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Thirteenth Parliament

Fourth Session (No. SUPP. 075) (1303)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT – (FOURTH SESSION)

THE SENATE

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER

AFTERNOON SITTING

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025 AT 2.30 PM

PRAYER

1. Administration of Oath
2. Communication from the Chair
3. Messages
4. Petitions
5. Papers (as listed in the Appendix)
6. Notices of Motion (as listed in the Appendix)
7. Questions and Statements (as listed in the Appendix)
8. MOTION – CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS

TO THE START-UP BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 14 OF 2022)

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism)

THAT, the National Assembly amendments to the Start-Up Bill (Senate Bills No. 14 of 2022) be now considered.

(Resumption of debate interrupted on Tuesday 22nd July, 2025) (Question to be put)

9. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

**THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS (NO. 2) BILL

(SENATE BILLS NO. 8 OF 2025)

The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget)

10. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

*THE CREATIVE ECONOMY SUPPORT BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 30 OF 2024)

(Sen. Eddy Oketch, MP)

11. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

***THE SOCIAL PROTECTION BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 12 OF

2025) (The Senate Majority Leader) ………../Bills

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12. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 12 OF

2023) (The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights)

(Consideration of His Excellency the President’s recommendations)

(Resumption of debate interrupted on Thursday 10th July, 2025) (Division)

13. MOTION – CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE MEDIATION

COMMITTEE ON THE GAMBLING CONTROL BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

BILLS NO. 70 OF 2023)

(Co-Chairperson, Mediation Committee)

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Gambling Control Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 70 of 2025), laid on the table of the Senate on Wednesday, 16th July, 2025; and that, pursuant to Article 113(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order 167(3) of the Senate, approves the mediated version of the Bill.

(Resumption of debate interrupted on Thursday, 17th July, 2025) (Division)

14. MOTION - APPROVAL OF SITTINGS OF THE SENATE TO BE HELD IN BUSIA

COUNTY

(The Senate Majority Leader)

THAT, AWARE that the Senate of Kenya is established under Article 93 of the Constitution and its main role, as set out at Article 96 is to represent, serve and protect the interests of the counties and their governments;

FURTHER AWARE of the critical role that the Senate plays in the interlinkage between the National and County levels of government, and the need to enhance the interaction between the Senate and county governments, as a means of bringing the Senate closer to the counties and the general public;

ACKNOWLEDGING the successes made during the sittings of the Senate outside Nairobi held in Uasin Gishu, Kitui and Turkana Counties in September, 2018, 2019 and 2023, respectively;

FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING the recommendation of the Senate Business Committee that a sitting of the Senate be held away from the traditional premises in Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, during the term of the 13th Parliament; and the subsequent resolution of the Senate made on 8th March, 2023, to hold plenary and committee sittings in the counties for a one-week period within the month of September in every Session of the 4th Senate, except during an election year with the objective to: - ………../Motion

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1) promote the role and work of the Senate and enhance public awareness regarding the Business of the Senate and Parliament in general;

2) highlight existing and new opportunities for engagement in the legislative process;

3) develop and strengthen partnerships at the county level of government; and

4) provide an opportunity to members and staff of county assemblies to learn and share best practices with Senators and parliamentary officers;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Article 126 (1) of the Constitution, the Senate resolves to hold its Plenary and Committee sittings in Busia County, from 6th to 10th October 2025.

15. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

*THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS

NO. 54 OF 2023)

(Sen. Eddy Oketch, MP)

16. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

**THE LOCAL CONTENT BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 50 OF 2023)

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy)

17. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

*THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD) BILL (SENATE

BILLS NO. 41 OF 2023)

(Sen. Esther Anyieni Okenyuri, MP)

18. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

*THE COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 40 OF 2024)

(Sen. Joyce Korir, MP)

19. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

*THE LABOUR MIGRATION AND MANAGEMENT (NO.2) BILL (SENATE BILLS

NO. 42 OF 2024)

(Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, MP)

20. ***THE TECHNOPOLIS BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 6 OF 2024)

(The Senate Majority Leader)

(Second Reading) (Resumption of debate interrupted on Tuesday 22nd July, 2025)

21. MOTION - CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE STANDING

COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, LEGAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ON ITS

CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION TO THE SENATE BY MR. BAKARI HALIFAN

MUNGE AND THREE (3) OTHER RESIDENTS OF KWALE COUNTY

REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AWARD BY THE ENVIRONMENT

AND LAND COURT FOR COMPENSATION TO AND RESETTLEMENT OF THE

OWNERS OF RAMISI PHASE 1 BLOCK 5056 IN KWALE COUNTY

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights) ………../Motions

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THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on its consideration of a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Bakari Halifan Munge and three (3) other residents of Kwale County regarding the implementation of an Award by the Environment and Land Court for compensation to and resettlement of the owners of Ramisi Phase 1 Block 5056 in Kwale County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 28th May, 2025.

22. MOTION - CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE STANDING

COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, LEGAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ON ITS

CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION TO THE SENATE BY MR. LABAN

OMUSUNDI REGARDING THE INTRODUCTION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR

RECALLING NOMINATED MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY ASSEMBLIES (MCAs) (The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights)

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on its consideration of a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Laban Omusundi regarding the introduction of a framework for recalling Nominated Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 28th May, 2025.

23. MOTION – CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE STANDING

COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, LEGAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ON A

PETITION TO THE SENATE BY MS. CHRISTINE NJOKI MWERU REGARDING

INCOMPLETE

INVESTIGATIONS

AND

FAILURE

TO

ARREST

AND

PROSECUTE

SUSPECTS

INVOLVED

IN

THE

ABDUCTION

AND

DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. JOSHUA GICHUKI MWANGI

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights)

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on a Petition to the Senate by Ms. Christine Njoki Mweru regarding incomplete investigations and failure to arrest and prosecute suspects involved in the abduction and disappearance of Mr. Joshua Gichuki Mwangi, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 5th June, 2025.

24. MOTION – REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOUR AND

SOCIAL WELFARE ON A PETITION TO THE SENATE BY MR. LAWRENCE

NDUTU ON BEHALF OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (125) OTHER

FORMER EMPLOYES OF KENYA BREWERIES LIMITED CONCERNING

FAILURE BY THE KENYA BREWERIES LIMITED, KAPLAN & STRATTON

ADVOCATES

AND

HARRISON

KINYANJUI

ADVOCATES

TO

PAY

COMPENSATION AWARDED TO THE PETITIONERS

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare)

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Lawrence Ndutu on behalf of one hundred and twenty-five (125) other former employes of Kenya Breweries Limited concerning failure by the Kenya Breweries Limited, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates and Harrison Kinyanjui Advocates to pay compensation awarded to the Petitioners, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 9th July, 2025. ………../Motions

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25. MOTION - REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEVOLUTION AND

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON ITS INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF

MARKETS IN VIHIGA AND BUNGOMA COUNTIES ARISING FROM A

STATEMENT SOUGHT BY SEN. GODFREY OSOTSI, MP AND SEN. DAVID

WAKOLI, MP

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations)

THAT, the Senate adopts Reports of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on its inquiry into the state of markets in Vihiga and Bungoma counties arising from statements sought by Sen. Godfrey Osotsi, MP, and Sen. David Wafula Wakoli, MP laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 1st October, 2024.

26. MOTION - PROGRESS REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON

NATIONAL

COHESION,

EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY

AND

REGIONAL

INTEGRATION ON AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN

THE STAFF COMPOSITION OF STATE AGENCIES IN KENYA

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration)

THAT, the Senate adopts Progress Report of the Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration on an inquiry into the diversity and inclusivity in the staff composition of state agencies in Kenya, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 3rd October, 2024.

27. MOTION - REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY ON THE

COUNTY OVERSIGHT AND NETWORKING ENGAGEMENTS IN WAJIR

COUNTY

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy)

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on the County Oversight and Networking Engagements in Wajir County laid on the table of the Senate on Thursday, 17th April, 2025.

28. *THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS (STATE OFFICERS REMOVAL FROM OFFICE)

PROCEDURE BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 34 OF 2024)

(Sen. Karungo Thang’wa, MP) (Second Reading)

29. *THE TOBACCO CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 35 OF

2024) (Sen. Catherine Mumma, MP) (Second Reading)

30. *THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 39

OF 2024)

(Sen. George Mbugua, MP) (Second Reading)

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KEY

****- Denotes a Majority /Minority Party Bill

***- Denotes a National Assembly Bill

**- Denotes a Committee Bill

*- Denotes any other Bill

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NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS

A. *THE START-UP BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 14 OF 2022)

(Sen. Crystal Asige, MP)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS

NOTICE is given that the National Assembly made the following amendments to the Start-Up Bill (Senate Bills No. 14 of 2022).

