National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Hon. Members, as you are aware, by-elections were successfully conducted on 27th November 2025 in the Constituencies of Magarini, Banissa, Kasipul, Malava, Mbeere North and Ugunja. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared the results, issued certificates to the winners, and gazetted the Members-elect vide Gazette Notice No. 17611 of 1st December 2025. On behalf of the H…

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The remaining Members-elect will take their Oath or Affirmation of Office in alphabetical order of constituencies as provided under Standing Order 33 and reflected in the Division List. The sequence will therefore be: Banissa Constituency, Kasipul Constituency, Malava Constituency, Mbeere North Constituency, and Ugunja Constituency. To maintain Order and decorum during the ceremony, I direct that…

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Your Communication has said that we will have 45 minutes to congratulate the newly elected Members. Last week’s exercise was a mini- election that is very important to the country. I seek your indulgence to extend the time to two hours so that we can ventilate on the matter properly. This was a very important election. Remember, it took a long time for the exercise to happen because the IEBC was …

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Thank you, Hon. Junet. Your request has been declined. This is the last week before the long recess. I want to give you time to clear pending business.

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One hour.

As to whether it will be one hour or not, I will see as you progress.

After we finish, I will give five minutes each to the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party. Then, anyone else I choose will have two minutes. Clerk of the National Assembly, you may proceed.

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Order, Hon. Members. It will be done in absolute silence, except for foot thumping.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to introduce to you the Member of Parliament-elect for Magarini Constituency, Hon. Kombe Harrison Garama. The Oath of Office was administered to:

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Congratulations. You may proceed to sign the Oath.

[(Hon. Kombe Harrison Garama signed the Oath)]

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Congratulations. You may proceed to sign the Oath of Office Book.

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Hon. Members, you will recall that on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, the Leader of the Majority Party laid on the Table of the House a Paper titled, The Privileges and

Immunities (the Global Centre for Adaptation) Order, 2025, which was published as Legal Notice No. 82 of 2025. It was published by the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, pursuant to Section 11 of the Privileges and Immunities Act (Cap. 179) and submitted to the House for approval. It provides a framework for a cooperation agreement between the Government of Kenya and the Global Ce…

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Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 113 (2) of the Constitution and Standing Order 150 (3) , this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No. 10 of 2023) , laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025, and approves the mediated version of the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No. …

Thank you, Hon. Mathenge. Hon. Mulyungi.

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 for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2021/2022 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the eighth Report of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited accounts of the National Government Affirmative Action Fund for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2021/2022 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the ninth Report of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited accounts of the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund for the financial years 2013/2014 to 2021/2022 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the 10th Report of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the audited accounts of the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2021/2022 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December

Hon. David, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the agreement for establishing the Shelter Afrique Development Bank, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of section 8 (4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification …

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Kenya for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion an…

agreement between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Kenya for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance. Thank you.

Do we have any other? Hon. Melly, like I told you, you are not listed on my…

Thank you, Hon. Speaker

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education on its inspection visit to National Polytechnics from 8th to 14th April 2025, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education on its inspection visit to 13 public universities in April 2024, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025. Thank you.

Thank you. Next Order.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental

that depend on electricity daily. Schools and healthcare facilities in the two areas are unable to operate efficiently due to unreliable power supply. Attempts to follow up with Kenya Power on the installation of additional transformers and improvements to the power infrastructure have borne no fruit. It is against this background that I request a Statement from the Chairperson of the

Thank you. Chair Departmental Committee on Energy.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Are you able to bring a response by Thursday this week?

We will try. I will get in touch, but I also want to assure the Member that we removed the moratorium on Independent Power Producers last week. We want to promise the House that, with the removal of the moratorium, these power outage issues will hopefully come to an end by next year. I will do my best to have the report by Thursday.

Hon. Mary Emaase.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for those compliments. With your kind permission, I wish to apprise the House of the status of the appeal that we had presented at the Court of Appeal. As Members may be aware, the appeal came up for hearing yesterday, 1st December 2025, before a three-judge bench. This House was represented by me, as the lead, Hon. George Murugara, Hon. Peter Opondo Kaluma, Hon. Millie Od…

Hon. Murugara.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo, Senior Counsel, for the work that was done yesterday. He put us together as we went through the submissions. He took the lead and did a fantastic job. Later, together with Hon. Kaluma, we assisted and eventually rendered justice to the matter. However, we may not say what the outcome would be, because no lawyer can give certainty…

The Bench asked us pertinent questions, which we think we answered well. We felt that we had persuaded them to take our side, but we leave it to the Court. Ours, for now, is nothing but to keep our fingers crossed. Those of us who are religious can go to our knees and pray for a favourable outcome and to save this Fund. It is a Fund that is in the heart of every Kenyan. It goes with the public par…

Thank you. I do not want to escalate. The matter is pending before the Lordships. Yes, Hon. Caroli Omondi. One minute.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for indulging me. Apart from congratulating the very able team, let me say that no Fund has delivered so much for so many, yet has been misunderstood by many for the wrong reasons, like the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) . Anyway, as we wait for the Court process, I believe the budget process has already commenced for next year. The N…

The date given for judgment precedes the Budget Policy Statement.

