National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Members repeatedly urged immediate action to release NG‑CDF and NG‑AAF bursary funds so that children from poor families can return to school in January. The Deputy Speaker managed the proceedings while the Leader of the Majority Party affirmed consensus, citing engagements with the Treasury and Planning Department to expedite disbursement. The debate highlighted the urgency and collective agreement on prioritising education funding. Members observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, urging parliamentarians to champion disability rights and use parliamentary oversight to ensure implementation of the UN Convention. The debate then shifted to a point of order highlighting that NG‑CDF and NGAAF funds have not been disbursed, jeopardising school bursaries before a long recess, and calling for urgent clarification and action. The Deputy Speaker updated the House on the mediation process for the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill and presented two public petitions—one alleging unfair dismissals at Bohemian Flowers Limited and another concerning grading discrepancies for special‑needs teachers—referring both to the Public Petitions Committee. The session then proceeded with procedural business, including the laying of papers and reports from the Committee on Delegated Legislation and the Committee on Health.
I hereby direct that the Bell be rung for 10 minutes. Order, Hon. Members. We now have the requisite numbers to transact business. We may proceed. Hon. Makilap, we have not even begun the session. Allow us to begin. We may proceed to the first Order.
[(The Quorum Bell was rung)]
[(Hon. Joseph Makilap spoke off the record)]
Hon. Members, you may recall that during the Afternoon Sitting of Thursday, 23rd November 2023, the House rejected all Senate amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No.23 of 2023) . This decision consequently remitted the Bill to a Mediation Committee in accordance with Article 112 of the Constitution and Standing Order 149. You may further recall…
Hon. Members, Article 119 of the Constitution accords any person the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority. Further, Standing Order 225 (2) (b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any Petition other than those presented by a Member. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition from former employees of Bohemian Flow…
[(Several Members walked into the Chamber)]
Hon. Members, Article 119 of the Constitution accords any person the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority. Further, Standing Order 225 (2) (b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any Petition other than those presented by a Member. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition from Roberts Njunukha Wekesa of P.O. B…
Yes, Hon. Leader of the Majority Party.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:
Thank you. Next is the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Hon. (Dr) Pukose, yours is third.
[(Hon. Samwel Chepkonga spoke off the record)]
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am informing my good friend, Hon. (Dr) Pukose, that it follows alphabetically. He has to wait I finish. Mine is Committee on Delegated Legislation and his is Committee on Health. It comes after mine. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Committee on Delegated legislation on its consideration of:
Next let us have the Member for Endebess, Chairperson, Committee on Health.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My card is not working. I do not know what the problem is. I need the ICT people to look at it. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Health on:
International Vaccine Institute (IVI); and,
Are there more Papers? I can see the Chairperson of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee. Is it Hon. Haika?
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee on:
Chairperson of Committee on Health, do you have another report? Next Order.
Proceed, Hon. Chepkonga.
Hon. Deputy 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 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Fund Regulations, 2023, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 5th December 2023; and pursuant to the provisions of Section 113 (2) of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laun…
[(Criminal Assets Recovery)]
[(Criminal Assets Recovery)]
Hon. Deputy 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 of the Prevention of Terrorism Regulations, 2023, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 5th December 2023;
[(Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Suppression of Terrorism)]
Act, 2012, approves the Prevention of Terrorism (Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Suppression of Terrorism) Regulations, 2023 published as Legal Notice No.152 of 2023.
[(Loud consultations)]
Order, Hon. Members.
I request that the Vice-Chair moves the next Motion.
Proceed.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:
Please, give him the microphone. He is completing the third one. I think Hon. Chepkonga will proceed.
[(Several Hon. Members spoke off the record)]
Hon. Deputy 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 of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2023, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 5th December 2023 and pursuant to the provisions of Section 24 (4) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, approves the Public Finan…
[(Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund)]
[(Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund)]
The next notice of Motion is by the Chairperson of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee. Are you giving a notice of Motion? You have already done so? Okay. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health. Give your notice of Motion. You have no notice of Motion? It is stated here that you do.
[(Hon. Haika Mizighi Spoke off record)]
[(Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose spoke off the record)]
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on its consideration of the Agreement on the Establishment of the IVI, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 5th December 2023; and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 (4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification o…
Next Order.
