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Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to present a Petition regarding compensation of residents of Crown Land, LR 883/2 in Moiben Constituency. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Crown Land (LR 883/2) of Moiben Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Crown Land (LR 883/2) , commonly referred to as Sergoit Holding ground in Moiben Constituency, Uasin Gishu C…

[(Sergoit Holding ground)]

THAT, in 1992, during the initial land allocation to beneficiaries as compensation, some individuals and entities were allegedly allocated parcels of land irregularly by the then provincial administration. THAT, following complaints against the compensation process by the residents, a taskforce was formed in 2016 to investigate and address the anomalies which subsequently led to three splinter gro…

Thank you, Hon. Bartoo. The Petition is referred to the Public Petitions Committee. Do you want to make a comment, Hon. (Dr) Pukose? You may proceed.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Petition by Hon. Bartoo on the re-settlement of the Sergoit people. The issue of the former provincial administration taking money from individuals and allocating land is not just in Sergoit. It is something that has happened in areas where we have had issues of settlement. I brought a Petition on behalf of the people of Chepchoina in my constituenc…

should not escape from being summoned to appear before the Committee and shed light on these matters. If possible, they should be held accountable for the roles they played in these matters. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to support the Petition. As it has been mentioned by Hon. (Prof.) Bartoo, we have a similar problem in Trans Nzoia County. It is becoming more critical now given that some of the people who acquired land illegally are bossing around. Therefore, this Petition is quite timely. I request whoever will handle it to involve the Petitioner and people from T…

Hon. Sunkuli.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also support the

The last Member to contribute to this Petition will be Hon. Owen Baya.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I stand here to support the good Prof. Bartoo on this land matter. There is something that is very fundamental. We must cure these problems so that the petitions that we bring to this House become useful to the people we represent. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 established the National Lands Commission (NLC) to look into historical land injustices, review grants and hand…

ping-pong and nothing will happen. It is, therefore, very important that we stand up, as a House, and re-enact the law to ensure that NLC continues to have the necessary powers, so that it can help to solve the many land issues that we have in this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there has been some kind of lacuna and cooling of feet within the Ministry. Probably, they are not interested in givi…

Hon. Members, I see a lot of interest in this Petition. So that we do not turn it into a debate, I will refer this matter to the Public Petitions Committee as per Standing Order 208A.

Deputy Leader of Majority Party.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and financial statements of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) for the year ended 30th June 2023, and the certificates therein in respect of the following constituencies:

Hon. Dawood, you may proceed.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Special Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the following:

Thank you, Hon. Dawood. Next is the Vice-Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee. Please, proceed.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:

Next is a Member of the Select

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Third Report of the Committee on Appointments on vetting of persons for appointment as Cabinet Secretary for the East African Community Affairs and Regional Development, and the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya.

Thank you, Leader of Minority Party. Next Order.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Committee on Appointments in its Third Report on the vetting of the nominees for appointment as Cabinet Secretary for the East African Community Affairs and Regional Development, and Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 14th A…

Thank you very much. Next is the Vice-Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Procurement of External Audit Services for the Office of the Auditor-General for Financial Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 14th August 2024 and, pursuant to the provisions of Article 226 (4) of the C…

Thank you. Next is the Vice- Chairperson of the Special Funds Accounts Committee.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Ninth Report of the Special Funds Accounts

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Tenth Report of the Special Funds Accounts

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Eleventh Report of the Special Funds Accounts

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Twelfth Report of the Special Funds Accounts

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Thirteenth Report of the Special Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements for the Agricultural Food Authority Car Loan and Mortgage Scheme Fund, Veterinary Services Development Fund and Government Press Fund for FY 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, l…

Thank you. Hon. Members, I would like us to re-organise the business so that we proceed with Orders 8, 9 and 10 and return to Order 7 later on. Deputy Leader of Majority Party, please, approach the Chair.

Hon. Temporary Speaker I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, this House resolves to exempt the business appearing as Order Numbers 11 and 12 (ii) in today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3) , being a Wednesday Morning, a day allocated for business not sponsored by the Majority or the Minority Party or business sponsored by a Committee. Given that we have mov…

Hon. (Dr) Pukose, you may proceed to second the Motion.

