National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Petitions Committee on its consideration of Public Petition No. 76 of 2023 regarding discrimination by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on career progression guidelines

for special needs education teachers in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 19th November 2025. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, Hon. Gichimu.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration on the Privileges and Immunities Order, published as Legal Notice No.82 of 2025, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 4th December 2025, and declares that the Privileges and Immunities Order a nullity for failing to comply with Sec…

[(the Global Centre for Adaptation)]

[(the Global Centre for Adaptation)]

[(Legal Notice No. 82 of 2025)]

Thank you. Hon. Mulyungi, the Chairperson of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee, please go ahead.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Seventh Report of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited accounts of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2021/2022 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday…

Order, Hon. Mulyungi. Read every word as printed. No shortcuts.

…for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2021/2022 laid…

You are out of order. Read every word as printed. The document that I have reads 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, in that order.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2021/2022, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

You have skipped 2020/2021.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions: THAT, this House adopts the Seventh Report of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited accounts of the

National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board for the financial years 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

Thank you, Hon. Mulyungi. Next Order.

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 issuance of work permits to foreign nationals. Hon. Speaker, in this era of rapidly expanding international trade and integration of world economies, migration policies must be geared towar…

Hon. Tongoyo, that is your Committee. When can you bring a response?

We can do it in two weeks. These are some of the Statements that were asked during the Fourth Session, but time elapsed. So, two weeks is enough.

Okay. Next. First call out Order 9, so that we dispose of the Question.

Members on their feet, take your seats. Member for Muhoroni, take your seat. Hon. Phylis Bartoo, take the nearest seat to you. Hon. Members, I will now put the Question to Order No. 9.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

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

Next Order.

Hon. Gichimu.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15 (3) of the Statutory Instruments Act, Cap. 2A, this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the following statutory instruments by a period of 14 days with effect from 17th February 2026…

Order, Hon. Gichimu. Read the Motion and move it as is listed in the Order Paper. There is a variance of what you are saying to what is in the Order Paper. Start afresh.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am now well updated. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:

THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15(3) of the Statutory Instruments Act (Cap.2A), this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the following statutory instruments by a period of 21 days with effect from 17th February 2026—

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hold on. What is your point of order, Hon. Pukose?

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You know the Vice-Chairman, Hon. Gichimu, made a statement that the strike is still on. But I am aware that the strike has ended and the operations have resumed. I think the Member ought to have been updated on that.

He said that in the morning when the Cabinet Secretary was supposed to appear before them, he was engaged with the strike matter. The strike may be off now, but in the morning it was not.

But he needs to update that the strike is now off.

Maybe he does not know. Now he is informed.

Yes.

Hon. Robert Mbui.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Procedural Motion for extension of time for consideration of those two sets of Regulations. This is because we have just come from a long recess and the time between tabling and the consideration, kind of lapsed when we were on recess. So that we can do justice to these two

sets of Regulations, it would make sense that we get a bit more time to address it. We would definitely have sorted out this matter within two weeks. With those few remarks, I second.

Thank you. Order. Members on your feet, take your seats. Hon. Deputy Speaker take your seat.

[(Several Members stood in their places)]

[(Question proposed)]

Do we put the question?

Yes. Next Order.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Yes, Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Speaker, I seek your indulgence on Order No. 10, Committee of the whole House. There are quite a number of amendments that have been proposed to this Judges’ Retirement Benefits Bill. We have agreed with the Chairman, Hon. Murugara, to consolidate all the amendments so that we do not have many that may negate the intent of the Bill. We have agreed that we will do that today and tomorrow so th…

Hon. Murugara.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I confirm that this is the position. We have quite a number of amendments proposed and another one is being worked on by the secretariat. We need a little more time, a day or two then prosecute the Third Reading of the Bill.

I concede to the request and order that the matter be stayed and placed in the Order Paper on Thursday this week, in the Afternoon Sitting at 2.30 p.m. We shall then conclude what you are undertaking.