LONG TITLE

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting the long title and substituting therefor the following new long title—

“AN ACT of Parliament to provide a framework to support growth and sustainable technological development and transfer, innovative entrepreneurial culture; to create an environment for innovation; to attract talent and capital from Kenya; to recognise and to support startups, incubators, accelerators; and for connected purposes”

CLAUSE 2

THAT, clause 2 of the Bill be amended by —

(a) inserting the following definitions in proper alphabetical sequence—

Cap. 486. “accelerator” means a company, partnership, an establishment within an institution of higher learning or a formal or informal sector business association whose principal object is to offer short, time bound, and cohort-based programmes, to support the development of startups, innovation, and other activities related to the transfer of skills, research, development, and innovation processes and has been labelled as such under this Act;

“commercialization phase” means a startup process which includes production, marketing, financing and scaling up;

“conception phase” includes idea generation, evaluation, requirement analysis, project planning, prototyping, testing, piloting and proof of concept;

“Estate” means the Kenya Industrial Estates established under the Companies Act;

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“incubation programme” means the provision of systematic support to applicants such as access to training, mentorship, and other support services such as the establishment and transformation of enterprises that may be developed by either public or private institutions and executed by an accelerator or incubator;

“investor” means any individual or entity that contributes its resources or technical know-how to the development of startups for a reasonable return;

“label” means a certificate issued by the Agency to a startup, incubator, or accelerator upon the fulfilment of the labelling requirements under this Act;

“labelling” means the assigning of a tiered designation to startups, and the classification of incubators and accelerators in accordance with this Act;

“startup” means a registered enterprise legally recognized under the laws of Kenya, which has been in existence for a period of not more than ten years with a strong growth potential, incremental innovation or disruptive business model; “startup ecosystem players” means any entity that plays a role in —

(a) the conceptual phase that includes generation and evaluation of ideas, the process of analysing requirements, planning of projects, prototyping, testing, piloting a proof of concept; and

(b) the commercialization phase that includes production, marketing, financing and scaling up of ideas and proofs of concept;

“startup maturity framework’’ means a model developed by the Agency to assess the technology readiness levels of startups, and to assign them tiers for purposes of labelling, financing and graduation;

(b) deleting definition of “Cabinet Secretary” and substituting therefor the following definition-

“Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to micro, small and medium enterprises development; business innovation and incubation; and startups;

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(c) deleting the definition of “County Executive Committee Member”; (d) deleting the definition of “incubator” and substituting therefor the following definition —

“incubator” means a company, partnership, non-governmental organization, an establishment within an institution of higher learning or a formal or informal sector business association whose principal object is to support the birthing and development of Startups, innovation, and other activities related to the transfer of skills, research, development, and innovation processes, through the offer of dedicated physical or virtual spaces and advisory services and has been labelled as such under this Act;

(e) deleting the definition of “startup incubator”.

CLAUSE 3

THAT, clause 3 of the Bill be amended —

(a) in paragraph (c) by inserting the words “incubators, accelerators and investors” immediately after the word “startups”; (b) in paragraph (e), by deleting the word “and” appearing immediately after the word “startups;” (c) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (f)— “(fa) for recognition of startups; (fb) for establishment, development, financial support and growth of startups; (fc) for catalysing the growth of the startup ecosystem through infrastructural enhancement, innovation and talent development, entrepreneurial culture growth and ecosystem coordination; (fd) for enhancement of private sector investments in startups and Kenya’s positioning in the global innovation and startup economy; and”

CLAUSE 4

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 4 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Role of the Agency and the Estate in implementation of the Act.

4. (1) The Agency and the Estate, shall develop a

framework for collaboration among the startup ecosystem players including the county governments.

(2) The Agency shall—

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(a) formulate a national policy framework for the development of the business incubation and acceleration sector and startup system; (b) promote innovation; (c) facilitate the transfer of technology innovation; (d) create and develop a sustainable, globally competitive technology innovation sector that contributes towards the accelerated growth of the economy; (e) promote the linkages between universities and research institutions and the business community. (f) enter into partnerships with local and international business incubators and accelerators in order to promote the establishment and growth of startups in Kenya; (g) establish programmes for the certification and admission of incubators and accelerators into the incubation programmes; (h) setup mechanisms that promote the development of business incubation programmes and create an enabling environment for the promotion of business incubators including fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to incubators and startups; (i) establish online and other platforms for access to information including the establishment and development of startups, existing incubation programmes, access to fiscal and non-fiscal support and for this purpose, keep and maintain a directory of startups and incubator; (j) support any research and development activities undertaken by startups; (k) establish mechanisms for pre-incubation of entities and for this purpose, provide training and capacity building programmes to startups registered under this Act; (l) establish mechanisms to enable access to entities from marginalized groups through the use of quotas or mechanisms that match them to unused capacity in existing programmes; and (m) establish structures that ensure the protection of the innovations of startups at the national and international level.

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(3) The Estate shall —

(a) develop a framework setting out modalities on funding for commercialization of startups; (b) support startups through partnerships/collaboration with relevant startup ecosystem players for commercialization of startups; (c) enter into partnerships to promote the startup ecosystem based on the startup maturity framework; (d) create an enabling environment for micro, small and medium enterprises to be innovative; (e) design and implement training and capacity building programs for startups, incubators, and accelerators in accordance with this Act; (f) ensure all persons irrespective of their sex, disability or ethnicity is afforded an equal opportunity to establish and benefit from their innovation; (g) promote the creation of employment and wealth creation; (h) establish a database of all commercialized startups; and (i) undertake any other function, which is incidental to the performance of any of the foregoing functions.

NEW CLAUSE 4A

THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 4—

Establishment and composition of the Startup Committee. 4A. (1) The Cabinet Secretary shall establish a multi-agency startup committee that shall comprise of technical persons from—

(a) Kenya National Innovations Agency; (b) Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute; (c) Micro Small Enterprises Authority; (d) Kenya Industrial Estates; (e) Kenya Bureau of Standards;

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(f) Kenya Industrial Property Institute; (g) Institutions of Higher Learning, Technical, Vocation and Education Training Institutions; and (h) any other institution or person that the Cabinet Secretary may deem necessary for the implementation of this Act.

(2) The committee established under subsection (1) shall—

(a) develop standards and guidelines to regulate the relationship between an incubator and a startup under this Act; (b) prescribe a criteria for the evaluation of entities, programmes and structures set up for the purposes of implementing this Act. (c) receive, assess, and issue labels to startups; (d) receive, assess, and certify incubators and accelerators; (e) create guidelines for incubation programmes run by public agencies; (f) issue a framework for the establishment, revamping and operation of accelerators and incubation hubs in every county; (g) accredit startups; and (h) advise the Cabinet Secretary on offering of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives.

CLAUSE 5

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 5.

PART III

THAT, the title to PART III of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “REGISTRAR OF STARTUPS AND ADMISSION INTO INCUBATION PROGRAMME” and substituting therefor the words “LABELLING OF STARTUPS”.

CLAUSE 6

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 6 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Eligibility criteria.

Cap.486. Cap.490.

6. (1) An entity is eligible for labelling as a startup if the entity—

(a) is registered in Kenya as a —

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(i) private limited company under the Companies Act; (ii) co-operative society registered under Co-operative Societies Act; (iii) sole-proprietorship; or (iv) partnership firm; (b) is newly registered or has been in existence for a period of not more than ten years from the date of its incorporation or registration; (c) has as its objects the innovation, development, production or improvement and commercialization of innovative products, processes or services or if it is a scalable business model; (d) has human resources, total assets, and annual turnover number that does not exceed an amount prescribed by the Cabinet Secretary; (e) has its headquarters in Kenya; (f) does not distribute profits; (g) is fully owned by a citizen of Kenya or majority ownership by citizen or citizens of Kenya; (h) falls within the tiered structures as prescribed by the startup maturity framework; and (i) has at least fifteen percent of the expenses of the entity spent on activities that relate to research and development.

(2) This Act shall not apply to an entity that is — (a) established or formed as a result of the split, reconstruction, merger or reconstitution of an existing business; or (b) a holding company or subsidiary of an existing entity which is not labelled as a startup. (3) A startup labelled under this Act shall be granted access to the incentives provided under this Act.

CLAUSE 7

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 7 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Registration of labelled startup.

7. (1) A person may apply to the committee to register a

labelled startup under this Act in the prescribed form.

(2) A person who applies under subsection (1) shall submit a statement setting out—

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(a) the name of the entity; (b) the general nature of the proposed business of the entity; (c) a declaration form stating whether an entity has complied with data protection laws; and (d) the proposed registered office of the entity; (3) The committee shall put in place mechanisms to ensure that the admission process is simple, efficient, accurate and transparent. (4) The committee shall establish an online platform for the submission of the documents and information specified under subsection (2). (5) The committee shall register and issues a label to a person who complies with the requirements specified in the regulations made under this Act.

