Serjeant-at-Arms, ring the Quorum Bell. (The Quorum Bell was rung) Hon. Members, we now have quorum to transact business. Clerk-at-the-Table, proceed.

Members on your feet, take the nearest seats. (Hon. Muchangi Karemba crossed the aisle) Hon. Karemba, taking the nearest seat and racing across the aisle are two different things.

Hon. Raso and Hon. Millie, take the nearest seats.

Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 42, I wish to convey three Messages from His Excellency the President, seeking approval of persons nominated for appointment to various State Offices.

In the first Message, His Excellency the President conveys that, in exercise of powers conferred by Article 250(2)(b) of the Constitution and Section 8 (7) of the Teachers Service Commission Act (Cap. 212), he has nominated the following persons for appointment as Members of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC):

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party:

Thank you, Hon. Pukose. Hon. Members, before we call the next Order, allow me to acknowledge, in the Speaker’s Gallery, Oreiyet Secondary School, Chepalungu Constituency, Bomet County; Kithaene Junior School, South Imenti Constituency, Meru County; AIC Sergoi Academy, Chesumei Constituency, Nandi County. In the Public Gallery, we have Utalii Comprehensive School, Njoro Constituency, Nakuru County; Tegla Loroupe Education and Peace Center, Kapenguria Constituency, West Pokot County.

On my behalf and on behalf of the House, I welcome the students, those accompanying them, and their teachers to the House of Parliament.

I thank you. Next.

Hon. Members, the first request for Statement is from the Member for Laisamis, Hon. Joseph Lekuton.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding an armed banditry attack in the Gudas area, Logo Logo Ward, Laisamis Constituency.

Hon. Speaker, on the night of 19th July 2026, at approximately 11.00 p.m., extending into the early hours of 20th July 2026, an estimated 20 to 25 heavily armed bandits raided the Gudas area in Logo Logo Ward. The attackers, who are reportedly from the neighbouring Chur area, stole a substantial number of livestock, including approximately 1,100 goats, eight cows together with their calves and seven donkeys.

This incident inflicted immense economic hardship on the affected families, whose livelihoods depend almost entirely on livestock as their primary source of income and subsistence. While acknowledging and commending efforts made by the security agencies in responding to the incident, it is regrettable that to date, only 255 goats have been recovered, with the majority of stolen livestock still unaccounted for.

It is claimed that command contradictions and lack of operational coordination have slowed the recovery efforts allowing the bandits time to disperse, transport, or even dispose of the stolen livestock thereby diminishing the prospects of full recovery. This has caused deep concern within the affected community on whether the recovery operation is being pursued with the necessary urgency. The alleged command and operational hindrances warrant an urgent and impartial investigation by the relevant Ministry to establish the facts and address any shortcomings to ensure swift response and recovery of the remaining livestock, the apprehension of those responsible, and forestalling recurrence of similar rates.

Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on the following:

Thank you, Hon. Lekuton. Hon. Tongoyo, when can you bring a response on banditry in Laisamis?

Hon. Speaker, allow me to bring it in two weeks’ time.

It is just worth mentioning that the Member reached out to me immediately after the incident happened. There was a little bit of intervention that was taken.

Excellent. Next is the Member for Lamu East, Captain Ruweida Obo.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity regarding enforcement of the law against persons making seemingly inciteful remarks at political rallies.

Hon. Speaker, as the country approaches the 2027 general election period, political activities and campaigns are expected to intensify. However, it is deeply concerning that some political leaders continue to make inflammatory statements which threaten the unity of the country. Such utterances threaten the peaceful co-existence of communities and may result in contempt, hatred, hostility, discrimination and in some instances, incitement to violence against individuals or communities on the basis of their ethnicity, political affiliation or regional origin. Notably, there have been grave and concerning utterances being made in cosmopolitan communities urging locals to shun non-locals despite having been born within and co-existing with these communities. In utter defiance, some of these perpetrators have dared the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and other relevant agencies to summon and arrest them. If left unchecked, this conduct risks heightening political tensions, deepening ethnic divisions and eroding public confidence in the democratic process.

Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity on the following:

Order, Hon. Ruweida. English is the language you started with. You cannot switch languages at will.

Hon. Speaker, if other leaders are saying that only the women from their areas should give birth to children who can become their Members of Parliament, what do we say in Lamu? In Lamu, and in particular the Bajuni community, do we not have women who can give birth to leaders? We have a Senator, a Woman Representative and a Member of Parliament for Lamu West whom are not members of the Bajuni community. They now want to contest to be governor.

Order, Hon. Ruweida. You are out of order. Yes, Hon. Dawood.

