National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Hon. Members, I wish to welcome you back to the House from the short recess with the hope that it was beneficial to you as you settle into the First Session of the 13th Parliament. As the House embarks on the second part of the Session, I wish to inform you that I have received a legislative proposal intending to amend the Constitution so as to entrench certain funds, among them the National Gover…

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The Hon. Members who are at the bar, please take your seats. Hon. Members, I have two Messages.

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Hon. Members, Article 245 (2) (a) of the Constitution states as follows: The Inspector-General is appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament. Further, Section 12 of the National Police Service Act, 2011 reads: Pursuant to Article 245 (2) (a) of the Constitution, the Inspector-General of the Service shall be appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament. The President …

I thank you.

Hon. Members, the second Message is from the Senate on the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on the election of Members to the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) . Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 41 of the National Assembly, I wish to convey to the House a Message from the Senate regarding the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Select Comm…

Next Order.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the House:

The Majority Leader. Hon. Members, you will notice that we now have a Supplementary Order Paper that we will use to guide our proceedings from now henceforth.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Committee on Appointments in the vetting of the Nominees for Cabinet Secretaries, the Secretary to

Cabinet and the Attorney General laid on the Table of the House today, Tuesday, 24th October 2022; Pursuant to the provisions of Article 152 (2), 154 (2) and 156 (2) of the Constitution and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act of 2011, this House:

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Order, Hon. Members. That is just a notice of Motion. Can we have order? Each one of you is going to have time to debate, ventilate on this Motion and eventually vote on it. You have the right to vote on it the way you want. Hon. Members, if you look at the Supplementary Order Paper, Hon. Elsie Muhanda will be called upon to reply to her Motion whereafter, the Question will be put. After that, Ho…

Hon. Speaker, you need to tell Hon. Chepkonga that this is not the Eldoret Cooperatives Society but Parliament. He is intimidating me. In relation to the notice of Motion that has been given…

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Hon. Members, let us listen to Hon. Junet.

Hon. Speaker, let me reserve my comment. In relation to the notice of Motion that has been tabled by Hon. Ichung’wah, I want to bring to the attention of the House that when you tell them to go and get the Report of the Committee on Selection, that you chaired, I want to single out and ask them to pay attention to the fact that there is a Minority Report attached to the main Report for discussion …

Thank you, Hon. Junet. Your point is made. Hon. Members, the Report would be found in the documents office out there. Please, read and make informed choices when you vote.

I am sorry. Hon. Elsie, kindly hold on because there are other notices of Motions before we come to you. Hon. Yusuf, Member for Kamukunji. He is not in the House.

… (Off-record) He is in!

Oh, he is in. If so, can he be given the microphone to give notice of Motion?

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Hon. Speaker, I just need a copy of the Order Paper. The screen is not working.

It will be availed to him. Hon. Yusuf, have you got the Order Paper? If so, kindly proceed.

Asante, Bw. Spika, kwa kunipatia fursaa hii ili nitoe ilani ya Hoja kuhusu kubuniwa kwa Baraza la Kiswahili la Kitaifa. Bw. Spika, naomba kutoa ilani ya Hoja ifuatayo: KWAMBA, tukitambua Kifungu cha 7 cha Katiba ya Kenya kinabainisha Kiswahili kuwa lugha pekee ya kitaifa, na pia lugha rasmi pamoja na Kiingereza, na aidha kwamba Serikali ina wajibu wa kulinda, kuendeleza na kukuza matumizi ya lugh…

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Order, Members. Next is notice of Motion by Hon. Mwengi Mutuse.

Thank you, Hon. Mutuse. Next Order.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that education is a key enabler of national development and realisation of Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals; appreciating the invaluable role that teachers play in actualising the national goals of education; noting that a conducive working environment for teachers enhances performance; recalling that the deloc…

have a problem in our schools. Education is what we can give to a country. Our children and generations to come can only be guaranteed when we have a better framework of education. I rise here today to speak on the issue of delocalisation, which commenced in 2018. Without any preparations or participation by unions and stakeholders, the Teachers Service Commission began to move teachers from one s…

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Proceed. It is relatively lower now.

Hon. Speaker, I am forced to raise my bishop voice.

I have heard you talk very loudly in your church. Speak like that.

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Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will proceed. I speak on behalf of very many teachers. When delocalisation came into place, teachers’ unions were stifled and left lifeless yet they were supposed to defend teachers. I will mention Hon. Omboko Milemba, who is here and was in the last Parliament. He could not speak on behalf of teachers because TSC was harassing him.

There is a point of order from Hon. Milemba.

Thank you, Hon Speaker. In as much as I appreciate the Member for Lurambi for this very good Motion, which I am prepared to speak to, I do not think it is in order for him to shout out my name in Parliament. I am the National Chairman of teachers of Kenya and I speak for them when I have to speak for them. Now that we are in parliament, I ask him to be orderly by speaking parliamentary issues with…

Hon. Speaker, I appreciate Hon. Omboko Milemba, who is my friend. It was on a light note. I know what he and Hon. Sossion went through. It was a very difficult time. Delocalisation completely undermines performance because teachers are posted to areas where they do not want to go. I visited a secondary school in my constituency and had a conversation with the principal, who asked me why he was po…

taken to different locations. These teachers suffer from financial constraints because they are not adequately paid by TSC to be able to afford renting separate houses. When I was growing up, teachers were the people who made our society what it was then. They were the people who were running the economy—they were employers, great stakeholders and would plan for the society, community and village…

that a teacher who has been delocalised has to take a lot of time to learn the culture and understand how things operate to become effective. This is a very important Motion because it is going to end delocalisation. We have to find a way for our teachers to teach wherever they want. We have some teachers with medical conditions whereby whenever they are taken out of comfort of their homes or fri…

Hon. Khamala, I agree that you need a seconder and Hon. Mudenyo will second your Motion at an appropriate time. I want to now stay your Motion and go back to the Order on the Approval of Cabinet Nominees and invite the Leader of the Majority Party to move his Motion.

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The Serjeant-at-Arms and his staff are distributing the Reports. Try as much as possible to get the report to as many if not all Members as quickly as you can. We can make with what we have. Go ahead the Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Committee on Appointments in its First Report on the Vetting of Nominees for Approval as Cabinet Secretaries, the Secretary to the Cabinet and the Attorney General, laid on the Table of the House today, and pursuant to the provisions of Articles 152 (2) , 154 (2) and 156 (2) of the Constitution a…