National Assembly · Morning Sitting

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30 (3) , this House resolves—

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move and request the small lion from the other side, Hon. Wanami Wamboka, to second the Motion. (Hon. Wanami Wamboka spoke off-the-record) A lion is still a lion, even when it is small.

Hon. Wamboka.

Indeed, this is an important Motion but, I am not a small lion as such. This Motion affects the entire country and we need to allow everyone to have their say so that we can put Kenya back on track. I second and fully support this Motion.

Thank you, Hon. Members.

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Put the question!

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Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28 (4) , this House resolves to suspend its Sitting of Thursday, 3rd October 2024, so as to allow administrative arrangements that are necessary to facilitate the programme for public participation on the Special Motion for the removal from office, by impeachment, of…

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Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party has moved a very important Motion to allow us to engage in public participation. Public participation is provided for in our Constitution and holds significant importance. This marks the first instance under the 2010 Constitution, which is considered one of the most progressive in the world, not only in Africa or among Third World countries, bu…

Thank you, Hon. Members.

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Put the question!

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Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Actually, it is a request for statement regarding payment of tea bonuses for Kimunye and Thumaita tea factories for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock regarding the payment of tea farmers’ annual bonu…

Is the Chairperson for the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Development here? Okay, Hon. Brighton. Are you going to speak? Give him the microphone.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, this matter by Hon. Gichimu is related to two other statements that we had done before. We request for two weeks to reply.

All right. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, you will ensure that it goes to the desk of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Development. Next, we have a request for statement by Hon. Francis Sigei, Member for Sotik.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the status of the construction of Cheborge Junction-Kipwastuiyo Road and Sotik-Silalo Road. On 8th May 2021, the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) awarded MSQ Construction Limited a contract …

Thank you. That would be marked to the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. Is there a member here or the Chairperson? Again, Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, I will leave that to you. Let us now go to answers to the Questions that had been posed last week. Hon. Melly, Member for Tinderet, Chairperson of the Education and Research Committee. You have a response for Hon. Edi…

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Edith Nyenze, as per Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , on the 21st of August 2024, requested for a statement on the employment status of P1 teachers who had upgraded their education with a view to being absorbed as Junior Secondary School teachers. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the issue raised by Hon. Nyenze is an issue of national concern to the teachers of this country, e…

Commission, who gave me the document that I have. I will skim through the document and, thereafter, hand it over to Hon. Nyenze to go through it. If there are any further clarifications, she will seek them later. The Teachers Service Commission responded as follows to the issues that were raised in the request for statement. That, there is a report on the policy framework when TSC directed P1 tea…

equip P1 teachers with the required pedagogical skills to implement CBC at the primary school level. Once those teachers are employed, they are posted to public primary schools. In view of the upgrading programme and the ongoing certification by Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), the Commission will commence the review of its career progression guidelines for purposes of grading such teac…

Hon. Nyenze, would you like to say something?

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thank you for the answers, but the response is not satisfactory. That is because the TSC advised the teachers to augment their education, and they spent 1,500 hours, which is roughly 9 months. They went for that training, paid some tuition fee and spent a lot of time. They even stayed away from their families for that period, but they were not considered in any way.…

Hon. Melly, do you have a response to that? You can clarify to Hon. Nyenze on that issue.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree with Hon. Nyenze. In the education sector, we have opportunities that are forgone. If TSC directed that the teachers upgrade, get a diploma certificate and are back and yet there is no advantage gained, then it is not proper. Since the teachers gained the pedagogical skills and the technical know-how, they deserve some salary increment. This is to show that they have t…

Thank you very much. Let us now proceed to the answers by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Health, Hon. Pukose. Has he nominated somebody to answer to the question by Hon. Rahab Mukami, Member for Nyeri County? I

thought I saw Hon. Pukose here. He also needs to answer a second question that was sought by Hon. John Mukunji, Member for Manyatta. Did Hon. Pukose assign anyone? We will pass those two questions and move them to another time. We can now move to the next Order. Hon. John Kiarie.