ICHUNG’WAH ANTONY KIMANI

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Appropriation Bill. I will restrain myself from speaking to the gallery and answering the many things that the Leader of the Minority Party has spoken to. It is within his right to play to the gallery and raise issues that may...

Hon. Speaker, it is good to indulge that Member because he was simply seeking attention. I have the Leader of the Minority Party attention and I do not need his. The question of pending bills in this Appropriation Bill is simply being addressed by what we did during the Committee...

I know what Hon. Jared Okello wants to say.

Hon. Speaker, allow me to ignore what warrants to be ignored. In conclusion, we have allocated immense resources to our own pet subject of NG-CDF. NG-CDF is misconstrued out there to be money that belongs to these Members. NG-CDF is money that belongs to our voters - the people who...

Hon. Speaker, with your indulgence, when you gave Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo the right of reply, he mentioned my name. Whatever I said off-record was not in bad faith. Severally, I have heard you refer to Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo as Senior Counsel. I expected that, as a Senior Counsel,...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank the Leader of Minority Party for raising those issues. A number of them are not accurate. I have been with him in this House for almost 11 to 12 years. We joined this House together. He has alluded to previous rulings by Speaker...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. We need to understand this is an advance tax. The English meaning of advance payment is that it is not a final tax. So, whatever quantum you pay, at the end of your financial year, if you do your annual income tax returns and realise you...

On a Point of Order.

Hon. Chairlady, it has been overtaken since Hon. John Mbadi has sat. Nevertheless, I can say that it is good you allowed us to ventilate on the issues here. However, we should not pontificate our political stands because we also have that option. It is also good to inform Hon....

Thank you, Hon Speaker, although Sugoi is a very important village in this country. (Applause)

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 13th June 2023 to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, this week, the...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, this House resolves to exempt the business appearing as Order 12 in today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3) , being a 14th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Wednesday Morning, a day allocated for...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order What is out of order, Leader of the Majority Party? What I found to be completely out of order are the misleading statements not based on facts, which Hon. Robert Mbui is advancing. He should base his claims on what is in the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Speaker, on a light note, you need to protect me. I appreciate that there are some Members who generate bonga points from their constituencies by mentioning the name Kimani Ichung’wah. You know, it cannot be that I cannot even smile. (Laughter)(Laughter)(Loud consultations)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this Bill. As I support it, let me just begin by pointing out the three critical issues I see this Bill proposing to do. One is to raise revenue to meet the expenditure of our national Government and county governments - the revenue expenditure...

Hon. Speaker, I will choose to ignore that for obvious reasons. I was on incentives. This Bill proposes a raft of incentives whose implication is lower taxation imposed on the people of Kenya. I was talking about manufacturing of human vaccines in Kenya. This Bill speaks to incentives that will...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to concur with what the Leader of the Minority Party has said. We have consulted and we, not largely but wholesomely, agree with you since we in Kenya Kwanza are never in the business of disagreeing. We believe it is every Member’s right to...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the nomination and approval of the immediate former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) , Hon. Noordin Haji. As it has been said in the Report, this is a gentleman known very well by the people of Kenya. He has served in the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order 30 (3) (a) to move the Procedural Motion. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 30 (3) (a) , this House orders that should the time appointed for adjournment of the House be reached before conclusion of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I rise to support, and fully agree with what the Member for Mathare Constituency has said. We must allocate money to complete the TVET in Mathare Constituency. (Laughter)(Laughter) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, this particular vote suffered immensely out of politics. Money was being removed from this...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, allow me to support the amendment. I like the wording of Hon. Wamboka’s amendment. That, even the national Treasury should be debarred from allocating further resources to the vote of private universities without prior approval of this House. It is time this House took its work seriously....

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, Egerton and Moi Universities are being closed down. Our premier university, The University of Nairobi… Yes, it is “The University of Nairobi.” You know I went to the University of Nairobi. (Laughter) The National Treasury must not allocate any further resources to this State Department for Private...

Hon. Temporary Chair, the Chair is talking about reallocating this amount from here to the Judiciary, and from one point to the other. However, he needs to explain to Members so that they understand exactly how much and where he is getting that money. At some point in my life...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. But if you allow me… So, are those loud statements towards you or the Speaker? They are well taken care of, Hon. Speaker. (Laughter) Order, Leader of the Majority Party. We are on Papers. Papers? 8th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1 Yes. We are on Papers....

