National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to ask the Judicial Service Commission the following Question: Could the Commission ––

Thank you, Hon. Tandaza. That Question will be replied before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Next is Question No.440/2023 by Hon. (Prof.) Phylis Bartoo, Member for Moiben Constituency. Hon. Bartoo, you may ask the Teachers Service Commission Question 440/2023. The Clerk-at-the-Table will give her the Question. In the meantime - we will come back to her Question – we ca…

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Teachers Service Commission the following Question: Could the Commission ––

Thank you, Hon. (Prof.) Phylis Bartoo. That will be replied before the Departmental Committee on Education. I can see Hon. Joyce Kamene. Member for Machakos County has arrived. You may proceed to ask your Question 453/2023 to the Teachers Service Commission. Question 453/2023

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Teachers Service Commission the following Question: Could the Commission ––

Hon. Members, before we proceed, I would like to recognise students from Mumui Mixed Secondary School from Kipipiri Constituency, Nyandarua County. They are seated in the Speaker' s Gallery.

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Hon. Members, debate had been concluded on this Motion. I now put the Question.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Next Order. Yes, they were definitely not in the chamber. That is why I ignored them.

[(A Member spoke off the record)]

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Yes. What is your point of order, Hon. Chepkonga?

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 87. Is it in order for Members of Parliament who have not logged in to vote when they are outside Parliament? Is that not disorderly? They should be ruled out of order. You cannot be shouting yet you have not even heard the Question. They have just seen you. There is no voting by seeing. It is voting by hearing.

You are very correct, Hon. Chepkonga. They were actually before the Bar. They were not yet in the House. Hence, the reason I ignored them. Let us proceed to the next Order.

Hon. Moses Kirima is not in the House. This Motion is deferred. Next Order.

experience boom harvest every time there is adequate rains; concerned that such farmers majorly lack proper post-harvest grain handling and modern storage facilities and resort to selling their harvest almost immediately after harvesting at low prices when market is flooded to reduce the risk of suffering losses through spoilage; cognisant of the fact that the current state of affairs exacerbates …

Hon. Jessica Mbalu is not in the House. This Motion is deferred. Next Order.

Hon. Umul Kheir Kassim is not in the House. Therefore, the Motion is also deferred. Next Order.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

What is out of order, Hon. Jared?

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You have called out four different items on the Order Paper so far. Unfortunately, my colleagues who are the sponsors of these Motions are not in the House. We understand the stringent timelines that this House has. The Clerk of the National Assembly sends out the Order

Paper in good time. Patiently, and with great meekness, I ask my colleagues who have matters pending before this House to be showing up so that we transact business in good time. We have very few days remaining before we take our long recess. I know the tray is full. Therefore, we need to be proactive. I understand they are probably held up in various parliamentary activities. However, let us als…

Thank you very much, Hon. Jared. For information of the House, the Members whose Motions I just called out are engaged in other official duties. They had also informed the Speaker. Therefore, there is nothing out of order. We have deferred the Motions to give the Members opportunity to move them another day. We did not drop them. The next Order is by Hon. Peter Salasya. Please, proceed to move yo…

Hon. Mishi Mboko. She is not in the House. So, the Motion is deferred. Next Order.

Hon. Caleb Amisi. He is not in the House. That Motion is also deferred. Next Order.

This Motion is by Hon. Mary Emaase, who is also not in the House. The Motion is deferred.

Next Order.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, aware that, the National Transport and Safety Authority Act 2012, provides for establishment of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) ; further aware that, the Authority in line with section 4 of the Act plays a critical role in ensuring the provision of safe, reliable and efficient road transport services; concerned that there has been an…

Hon. Naomi Waqo, Member of Parliament for Marsabit County, I will call upon you to stop because of time. You will have

five minutes to continue moving your Motion, and the seconder will be called upon by the Speaker in another sitting.