[(Committee of the whole House deferred)]

Next Order. Hon. Korere.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a Point of Order under the Standing Orders regarding the dishonourable remarks made by the Member for Kitutu Chache South, Hon. Antoney Kibagendi, touching on the authority and impartiality of the Speaker and the praesidium of this National Assembly. The Speakership of this august House of Parliament, presently held by yourself, embodies the authority, dignity a…

Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of Members of Parliament, we take great exception to the words used and the statements made by Hon. Kibagendi while on Citizen TV this morning. He acted in a disorderly manner. He cast aspersions on the characters of the Hon. Speaker, Hon. Deputy Speaker and the entire praesidium. He also tried to ruin Parliament's reputation. He made statements that he is unable…

On a point of order.

Hon. Wanjala, what is your point of order?

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue raised by the Member is a very serious one, that of someone trying to disparage the Parliament in which he serves. I have looked around and cannot see Hon. Kibagendi.

He is there.

Thank you. Proceed.

Go on, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Wanjala. Unlike Hon. Kibagendi, we do not cast aspersions on someone's character or make statements about a

person when they are not present to substantiate or defend themselves. The Speaker was not at Citizen TV. It was unfair and unbecoming of a Member of Parliament to cast aspersions on the character of the Speaker, knowing full well that the Speaker would not have an opportunity to defend himself. That is wrong. If you ask me, Hon. Speaker, we should consider suspending him from the House for the m…

Yes, Mama Migori.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, on behalf of Hon. Kibagendi, I apologise to this House. Unfortunately, the so-called Hon. Kibagendi rarely comes to this House. Even when he comes, he does not contribute. In that sense, he has no reason to be in this House. His constituents should reflect on what they did by electing a man who speaks about a Parliament he does not understand. I have never h…

[(Loud consultations)]

Order, Hon. Members. Hon. Donya, Order! Hon. Members, this is a case of what lawyers and judges would call contempt in the face of the court. I listened to the discourse this morning, and present were Hon. Robert Mbui, Hon. Mathenge and Hon. Kibagendi. I was horrified to hear Hon. Kibagendi say that this House has been auctioned. I do not know where the auction ring was or who was holding the ham…

[(Hon. Dorice Donya spoke off the record)]

I am human. I could have made an erroneous ruling or one that displeases somebody. However, all the rulings that I make are buttressed law. I may misinterpret the law, like many lawyers do, but that is the right I have as your Speaker. And therefore, for a Member of this House to say the House has been auctioned, have no business to sit in an auctioned House.

Yes.

I am not going to invite the Member to explain himself because I saw with my own eyes and heard it with my ears. Hon. Kibagendi, you will be excluded from the sittings of this House until you bring a properly worded apology. You will not bring it to me, because I am used to being insulted, but to the House for bringing disrepute to it.

[(Applause)]

[(Loud consultations)]

[(Applause)]

Hon. Speaker, let me begin by thanking you for the action you have just taken. As you have rightly put it, it is about the dignity of this House and not the person of the Speaker. It is not about Hon. Kibagendi as a Member of Parliament or even as a person, but the dignity of this House. I plead with all of us to read our own Standing Orders 107 and 107A. Standing Order 107 (1) (g) clearly says th…

two years and I must agree with the Member for Migori County that the Member has never brought a single Motion, has never proposed a single Bill and has never, in any manner, contributed meaningfully to any debate in this House. The best Hon. Kibagendi does is to be disruptive of other Members when they are making substantive contributions to meaningful business. I honestly sympathise with his con…

Hon. Members, those who may wish to comment on this matter will do so when the apology comes. I want to encourage Members that there are Members in this House such as Hon. TJ Kajwang’ and Hon. James Nyikal – Hon. Pukose is also approaching that level – Hon. Raso, Hon. Rindikiri, Hon. Murugara and others who sit in this House from 2.30 p.m. to sometimes

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to ask for leave as we are not ready. We are just from report writing on the field development plan. If I could be given an opportunity tomorrow, in the morning or in the afternoon, I will be able to execute that business.

Request granted.

Next Order.

Hon. Kitany is standing in for Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to request you that we defer this Motion because there are amendments that were brought from the Senate, and are currently before the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, but we have not considered them. We beg to defer this Motion for at least 30 days so that we can consider them and then come back to the House.

That is in order. We shall then automatically defer Order No.16 until we prosecute Order No.15 at the right time. Hon. Members, we shall go back to Order No. 13.