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Charles Kamuren
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A member of the 13th Parliament
Committee Membership
- Vice-Chairperson of the Environment, Forestry and Mining committee.
- Member of the National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity committee.
Committee reports
Reports produced by the committees Charles Kamuren sits on.
- Report Of The National Cohesion And Equal Opportunity Committee On Peace And Security Engagement In Isiolo County
- Petition Report On Consideration Of Public Petition On Proposed Dezagettement Of 3 Specified Public Forest Land
- Report Of The Select Committee On National Cohesion And Equal Opportunity On Its Consideration Of Nominees For Appointment To Th
- Bill scrutiny Report Of Dc On Enivornment, Forestry And Mining On Its Consideration Of The Forest Conservation And Management (amendment) Bill
- Report On Employment Diversity Audit In Public Institutions
- Joint Report Of Three Committees (incl. National Cohesion) On The Fact Finding Mission To Boni Forest In Lamu County
- General / other Report On Consideration Of The Privileges And Immunities (the Global Centre For Adaptation) Order, 2025
- Budget / appropriations Report On Consideration Of Sessional Paper No. 5 Of 2024 On The National Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework
- Bill scrutiny Report On Consideration Of The Meteorology Bill (na Bill No. 45 Of 2023)
- Report Of The National Cohesion And Equal Opportunity On Employment Diversity Audit In Public Institutions
- Bill scrutiny Report On Consideration Of The Environmental Professionals Institute Of Kenya Bill (na Bill No. 36 Of 2024)
- Second Report Of The Committee On National Cohesion On The Employment Diversity Audit In Public Institutions
- Bill scrutiny Report On Consideration Of The Gold Processing Bill (na Bill No. 46 Of 2023)
- Report On The Consideration Of The National Cohesion And Integration Bill (na Bill No. 74 Of 2023)
- General / other Departmental Committee On Environmental Forestry And Mining Report On Consideration Of The Natural Resources( Benefit Sharing) B
- Report On Compliance To Article 54(2) Of The Constitution On Employment Of Persons With Disabilities In Public Institutions
- Bill scrutiny Environment Committee - Report On The Climate Amendment Bill 2023
- General / other Report Of The Environment Committee On Bamako Convention
- Report Of National Cohesion Committee On Employment Diversity Audit In Public Institutions
- Report Of The Environment Committee On The Ratification Of The Minamata Convention On Mercury
- General / other Report Of The Departmental Committee On Environment On The Ratification Of The Amended Nairobi Convention And The Protocol
- General / other Report Of The Joint Committee Of The Departmental Committee On Environment, Forestry And Mining And The Senate Standing
- Report On The Approval Hearing For Nominees For Appointment As Principal Secretaries
Topics this member is active on
Policy areas drawn from this member's certified verbatim Hansard contributions.
- Governance & Democracy 7 7 interventions
- Public Service & Civil Servants 5 5 interventions
- Gender & Women Affairs 4 4 interventions
- Devolution 3 3 interventions
- Electricity & Power 2 2 interventions
- Energy & Water 2 2 interventions
- Human Rights & Civil Liberties 1 1 interventions
- Youth & Sports 1 1 interventions
Parliamentary Activity
Hon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining regarding the devastating effects of the rising water levels in lakes Baringo...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you for that guidance. Lake Baringo is a fresh water lake while Lake Bogoria is a saline lake. They were previously apart by almost 38 kilometres, but now that distance has reduced to eight kilometres. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) This is...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Transport is very important, especially for security. Isiolo, Baringo South and other regions face problems due to the insecure roads. I fail to understand certain things. Concerned departments do not consider roads when certain regions are gazetted as dangerous...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I am concerned about the wisdom behind this amendment. Using the term “county government” does not specify whose responsibility it is. It is open-ended. Nobody will be responsible. The previous clause stated that it was the responsibility of the...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. One person to be appointed by the CoG shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the Board. My concern is that we need more explanation on this. Do you not feel like there will be two centres of power? When this...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I rise to support the amendment for the purposes of technology and the new changes that are happening across the world, particularly the effects of climate change. It is also in line with what is happening in other ministries. Members...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support this amendment. First of all, I want to call upon the concerned authority to come up with guidelines on fees for the extension service officers to ensure that they do not exploit farmers for the services they...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you for giving me this chance. I take this opportunity to welcome students from Nyimbei Day Secondary School. Thank you for choosing to come to the National Assembly, where laws are made. You have been reading about the National Assembly, but today you...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 2 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Amendment of section of Cap.387. “2. Section 42 of the Environmental Management and Co- ordination Act is amended in subsection...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. The justification for this amendment is to allow the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations on the introduction and maintenance of these trees. When they were introduced along river banks some years ago, they consumed large volumes of water and most...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I also want to register the challenges that this exercise of registration is facing. There is a lot of confusion and we do not know the source, or rather the cause. We want the Ministry specifically...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to thank Hon. Irene Mayaka for this amendment Bill. We became interested in the Bill when she brought it to the House. Later, it came to our Committee. When this Bill was brought to our Committee, we...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the agreement on the establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker....
