you shall table the response, Chair. We will go to the next request for statement by Hon. Bady Twalib. Are you in the House? Yes, so you will table the response to Hon. Kamene and respond to the request for statement by Hon. Abu.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Abubakar Twalib requested for a statement regarding traffic congestion along Changamwe-Port Reitz Road. Hon. Bady Twalib requested as follows:

Hon. Twalib.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am not satisfied on the first question. I had requested the Ministry to look into congestion as that blocks the highway, which is busy.

I cannot hear you. I need to hear you, Hon. Twalib.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am requesting the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works to move with speed and ease congestion on the Changamwe- Port Reitz Road due to the inland container depots that operate on this area. As a licensing authority, this cannot go on as the traffic congestion blocks the main highway. The depots operate from the main highway. This is a matter of concern that the M…

Very well. Hon. Chairman.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I am surprised because my colleague is not satisfied with this very comprehensive and well-detailed response which has timelines. The Ministry told us that they would engage technological advancement measures to address the congestion challenge.

The Member has said that you fast- track it which is in order.

We will do that. Thank you.

Let us go to the General Statement by the Member for Tetu, Hon. Wandeto.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 259D (2) (a) , I rise to report the demise of Hon. Francis Thombe Nyammo, former Member of Parliament for Tetu Constituency, who passed away on Sunday, 28th September 2025. The late Hon. F.T. Nyammo was born in 1939 in Tetu, Nyeri County. He lived a life wholly dedicated to the service of the people. His educational journey laid…

I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Wandeto. We join you in wishing and sending our condolences to the people of Tetu and the family of the late F.T. Nyammo. If you wish to make a comment on this, kindly use the intervention button. To be more orderly, we will get the Statement from Hon. Biego for the late Hon. Elijah Langat and then we can make comments together. Hon. Paul, you have the Floor to make your Statement.

The Temporary Chairperson (Hon. Farah Maalim): Mover.

THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended––

Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 15 of 2025) and its approval thereof with amendments.

[(Question proposed)]

In respect of the Virtual Asset Service Providers (Amendment) Bill, Chairperson to report to the House.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Virtual Asset Service Providers (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly Bill No. 15 of 2025 and approved the same with amendments.

The Mover to move agreement with the report.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that this House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. David Mboni, Member for the great people of Kitui Rural to second the

Hon. David Mboni.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second.

[(Question proposed)]

Leader of the Majority Party.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Members for this Bill, especially Members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Hon. Mboni and the Chairperson have withstood a lot of heat in consideration of this Bill.

As the Chairperson was saying, this is a completely new area for many people, including those in some of our regulatory authorities like the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). I know there was a very strong push to have an independent authority to regulate this sector, but we have agreed with the Chairperson that we give them an opportunity to see if they can regu…

Hon. Mangale Chiforomodo. He has stepped out for other duties. I will defer further consideration of the Bill including putting of the Question, to the future.

[(Putting of the Question deferred)]

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 34 of 2025) and approved the same with amendments.

Mover, move for the agreement with the report.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee of the whole House in the said report. I request Hon. Komingoi to second the Motion in agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Komingoi.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second.

[(Question proposed)]

Do you have any contributions? I can see Hon. Chiforomodo’s intervention, but he has stepped out for other duties.

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

There are situations where the phrase “for the avoidance of doubt’’ applies. Hon. Members, for the convenience of the House, I will defer further business on the matter of this Bill to the future as and when the House Business Committee will schedule it. Those businesses will include putting the Question at all levels of consideration of the matter.

Hon. Members, I was requested by the Chairperson of the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture, Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe, to step down the matter appearing under Order No. 9 to the future for consideration of the House. I have conceded the request. Next Order.

I step down the matter appearing under Order No. 10 at the request of the Mover to a future date for better consideration as and when the House Business Committee will schedule it.

Next Order.

Once again, the matter appearing under Order No. 11 is stepped down for consideration in the future as and when it will be scheduled to come before the House by the House Business Committee. Next Order.

The matter appearing under Order No. 12, is stepped down and deferred for future consideration at the convenience of the House. Next Order.

For the convenience of the House, the matter appearing under Order No. 13 is stepped down to be considered by the House in future as and when it will again be listed for business by the House Business Committee.