Hon. Speaker, I would rather start with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) . Whichever you want. (Loud consultations) I think in the interest of the attention of Members, Hon. Speaker, allow me to start with the Statement from the National Treasury on funding the NG-CDF and the National...

Hon. Speaker, Hon. Millie says she is getting a Kikuyu accent with the word “prioritising”. Mr. Ndung’u is watching our debate. He has just sent me a text saying they are sending Kshs5 billion today and next week for both NG-CDF and NGAAF. He will disburse the funds today but...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to welcome back all Members once again after the long recess. (Hon. Peter Masara rose on a point of order)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You must appreciate Hon. Masara. At least, he is no longer protesting and saying that he does not 8th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 8 recognise His Excellency, President, Mr. William Samoei Arap Ruto as the President. At least, he appreciates that the President is Dr....

Hon. Speaker, I beg your indulgence because the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining is not in the House. I, therefore, beg that you adjourn that particular Motion until a time when the Chairman is available. He was engaged elsewhere. I beg your indulgence and ask...

Hon. Speaker, as indicated in Order No.14 on the Miscellaneous Statute Amendment Bill, there are still two Chairpersons of Committees who are yet to finalise their Committee Reports, and we had not intended to reach to this Order in the course of this afternoon. I, therefore, seek your indulgence to...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that very detailed Communication. You will remember that some time back, I shared with the House our draft proposal on the Motion that defined the mandate of this bipartisan Committee. Following your recognition of this Committee, as you said during the recess… We appreciate what...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Memorandum of the proposed... Sorry Hon. Speaker. Whatever is typed here does not make sense, so I will just try to re-order that.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer. The question of public universities is very dear to many Members of Parliament because these institutions and colleges traverse almost all our counties and constituencies. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you might be aware that there are cartels...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will beg your indulgence because I had engaged the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning last week and he indicated they are in the process of working on both disbursements for the counties and the NG-CDF. However, to be able to give...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to also take this opportunity to welcome back all the Members to the House after the short, but long working recess. I would also like to thank the Members because many of them were very active in committees, both departmental committees and the select...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support that Motion and to also inform the Leader of the Minority Party that the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party was moving it on my behalf because I was on a phone call behind the chamber. As the Leader of the Minority...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You know when you read out the Communication about the Prayer Breakfast, many Members around me were doubting those prayers because of the inclusion of Hon. Chepkong’a. (Laughter) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 2nd May 2023 to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. I wish to commend the leadership of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that reminder. May I just include as you have stated. On resumption on 6th June 2023, on Wednesday, 7th June 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon. Ezekiel Machogu, will appear to answer to the questions that were left pending yesterday as directed by the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me commend Hon. Walter Owino for raising that issue because it is, indeed, true. Jared Okello. Jared Okello is the Member for Nyando. You know, Hon. Speaker, Nyando is a constituency that is very close to my heart. Their former Member of Parliament, Hon. Fred...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Speaker, I noticed that when you introduced students from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Hon. Babu Owino whom I know is a young man, when we were cheering in the House… (Loud consultations) Order, Hon. Babu...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me begin by congratulating you for that Solomonic ruling. Hon. Speaker, it is clear that in as much as you were not in this House when we enacted the Standing Orders… I can allow those walking out to do so quietly. (Loud consultations) Go on,...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to reply to the Motion. As you mentioned, we have, indeed, interacted with this Motion for the better part of this Session. We even went ahead to amend the Standing Orders. That is why in the last three weeks we have had Cabinet Secretaries...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order Leader of the Majority Party? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appreciate Hon. Jared Okello’s attempt. However, he knows that the Leader of Majority Party is a constitutional office with an office. These theatrics are unnecessary in...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for your indulgence. As you were delivering your Communication, I scanned through the House and counted not more than six of our departmental committee chairpersons. Hon. Speaker, as we expressed ourselves in the House Business Committee, it is becoming a matter of concern that chairpersons of...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support those reports by the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee. Let me begin by thanking the Chairman, Hon. Mulyungi, for bringing this very timely Report that covers almost five counties. It is actually six counties and close to 30 constituencies. Just as you...