Martha Wangari

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also join my colleagues in congratulating Hon. Wanjiku Muhia for bringing this important issue to the Floor. She has a grasp of regional issues, which is important in the region. As a country, what we can learn from this is that peace is delicate....

Thank you, Hon. Member. Just for your information, this being an Adjournment Motion each Member will get five minutes. The next chance will go to the Member for Rabai.

Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party.

Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. We will not add you more time. It is an Adjournment Motion and each Member is given five minutes. Leader of the Minority Party, proceed.

Your time is up, Leader of the Minority Party. Member for Nandi, proceed.

Thank you. Member for Gatundu South.

Thank you. Nominated Member, Bishop Kosgei.

Thank you. Member for Busia County, Hon. Catherine Omanyo.

Hon. Member for Kathiani.

Thank you. The Member for Emuhaya.

Thank you. Next is the Member of Parliament for Kiambaa.

Order Member of Parliament for Rarieda. I wish you were a bit patient but more importantly, I cannot see your name in the queue which I am following. I urge you to be patient. Order Members. Hon. Kawanjiku, please proceed.

Thank you. Next is the Member for Funyula. Give him the microphone.

Thank you, Hon. Member. Member for Rangwe.

Thank you, Member for Endebess.

Thank you, Member for Kimilili.

Member for Malindi. There is no one on his feet, Hon. Raphael Wanjala. Member for Malindi.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala take your seat. Member for Malindi endelea. Hon. Member for Malindi, endelea. (Hon. Raphael Wanjala stood in his place and spoke off the record) 25th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 37 Hon. Raphael Wanjala, you have been a nuisance the whole afternoon and you are out of...

Siwezi kuongeza muda. Kila

Bishop, I am not sure what they are receiving. I will give the Member for Marsabit a chance to tell us whether she has received anything.

Thank you. Member for Seme Constituency.

Thank you, Hon. Member. Your time is up. Member for Matuga Constituency.

Thank you. Member for Kisii.

Thank you. Member for Kaloleni.

Asante. Mbunge wa Thika.

Your time is up. Hon. Ng’elechei.

Thank you. Your time is up. Member for Kilgoris.

Hon. Members, I realise the interest in this Motion. I have a problem with some Members like Hon. Wanjala who was not in my list and was getting agitated. I am just explaining to him. Member for Dagoretti South, you are next.

Hon. Members, some of you are on the list. I only cited Hon. Wanjala and called him to see for himself so he does not say I am not giving him a chance. I know the interest from some of you is huge. If we give Hon. KJ time, maybe...

Thank you, Hon. Member. Member for Jomvu.

Thank you. Member for Turkana Central.

Mbunge wa Kinango.

Thank you Hon. Member. Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, unfortunately, this Motion has a lot of interest but our time is up. 25th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 49 ADJOURNMENT Hon. Members, the time being 7.00

Hon. Cabinet Secretary, we are getting to a close and we are past our time. So, I will ask that you kindly wind up. The Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works (Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen) : I will gladly wind up, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The boda boda motor cycles...

Hon. Gogo, what is your point of order? 19th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 41

Order, Hon. Member! Hon. Members, I realise that there is immense interest on this matter. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, I can see that you will be coming back to this House very soon. However, we will follow our Standing Orders. The Question Time is three hours and we have taken three...

Alright. Hon. Members, I order that the Quorum Bell be rung for 10 minutes. (The Quorum Bell was rung) Order, Hon. Members. Order, Hon. Njeri, Hon. Muge and Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi! The time being 6.30 p.m. This House stands adjourned until Thursday, 20th April 2023 at 2.30 p.m. The House...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen, Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation. SPECIAL MOTION CONSIDERATION OF NOMINEE FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE KENYA FISH MARKETING AUTHORITY

Member for Baringo County, Hon. Florence Jematiah.

Thank you, Member for Baringo. Member for Emurua Dikirr? Not in the House. Member for Nyeri Town, Hon. Maina Mathenge.

Thank you. Member for Malindi. Mhe. Amina Mnyanzi (Malindi, ODM) : Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipatia fursa hii. Ninaunga mkono yale maneno ambayo Mwenyeketi wetu amesema. Niko katika kamati hii ya Uchumi Samawati na Maji. Huyu ndugu wetu Mhe. Martin Ogindo alipokuja mbele yetu tulimchunguza, tukampekua na...

Thank you, Member for Molo. Member for Kericho County, Proceed.

Asante. Mbunge wa Matuga.

Wale ambao walikuwa wamfuate Mhe. Tandaza sasa wamejua ni ugonjwa upi ametaja. Member for Sotik, Hon. Francis Sigei? Not being in the House, we will have the Nominated Member, Hon. Dorothy Kiara.

Thank you. Member for West Mugirango, Hon. Stephen Mogaka.

Thank you. Member for Wajir North, Hon. Ibrahim.

Thank you, Hon. Member for Wajir North. Member for Emuhaya.

Mbunge wa Mombasa County.