Hon. Speaker, I second the Procedural Motion so that we can dispense other businesses. I ask for the indulgence of Members to allow the Procedural Motion to allow us to dispense with the other businesses without anticipating that we will be proceeding to recess. I beg to second.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Next Order.

Next Order.

Hon. Members, under the next Order, opportunity goes to Hon. Mishi Mboko. You may proceed, Member for Likoni.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy and Irrigation regarding the status

on operationalisation of the Liwatoni Fishery Complex. The Liwatoni Fishery Complex, located in Mombasa County, was initially launched in 2018 and subsequently gazetted as the first fishing port in the country. That landmark project aimed to provide a centralised facility for storage and processing of fish while also serving as a catalyst for harnessing the country's vast potential in the blue eco…

Thank you, Member for Likoni. Chairman, I can see you are in the House.

Thank you, Hon. Chair. Madam Chair, the Liwatoni Fish Port is a very strategic facility for this country, especially the coastal people. It has many challenges. I want to promise the Member for Likoni that I will bring an answer in two weeks.

Thank you very much, Chairman. Two weeks for your answer, Hon. Mishi Mboko. Next is Hon. Machua Waithaka, Member for Kiambu.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture, regarding the current status of Kirigiti Stadium. Kirigiti Stadium is a crucial sports infrastructure project for the country. It is designated to host international events and provide a state-of-t…

a venue for national holiday celebrations by the County Government, thus falling short of its intended purpose. It is against this background that I request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture on the following:

[[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) took the Chair]]

Thank you, Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture. Any Member of that Committee? Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, this chance goes to you.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will inform the Chairperson.

Next Order.

Hon. Members, the debate on this Bill is ongoing and I need to know from the Members who have put their cards here whether they want to contribute to this. Hon. Raso, do you want to contribute to this? You have four minutes.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill from the Senate. I have also reviewed the Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee and it is evident that the austerity measures resulting from

the standing down of the Finance Bill 2024 have led to a significant budget deficit, causing the county allocation to decrease from Ksh61.9 billion to Ksh46.6 billion. This is a big hole. The additional allocations to our counties come from development partners in areas such as water, health, urban development and sanitation, and all the different facets addressing basic human necessities. Subsequ…

Thank you. Hon. (Dr) Pukose.

Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. I can see we have a Committee of the whole House on the same. I will make my contributions during that time.

Hon. Members, I think it is reasonable for the House to consider the request. I will, therefore, put the Question.

(Question, that the Mover be now called upon to reply, put and agreed to) Mover, this is your chance to reply.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, (Senate Bill, No.19 of 2024) . At the outset, I want to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill. It is a very important Bill that seeks to give additional conditional allocations to our counties to enhance the provision of very basic and important services to our people. This …

[(Question put and agreed to)]

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

Thank you. Next Order.

I beg to move: THAT, Clause 49 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “Gossypium aap” appearing and substituting therefor the words “Gossypium ssp”. This is basically to correct a typographical error. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the proposal from the Committee is to correct the spelling of the word gossypium ssp which has been written as gossypium app instead of ssp. That is the only correction…

[(Question of amendment proposed)]

[(Question, that the words to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to)]

[(Clause 49 as amended agreed to)]

[(Clauses 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54 agreed to)]

The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Chairman.

I beg to move: THAT, Clause 55 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “Authority” appearing immediately after the words “made by the” and substituting therefor the word “Board”. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, Clause 55 has a wrongful reference of the Authority instead of the Board. We substitute the word “Authority” with the word “Board”. That is the Committee’s recommendation. The Temporary Chai…

[(Question of the amendment proposed)]

[(Question, that the word to be left out be left, put and agreed to)]

[(Question, that the word to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to)]

[(Clause 55 as amended agreed to)]

[(Clause 56 agreed to)]

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I be to move: THAT, Clause 39 be now read a Second Time. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : It is Clause 43, which is a new clause.

I beg to move: THAT New Clause 43 be now read a Second Time. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Any interest in this, Hon. Chairman. Hon. Mutuse, I will give you time to tell the House what Clause 43 is all about. Hon. Mutuse.

