ICHUNG’WAH ANTONY KIMANI

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on any Sessional Paper shall be limited as follows: A maximum of two and a half hours, with not more...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in debate on Reports of Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices be limited as follows: A maximum of four hours with not more than...

Hon. Speaker, we pity you and your deputy. You have to read the whole text when proposing a question and reread it when putting the question. Maybe Commonwealth Parliaments should look into a new way of simply referring to what was proposed, rather than having the Speaker read through it....

Hon. Speaker, I hope she is well guided. It is not only malicious but, as you said, it is also fallacious and defamatory to the person of the Speaker and the institution of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, you must understand. Some of these people are not.... Hon. Njeri Maina, with whom...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Budget Estimates contemplated under Standing Orders 239 and 240 be...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Those sentiments are well taken as they supplement what I had said. I appreciate Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu for always sitting through the entire budget-making process. He has been a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a long time and is therefore experienced in...

Hon. Speaker, on this one, you will need water. It is a long one. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Orders 41 and 42 relating to conveying of Messages from the Senate and from the President or the National Executive, Standing Orders...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in the general debate contemplated under Standing Order 114 (7A) (b) (Consideration of a Legislative Proposal to amend the Constitution) be limited as...

Point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker, Hon. (Sir) George Murugara is an accomplished legal mind in this country like you, a Senior Counsel. The next lot of senior counsels is the likes of Hon. (Sir) George. From the time he worked with Hamilton Harrison and Matthews Law Firm, he has always been a very...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28, this House approves the Calendar of the National Assembly (Regular Sessions) for the Fifth Session (2026) as contained in the Schedule to the Order Paper. SCHEDULE CALENDAR OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: The 2026 Budget Policy Statement, together with the following accompanying documents—

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: NOTICE OF MOTION APPROVAL OF THE CALENDAR OF THE HOUSE FOR THE FIFTH SESSION Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28, this House...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills NOT sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on any Motion, including a Special Motion be limited in the following manner: A maximum of three hours with...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in debate on Reports of Audit Committees be limited as follows: A 11th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 maximum of sixty (60...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Other Committee Reports, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament or any other Report...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Leader of the Minority Party for moving this Motion. As Members understand, we customarily do this at the beginning of every year. Members of the House Business Committee dedicate a lot of their time every week on Tuesday as from 11.00 a.m. to...

Hon. Speaker, allow me to join you in wishing Members success for those who are proceeding to Kampala, Uganda, for the EALA games. I wish them all the best. I also take this opportunity to wish them a Merry Christmas, a happy festive season, and definitely a prosperous 2026. Again,...

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

Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are in the National Assembly. Hon. Mawathe has mentioned that we are selling institutions to foreigners. In the context of investments, we talk of investors. Any country in the world is always seeking foreign direct investments (FDIs) . Therefore, we should not appear to disparage investors...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate the Member-elect, Hon. Kombe Harrison, who was in this House before. He makes his comeback after a Petition that sent him packing. Welcome back, Hon. Kombe. I also welcome the new Member for Banissa, Hon. Hassan Ahmed Maalim. I also welcome Hon....

He has seen fire.

The fire he has seen is just the tip of the iceberg. I conclude by saying that those who remain planless, those whom the President has told us have only three things, namely, ‘Kasongo’, ‘one term’ and ‘must go’, have been served a notice. As the President told them, if...

I rise to support that particular amendment. As the Seconder of the Motion has said initially, there were indications from the Committee on Health that there was likely to be problems with our pharmaceutical industry. I

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity to condole with the family of the late Hon. Munyao. The late Munyao will go down in history as a very good leader in our country. Were it not for the late Munyao, we would probably never have had...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, without anticipation, we are bound to go on recess. I ask the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations to deal with this request for Statement within the first week after recess.

Hon. Speaker, again, just like I did in regard to the one directed at the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations, allow me to relay the information to the Chairman to respond to it within the first week of the new Session after the recess, since it may...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, many of our Chairpersons are out with their committees finalising a number of reports before the end of the financial year. I will relay Hon. Mwashako's request to the Chairman. Again, if you allow, we can have the response done within the first week after recess.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the weekly Statement, on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 25th November 2025 to prioritise business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, the House is...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg your indulgence if it is not out of time, to request that you reorder to start with the Judges Retirement Benefits Bill (National Assembly No.27 of 2025) Order No.11 before we proceed to Order No.10.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bill had already been debated by 99.99 per cent of the Members. I say so because there might be one or two Members who were not in the House and would have opposed the Bill. However, 99.99 per cent supported the Bill. For a long time,...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not mind being informed by a former Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, recently, a Member from Murang'a referred to Hon. Farah as ‘fala’. (Laughter) 27th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 18 I invite anyone who may have an amendment to bring it forward. ‘Anyone’ does not mean Members of Parliament only, but even judicial officers and judges who may...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to thank all the Members who rose in their places in support of this Motion to note the contents of the Address by His Excellency the President to the Nation, which was his third State of the Nation Address. In his own words,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will allow the Hon. Member to inform me as soon as I finish the point I am making. I was saying classroom economics, at times, can be more theoretical than practical. Practical economics speaks to real people and speaks to the real economy. We have employed...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am well informed by Hon. Keynan, and it is true. That is why I was saying, facts speak for themselves. You cannot dispute facts and data. I must thank even the members of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) . I...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Oundo is a serious legislator. I have immense respect for him. That is why I said when he criticises something on the Floor of the House, he does it based on facts. He is consistent. That is leadership. When he does it out there, it is...

