Wednesday, 27th November 2019

Order Hon. Members! Obviously we do not have the required quorum for very understandable reasons. I am sure we will get it. So, I order the Bell to be rung.

Order Hon. Members! Take your seats. We will begin business. On that particular Order, we have three Questions. We will start with Hon. Abdul Rahim Dawood.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to ask the following Question to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

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That Question will be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Transport, Housing and Public Works.

Next is the Member for Ruiru, Hon. King’ara.

Question No.514/2019

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.514/2019 directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Education.

That will be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. Lastly, is the Member for Buuri. He is not in. So, the Question is deferred. Next Order!

Question No. 515/2019

Obviously, we have lost quite a considerable number of Members because they have left. So, we will not put the Question on this one. We will also not

A put the Question on Order No.9. Therefore, we will go to the Motion, but it is also putting the Question. So, Order Nos.8, 9 and 10 are deferred to the next available opportunity.

Next Order!

I have already made a decision on this one. So, let us move on to the next Order.

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entities and manage national farmers’ database for use in engagements and sustainable management of the various Agricultural Product Value Chains.

Same fate; it is also deferred.

(Bill deferred)

I do not see Hon. Njomo in the House? So, this one is also deferred.

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obligation to counter the challenges hindering diaspora contribution to national development; this House resolves that the Government reviews and formulates a comprehensive policy and structure to harness the ever increasing diaspora resources for national development and that the said policy be presented to National Assembly within one year for consideration (Motion deferred)

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

What is your point of order, Hon. Majority Whip?

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Yesterday afternoon the Speaker pronounced the attendance of Members to the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report. This is a very important document to this country; it informs the way forward in future. Members being compliant have gone to Bomas of Kenya. I want us to consult whether we may continue in this manner because our interests are divided.

Let us consult and see what we can do because there are a few options. So, maybe you can approach me because you are the only leader seated in the House to see how best to proceed. I agree with you totally that the substantive Speaker made a pronouncement inviting Members to go to Bomas for a very important activity. So, this is something we should take note of. As we consult, we want to see if there is any Member who would wish to pursue business because there are a few things which can be done. But allow me a few minutes please.

So, we will proceed in the normal manner and see if there is any Member who wishes to transact business.

So, let us go to the next Order.

(Bill deferred)

This is by Hon. Rigathi and he is also out so, it is deferred. Next Order!

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(Motion deferred)

Hon. Charles Njagua seems to be out of the Chamber. So this is also deferred.

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in all Civil Registration Centres for purposes of storing all the necessary information required for issuance of birth certificates to all children and puts in place administrative mechanisms to ensure that every child is automatically issued with a birth certificate before the child attains the age of three years.

(Motion deferred)

I also do not see Hon. Mary Wamaua. So, this one is also deferred.

(Motion deferred)

This is by Hon. Gladwell Cheruiyot. She is also not in the Chamber. So, it is deferred.

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THAT, aware that in Kenya about 11 percent of teenagers are engaging in sex before their 15thbirthday with an estimated 47% of teens already sexually active before the age of 18 years which is the legal age of consent; further aware that Kenya’s adolescent birth rate is 96 per 1000 women, with 15% of all adolescent women having already given birth and 3% being pregnant with their first child; concerned that the sexual activity is encouraged by the proliferation of the internet and mobile phones, poverty and the conservative attitudes combined with the traditional values which tend to have parents shying away from discussing sex with their young ones while other traditional African cultures encourage early marriages; acknowledging that young persons in the country do not get sex education to make sexual choices; recognising the need for a comprehensive and age appropriate sex education from the age of six (6) years, this House urges the National Government to introduce, institutionalise and entrench sex education in both primary and secondary school curriculum and encourage the development and building of more boarding school especially for girls.

(Motion deferred)

This is by Hon. Elsie Muhanda. She is also out of the Chamber. The Motion is deferred.

(Bill deferred)

This is by Hon. Simon King’ara and I do not see him. It is also deferred.

(Bill deferred)

The Member is also absent so, it is deferred.

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(Bill deferred)

The Member is absent and so it is deferred.

(Bill deferred)

The Member is not in the Chamber. So it is also deferred.

This is also deferred.

Having exhausted the business for today and the time being