National Assembly · Morning Sitting

Hon. David Gikaria, you may reply.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me take this opportunity to thank all Members who have contributed to this important amendment Bill which intends to address some of the colonial laws that we are supposed to look into and remove from our Constitution. After the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, we needed to clean up our Penal Code, which has very punitive colonial l…

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Committed to Committee of the whole House) First Reading

Next Order.

We had 15 minutes left on this particular debate. Who was on the Floor of the House? Before we proceed, let me acknowledge and welcome students from the following schools. They are seated in the Speaker’s Gallery: Pangani Girls High School, Starehe Constituency, Nairobi City County; and Katani DEB Secondary School from Mavoko Constituency, Machakos County. You are welcome.

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I have been informed that Hon. Julius Taitumu had a balance of seven minutes. Is he here? Is there a Member who wants to contribute? Press the intervention button. You may proceed. Hon. Nimrod Mbai, do you want to raise a point of order or you want to contribute to the debate?

This is the Motion on introduction of comprehensive health education as a core subject in schools. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to speak to it. Secondly, I appreciate our almighty God. Things were not so good for me yesterday. The position that was under attack is that of my community and not mine. I cannot stand to lose it. I will be cursed. I will make effort to …

Hon. Beatrice Elachi, Member for Dagoretti North.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to thank the Mover of the Motion. If you look at how things in the country are moving today, you realise that our sons and daughters… I know I talked about it. I am still talking about it because as a mother, I am wondering where we are. Why are we doing this? Having said that, we, as a House, have to ask ourselves what brought us here and what we shall…

go beyond them. We are praying for Hon. Speaker. Every time, on the Hansard, it will be remembered in the archives of the 13th Parliament that he spoke to us on his Chair. We are praying that, that will be the last time he will ever tell us that again. As women leaders, let us just reflect. Remember we must pass the two-thirds gender rule in this House. We do not want anyone to say that when we ar…

I am assuming that the Clerks-at-the-Table have taken note of that, so that they can notify the Clerk of the National Assembly. I will give one more chance to Hon. Dorothy Ikiara. (Consultations) Time is up? Let us just give her a minute. She has been there since morning. You may proceed, Hon. Dorothy Muthoni.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand in support of this important Motion. I want to thank Hon. Njeri Maina for bringing this important topic to the Floor of the House. Children are like wet cement; whatever you teach or show them sticks on them. I say this even in view of the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) , where children are more oriented to doing things for themselves as opposed to ye…

Give her two minutes to complete her sentence please.

Health education is important because it covers the physical, mental, and social wellness of school learners. Schools are, therefore, the ideal setting for health programmes. We are raising up a generation where many children are going to waste simply because nobody is responsible in their wellness. Mental, sexual, and other habits that affect the health status of a learner are better placed in sc…

You have 10 minutes to reply, but you can donate the time to someone else. You have donated two minutes to Hon. Wanjiku Muhia. She may proceed.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion, but I want to put some information on the Floor. Such a good debate has not seen the light of day because of misconception of ideas. A similar debate or Bill was in the Senate, I think in the 12th Parliament, sponsored by Hon. Susan Kihika, who is now the Governor for Nakuru. A similar debate has been in the EALA. Comprehensive education spea…

subject like sex to talk about. They conclude that it is not good to teach sex to our students and then the debate falls out of the way. Members in this House have debated very well. I hope it will go through. She will take this Motion further and even get ideas from Senators. We can then put in place a comprehensive education on health awareness for our students.

Proceed Hon. Njeri Maina.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I see a number of Members would have liked to contribute. Unfortunately, I also want to highlight issues that were raised when other Members made their contributions. I want to thank all the Members who took their time to make very meaningful contributions. This Motion was brought forth because of a programme we ran in Kirinyaga County dubbed the ‘Triple Threat Acti…

This is not a Motion to teach our children to practise sex. I am an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and I am mindful of the welfare of our children and guided by the law. This Motion is within the law. There is no harm in talking to our children about sex. At the end of the day, these children have other teachers who will teach them matters sex. The question I want to ask Members is: Will we g…

Thank you, Hon. Njeri Maina. We will defer the Question to a later time. Next Order.

[(Putting of the Question deferred)]