CLAUSE 8

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 8 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Obligations of labelled startups.

8. (1) A startup labelled under this Act, shall—

(a) provide information to the committee annually on its annual turnover; (b) maintain proper books of accounts; (c) provide an annual report on monies received to support their activities; (d) comply with any other obligations set out by the Committee after issuance of the label; and (e) provide any other information that may be required during the period.

CLAUSE 9

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 9.

CLAUSE 10

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 10.

CLAUSE 11

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 11.

CLAUSE 12

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 12.

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CLAUSE 13

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 13.

CLAUSE 14

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 14 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Grounds for cancellation.

14. The startup committee may cancel a startup labelled

under this Act where — (a) there is reasonable cause to believe that the startup has among its objects the pursuit of an unlawful cause or purpose prejudicial to public interest; (b) the startup fails to comply with any directive issued by the startup committee to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act; (c) the members of the startup fail to comply with the provisions of their constitution or rules or the provisions of this Act; (d) the startup fails to submit any information required under this Act or requested by the startup committee in order to ensure compliance with this Act; or (e) the startup submitted false information or statements at the time of labelling of the startup.

CLAUSE 15

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 15 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Notice of non- compliance.

15. (1) The Startup Committee shall, before cancelling a

startup under section 14, issue to the entity a compliance notice in the prescribed form.

(2) A compliance notice issued under subsection (1) shall— (a) be in writing; (b) notify the startup of the noncompliance and the steps it is required to take in order to ensure compliance; and (c) inform the entity of the period within which it is required to comply with the notice. (3) The Startup Committee may, upon request by the startup and where there are sufficient grounds shown by the startup, extend the period of compliance for such period as the startup committee may consider necessary to ensure compliance.

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Clause 16

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 16 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Cancellation. 16. (1) Where a startup which receives a notice under section 15 fails to comply with such notice, the Startup Committee shall cancel that startup by— (a) cancelling its certificate of labelling; (b) notifying the startup in writing of— (i) the cancellation and the reasons for it; and (ii) the date on which the certificate of labelling was cancelled; and (c) amend the register accordingly. (2) Where a startup is cancelled under subsection (1), all the rights and benefits that accrue to the startup by virtue of being registered shall cease to accrue to the startup. (3) For purposes of this Act, cancellation of a startup under this section takes effect on the date on which the certificate of registration is cancelled by the Startup Committee.

CLAUSE 17

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 17 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Application from an order of refusal or de- registration.

17. (1) A person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Startup

Committee under this Part may, within thirty days of being notified of the decision, apply to the Cabinet Secretary for a review of the decision. (2) An application for review shall be in such form as the Cabinet Secretary shall prescribe. (3) The Cabinet Secretary shall determine an application under subsection (1) within sixty days of receipt of the application under subsection (1) and may confirm, vary or reverse the decision under review.

CLAUSE 18

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 18 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

18. (1) The Startup Committee shall keep and

maintain a register of — (a) all startups registered under this Act specifying —

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(i) the name of the startup; (ii) the members of the startup; (iii) the address of the startup; (iv) such other particulars as the Startup Committee may from time to time determine; (b) all cancelled startups; and (c) all startups which have voluntarily cancelled under this Act.

(2) Any person may inspect the register and obtain a copy of, or an extract from the Startup Committee upon payment of such fee as the Startup Committee shall determine.

CLAUSE 19

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 19 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Alteration of register.

19. (1) The Startup Committee, as the case may be,

may, from time to time, make changes or corrections in the register relating to any entry.

(2) Any change or correction in relation to an entry made pursuant to a notice issued by a startup shall be made to the Startup Committee as soon as it is practicable after receipt of an authenticated notification thereof.

CLAUSE 21

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 21 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Change of particulars. 21.(1) A startup that makes a change to any of its particulars shall, within thirty days of such change submit to the Startup Committee information regarding the change. (2) Upon receipt of the information under subsection (1) and where the Startup Committee is satisfied that the change does not affect its status of registration as a startup, enter the changes in the register kept by the Startup Committee under this Act.

PART IV

THAT, the title to PART IV of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “AND ACCELERATORS” immediately after the word “INCUBATORS”.

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CLAUSE 24

THAT, clause 24 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1): (a) by deleting the words “registrar; and” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the words “startup committee” and (b) by deleting paragraph (b).

CLAUSE 25

THAT, clause 25 of the Bill be amended—

(a) in subclause (1) by deleting the words “, in consultation with the county executive committee members, ” (b) in subclause (2) by deleting the words “ or a county executive committee member may, ”

PART V

THAT, the title to PART V of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “, INCUBATORS AND ACCELARATORS” immediately after the word “STARTUPS”

CLAUSE 27

THAT, clause 27 of the Bill be amended—

(a) by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub- clause— “(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance, put in place measures for the granting of fiscal and non- fiscal incentives including tax incentives as shall be considered necessary for the development of startups.” (b) by deleting subclause (2).

NEW CLAUSE 27A

THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clauses immediately after clause 27— Incentives for labelled incubators and accelerators.

27A.) The Agency shall put in place measures to support incubators and accelerators and shall, for this purpose— (a) negotiate for tax concessions on the machinery or any other unique equipment to be used by incubators or accelerators; and (b) offer grants and aid for research, development, training, and expansion of projects taking place in the incubators or accelerators.

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Incentives for investors.

27B. (1) The Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance, may put in place measures to provide incentives to investors, including— (a) providing tax relief on investment and from capital gains tax; (b) providing tax relief in the event of loss of investment; (c) providing tax relief for organizations or companies who have made equity investments in startups; (d) providing tax relief for investors who invest in startups that have three- quarters of their staff as local employees; or (e) providing creation of a special visa for foreign direct investment.

General requirements on exemptions and deductions.

27C. A person is eligible for an exemption or a deduction provided for under this Act, where — (a) the exemption or deduction has been recommended by the Agency and approved by the appropriate government authority; (b) complies with conditions prescribed in this Act and the Regulations; and (c) public resources have been allocated to accommodate the exemption or deduction.

CLAUSE 30

THAT, clause 30 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (2).

NEW CLAUSE 30A

THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 30— Intellectual Property.

30A. (1) The Agency shall collaborate with Kenya Industrial Property Institute to— (a) maintain an online platform to facilitate intellectual property registrations, which shall contain relevant information on process, categories of registrable intellectual property and registration requirements; (b) provide training in intellectual property requirements to labelled startups;

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(c) simplify registration processes and facilitate assistance for the registration of patents and trademarks at both national and international levels; (d) make reasonable efforts to expedite intellectual property registration procedures, particularly for patents and trademarks which require several components; (e) design a financial support mechanism for labelled startups to support registration of intellectual property at the national and international level,; (f) develop model contracts for startups to use in their contractual relations with employees and contractors that detail intellectual property rights and ownership, including for code and application development, and provide access to expert consultations with experienced examiners to ensure compliance with administrative requirements and assist with instituting legal actions for IP infringements and ensure speedy resolution of all intellectual property disputes; (g) review domestic copyright laws to clarify that copyright protects source code and algorithms; and (h) cooperate with other relevant authorities to integrate prohibitions of forced technology transfer in bilateral investment and trade agreements with third parties.

CLAUSE 31

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 31.

NEW PART VA

THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new PART immediately after clause 32—

PART VA- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STARTUP FUND

Establishment of the Startup Fund 32A. (1) There is established a fund known as the Startup Fund, in accordance with the Regulations prescribed by the Cabinet Secretary. (2) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations to operationalize this section.

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Sources of the Funds. 32B. The source of the Fund shall consist of— (a) such monies as may be appropriated by the National Assembly for the purposes of the Fund; (b) such monies as may accrue to the Authority in the performance of its functions under this Act determined in regulations from the National Research Fund; (c) any grants, gifts, donations or other endowments given to Kenya National Innovation Agency, Kenya Industrial Estates and other startup ecosystem players including county governments; (d) such funds as may vest in or accrue to Kenya National Innovation Agency and Kenya Industrial Estates and other startup ecosystem players including county governments in the performance of its functions under this Act; and (e) any funds donated or lent to, or gift made to Kenya National Innovation Agency and Kenya Industrial Estates shall be disclosed to the National Assembly and made public before use.

CLAUSE 34

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 34 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Data protection.

Cap.411C.

34. The personal data concerning a startup,

incubator or accelerator, shall be processed only in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

NEW CLAUSE 35

THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 34— General penalty.

35. (1) A person who commits an offence under this

Act for which no specific penalty is provided or who otherwise contravenes this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both. (2) In addition to any penalty referred to in subsection (1), the Court may order or prohibit the doing of any act to stop a continuing contravention.