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the agreement on the establishment of the GGGI, laid on the Table of the House on...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to apologise for coming late. I was also preparing for the same. Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on the Budget Implementation Monitoring for the Financial Year 2022/2023 for:
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its examination of the Budget Implementation Monitoring for the Financial Year 2022/2023 for the following votes,...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Bill. The Chairman has clearly touched on all that we agreed on as a Committee. We took time on this Bill. We gave enough time to the public to bring their recommendations and fears....
Official Hansard sourceHon. Charles Kamuren (Baringo South, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration the following question. Could the Cabinet Secretary: Hon. Deputy Speaker Hon. Pukose, allow him to ask his question and then the Cabinet Secretary will take them together. Hon. Charles...
Official Hansard sourceBills Sponsored
Charles Kamuren has not sponsored any Bill.
Voting Record
Voting History: 9
Motions
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its examination of the Budget Implementation Monitoring for FY 2022/2023 for the following votes… 14 Mar 2024 Moved Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, laid on the Table of the… 21 Jun 2023 Passed/Adopted Seconded Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the Kigali amendments on the Montreal Protocol on the… 4 May 2023 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Importation into… 4 May 2023 Passed/Adopted Seconded Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the amended Nairobi Convention and the Protocol for the… 4 May 2023 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
Petitions
No petitions recorded yet.
Questions
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide the status of reconstruction in respect of Ngelecha, Rugus, Ramacha, Partalok, Murata and Laromoru Primary Schools and the rehabilitation of Mukutani, Kapndasum, Arabal, Kashela, Tuiyotich and Chebinyinyi Primary and Embosos Secondary schools as directed by H.E the President on December 2022 after the schools were destroyed by the banditry attacks that rocked the region? (ii) expound on the special bursary allocation preparations for the three hundred (3 to Cabinet Secretary for Education 10 Aug 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state when will the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) open an office at Kabel trading centre considering that the whole of Mochongoi area in Baringo South Constituency is served by the KPLC office in Nyandarua? (ii) state the efforts instituted by the Ministry towards electrification of Arabal, Rugus, Mukutani and Mochongoi regions in Baringo South Constituency in a bid to support the governments security restoration measures? to Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum 26 Jun 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide an update on the efforts instituted by the Ministry to degazette Mochongoi settlement scheme at Mochongoi Ward, Baringo South Sub-County in Baringo County? (ii) explain the status of the land adjudication process of Arabal, Rugus and Mukutani locations within Baringo South Sub-County in Baringo County? to Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing & Urban Development 26 Jun 2023 Pending Source ↗
Statements
- the devastating effects of the rising water levels in lakes Baringo and Bogoria on communities and public institutions in Baringo South Constituency request 17 Jun 2026
- Request for Statement on Environment, Forestry and Mining request 17 Jun 2026
- compensation of banditry victims in Baringo South Constituency, Baringo County request 17 Jun 2026
- Effects of rising water levels in Lake Baringo request 17 Jun 2026
Papers Laid
- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the agreement on the establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) 20 Nov 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the Environmental Management and Coordination (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.66 of 2023) 6 Aug 2024
- Vote 1332 – State Department for Forestry 14 Mar 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on the Budget Implementation Monitoring for the Financial Year 2022/2023 14 Mar 2024
- Vote 1192 – State Department for Mining 14 Mar 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate Bill No.6 of 2022) 7 Dec 2023
- Report of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining and the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment as Members of the National Climate Change Council. 14 Mar 2023