Hon. Wanami Wamboka, Member for Bumula. Leader of the Minority Party, you will have an opportunity soon after Questions and Statements.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the late Hon. Lawrence Sifuna, former Member of Parliament for Bungoma South which includes Kanduyi and Bumula constituencies now.
[(Hon. Rahim Dawood and other Members consulted loudly)]
Hon. Members, out of respect for our departed colleague, let us listen to his tribute.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 259D, I wish to report to the House the demise of the late Hon. Lawrence Sifuna, a distinguished former Member of Parliament for Bungoma South which is Kanduyi and Bumula constituencies now. He passed away on Saturday, 2nd December 2023, at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret while undergoing treatment after a short illness. He was born o…
managing his businesses in Bungoma Town. In his death, we celebrate the life of a well-respected public figure. He will be remembered as an ardent leader who defended human rights and democratic ideals, as well as being an active life member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He advocated for the rights and welfare of sugarcane farmers to improve their living conditions and contributed imme…
Hon. Members, pursuant to Standing Order 259D (3) on tributes of the House, I will exercise my discretion to allow a few Members to make a few comments to pay tribute to our departed colleague. We will each have two minutes for efficiency. Member for Navakholo.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the great people of Navakholo and on my own behalf, I wish to convey my sincere condolences to the people of Kanduyi and Bumula constituencies where the late Hon. Lawrence Sifuna served as a Member of Parliament. This is a great man who debated very well in this House. If you look at The Hansard, the exchanges he had with the late Hon. Charles Njonjo ma…
Member for Kanduyi, Hon. John Makali. You have two minutes.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice on the demise of the late Hon. Lawrence Sifuna. He represented Kanduyi Constituency, which I represent at the moment, at the onset of multi-party democracy. On my behalf and that of the great people of Kanduyi, I wish to pass my sincere condolences to his family, friends and relatives and specifically to the Senato…
Lastly, I will give the opportunity to the Member for Kwanza, Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On my behalf, family and that of the people of Kwanza, I take this opportunity to say pole sana
people of Bungoma and Western Kenya as a whole respected him because he spoke his mind. He represented his people very effectively in this House. I say pole sana to the people of Bungoma County and his family. As it has been requested, we should send him off through a State function. He was a very effective Member of Parliament. Let us, at least, have a chance to send him off as a “state person”. …
Next Order. My apologies, Hon. Members. It has just been brought to my attention that there is a Statement by Hon. (Bishop) Jackson Kosgei on behalf of the Kenya Disability Parliamentary Association (KEDIPA) . Read your Statement.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 43, on behalf of KEDIPA and the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disability Network, I wish to make a Statement on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. The 2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on Sunday, 3rd December. It was observed under the theme “United in Action to Rescue and Achieve the Sustainable…
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and use Parliament as a platform to bring the stories of persons with disabilities to the public eye. I make this Statement on behalf of the Kenya Disability Parliamentary Association. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
Thank you, Hon. (Dr) Kosgei. Member of Parliament for Bumula, Hon. Wamboka, I will give you the next opportunity.
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I urge that you allow this House to rise for a minute of silence in honour of the late former Member of Parliament for Bungoma South, Hon. Lawrence Sifuna.
Hon. Members, let us rise in honour of a departed colleague, the late Hon. Lawrence Simiyu Sifuna. May the soul of Hon. Lawrence Simiyu Sifuna rest in peace. Thank you. Before we go to the next order, allow me to recognise the following delegation from the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) . I wish to introduce to you a delegation of 16 executives from the Kenya National Union of Teachers.…
[(Hon. Members observed a minute of silence)]
On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
You have a point of order?
Yes.
Okay. Let us go to your point of order before the next Order.
On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
You were attempting to respond to…
No, it is a point of order. Let us move on since, I have already called out the next Order. Hon. Members, please be calm. I already called out the next Order because debate on the other issue had already expired. Let us proceed to the next Order.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. With your indulgence, I beg to withdraw the Procedural Motion because of the wording. I shall consult with the House Business Committee.
[(Loud consultations)]
Hon. Deputy Speaker, with your indulgence, I beg to withdraw Order No. 8, which is a Procedural Motion to a later time.
[(Procedural Motion deferred)]
On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The person supposed to be on a point of order is Hon. Wandayi and not Hon. Mbui. Proceed Hon. Wandayi.
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order that the House has no quorum. Therefore, we cannot proceed.
Hon. Members, I directed that the Quorum Bell be rung for 10 minutes.
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