But the process is ongoing.

The process is ongoing, yes.

We really need to be alert so that we do not drop the ball. That is what I wanted to point out. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Musa Sirma.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to thank the legal team of the House. I confirm that the Members who are doing this are doing it pro bono. They have received neither funds from the NG-CDF Board nor any other source for the service they are providing. I also confirm that we are on course with the disbursement of funds from the National Treasury as per their schedule, which …

They did not. Promptly means when?

On the dates mentioned.

On every date that is given?

Yes, Ksh5.3 million.

Next Order.

Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We may need to up the volume on this microphone because we cannot hear what she is saying.

Can you repeat the call for Order No. 9 and raise your voice?

Deputy Leader of the Majority Party.

Thank you very much. As I move this Motion, Hon. Speaker, I request the Hon. Otiende Amollo to second. So, I request him to be prepared. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, noting that this House will be proceeding for a long recess from Friday, 5th December 2025 to Monday, 9th February 2025 in accordance with its Calendar; taking cognisance of the implications of the provisio…

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Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion is necessary, logical, and lawful. I beg to second.

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Umi, take your seat. Hon. Members at the back, please, take the nearest seat. This might take long. Yes, Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo, before the next Order.

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Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a very interesting case on this matter. I sponsored a Bill. It went all the way to Second Reading in February. For some strange reason, or because of the busy schedule of the House Business Committee, it has never been slated.

Which Bill is it?

The Land Control Bill of 2022. It has never been slated for Third Reading. I know the Standing Order saves it. I wanted to go on record that the Standing Order saves it until the House Business Committee finds it convenient to bring it to the Committee of the Whole House and Third Reading.

It is a safe Bill, as you rightly say. You can drop a note to the Speaker when we resume so that I can cause the matter to come to the House Business Committee to be allotted time for Third Reading. Yes, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think it is a good thing to save the Bills that we do. How do we ensure that the bills we pass and send to the Senate do not lapse? This is something of concern. As we speak, we have two Bills from my Committee that are in the Senate. I do not know how safe they are. Last term, I remember the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill of 2022 lapsed. We had to do it ag…

We do not have any procedure for saving Bills going to the other House from our House. I will direct the Clerk of the National Assembly to reach out to the Clerk of the Senate if you drop me a note. I could also reach out to the Speaker of the other House to ask whether they can employ a similar mechanism to prevent the Bills from collapsing. We do not have to waste time and effort restarting the…

Hon. Speaker, you texted me two days ago and asked whether my Bill had been challenged in Court. My Bill was assented to and lost in Court. I was taken aback a little bit. I explained one or two things, but I want to put something on record. We research on Bills sometimes. I do deep research before I present a Bill in the House. For it to journey from the First Reading through pre-publication, and…

Yes, Senior Counsel.

Hon. Speaker, the concerns by Hon. Owen Baya are legitimate. However, I am surprised because I thought that the liaison office he is talking about is his office. From where we sit, the leadership of the Majority Party is our liaison between Parliament and State House. That is our understanding.

In fact, Hon. Owen, you may recall I raised this matter with the President. It is not his fault either. It is the fault of two offices: your office and the Department of Parliamentary Liaison. The President, in his wisdom, created a Department of Parliamentary Liaison in the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary, whose duty it is, among other things, to ensure that there is continuity of engagemen…

Chairperson, Special Funds Accounts Committee, Hon. Mohammed Fatuma Zainab. Is the Chairperson Hon. Zainab or Hon. Mulyungi?

It is Hon. Zainab.

Leader of the Majority Party office, where is she?

We have no official communication on where she is. However, she should have communicated with us. She knows that she needs to communicate with us. Hon. Speaker, I request that we stand down the Motion.

It is stood down. Next Order.

We will defer this Motion.

This Motion will be moved to the next appointed time. Next Order.

This Motion will also be deferred to the next appointed time. Next Order.

This will also be deferred to the next appointed time.

The Motion will also be deferred to the next appointed time.

Hon. Members, please be upstanding.