James Mathenge Kanini Kega

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the proposed amendment. I want to confirm to this House that, that matter came to our Committee. We prosecuted those issues. We were in agreement even when we were making the BPS. It is now in sync...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Tomorrow, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, all these amendments were referred to our Committee and I have a report on the same. I do not understand why we are talking about the process. We should at least get to the substantive issues. The time for amendments will come....

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) (Spoke off-record) The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Hon. Kanini Kega, are you able to substantiate the same? Order! Member for Limuru, let me get Kanini Kega. Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to categorically say that...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. For the comfort of my predecessor, we have a response. I beg to move the following Motion: February 24, 2021 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24 Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP)THAT, this...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset I want to thank the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee who did a lot of work in terms of consultations. I want to thank them for the support that they have given...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The matter came before the Budget and Appropriations Committee according to Article 114 of the Constitution. The matter was considered and I can confirm to this House that we canvassed the issue, interacted with Treasury and passed the amendments...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to oppose this amendment. There are quite a number of issues. As Hon. Junet has alluded, that will be covered in the Supplementary Budget. The Supplementary Budget will be with us next week. So, with that, we will handle...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Speaker, I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Speaker, it is wide consultations. For sure, when I will be moving, I will make reference to all the consultations that we have done. I do not want to pre-empt the consultations. He has been a chairperson, so he knows that there are Members...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I plead with the House to defer this matter for further consultations. Once the consultations are over, I will move the Motion.

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I request, once again, that we stand this business down because they are intertwined, so that we can do further consultations. I will move it the soonest that I will be ready. February 16, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 16

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Thank you so much for your indulgence. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on its consideration of: NOTICES OF MOTIONS REPORT ON THE BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT FOR...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Hon. Speaker, I can confirm to you that this morning, the Budget and Appropriations Committee had a meeting and this is one of the issues we discussed. So, I beseech this House to wait for our report that we will present by next week....

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not understand why my good friend, the emeritus Leader of the Majority Party is jumping the gun. Next week, hopefully, we will have the Budget Policy Statement with us and if there is any departure, he will raise it...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second.

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This issue is very serious since it is similar to mine. Our Committee submitted an allocation to a particular vote, but what is here is different from…This is a serious issue because going by the document that was tabled...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Those were the challenges that we were going through. Everytime we wrote to them they wrote back to us. The CS was not the one who was writing to us but a technical advisor. Somebody leaked the information that you had directed that he has...

Hon. Kanini Kega (Kieni, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Question is rightfully in our Committee. I want to bring to your attention and that of the House that, through your directive, the CS for Trade, Industry and Co-operatives appeared before us today. He answered all the questions that we...