[(Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, proposed)]

[(Hon. Mwengi Mutuse and Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga consulted with the Clerks-at-the-Table)]

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the New Clause 43A was intended to establish the Cotton Arbitration Tribunal to sort out disputes that may arise within the cotton sector. However, after consultations with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, we have agreed to drop it because there is a new move to consolidate all the tribunals and bring them under one law, which is cu…

Yes, I am dropping the entire 43A to H that speaks to the matter of the Cotton Arbitration Tribunal The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Dawood.

[(Proposed amendment by Hon. Mwengi Mutuse to New Part VA withdrawn)]

Hon. Mutuse should confirm whether he is also dropping the New Schedule, the provisions of meetings and procedure for the Tribunal. If Clause 43A to H is not there, then the New Schedule should be dropped as well. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : We will get there, Hon. Dawood. First Schedule The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Chairman.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the First Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Sorry. My mind was engaged in something different. From Hon. Dawood's comment earlier, you realise that the Third Schedule speaks to the amendment we are proposing under the New Clause 43A; and therefore, without that Clause, it would be hanging. I propose that it also be dropped. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Thank you very much, Hon. M…

We are dropping it, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Thank you very much. Clause 2 The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Chairman, proceed.

[(Proposed amendment by Hon. Mwengi Mutuse on New Schedule dropped)]

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move:

THAT Clause 2 of the Bill be amended—

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT the Bill be amended by deleting the long title and substituting therefor the following new long title— "AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the regulation, production, value addition, marketing and distribution of cotton in Kenya and its products; establish the Cotton Industry Development Board, provide a framework for cotton farming; ensu…

The Long Title, as captured in the Bill, misses the function of regulation. The Committee proposes that the function of regulation be integrated into the title as per the amendment in the Order Paper. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you. (Question of the amendment proposed) (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the words…

Thank you, Hon Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move that the Committee do report its consideration of the Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bill No.5 of 2023) , and its approval thereof with amendments. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Thank you, Hon. Members. consulted with the Clerks-at-the-Table) Hon. Members, we have another Bill to consider.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Question put and agreed to)]

[(The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai)]

THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended—

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I join the Committee to support the proposed changes. Although, I would have appreciated if they could look at the Community Health Promoters where they have made a reduction of over Ksh700 million. Whatever has been allocated is for only 86,000 Community Health Promoters instead of 107,000. However, the good thing is that they have removed the RMLF, which was …

out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the word to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to) (Senate Amendment to Clause 5 as amended agreed to) (Senate Amendments to Clauses 6, 7, and 8 agreed to) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Vice Chairperson, you have an amendment on this. You are supposed to move. You may approach the Table. First Sche…

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting the First Schedule and replacing therefor, with the following New Schedule-

We will start with the Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bill No. 5 of 2023) . Hon. Vice-Chairlady.

Hon. Temporary Chairlady.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bill No. 5 of 2023) and approved the same with ammendments.

Thank you. The Mover to move agreement with the Report.

Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I also request Hon. Dawood to second.

Hon. Dawood.

Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo spoke off the record)]

Hon. Oundo, do you want to contribute? Give Hon. Oundo the microphone.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must take this opportunity to laud the Senate for bringing the Bill to this House. We hope that the Senate will concur with the amendments we have made so that we can expeditiously complete this process. It has been a long period since the days of the Cotton Lint and Marketing Board when cotton collapsed. As Hon. Members from Busia, we have done our very best to revive …

Thank you, Hon. Wilberforce Oundo. Hon. Members, for the convenience of the House, I will defer putting of the question to the Cotton Industry Development Bill, (Senate Bill No. 5 of 2023) , to the future or when it will next be scheduled by the House Business Committee, possibly in the afternoon or tomorrow. Let us move on to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill. Could we have the …

[(Putting of the Question deferred)]

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill (Senate Bill No. 19 of 2024) , and approved the same with amendments. Thank you.

Mover to move for agreement with the report.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House agrees with the Committee in the said report and request Hon. Naomi Waqo to second.

The Deputy Majority Whip.

I second.

[(Question proposed)]

Does Hon. Elsie Muhanda want to speak to this? There are very many requests. Are the Members seeking to speak to this or to the next order? Hon. Members, for the convenience of the House, putting of the question on the matter of the County Government's Additional Allocations Bill, Senate Bill No. 19 of 2024, stands deferred to the future or when it will next be scheduled by the House Business Com…

[(Putting of the Question deferred)]