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B. *THE CREATIVE ECONOMY SUPPORT BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 30 OF 2024)

(Sen. Eddy Oketch, MP)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industrialisation intends to move the following amendments to the Creative Economy Support Bill, 2024 (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2024) at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 3

THAT clause 3 of the Bill be amended—

(a) in the introductory clause by deleting the words “and each county government” appearing immediately after the words “National Government”;

(b) in the marginal note by inserting the word, “national” immediately after the words “Obligations of”.

Obligations of county governments. 3A. A county government shall—

(a) include the development of the creative industry in the County Integrated Development Plans for purposes of planning and resource allocation; (b) undertake regular consultation with the creative community in the county on areas of mutual cooperation; and (c) introduce monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness of county level initiatives in supporting the creative sector.

CLAUSE 4

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended by—

(a) deleting the words “ persons in the creative industry may publish” appearing immediately after the words “online platform” and substituting therefor the words “information on incentives, opportunities,”;

(b) inserting the words “shall be published” immediately after the words “affairs in the creative industry”; and

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Data Protection.

Cap. 411C. 4A. The Cabinet Secretary shall ensure that the provisions of the Data Protection Act are observed in the processing and handling of sensitive personal data of creatives on the online platform.

CLAUSE 6

THAT clause 6 of the Bill be amended —

(a) by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Creative Industry” and substituting therefor the word “Council”; and

(b) in the marginal note by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Creative Industry” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 7

THAT clause 7 of the Bill be amended – (a) in the introductory clause by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the word “The” and substituting therefor the word “Council”;

(b) in the marginal note by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “of the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”;

(fa) develop and publish industry standards on royalty computation, royalty collection and royalty distribution. (d) in paragraph (l) by deleting the word “guild” appearing immediately after the words “members of the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 8

THAT clause 8 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause 1 and substituting therefor the following subclause–

Board of the Council 8.(1) The Council shall be governed by an incorporated Advisory Board which shall consist of—

(a) the Principal Secretary for matters relating to trade and industrialisation or a representative designated in writing;

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(b) the Principal Secretary for matters relating to the creative economy or a representative designated in writing by the Principal Secretary; (c) the Principal Secretary for matters relating to information and technology or a representative designated in writing by the Principal Secretary; (d) one person representing industry players in the film industry including resellers, distributors, vendors and manufacturers of filming and photography equipment (e) one person representing industry players in the music and dance industry; (f) one person representing industry players in the fashion industry; (g) one person representing industry players in the literary and visual arts industry; (h) an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya nominated by the Law Society of Kenya; and (i) one person being a public officer nominated by the Cabinet Secretary who shall be Secretary to the Board.

CLAUSE 11

THAT clause 11 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (d) by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “meetings of the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 14

THAT clause 14 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (h) by deleting the words “a data base” appearing immediately after the words “maintain” and substituting therefor the words “a manual and digital database”.

CLAUSE 15

THAT clause 15 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Membership to the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 16

THAT clause 16 of the Bill be amended –

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(a) in subclause (1) by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “member of the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”; and

(b) in the marginal note by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Application to the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 17

THAT clause 17 be amended in the marginal note by deleting the word “the Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Roll of ” and substituting therefor the word “Roll of creatives”.

CLAUSE 18

THAT clause 18 of the Bill be amended –

(a) by deleting the words “The Guild” appearing at the beginning of the clause and substituting therefor the words “The Council”; and

(b) in the marginal note by deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “Decentralization of the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

CLAUSE 19

THAT clause 19 of the Bill be amended—

(a) in the introductory clause by— (i) deleting the words “The Guild shall,” appearing at the beginning of the clause and substituting therefor the words “The Council shall” (ii) deleting the words “and shall, for this purpose” appearing immediately after the words “the creative industry” and substituting therefor the words “which shall include”; (b) in paragraph (d), by inserting the following words, “that are aligned with county- specific needs and opportunities, ensuring that creatives across all counties can access support” after the words “and development activities”; (c) by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 19—

Incentives for persons with disabilities.

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CLAUSE 21

THAT clause 21 be amended by deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new subclause—

(3) The Regulations developed under subsection (1) shall— (a) ensure that a person is eligible for a grant from the fund if that person has not benefitted from any other financial support scheme by the National or county government; (b) prescribe the nature of financial support in paragraph (a) that will preclude a person from benefitting from the fund; and (c) provide for a criteria for disclosure and due diligence in establishing that a person has not benefitted from any other financial support by the National or county governments.

CLAUSE 22

THAT clause 22 be amended in subclause (3)—

(a) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b). (ba) collaborate with county governments to ensure that creatives in all counties have equitable access to financial support;

(b) by deleting the words “mechanism for” appearing at the beginning of paragraph (d) and substituting therefor the words “mechanisms for”.

CLAUSE 23

THAT clause 23 of the Bill be amended –

(a) by deleting the words “The Guild” appearing at the beginning of the clause and substituting therefor the words “The Council”; and

(b) in paragraph by (h) deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “information as the” and substituting therefor the word “Council”.

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CLAUSE 24

THAT clause 24 be amended by deleting the entire clause and substituting it therefor the following clause—

Application for grant or revocation of patents.

24. The Council shall provide technical support to

creative artists which shall include – (a) application for registration, grant, revocation and institution of legal action for infringement of intellectual property rights; and (b) filing and registration of intellectual property pursuant to international instruments.

CLAUSE 26

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 26 and substituting therefor the following clause— Scope of incentives.

26. (1) The incentives and benefits under this Part shall

only be made available to members of the Council whose names have been entered into the roll of creatives.

(2) The Council shall in collaboration with county governments ensure that creative artists in remote and underserved areas whose names have been entered into the roll of creatives access the incentives.

CLAUSE 27

THAT clause 27 be amended in subclause (2) by –

(a) deleting the word “Guild” appearing immediately after the words “from the” and substituting therefor the word “Council” in paragraph (j); (b) deleting the word “and” appearing immediately after the words “measures of creatives” in paragraph (l); and (c) inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (l) —

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(la) on industrial standards in the sub-sectors represented in section 8; (lb) on industrial standards for royalty computation, collection and distribution; (lc) on intellectual property protection of creative work from institutions and communities; (ld) on the procedure and criteria for nomination of industry representatives in the board of the council.

CLAUSE 2

THAT clause 2 of the Bill be amended by—

(a) deleting the word “Guild” in the definition of the word “Board” and substituting therefor the word “Council” (b) deleting the definition of the word “Guild” and substituting therefor the following new definition - “Council” means the Creative Industry Council established under section 6;

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C. **THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 12

OF 2023)

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights)

(Consideration of His Excellency the President’s Memorandum)

His Excellency the President’s recommendations

CLAUSE 2

THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new definitions in proper alphabetical sequence—

“family” means—

(a) the spouse, dependent child or parent of a public officer; (b) a dependent child of the spouse of a public officer; or (c) a parent of the spouse of a public officer; “relative” means a person who is related to a public officer by birth, marriage, adoption or affinity; “undeclared asset” means any asset that is not disclosed in the prescribed manner in any declaration year.

CLAUSE 5

THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “a reporting authority and” appearing immediately before the words “the Ethics”.

CLAUSE 6

THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (h)—

“(ha) institute proceedings for forfeiture of undeclared or unexplained assets;”

CLAUSE 8

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 8 and substituting therefor the following new Clause—

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Conflict of interest.

8. A public officer is in conflict of interest if—

(a) the public officer exercises an official power, duty or function to further his or her private interests or the private interests of another person; (b) the private interests of the public officer can reasonably be perceived to impair or influence the public officer’s ability to act objectively in the performance of an official duty; or (c) the public officer has private interests that could conflict with the duties of the public officer in future.

CLAUSE 12

THAT, Clause 12 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (3).

CLAUSE 16

THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended by—

(a) inserting the following new subclause after subclause (3)—

“(3A) Where a public officer has knowledge that a family member or a relative has accepted a gift or favour under subsection (1), the public officer shall, within forty-eight hours of such knowledge, or, if not on duty, within forty-eight hours of resumption of duty, make a declaration of the acceptance, giving sufficient details of the nature of the gift or favour accepted, the donor and the circumstances under which it was accepted for purposes of assessment of potential conflict of interest.” (b) deleting subclause (4) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(4) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.”

CLAUSE 17

THAT, Clause 17 of the Bill be amended—

(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting the words “public officers” and substituting therefor the words “any person”; (b) in paragraph (b) by deleting the words “public officers” and substituting therefor the words “any person”; (c) by deleting paragraph (c).

