ICHUNG’WAH ANTONY KIMANI

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You need to direct the Clerk’s Office to repair some of these seats! That is because they will tear our clothes. I rise to support this Division of Revenue Bill. As many Members have said, there is nothing much in this Bill since it is just...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 14th March 2023 to prioritise business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, this week, the...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, sorry for interrupting Hon. Joyce Kamene. I am really perturbed by the actions of the Members for 16th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 15 Nyando and Muhoroni. They are speaking and conversing in Dholuo right in front of Hon. Kamene. For all I know, Luopean is not...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2018 and the certificates therein: TFB6810-KE (P173065). 15th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is important we mention that all chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of committees should be in the House at 2.30 p.m. This is only out of respect for the Office of the Speaker. They should actually be here five minutes to 2.30 p.m. Yes. I should find...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Order! Go on, Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Speaker, we shall indulge our chairs. Today, being the last time, we indulge them. I sometimes come late because I also have other responsibilities for my constituency. For instance, I was not in the House this morning....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chair of the Select Committee of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund on three Constituency Committees, laid on the Table...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the BPS for the Financial Year 2023/2024 and the Medium Term. As the Chair and the seconder noted, there is nothing much to say on this because, first, this is a very important...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me begin by thanking the Member for Kiambu, Hon. Machua, for this Statement and appreciating this great lady. It says that she comes as first amongst many, not just being the first lady Member of Parliament from Kisumu but in the country; the first to...

Thank you for this opportunity. Allow me to, first, thank the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee, under the chairmanship of Hon. Abdi Shurie and the Vice-Chairmanship of Hon. Makali. Members, you will note this is the second Report this Committee has churned out within a very short time. It tells...

I am sure there is nothing out of order.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know that English might be a problem to the former Mayor of Mavoko Municipality. There is nothing wrong with asserting that the President we have is the legitimately elected President. I did not say there is another president. There cannot be another president. I know he...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Leader of the Majority Party, what is your point of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Kaluma has mentioned me. He then went ahead to mention the Ruto regime while speaking about things that happened under the handshake regime. I agree with...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Leader of the Majority Party? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I can see many of us are struggling to follow what the Hon. Member is reading in the Statement. I want a clarification from the Member whether this...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Leader of the Majority Party? Thank you. Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know Hon. Wamboka is new in this House, but it is good for him to take time to learn. I was just trying to 9th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 8 guide him that under Standing Order 44(2)(b), you should just read the Statement as was...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Wamboka can learn from this Statement and how it is done under Standing Order No. 44 (2) Committee on amendments to the Standing Orders. I look forward to the debate on these 9th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 10 Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Public...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Report by the Select Committee on Procedure and House Rules. I would just like to add that as the Mover, Hon. Ochieng’, moved the Motion it was important for him to mention that upon approval of the proposed amendments to...

Hon. Chairlady, the Mover had put it in the right context in terms of naming. I have just been explaining to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy that the other matter on maritime is yet to go to the Procedure and House Rules Committee. So, the changes...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know, when a gentleman who served in the Kenya military asks you to second, you have no choice but to second. I was asking him who is seconding and he said it is me. So, I have to comply. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know at times it is good to allow Hon. Jared Okello, being the only ODM Member present in the House today to, at least, be seen to be defending his party leader. However, I can also assure him that there are no people to...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to contribute to the Petition. I want to respond to the pertinent issues that have been raised by Hon. John Mbadi on the processing of petitions. We must be careful so that we are not seen as if we are curtailing the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hear what Hon. Millie is saying and she has every justification to say whatever she is saying. Her views are well noted more so by the House Business Committee. However, Hon. Millie is not a first-time Member of Parliament. If anything, she now qualifies...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Petition by Madam Annette Mbogo who the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party tells me is from Kilifi County and is a very good scholar and lawyer. In support of this Petition, she avers that she or her organisation has made...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thought Hon. TJ is usually rattled if I mention the Ruaraka Land Scandal in Ruaraka Constituency. However, today I did not. I only mentioned people who were in office at the time crimes against humanity were carried out in this country. The person who was...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that protection. You know I am very careful about what I say here and everywhere else I speak, but let us not run away from the truth. The Committee and all investigative authorities that investigate such matters should not be afraid. If we do not...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Submission of Nominees to Garissa and Mbeere North Constituencies from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board. Research on the state of Certified Secretaries (CS) profession in Kenya from the Institute of Certified Secretaries. Performance...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank the Leader of Minority for asking for that statement. Standing Order 87 (2) says: “It shall be out of order to introduce an argument on any specific question upon which the House has taken a decision during the same Session, except upon a...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. With your indulgence, also allow me to welcome in a very special way, Mwiki Primary School. I visited the primary school way back in 2018 with His Excellency the President when he was the Deputy President. It is among the most populous primary schools in this...

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 Thursday, 28th February 2023, to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, the House approved...

No. I have not contributed. You may proceed, Leader of the Majority Party. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a little mesmerised by the defence that the Leader of the Minority Party has put up. The only unfortunate thing is that he is trying to incite or excite ethnic...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Maybe, just to correct Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, the people demonstrating yesterday over the Chinese issues are not on things being manufactured in Kenya. It is unfair trade practices by Chinese business people who have denied Kenyans access to the Chinese market but we allowed the Chinese...

He wants to defend those media houses.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I understand that the Leader of the Minority Party has to defend the ownership of that particular media house by virtue of the fact that the owner is the outgoing chairman of the Azimio council of elders or something like that but truth be told; if...

Hon. Temporary Chairperson, for the benefit of Hon. Nzengu and other members of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy and Irrigation, this is a matter that has been raised by the leader of the Committee. We were inducted on Committee business just the other day. I do not think the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute. This is not just a matter of faith, but one that touches on our national morals, values and culture as a people. From the outset, I want to state that I am a Presbyterian. I heard the Member for Funyula...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that if there is anything that I support President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for, it is the issue of LGBTQIA+. I will not go to the extreme way of dealing with them but we must be forthright as a nation to protect our...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, apologise to the House. My apologies. We had a bit of consultation with the Whip. Which you should always do before time. As you can see it was necessary for the Whip to whip our Members. Okay. Order No.5. Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me, as I congratulate Hon. Babu for the good performance, and also correct him. What he was describing is called bottom-up economic model and not trickle-down. I know he has a problem with bottom-up. I want to encourage him because he is now doing what...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah is on a point of order. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know I have tremendous respect for Hon. John Mbadi, and he knows that statements of fact are a prerequisite in our Standing Orders. We are debating this Report by...