Ahsante, Bwana Spika. Hata mimi ninaungana na wewe na wenzangu kutoa rambirambi zangu binafsi na kwa niaba ya watu wa Gilgil kwa watu wa Banissa na jamaa na marafiki wa mwendazake, Mheshimiwa Kulow. Wale ambao walifanya kazi naye, haswa katika Bunge lililopita, wanajua kuwa alikuwa mtu ambaye hakuwa na maneno,...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also join my Chairman and the Committee in supporting this Report. I will not belabour too much in terms of the importance of this Agreement, but I will raise certain issues because I sat in the same Committee in the last Parliament. We did...

Thank you, Member for Tharaka. Member for Saku, Hon. Dido Raso.

Thank you. Member for Laikipia, Hon. Jane Kagiri.

Hon. Members, I know many of you are anxious for the next Motion. Therefore, I would wish to request that if you still want to speak to this specific Report, please put up an intervention so that I am able to pick you out. As directed by the Speaker, the...

Thank you. Member for Busia, Hon. Catherine Omanyo.

Member for Molo.

Thank you. Let us have the Member for Alego Usonga, Hon. Samuel Atandi.

Member for Nakuru Town East.

Thank you, Hon. Gikaria. Your time is up. As directed by the Speaker, it is now 5.00 p.m., and the debate on this Motion will proceed in the consequent Sitting. We will now go to the Adjournment Motion by the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Wandayi. Hon. Wandayi, you...

You only have 10 minutes. Every other speaker after you strictly has five minutes as per Standing Order 33. MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT ON A MATTER OF URGENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE DETERIORATING STATE OF THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY

Member for Ainabkoi, Hon. Chepkonga, what is your point of order?

Order, Hon. Chepkonga. If you have a point of order, please, prosecute the point of order, so that we are orderly. You have one minute. Finish up. (Hon. Opiyo Wandayi stood up in his place)

Order, Hon. Wandayi. Please, take your seat. I was going through your Motion and the letter you have tabled. We are a House of order. We are a House of debate. The letter you have tabled is directed to NWHSA. Letters 11th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 31 adhere to...

Hon. Chepkonga, what is your point of order?

Order, Hon. Chepkonga. I will persuade you by telling you that I am also a seasoned politician. I am not a new Member in this House. I do not need protection, but I will need Hon. Opiyo Wandayi to adhere to that ruling. You will withdraw this letter. You will...

Your time is up. For those who have just come in, we will have five minutes on this debate for every Member. You have five minutes any time you get a chance. We will start with the Member for Endebess, Hon. Robert Pukose.

Order Members! Order, Hon. 11th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 33 our rules and ensure we do not discuss a Member without a substantive Motion. That way, I think we will be orderly and disciplined. Let us speak to the Motion.Member for Endebess, please, continue and finish up. You have...

Your time is up. Member for Kathiani, Hon. Robert Mbui.

Order, Hon. Ichung’wah. I think we have alluded to television shows in this House once in a while. Hon. Mbui just alluded to a show that was on television yesterday. Please, continue, Hon. Mbui.

Order, Members. We will now go to the Member for Baringo Constituency, Hon. Florence Jematiah.

What is your point of order, Leader of the Majority Party?

Order, Hon. Ichung’wah. I believe Hon. Jematiah brings more than just the view to this House. More importantly, let us observe decorum. I can see seasoned Members of this House shouting. Let us observe decorum so that every Member can be heard and we can debate this Motion as we...

Your time is up. Member for Dagoretti South.

Order, Hon. KJ. What is your point of order, Hon. Mbui?

Continue, Hon. KJ.

Thank you, Hon. John Kiarie. Hon. John Mbadi.

Order, Hon. Mbadi. What is your point of order, Leader of the Majority Party?

Hon. Mbadi.

Your time is up, Hon. Mbadi. Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning.

Thank you. Hon. Members, please, keep track of your time. It is strictly five minutes and there will be no additional time. The Leader of the Majority Party.

Order, Hon. Members! Order, Hon. Members! We are now in the august House. What happens out there is not the business of this House. Please, continue.

Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. Member for Mombasa, Hon. Zamzam Chimba.

Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose, what is your point of order? Order, Member for Mombasa. Mhe. (Dtk.) Robert Pukose (Endebess, UDA) : Mhe. Spika wa Muda, nasimama kwa hoja ya nidhamu chini ya Kanuni 91. Mhe. Zamzam lazima apeane ukweli wa mambo. Kitu cha kwanza, amesema kwamba Wajumbe hawajalipwa mshahara kwa...

Order. There will not be a point of order on another point of order. We are a House of debate and rules and we have Standing Orders to follow. Give Hon. Zamzam a chance to either substantiate or withdraw those allegations. Mhe. Zamzam Mohammed (Mombasa County, ODM) : Kwanza mimi...

Order! Order, Leader of the Majority Party. Order, Members. Hon. Kagombe. Resume your seat. Hon. Kamene, Hon. Zamzam, and Hon. Atandi, let us maintain decorum. Leader of the Majority Party, please, do not bother those ladies. Just leave them alone. We will now hear the Member for Manyatta. Let us...

Order. Member for Ndhiwa, what is your point of order?

Hon. John Gitonga, it is the Minority side. There can only be the Minority side in this House.