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CLAUSE 18

THAT, Clause 18 of the Bill be amended by—

(a) inserting the following new subclause after subclause (2)—

“(2A) Where a public officer has knowledge that a family member or a relative has accepted a complimentary treatment in the exceptional circumstances contemplated under subsection (1), the public officer shall, within forty-eight hours of such knowledge, or, if not on duty, within forty-eight hours of resumption of duty, make a declaration of the acceptance, giving sufficient details of the nature of the complimentary treatment accepted, the donor and the circumstances under which it was accepted for purposes of assessment of potential conflict of interest.” (b) deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(3) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.”

CLAUSE 20

THAT, Clause 20 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause—

“(1) A public officer shall not acquire an interest in a partnership, private company or any other legal entity that is a party to a contract with any reporting entity under which the partnership, private company or legal entity receives a benefit.”

CLAUSE 30

THAT, Clause 30 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (2).

CLAUSE 31

THAT, Clause 31 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause after subclause (3)—

“(4) For purposes of this section, “material change” means—

(a) at least twenty five percent increase or decrease in the value of an income, asset or liability; (b) the disposal or acquisition of an asset or liability; (c) changes in marital status; (d) appointment to or changes in directorships; (e) changes in membership in companies or partnerships and other legal entities howsoever established; or (f) changes in membership in social associations, societies, clubs, foundations or trusts.” …………../Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 35

THAT, Clause 35 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)—

“(c) its completeness and correctness.”

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D. **THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS (NO. 2)

BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 8 OF 2025)

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget intends to move the following amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 8 of 2025) at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 4

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by deleting the word “Bills” appearing immediately after the words “county governments’ appropriation” and substituting therefor the words “legislation for the financial year 2025/26”.

CLAUSE 5

THAT clause 5 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by —

(a) deleting the expression “A” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the expression “B”; and (b) deleting the expression “B” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the expression “C”.

CLAUSE 6

THAT clause 6 of the Bill be amended—

(a) in subclause (1) by—

(i) deleting the words “each county government” appearing immediately after the words “conditional allocations to” in the introductory clause and substituting therefor the words “beneficiary county governments”; (ii) deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph—

(a) conditional allocation for the settlement of doctors’ salary arrears as set out in Column B of the Second Schedule;

(iii) deleting the expression “B” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the expression “C”;

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(iv) deleting the expression “C” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the expression “D”; (v) deleting the expression “D” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (d) and substituting therefor the expression “E”; and (vi) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)— (d) conditional allocations due to county rural and urban affordable housing committees pursuant to section 11(4)(c) of the Affordable Housing Act as set out in Column F of the Second Schedule.

(b) by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (1)— (1A) Conditional allocations financed by proceeds from the Road Maintenance Levy Fund shall be as set out in the Third Schedule.

(i) deleting the introductory clause and substituting therefor the following new introductory clause—

(2) Conditional allocations financed by proceeds of loans or grants from development partners to beneficiary county governments for the financial year 2025/26 shall be as set out in the Fourth Schedule, comprising—

(ii) deleting the expression “A” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the expression “B”; (iii) deleting the expression “B” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the expression “C”; (iv) deleting the expression “C” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the expression “D”; (v) deleting the expression “D” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (d) and substituting therefor the expression “E”; (vi) deleting the expression “E” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the expression “F”; (vii) deleting the expression “F” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (g) and substituting therefor the expression “G”;

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(viii) deleting the expression “G” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (h) and substituting therefor the expression “H”; (ix) deleting the expression “H” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (i) and substituting therefor the expression “I”; (x) deleting the expression “I” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (l) and substituting therefor the expression “J”; (xi) deleting the expression “J” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (m) and substituting therefor the expression “L”; (xii) deleting the expression “L” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (s) and substituting therefor the expression “M”; (xiii) deleting the expression “M” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (v) and substituting therefor the expression “N”; (xiv) deleting the expression “N” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (w) and substituting therefor the expression “O”; (xv) deleting the expression “O” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (x) and substituting therefor the expression “P”; (xvi) deleting paragraph (y) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— (y) conditional allocations financed by proceeds from AFD (French Development Agency) for Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project 2 (KISIP2) as set out in Column Q of the Third Schedule; and (xvii) by deleting the expression “Q” appearing immediately after the words “out in Column” in paragraph (z) and substituting therefor the expression “R”; and (d) in subclause (3) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— (b) shall be exempt from section 191A of the Public Finance Management Act.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting the Second Schedule and substituting therefor the following new Schedule—

SECOND SCHEDULE

(s. 6(1))

Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Share of Revenue for the Financial Year 2025/26 (Kenya Shillings)

FY 2024/25

FY 2025/26

SN County Total Conditional Additional Allocations Settlement of Doctors’ Salary Arrears Community Health Promoters (CHPs) Programme Supplement for Construction of County Headquarter s County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) Programme Allocations for 0.5% of the Housing Levy Fund to the County Rural and Urban Affordable Housing Committees Total Conditional Additional Allocations

Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G 1 Baringo 83,073,318 19,263,318 63,810,000 - 250,000,000 1,987,622 335,060,940 2 Bomet 95,331,693

21,261,693 74,070,000 - - 1,987,622 97,319,315 3 Bungoma 333,254,059 39,854,059 107,400,000 - - 1,987,622 149,241,682 4 Busia 276,081,627 23,691,627 66,390,000 - -

1,987,622 92,069,249 5 Elgeyo Marakwet 52,885,017 15,685,017 37,200,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 304,872,640 6 Embu 279,101,231 32,801,231 60,300,000 - -

1,987,622 95,088,854 7 Garissa 293,501,339 32,981,339 74,520,000 - -

1,987,622 109,488,961 8 Homa Bay 301,039,251 26,419,251 88,620,000 - -

1,987,622 117,026,874 9 Isiolo 149,128,044 12,147,883 21,630,000 60,000,000 -

1,987,622 95,765,505 10 Kajiado 93,565,118 43,495,118 50,070,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 345,552,741 11 Kakamega 172,029,977 44,529,977 127,500,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 424,017,600 12 Kericho 89,129,856 43,439,856 45,690,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 341,117,479 13 Kiambu 267,268,781 119,957,202 94,680,000 - -

1,987,622 216,624,825

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Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Share of Revenue for the Financial Year 2025/26 (Kenya Shillings)

FY 2024/25

FY 2025/26

Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G 14 Kilifi 174,381,743 58,281,743 116,100,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 426,369,365 15 Kirinyaga 242,049,816 19,389,816 36,660,000 - -

1,987,622 58,037,438 16 Kisii 345,101,961 72,428,277 88,200,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 412,615,900 17 Kisumu 165,339,627 75,399,627 89,940,000 - -

1,987,622 167,327,249 18 Kitui 117,856,694 43,756,694 74,100,000 -

250,000,000

1,987,622 369,844,316 19 Kwale 330,913,123 28,773,123 52,140,000 - -

1,987,622 82,900,745 20 Laikipia 65,684,974 40,454,974 25,230,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 317,672,596 21 Lamu 290,553,991 11,301,830 14,520,000 121,000,000 -

1,987,622 148,809,452 22 Machakos 327,896,293 58,646,293 83,250,000 - -

1,987,622 143,883,916 23 Makueni 144,268,273 30,568,273 113,700,000 - -

1,987,622 146,255,895 24 Mandera 38,349,159 19,809,159 18,540,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 290,336,781 25 Marsabit 75,118,763 15,028,763 60,090,000 - -

1,987,622 77,106,385 26 Meru 341,395,785 43,915,785 111,480,000 - -

1,987,622 157,383,407 27 Migori 302,067,815 27,687,815 88,380,000 - -

1,987,622 118,055,437 28 Mombasa 233,213,493 108,971,914 71,610,000 -

1,987,622 182,569,536

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Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Share of Revenue for the Financial Year 2025/26 (Kenya Shillings)

FY 2024/25

FY 2025/26

Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G 29 Murang’a 155,675,190 56,993,611 46,050,000 - -

1,987,622 105,031,234 30 Nairobi 336,278,649

112,268,649 224,010,000 - -

1,987,622 338,266,271 31 Nakuru 242,425,840 90,404,261 99,390,000 - -

1,987,622 191,781,883 32 Nandi 176,056,360 26,764,781 96,660,000 -

1,987,622 125,412,403 33 Narok 71,296,514

21,496,514 49,800,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 323,284,136 34 Nyamira 116,981,290 19,979,711 44,370,000 -

1,987,622 66,337,334 35 Nyandarua 57,653,981 16,043,981 41,610,000 121,000,000

250,000,000

1,987,622 430,641,603 36 Nyeri 129,422,326 55,172,326 74,250,000 -

250,000,000

1,987,622 381,409,948 37 Samburu 59,219,798 13,079,798 46,140,000 - -

1,987,622 61,207,421 38 Siaya 139,165,399 22,723,820 63,810,000 -

1,987,622 88,521,442 39 Taita Taveta 73,661,911 32,591,911 41,070,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 325,649,534 40 Tana River 130,917,307 6,982,057 28,890,000 121,000,000

250,000,000

1,987,622 408,859,679 41 Tharaka Nithi 110,528,540 24,597,481 37,950,000 31,000,000

250,000,000

1,987,622 345,535,103 42 Trans Nzoia 166,458,256 46,626,677 67,200,000 -

1,987,622 115,814,299 43 Turkana 99,236,518 24,986,518 74,250,000 - -

1,987,622 101,224,140

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Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Share of Revenue for the Financial Year 2025/26 (Kenya Shillings)

FY 2024/25

FY 2025/26

Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G 44 Uasin Gishu 257,580,471

9,600,471 61,980,000 - -

1,987,622 73,568,093 45 Vihiga 58,424,112

15,044,112 43,380,000 - 250,000,000

1,987,622 310,411,734 46 Wajir 265,153,485 19,869,801 60,810,000 -

250,000,000

1,987,622 332,667,423 47 West Pokot 91,423,594 13,933,594 77,490,000 -

1,987,622 93,411,216

Total 8,417,140,362 1,759,101,729 3,234,930,000 454,000,000 4,500,000,000

93,418,251 10,041,449,980

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THIRD SCHEDULE

THAT the Bill be amended by renumbering the Third Schedule as the Fourth Schedule.