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

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 24 (6) , the thanks of this House be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the address of His Excellency the President delivered on Thursday, 20th November 2025,...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 24 (6) , the thanks of this House be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the address of His Excellency the President delivered on Thursday, 20th November 2025, in Parliament....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity to thank Mr Lekulo for not only the long service that he has rendered to the National Assembly, but also to the people and the Republic of Kenya. We thank him for rendering public service in the National Assembly for...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly No. 30 of 2025) , be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Cynthia Muge to second.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties (Repeal) Bill, National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2025, be now read a Third Time. I also request the Member for Mwea, Hon. Mary Maingi, to second.

I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph 9 of the First Schedule. This is just to amend the Schedule to remove the Kenya Pipeline Company that is already undergoing privatisation. Therefore, it cannot be categorised as part of Government- owned enterprises. Thank you. (Question of...

Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Government-Owned Enterprises Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2025) , and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The House resumed) IN THE HOUSE [The Speaker...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report, and also request Hon. Rebecca Tonkei to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the Whole House.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Government-Owned Enterprises Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2025) be now read a Third Time, and request Hon. Irene Mayaka to second.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue raised by Hon. Oundo seemingly seems very legitimate. However, he has pointed out a practice in the House of Commons, yet he was elected by the people of Funyula in the National Assembly of Kenya. We are guided by the Standing Orders in the...

He joined Parliament later in 2017. At least, he has been here for the last eight years. He knows that over those years, Standing Order 38 (2) provides that the Order Paper shall be published on the parliamentary website and shall be made available to Members at least 12 hours...

Hon. Speaker, what else would I add, considering that you have been in this House for over 30 years? You wrote these Standing Orders. A Member who just appeared here eight years ago now wants to lecture you on what is provided for in the House of Commons. That is...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: [The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) took the Chair]

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.30 of 2025) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon....

Hon. Temporary Chairman, maybe, just for the benefit of Hon. Kwenya, we all participated in the passage of the Conflict of Interest Bill. This provision is particularly premised on addressing conflict of interest issues, so that there is no conflict where one has been working in an organisation and later...

I have nothing more important to add to what Hon. Mwalika has said. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : The House has to be convinced. Hon. Chairman of the Committee.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. It is good you have pointed out to my brother, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, that we are in the Committee of the whole House and not in the Second Reading and that it is important to hear some of those contributions during the Second Reading. I...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Before you proceed, I urge Members to be coming for Second Reading because I can see great contributions which should have come earlier. Leader of the Majority Party. I would like to persuade Hon. Jessica Mbalu. Sub-section 11...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Government Owned Enterprises Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.40 of 2025) , and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The House resumed) 13th November 2025 NATIONAL...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I also request Hon. Kangogo Bowen to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.30 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. I also request Hon. Marianne Kitany to second.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties (Repeal) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 18 of 2025) , be now read a Third Time. I also request Hon. Kangogo Bowen to second. (Hon. Robert Mbui and Hon. Julius Mawathe persistently raised points of...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House agrees with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. Kangogo Bowen to second the Motion.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties (Repeal) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. I would like to request Hon. Marianne Kitany to second.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House agrees with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. Jematiah, the Member for Baringo County, to second the Motion.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Government Owned Enterprises Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2025) , be now read a Third Time. As I request the Hon. Member for Bomet East to second, allow me to address something that I forgot while at the Committee...

The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education has just walked out. Let me raise it with him to probably have an answer COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR VISITING DELEGATION FROM KENYA’S CONSUL IN NEPAL

Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to relay the Request for Statement to the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee of Lands, Hon. Nyamoko. Let us give him two weeks to respond.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I commit to a response in two weeks. I will inform Hon. (Dr) Mutunga.

Hon. Deputy 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, 11th November 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during the week. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we meet today under...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Sometimes you tend to get lost when you listen to Mhe. Zamzam, because of her very good and fluent Kiswahili. Hey! Sijasoma kitabu hicho. Let me not even attempt to say in Kiswahili what I wanted to say. As Hon. Rahim responds, the Dongo Kundu bypass...

Hon. Speaker, I was just confirming with Hon. Robert Mbui whether there is indeed a new circular, because he says he has just heard. I have not seen it. But let me pick that matter up with the Cabinet Secretary. As we said yesterday in the House Business Committee, I...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 30 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. This is a very short Bill. As Members may have noticed, it has only two clauses and a singular purpose: to amend the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank Members who have supported this Bill. Many of them have said it is a very good and progressive one. It is in line with international best practices to open up our Capital Markets Authority and allow it to become an avenue for capital...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Provisional Collection of Taxes and Duties (Repeal) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 18 of Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For the interest of Hon. Makilap and Hon. Chepkonga, this is also a very short Bill. It seeks to repeal the Provisional Collection of...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this addendum and thank the Chairman and Members of the Departmental Committee on Energy for the great work they have done. This addendum is very important for this country, as the 12th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 Chairman, Hon. Gikaria, has said....

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was listening to Robert, and he presented excellent arguments and points. As I mentioned yesterday—and Robert, you should listen carefully—there has been a skewed roll-out of development projects in this country over the years. This spans back to the time when Kalonzo Musyoka, your party leader,...

Which Kimani? (Laughter) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You know, I had to insist on which Kimani, because there is Kimani Ichung’wah and Kuria Kimani.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Government-Owned Enterprises Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. Allow me first to thank the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and its members for the very diligent work...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also thank all Members who contributed to this debate and for the immense support for this Bill as exhibited by all the contributors, including those with a few reservations, like my sister Hon. Gathoni, Hon. Oundo and Hon. Mbui, the Deputy Leader...