National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting

Next is the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of Senate Amendments to the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2023) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you. Next Order.

Hon. Brighton Yegon, Member of Parliament for Konoin. Go ahead. Your microphone is not on.

Hon. 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 Kamandura- Mai Mahiu Road. The Kamandura-Mai Mahiu Road and the Mai-Mahiu-Suswa Road serve as crucial access to the southern Nyanza region and parts of the lower Rift Valley, including N…

Yes, Hon. Sunkuli.

Hon. Speaker, in support of that request for a statement, the Mai Mahiu escarpment is becoming an embarrassment. When you use that route,

you can spend up to three hours in a traffic jam and yet, it is such an important road. In addition to just telling us about long-term measures that are going to be taken, could the Cabinet Secretary responsible liaise with the Cabinet Secretary in charge of traffic police and tell us how they are going to manage traffic and those who obstruct others along the road? This is a very serious request …

The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, Hon. GK.

Hon. Speaker, I commit to avail the statement in two weeks.

Okay. Hon. Martin Owino, Ndhiwa.

Order, Honourable Members. Members on their feet, please, take your seats. Hon. Member for Kisumu Town, take your seat.

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28 (4) , this House resolves to further alter its Calendar as adopted on 14th February 2024 and amended on 25th and 26th June 2024, so as to:

Hon. Wanami Wamboka.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. Indeed, we have a lot of crucial business in the House to conclude, bearing in mind that we had to break early in the last part of the Session. We are postponing recess by one week so that the House can finish its business. Thank you. I second.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Question put and agreed to)]

Is the Chairman for Budget and Appropriations Committee in the House? Who is handling the Committee of the whole House Stage on appropriations? I do not want us to go to the Committee Stage and then we get stuck.

[(Loud consultations)]

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee do report its consideration of the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2024) , and its approval thereof without amendments.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Question put and agreed to)]

[(The House resumed)]

Hon. Temporary Chairlady.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2024) , and approved the same without amendments.

Mover.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that this House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request Hon. Junet Mohamed to second.

I second.

Have you seconded?

I have seconded.

[(Hon. Anthony Oluoch and other Members consulted loudly)]

Order, Hon. Oluoch. Keep your peace.

Well guided.

Mover.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.38 of 2024) be now read a Third Time. Hon. Speaker, this is a very important piece of legislation that is awaited to ensure that we enable the counties to continue with their work. Therefore, I want to thank everybody and all members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, for the good work ev…

I second.

[(Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo and Hon. Beatrice Elachi stood up in their places)]

Order! Hon. Oundo and Mama Dagoretti, take your seats. I confirm that we have quorum to vote on this. Next Order.

[(Question proposed)]

[(Question put and agreed to)]

[(The Bill was accordingly read a Third Time and passed)]

Hon. Members, as I said, I want us to debate this Motion for an average of three hours. It is now about 3.30 p.m. Depending on the interest, at about quarter to seven o’clock, I will call the Mover to reply. Give the microphone to Hon. Muhia.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to request that every Member be given, at least, five minutes, so that as many Members as possible can

speak on the Motion. Hon. Members are consulting and guiding me that three minutes is enough and I agree.

Order! Let us start with five minutes and, depending on the interest, we can exercise our discretion to reduce to three minutes. Hon. Donya.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When a media personality wants to communicate a headline with 15 words, this will take three seconds. So, three minutes is enough for every member to express themselves. We have so many things we want to say even in one minute. If you tell a woman, “I love you”, what else do you need to elaborate? That is enough.

[(Laughter)]

Thank you. Is it agreed that you speak for three minutes each?

Yes.

Leader of the Majority Party, can you move the Motion.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Committee on Appointments in its Second Report on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment to the Offices of Cabinet Secretaries, laid on the Table of the House today, Wednesday, 7th August 2024 and, pursuant to the provisions of Article 152 (2) of the Constitution and sections 3 and 8 of the …

cannot open your doors for them, take their calls, return their calls, or even attend to the issues that they bring to you. This is because you, more than anybody else, know what Members of Parliament go through and what to do in response to issues they require. Go out there, set the pace, and mentor the cabinet secretaries who have not had an opportunity to come to this House to learn how to dea…

[(Applause)]

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. My singular duty now is to do the handover. I had reserved this other aspect for this particular moment. I want to heartily thank the people of Ugunja for having bestowed on me the honour of, indeed, being their maiden Member of Parliament and electing me three consecutive times to serve them. I pray that the Almighty God will guide the people of Ugunja in identi…

Thank you, Hon. Members. That ends that session of Order No.11. Clerk, call the next Order.

[(Hon. Opiyo Wandayi handed over the documents to Hon. Junet Mohamed)]

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity, on behalf of my Committee on Regional Integration, to congratulate our two colleagues, Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Wandayi. I wish to escort Hon. Wandayi with a hashtag that we normally use in Kipipiri. We say: “Lighting up Kipipiri.” So, I want to tell him, as the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, to have the same and say: “Lighting up Kenya.” I wis…

[[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) took the Chair]]

to Dubai. This has been going on despite the discussions. All national assemblies with EALA on board should consider this so that the airspace is opened and transport can be available. In the same spirit of regional integration, the EAC region deserves to develop one regional airline. It worked very well when we were young or before some of us were born. However, after the collapse of the EAC, th…

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Yes, Hon. Member. What is your point of order? Is that Hon. Ken Chonga?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am wondering whether the Standing Orders of this House allow us to continue with this business. Looking at how empty the chairs inside here are, do we really have the quorum to conduct this business? Kindly give directions.

Very well. That is Standing Order

The 10 minutes are done. Therefore, the Quorum Bell can stop. We may rise, Hon. Members. A Member rose from his place under Standing Order 35 to raise the question of quorum. As required by our Standing Orders, I ordered that the Quorum Bell be rung for ten minutes, which has been done and ended. I can confirm that we still do not have the requisite quorum in the House.