NEW SCHEDULE

THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Schedule immediately after the Second Schedule—

THIRD SCHEDULE

(s. 6(1A)

Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from Road Maintenance Fuel Levy Fund for FY 2025/26(Kenya Shillings)

SN

County Road Maintenance Fuel Levy

(RMFL)

Allocation for FY 2024/25 Road Maintenance Fuel Levy (RMFL) Allocation for FY 2025/26 Total Allocation Per County

Column A Column B Column C=A+B 1 Baringo 205,719,787.74 256,422,556 462,142,343 2 Bomet 163,685,210.91 204,027,919 367,713,129 3 Bungoma 184,554,999.28 230,041,383 414,596,383 4 Busia 129,803,891.11 161,796,033 291,599,924 5 Elgeyo/Marakwet 150,644,147.55 187,772,687 338,416,834 6 Embu 211,127,369.04 263,162,917 474,290,287 7 Garissa 188,410,092.89 234,846,623 423,256,716 8 Homa Bay 177,974,495.99 221,839,015 399,813,511 9 Isiolo 190,644,440.69 237,631,660 428,276,101 10 Kajiado 307,376,318.55 383,133,883 690,510,202 11 Kakamega 235,244,397.88 293,223,955 528,468,352 12 Kericho 169,758,085.33 211,597,545 381,355,630 13 Kiambu 335,429,529.62 418,101,234 753,530,764 14 Kilifi 242,979,152.63 302,865,057 545,844,210 15 Kirinyaga 194,894,333.06 242,929,003 437,823,336 16 Kisii 179,407,700.40 223,625,454 403,033,155 17 Kisumu 195,718,947.25 243,956,856 439,675,803 18 Kitui 445,098,849.89 554,800,225 999,899,075 19 Kwale 206,900,399.08 257,894,147 464,794,546 20 Laikipia 235,196,041.93 293,163,681 528,359,722 21 Lamu 134,869,251.86 168,109,828 302,979,080 22 Machakos 314,847,145.85 392,446,009 707,293,155 23 Makueni 415,079,544.48 517,382,206 932,461,750 24 Mandera 192,647,254.89 240,128,098 432,775,353 25 Marsabit 237,670,000.38 296,247,384 533,917,384

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SN

County Road Maintenance Fuel Levy

(RMFL)

Allocation for FY 2024/25 Road Maintenance Fuel Levy (RMFL) Allocation for FY 2025/26 Total Allocation Per County

Column A Column B Column C=A+B 26 Meru 284,617,467.66 354,765,768 639,383,235 27 Migori 158,722,954.60 197,842,639 356,565,593 28 Mombasa 130,442,751.60 162,592,350 293,035,102 29 Murang'a 270,941,894.18 337,719,641 608,661,535 30 Nairobi 351,270,031.50 437,845,869 789,115,900 31 Nakuru 527,595,810.89 657,629,816 1,185,225,627 32 Nandi 187,283,793.82 233,442,731 420,726,525 33 Narok 275,190,523.69 343,015,410 618,205,934 34 Nyamira 114,508,787.31 142,731,218 257,240,005 35 Nyandarua 222,822,887.93 277,740,975 500,563,863 36 Nyeri 281,534,361.32 350,922,783 632,457,144 37 Samburu 168,450,780.04 209,968,035 378,418,815 38 Siaya 160,843,154.82 200,485,395 361,328,549 39 Taita Taveta 223,111,858.65 278,101,167 501,213,025 40 Tana River 192,087,922.00 239,430,909 431,518,831 41 Tharaka Nithi 161,810,686.87 201,691,390 363,502,076 42 Trans Nzoia 149,496,401.78 186,342,062 335,838,464 43 Turkana 251,956,760.03 314,055,332 566,012,092 44 Uasin Gishu 245,361,739.87 305,834,869 551,196,609 45 Vihiga 104,335,371.63 130,050,409 234,385,781 46 Wajir 251,017,318.26 312,884,351 563,901,669 47 West Pokot 163,127,206.27 203,332,385 366,459,591

Total

10,522,211,853

13,115,570,862

23,637,782,715

CLAUSE 2

THAT clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the definition of the word “authorized person”.

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E. *THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS

NO. 54 OF 2023)

(Sen. Eddy Oketch, MP)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Education intends to move the following amendments to the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bills No. 54 of 2023), at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 2

THAT clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the proposed subsection (2A) and substituting therefor the following new subsection —

(2A) A County Government shall take into account the following factors when determining the remuneration payable to an early childhood education teacher — (a) the minimum rate advised by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission; (b) minimum wage; (c) the qualification of individual teachers; and (d) any other relevant factor.

…………../Notice of Amendments

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F. *THE LOCAL CONTENT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 (SENATE BILL NO. 50 OF

2023) (The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Energy, intends to move the following amendments to the Local Content (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 50 of 2023), at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 7

THAT clause 7 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) by — (a) deleting subparagraph (iii); (b) deleting the words “and implementation” in subparagraph (iv) appearing immediately after the words “the development; and (c) deleting subparagraph (v) and substituting therefor the following new subparagraph— (v) provision of guidelines to ensure local content activities shall include the participation of local persons at a quota of not less than thirty percent.

CLAUSE 10

THAT clause 10 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by — (a) inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “advise the” in paragraph (b); and (b) inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “recommendations to the” in paragraph (c).

CLAUSE 11

THAT clause 11 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) by deleting the word “six” appearing immediately after the words “period of” and substituting therefor the word “twelve”.

CLAUSE 12

THAT clause 12 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by —

…………../Notice of Amendments

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(a) deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— (a) a chairperson who shall be competitively recruited by the Public Service Commission and appointed by the President by notice in the Gazette. (b) deleting paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— (c) the Principal Secretary responsible for matters relating to mining or a representative designated in writing; (c) deleting paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the following new paragraphs— (f) one person nominated by players in the oil and gas industry in such a manner as the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters related to oil and gas shall determine; (fa) one person nominated by players in the mining industry in such a manner as the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters related to mining shall determine; (d) deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— (2) The persons nominated under subclause (1)(f) and (fa) shall be appointed by the relevant Cabinet Secretary by notice in the Gazette. (e) deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following subclause— (1) There shall be paid to the members of the Committee such allowances as the Cabinet Secretaries responsible for matters related to petroleum, oil and mining may, in consultation with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, determine.

CLAUSE 16

THAT clause 16 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by — (a) inserting the word “relevant” in paragraph (e) immediately after the words “addressed to the”; and

(b) inserting the word “relevant” in paragraph (f) immediately after the words “office by the”.

………../Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 19

THAT clause 19 of the Bill be amended by deleting clause 19 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Secretariat. 19. (1) The relevant Cabinet Secretaries responsible for matters related to the extractive industry shall designate an appropriate administrative unit that includes representation from each of their respective Ministries to serve as the Secretariat of the Committee.

(2) The Secretariat shall consist of — (a) a director, who shall be competitively recruited and appointed by the Public Service Commission. (b) such other public officers from each relevant Ministry responsible for matters related to the extractive industry as the Cabinet Secretaries shall, in consultation with the Committee, designate for the proper performance of the functions of the Secretariat under this Act. (3) Without prejudice to subsection (2), a person is qualified to be appointed as a director, if that person— (a) is a citizen of Kenya;

(b) holds a degree in matters related to oil, gas and mining from a university recognized in Kenya; (c) has had at least ten years proven experience at management level; and (d) meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.

(2) Director shall hold office for a term of four years, renewable for one further term.

CLAUSE 21

THAT clause 21 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary”.

