Francis Kuria Kimani

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Martha Wangari is one of the leaders I look up to. She is serving her third term, one as a Senator and two terms as an elected Member for Gilgil, so she ranks higher than me in this House. I seek her...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2025) and approved the same with amendments. (Question proposed)

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Senate amendments to the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.45 of 2022) and its approval thereof without amendments.

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) I do not want to be informed at this point. In the United Kingdom…

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In the United Kingdom, estate agents and art dealers are required to conduct customer due diligence and report suspicious transactions to the National Crime Agency. We must take decisive steps as a country. We cannot be a weak...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Clause 43 (a) says that the authority shall have powers to oversee and monitor public benefit organisations that are at risk of terrorism financing and, in particular, shall periodically identify organisations that are likely to be at risk...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) And, therefore, this is just being in line with the international practice. The fact that it is happening, I do not see any harm in it being provided for in law so that in the event that a particular entity is required to submit additional...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, on the two listings, ‘grey and black’, grey means that you have deficiencies in law of matters anti-money laundering, but you have committed, within a stipulated amount of time, to the financial action task force to bridge those anomalies. The blacklist on...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to be informed. I want to debate. (Hon. Omar Mwinyi spoke off the record)

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) He will have his chance. My point is that in 2025, money is not just held in the banks. It is held in SACCOs, virtual assets and estates. The conditionalities, scrutiny and know-your-customer measures that we put in our banking system should apply to all...