Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join you in welcoming officials of the National Chiefs’ Forum Welfare and join fellow Members in appreciating the important role that chiefs and sub-chiefs play in terms of delivery of national government services. I wish to inform them that...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendments contained in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024. As the House may be aware, this is one of the Bills that emanated from the NADCO process. Some of the Bills...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you. I support the amendments that have been proposed by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the justification thereof. I think it is important that, as Hon. Members contribute to this, they look at the principal National Government Co-ordination Act. If you...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Chairman, on behalf of the Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. First is to thank the Committee on Delegated Legislation, led by the very able Hon. Samwel Chepkong’a, for a job well done. They have done a good job in terms of listening...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) The Bill does not propose vetting of Chief Administrative Secretaries by the National Assembly. It is the Head of Public Service who will be subject to parliamentary approval. Hon. Timothy Kipchumba, proceed with your debate with that information in mind. Being the Vice-Chairman of...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I wish to register my support for the proposed amendments by the State Law Office as moved on the Floor of the House by the Leader of the Majority Party and as amended through the Report...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 14th March 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 57 Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP)What is out of order, Hon. Mutuse? Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) I would like to inform my learned colleague, Member for Marakwet...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 95 to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. Order, Hon. Mutuse. You are completely out of order. You are not even sure of what you want to speak on. Secondly, it is wrong...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, we are moving an amendment to our Report that was tabled before this House on Thursday, 30th November 2023. Before I move the amendment, I would like to apprise Members of this House that the Report that we tabled indicated...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second the amendment. Is there interest to speak to this? Nobody wants to contribute. So, I can put the Question. Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I join the Members of the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture, the promoter of this Bill, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Members who have contributed this afternoon in supporting the enactment of the Gambling Control Bill. We...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Let me clarify that the provision is there under the Leadership and Integrity Act that the CECMs and Cabinet Secretaries are allowed to play politics because they are political appointees. They must propagate the agenda of the Government in power. We are carrying the...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) In support of the amendment moved by the Chairperson, members need to understand that the requirement is that if you are elected as a Member of Parliament or are appointed as a public officer and have a business running, you are required to divest....

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Sorry, we are just consulting, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Because the fate of all the Clauses from 39 to 47 is the same, and they are speaking to the same subject, if it is procedurally correct, call all of them at once. The Temporary Chairlady...