CLAUSE 22

THAT clause 22 of the Bill be amended in subclause (5) by inserting the word “relevant” in paragraph (f) immediately after the words “plans as the”.

………../Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 24

THAT clause 24 of the Bill be amended by deleting the introductory clause of subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new introductory clause— (1) The Committee shall prescribe rules on local content certification and in doing shall—

CLAUSE 28

THAT clause 28 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the word “relevant” in paragraph (c) immediately after the words “prescribed by the”.

CLAUSE 30

THAT clause 30 of the Bill be amended in — (a) subclause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary”; and (b) subclause (2) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary”.

CLAUSE 31

THAT clause 31 of the Bill be amended in the introductory clause by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary shall”.

CLAUSE 37

THAT clause 37 of the Bill be amended in - (a) subclause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “operator as the”; (b) subclause (3) by inserting the words “relevant” immediately after the words “in consultation with the”.

CLAUSE 43

THAT clause 43 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause –

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(2) Despite subsection (1), where the goods or services required in relation to an extractive activity are not available locally, the relevant Cabinet Secretary may, subject to such conditions as the relevant Cabinet Secretary may impose, authorise the continued importation of the required goods or service.

CLAUSE 44

THAT clause 44 of the Bill be amended in — (a) subclause (2) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “consultation with the”; and (b) subclause (3) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “prescribed by the”.

CLAUSE 45

THAT clause 45 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “provisions of this Act, the”.

CLAUSE 47

THAT clause 47 of the Bill be amended by — (a) deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— (2) An operator shall annually remit a tax-deductible training levy consisting of such percentage of its net revenues as the relevant Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the Committee, prescribe to the Fund in support of the objectives of this Act. (b) by deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— (3) The Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to mining shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to oil, gas and other petroleum resources and the Committee, prescribe in regulations under the Act the manner in which the Fund shall be operated and applied.

CLAUSE 48

THAT clause 48 of the Bill be amended in subclause (5) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “approval of the”.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 50

THAT clause 50 of the Bill be amended in — (a) subclause (2) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “submit to the”; (b) subclause (3) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “submit to the”.

CLAUSE 52

THAT clause 52 of the Bill be amended in clause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately after the words “make recommendations”.

CLAUSE 53

THAT clause 53 of the Bill be amended in clause (1) by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary”.

CLAUSE 56

THAT clause 56 of the Bill be amended by inserting the word “relevant” immediately before the words “Cabinet Secretary”.

CLAUSE 57

THAT clause 57 of the Bill be amended — (a) by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following subclause— (1) The Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to mining shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to oil, gas, and other petroleum resources and the Committee, make regulations generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (b) in subclause (2) by deleting the word “Secretary” appearing immediately after the words “the Cabinet” and substituting therefor the word “Secretaries”.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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NEW CLAUSES

CLAUSES 20A TO 20C

THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following clauses immediately after clause 20— General fund. 20A. (1) There shall be a general fund of the Committee which shall vest in the Committee. (2) There shall be paid into the general fund— (a) such monies or assets as may accrue to or vest in the Committee in the course of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under this Act; (b) annual contributions from the ministries responsible for matters related to the extractive industry, (c) all monies from any other source provided for or donated or lent to the Committee.

Annual estimates. 20B (1) At least three months before the commencement of each financial year, the Committee shall cause to be prepared estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Committee for that year. (2) The Committee shall approve the annual estimates before the commencement of the financial year to which they relate and shall be submitted to the Cabinet Secretary for approval and after the Cabinet Secretary's approval, the Authority shall not increase the annual estimates without the consent of the Cabinet Secretary.

Accounts and audit.

20C (1) The Committee shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of accounts of the income, expenditure and assets of the Committee.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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Cap. 412A. (2) Within a period of three months from the end of each financial year, the Committee shall submit to the Auditor-General the accounts of the Committee together with— (a) a statement of the income and expenditure of the Committee during that year; and (b) a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Committee on the last day of that year. (3) The annual accounts of the Committee shall be prepared, audited and reported upon in accordance with the provisions of Articles 226 and 229 of the Constitution and the Public Financial Management Act.

THAT the Bill is amended by inserting the following new clauses immediately after clause 58—

CLAUSE 59 TO 61

THAT the Bill is amended by inserting the following new clauses immediately after clause 58.

Amendment to Cap.306.

59. The Mining Act is amended by—

(a) repealing Section 46; (b) repealing Section 47; (c) repealing Section 49; and (d) repealing Section 50.

Amendment to Cap.308.

60. The Petroleum Act is amended by

deleting Part VI. Amendment to Cap.314.

61. The Energy Act is amended by—

(a) in Section 10 by repealing paragraph (ee); (b) repealing Section 206; and (c) repealing Section 207.

CLAUSE 2

THAT clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the definition of the term “Cabinet Secretary” and substituting therefor the following new definition—

…………./Notice of Amendments

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“Cabinet Secretary means either the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to oil, gas and other petroleum resources or the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to mining as the case may be”

LONG TITLE

THAT the long title of the Bill be amended by deleting the long title and substituting therefor the following new long title –

A Bill for

AN ACT of Parliament to provide for a framework to facilitate the local ownership, control, and financing of activities connected with the exploitation of gas, oil, other petroleum resources, and mineral resources; to provide a framework to increase local value capture along the value chain in the exploration of gas, oil, other petroleum resources, and minerals; and for connected purposes.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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G. *THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD) BILL (SENATE

BILLS NO. 41 OF 2023)

(Sen. Esther Anyieni Okenyuri, MP)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism intends to move the following amendments to the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill (Senate Bills No. 41 of 2023) at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 4

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended —

(a) in subclause (1) by –

(i) deleting paragraph (a);

(ii) deleting the words “the minimum standards” appearing immediately after the words “relevant stakeholders, the” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the words “national guidelines”;

(iii) deleting paragraph (c);

(iv) deleting paragraph (d); and

(v) inserting the words “and taking into consideration universal design principles” immediately after the words “street vending” in paragraph (e).

(b) in subclause (2) by –

(i) inserting the word “and” immediately after the words “delegate to the unit;” in paragraph (a);

(ii) deleting the words “the unit and;” appearing immediately after the words “to serve in” and substituting therefor the words “the unit.” in paragraph (b); and

(iii)deleting paragraph (c).

CLAUSE

THAT clause 5 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the word “county” appearing immediately after the words “notice in the”.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 7

THAT clause 7 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by deleting the word “county” appearing immediately after the words “in the”.

CLAUSE 8

THAT clause 8 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause —

(2) The county executive committee member shall — (a) not designate a market as a no-vending zone; and (b) in designating a no-vending zone consider existing businesses in the zone.

CLAUSE 9

THAT clause 9 of the Bill be amended in the marginal note by inserting the word “vending” appearing immediately after word “unauthorised”.

CLAUSE 10

THAT clause 10 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph –

(b) maintain a register of vending zones within the county.

CLAUSE 12

THAT clause 12 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by deleting the word “security,” appearing immediately after the words “limited to”.

CLAUSE 13

THAT clause 13 of the Bill be amended in subclause (5) by deleting the words “including water, lighting, security and waste disposal facilities” appearing immediately after the words “essential facilities”.

CLAUSE 14

THAT clause 14 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) by deleting the word “enact” appearing at the beginning of the paragraph and substituting therefor the word “formulate”.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 15

THAT clause 15 of the Bill be amended –

(a) in subclause (2) by inserting the words “including street vendors with disabilities” immediately after the words “vendors in the county” in paragraph (b);

(b) by deleting subclause (3);

(c) in subclause (4) by deleting the words “to regulate inter-county mobility trade” appearing immediately after the words “registration of foreigners”;

(d) by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (4) —

(4A) The Cabinet Secretary shall in formulating regulations under subclause (4) adhere to treaties and conventions ratified by Kenya pursuant to Article 2(6) of the Constitution.

CLAUSE 16

THAT clause 16 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words “with the respective county executive committee member” appearing immediately after the words “registered as a street vendor”.

CLAUSE 17

THAT clause 17 of the Bill be amended in subclause (5) by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (f) —

(fa) disability registration details for a street vendor with disability;

CLAUSE 21

THAT clause 21 of the Bill be amended –

(a) by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (3);

(3A) A street vendor aggrieved by the decision of the county government in subclause (3) may apply to the county government for a review of the decision.

(b) in subclause (4) by deleting the words “relevant county tribunal” appearing immediately after the words “may appeal to the” and substituting therefor the words “appeals committee.”; and

…………./Notice of Amendments

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(4A) A vendor who is further aggrieved by the decision of the county tribunal under this section may seek judicial review of the committee’s decision.

CLAUSE 22

THAT clause 22 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the words “responsible for public health” immediately after the words “county executive committee member”.