Your time is up. Let us have the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Owen Baya, proceed.

Hon. Owen, proceed. 11th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 43

Order! Hon. Members. You cannot have two Members on their feet when you have a point of order.

What is your point of order, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi?

Order, Members. Please, do not rise on a point of order to debate. (Hon. Opiyo Wandayi and Hon. Owen Baya stood in their places) (Hon. Rozaah Buyu consulted loudly) Please, take your seats, both of you. Take your seats. Hon. Rozaah Buyu, you have just walked in. We are not...

What is your point of order, Hon. Pukose? 11th April 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 45

Hon. Pukose, you are out of order. Hon. Opiyo Wandayi has already taken his seat. Hon. Owen Baya is on his feet.

Hon. CNN, Ngusya.

Member for Kericho, Hon. Beatrice Kemei. We will give this chance to the Member for Sotik, Hon. Francis Sigei, if you are not willing to speak to this.

Thank you. I had already called Hon. Francis Sigei to make his contribution.

Hon. Wandayi, you know that is not possible. You already prosecuted the moving of this Motion. Please, give Hon. Sigei a chance to finish.

Thank you. Hon. Irene Mayaka.

We have heard you, Hon. Owen. Hon. Irene, as you debate you should adhere to Standing Order 91.

Thank you. Your time is up. Hon David Gikaria.

Hon. Gikaria, your time is up. Hon. Martin Owino, aka Wuod Chief.

Member for Kiambaa.

Thank you. Your time is up. Next is the Member for Chepalungu, Hon. Victor Koech.

Member for Baringo North.

Order, Members. The time being

Order, Members. I order that the Serjeant-at-Arms rings the Quorum Bell for 10 minutes. (The Quorum Bell was rung) (Hon. Kassait Kamket walked towards the exit) Order, Members. Hon. Kamket,

The next will be the Vice- Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health. Hon. Patrick Ntwiga (Chuka/Igambang’ombe, UDA) : Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on its consideration of the Ratification of the African Union Treaty...

Thank you. Member for Kanduyi, Hon. John Makali. EXPANSION OF DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION CENTRES

Thank you. Next Order! QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS ORDINARY QUESTIONS The first Question by the Member for Maragwa, Hon. Mary Wamaua will be deferred. She is bereaved, having lost her mother. It will therefore, be deferred to the next Sitting. Question 57/2023 INABILITY OF MUSWASCO TO MEET WATER DEMAND IN MARAGWA,...

Thank you. The Question will be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Labour. Hon. John Makali. Question 59/2023 RELEASE OF MONEY TOWARDS RESTRUCTURING OF NZOIA SUGAR COMPANY LIMITED

That Question is to be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Member for Turkana Central, Hon. Joseph Emathe. Question 60/2023 DEPLOYMENT OF KDF IN TURKANA, WEST POKOT, ELGEYO MARAKWET, BARINGO, LAIKIPIA AND SAMBURU COUNTIES

Thank you. That Question is to be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. Member for Kuresoi South, Hon. Joseph Tonui. Question 61/2023 STALLED CONSTRUCTION OF OLENGURUONE STADIUM

Thank you. That Question to be replied to before the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works. Hon. Members, I have a communication to recognise a delegation from the Parliament of Namibia. DELEGATION FROM THE PARLIAMENT OF NAMIBIA THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL

Order, Hon. Baya. We have the quorum in this House. We are well constituted to transact business. I think the leadership… You know where we meet with the two sides of the aisle. Let us go to the next Order. HOJA UPIGAJI MARUFUKU UZUNGUMZIAJI, UCHAPISHAJI NA USAMBAZAJI WA TAARIFA ZINAZOKUZA...

Thank you. To the visiting Namibian delegation, this is to notify them that we have three languages in this House: English, Kiswahili, which is the local language that is being used now or Kenyan Sign Language. Nafasi hii ninampatia Mbunge wa Rabai.

Hon. Mohamed Ali, I would want you to also be careful not to go against our Standing Orders. You are not supposed to expressly discuss matters pertaining to an elected official resident. Let us adhere with that in mind. Mhe. Mohamed Ali (Nyali, UDA) : Mhe. Spika wa Muda, wajua...

Next Order. REDUCTION IN COST OF ELECTRICITY IN THE COUNTRY Member for Laikipia County, Hon. Jane Kagiri. We have issues with our system. Walk to the Dispatch Box.

Thank you. Hon. Caroli.

Before I propose the Motion, allow me to recognise a delegation from the Homabay County Assembly, which has been seated at the Speaker’s Gallery. I wish to introduce to you a delegation from the County Assembly of Homabay comprising six Members of the Committee of Social Welfare and Equal Opportunity,...

Thank you. Before the next speaker, allow me to recognise two delegations in our galleries. One delegation is seated at the Speaker’s Gallery: Kerwa Secondary School from Kikuyu Constituency in Kiambu County. The other delegation is Makueni University Students Association from Makueni, seated in the Public Gallery. Join me in...

Thank you. The next chance will go to the MP for Kiambaa, Hon. John Kawanjiku.

Thank you. Next is the Member for Westlands, Hon. Tim Wanyonyi.