CLAUSE 24

THAT clause 24 be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following subclause —

(1) Every street vendor has the right within a vending zone and adjacent areas as may be determined by the county executive member, to access essential facilities of reasonable quality including but not limited to lighting and accessible sanitation and parking facilities.

CLAUSE 31

THAT the Bill be amended in clause 31 by deleting the words “one hundred thousand shillings” appearing immediately after the words “fine not exceeding” and substituting therefor the words “fifty thousand shillings”.

SCHEDULE

THAT the Schedule be amended in paragraph (1) by inserting the following new sub- paragraph immediately after sub-paragraph (c);

(ca) be prepared pursuant to National and county planning laws;

…………./Notice of Amendments

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H. *THE COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 40 OF 2024)

(Sen. Joyce Korir, MP)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, intends to move the following amendments to the County Library Services Bill (Senate Bills No. 40 of 2024) at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 3

THAT clause 3 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (d).

CLAUSE 4

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (e)—

(f) approve and integrate the county libraries annual work plan into the county integrated development plans.

CLAUSE 5

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 5.

CLAUSE 6

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 6 and substituting therefor the following new clause—

Establishment of a county directorate of library services.

6. A county government shall establish a county directorate of

library services within its county public service.

CLAUSE 7

THAT clause 7 of the Bill be amended by deleting— (a) the words “The Committee” appearing in the introductory phrase and substituting therefor the words “A county directorate of library services”;

(b) the words “school-going children” appearing at the end of paragraph (l) and substituting therefor the words “members of the public”;

(c) the words “disadvantaged persons within the society” appearing at the end of paragraph (n) and substituting therefor the words “persons with disabilities”;

(d) the marginal note and substituting therefor the words —

Functions of a county directorate of library services.

…………./Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 8

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 8.

CLAUSE 9

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 9.

CLAUSE 11

THAT clause 11 of the Bill be amended—

(a) by deleting the words “the committee” appearing in the introductory phrase and substituting therefor the words “a county directorate of library services”;

(b) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)—

CLAUSE 12

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 12.

CLAUSE 13

THAT clause 13 of the Bill be amended-

(a) in subclause (1) by deleting the words “in consultation with the committee” appearing immediately after the word “member”;

(b) in subclause (2) by— (i) deleting the word “section” appearing immediately after the words “generality of” and substituting therefor the word “subsection”; and

(ii) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)— (c) provision of technical support to libraries recognized under this Act.

SCHEDULE

THAT Bill be amended by deleting the schedule.

CLAUSE 2

THAT clause 2 of the Bill be amended by— (a) in the definition of the term “book” by inserting the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)— …………./Notice of Amendments

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(e) journals and other electronic resources that can be accessed digitally;

(a) deleting the definition of the term “committee”;

(b) deleting the definition of the term “library” and substituting therefor the following new definition— “library” means an organised collection of printed and digital information resources, books, periodicals or any graphic or audio- visual material to which a member of the public has access free of charge or on payment of fees or by virtue of being a member of an organisation or institution;

"county directorate of library services" means the county directorate of library services established under section 6; “national library service” means a repository and access point for print, audio, audio-visual, braille and digital materials and documents in braille that serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for the country and as the official national depository for printed works, a general public access library, information and bibliographic centre;

LONG TITLE

THAT the Bill be amended by deleting the long title and substituting therefor the following new long title—

AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the establishment of county libraries and county directorate of library services in each county; the functions and powers of each county directorate of library services; and for connected purposes

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I. *THE LABOUR MIGRATION AND MANAGEMENT (NO.2) BILL (SENATE BILLS

NO. 42 OF 2024)

(Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, MP)

NOTICE is given that the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, intends to move the following amendments to the Labour Migration and Management (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 42 of 2024), at the Committee Stage—

CLAUSE 18

THAT clause 18 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by—

(a) deleting (d) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph —

(d) market viability;

(b) deleting paragraph (e).

CLAUSE 19

THAT clause 19 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by—

(a) deleting the word “and” appearing immediately after the words “certificate of registration in paragraph (a);”

(b) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (a)— (aa) in the name of the private employment agency and shall not be transferable to any other person or entity.

CLAUSE 20

THAT clause 20 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (3)—

(4) A person who provides false or misleading information in relation to the matters specified in subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

CLAUSE 26

THAT clause 26 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “may” appearing immediately after the words “The Authority” and substituting therefor the word “shall”.

CLAUSE 43

THAT clause 43 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the word “may” appearing immediately after the words “national government” and substituting therefor the word “shall”. …………../Notice of Amendments

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CLAUSE 49

THAT clause 49 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (o) —

(oa) reintegration services and programs including recognition of skills and qualifications acquired abroad.

…………./Appendix

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APPENDIX

1. PAPER

Report of the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism on its consideration of the Creative Economy Support Bill (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2024).

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism)

2. NOTICE OF MOTION – PROVISION OF IFMIS REPORTS FOR COUNTY

GOVERNMENTS TO THE SENATE

(Sen. Andrew Omtatah Okoiti, MP)

THAT, AWARE that, Article 96 of the Constitution provides that the Senate represents the counties, and serves to protect their interests, determines the allocation of national revenue among counties, as provided in Article 217, and exercises oversight over national revenue allocated to the County Governments;

FURTHER AWARE THAT, in the case of The Senate, the Council of Governors and 6 others Petition No. 24 and 27 of 2029 (consolidated) 2022 KESC No. 57(KLR), the Supreme Court affirmed that the Senate’s oversight authority extents to both nationally allocated and locally generated revenue;

CONCERNED THAT, that Senators are constrained by lack of access to real time to data from the IFMIS system for the respective counties they represent, thus affecting effective oversight of County Governments;

FURTHER CONCERNED THAT, in some instances data and information presented to the Senate by the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget are received and considered late as a result of the backlog resulting into too much information not getting properly reviewed by Senators;

NOTING THAT, as a result of unchecked financial information and systems, County Governments have continued to accumulate pending bills resulting from unplanned expenditures, unaccounted for and inflated cost of projects;

NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves, that the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury shall on a monthly basis forward to the Clerk of the Senate all IFMIS transactions and reports for each County Government for onward transmission to the respective Senator for information on accountability and transparency, in order to strengthen their constitutional oversight and promote good governance in the management of public finances.

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3. QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

a) Statement pursuant to Standing Order 52 (1)

Nominated Senator (Sen. Veronica Maina, MP) to make a Statement regarding the life, service and enduring legacy of the late Hon. (Dr.) Phoebe Muga Asiyo, MP.

b) Requests for Statements pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1)

i) The Senator for Nairobi City County (Sen. Edwin Sifuna, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding security situation inside the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and other public health facilities.

ii) The Senator for Laikipia County (Sen. John Kinyua, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the deaths of Master Thomas Gachwara and Ms. Julia Njoki during the saba saba demonstrations in Nanyuki, Laikipia County.

iii) The Senator for Wajir County (Sen. Abass Sheikh Mohammed, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget regarding the utilization of climate financing and development grants in energy, environment and natural resources sector in Wajir County.

iv) Nominated Senator (Sen. Hezena Lemaletian, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the status of critical medical equipment at Baragoi Sub-County Hospital in Samburu County.

v) The Senator for Kirinyaga County (Sen. James Murango, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the state of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) in the County Government of Kirinyaga.

vi) Nominated Senator (Sen. Veronica Maina, MP) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the death of Ms. Rose Wangari Maina after childbirth.

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NOTICE PAPER

Tentative Business for Thursday, July 24, 2025 (Published pursuant to Standing Order 43 (1)

It is notified that the Senate Business Committee has approved the following tentative business to appear in the Order Paper for Thursday, July 24, 2025.

A. BILLS AT THE SECOND READING STAGE

***THE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) BILL

(NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 45 OF 2024)

(The Senate Majority Leader)

ii)

*THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE

BILLS NO. 47 OF 2024)

(Sen. David Wafula Wakoli, MP)

iii)

*THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS

NO. 52 OF 2024)

(Sen. Kathuri Murungi, MP)

B. MOTIONS

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL COHESION, EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

SENATE RESOLUTION ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE NATION MADE ON

WEDNESDAY, 24TH JULY, 2024

(The Chairperson, Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration)

ii)

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN

KENYA

(Sen. Johnes Mwaruma, MP)

iii)

IMPLEMENTATION

OF

AN

AUTOMATED

AND

DECENTRALIZED

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD CONDUCT SYSTEM IN KENYA

(Sen. Joe Nyutu, MP)

iv)

WELFARE

OF

INTERNS

WORKING

UNDER

THE

PUBLIC

SERVICE

COMMISSION (PSC)

(Sen. Samson Cherarkey, MP)

INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS IN ALL POLICE STATIONS, CELLS AND

POLICE REPORTING DESKS

(Sen. Karen Nyamu, MP) ------------------

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