Thank you. Hon. Speaker.

Are you on a point of order or joyriding on the Statement?

I am joyriding, Hon. Speaker. What Hon. Ruweida has mentioned is what, unfortunately, happened in my constituency last weekend during a political meeting where a former leader said a muhindi should not be elected because he is not from the community.

Point made. Hon. Keynan.

Hon. Speaker, I am surprised as an elder and as a person who has been around for a while, whether the law applies to particular individuals or fidelity to the rule of law, which is a constitutionally enshrined principle, is supposed to apply to everybody. There are ignorant people in this country who are not familiar with the making of the nation-state of the Republic of Kenya. Kenya is a collection of tribes and you know its history, Hon. Speaker. What is surprising is that there are individuals who have called leaders in this country a muhindi. We have been called worias, and others have been called all sorts of names. Where are these agencies that are supposed to deal with these individuals with criminal minds who are dividing Kenyans along tribal lines? Where are the entities, officers from the DCI, the police and NCIC? This is because at the rate at which we are moving, tomorrow someone will brand you a Bukusu, forgetting that you are one of the key leaders of the Republic of Kenya. This trend is being entrenched. Is it not high time the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity brought a report to the House so that we adopt it and indict those individuals who are dividing our nation?

I want to stand here and support the Hon. Dawood as a gallant leader who has been elected many times by his constituents. Intimidation will not be allowed in modern-day Kenya. Continue to thrive, continue to function, and continue to attend to your constituents. We are here as law-abiding citizens to stand and support you within the confines of the law.

To those who are threatening people out there, I can tell you that modern-day Kenya has no place for tribalists, regionalists and evil-minded individuals. As I stand on the Floor of this House, I would not want to name an individual because I am a parliamentary practitioner. I just want to say, “Please, we are tired of your rhetoric. Give us peace. Let Kenya function. Let the country function. Let the President work for the people of Kenya and Inshallah in 2027 William Ruto will be re-elected for a second term.”

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Yes, Hon. KJ.

Hon. Speaker, I am representing a constituency which in 1969 was in Kiambu County but today is in the City of Nairobi. In the history of my constituency, we have elected Members of Parliament from almost every part of the former Central Province, but that is not the point. It has to be said that in this country and in this Parliament, there are even Members of Parliament who have been elected in different constituencies.

When I was growing up, one of the founding Ministers during Jomo Kenyatta’s government, who was originally from Rarieda, was elected in Rarieda, in Nakuru and even in Nairobi. That is the Kenya that we would want to go back to. We would not want to be in a situation where when you vie for an elective seat in a cosmopolitan city like Nairobi, you are asked where you come from. Meru is a cosmopolitan town. Hon. Dawood needs not make justification beyond being Kenyan. Being Kenyan, in itself, qualifies him to be elected in his constituency. It was extremely shameful for an individual seeking election as President of this country to oppose that principle.

Parliament did what it needed to do by impeaching that tribalist, and he stands impeached. Kenya ought to be reminded that Kenyans are very conscious about the unity of this country going forward. I must say that the gentleman I was referring to is Hon. Achieng Oneko. Hon. Kihika was elected in different constituencies during Hon. Achieng Oneko's political era.

In the same breath, the late Hon. Raila Odinga's father was elected in Siaya. However, when Hon. Raila Odinga chose to join politics, he contested in Lang'ata Constituency, which has now become Kibra. Therefore, Hon. Speaker, national unity must be promoted, starting with institutions like Parliament.

Point made. The late Hon. Mwai Kibaki was elected in Bahati, which is now Kamukunji, and later on in Othaya. I do not want to escalate this matter.

Hon. Jayne Kihara, what is it? Do you want to joyride on this Statement Request?

Yes.

Go ahead and joyride.

Not really to joyride but to state that the Statement Request by Capt. Ruweida goes against her subsequent comments. She spoke about cohesion and then went on to say why members of a certain community should not be elected in Lamu. I think that is contrary to what she had been saying.

Order! Resume your seat, Hon. Jayne Kihara. You did not hear her well. What she said, although she got carried away towards the end, was that in Lamu, they have a Woman Representative who is not indigenous, not Bajuni; they have a Senator and the Member of Parliament for Lamu West, who are not indigenous. They have the right to be elected there because they are Kenyans. Then she burst out into something else.

Hon. Members, the point is that Hon. Dawood is a Kenyan. Under our Constitution, for purposes of citizenship, people from the Indian subcontinent—namely, Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis—are commonly classified as Indians and are recognized as Tribe No.44 in Kenya. They are peaceful people.

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika kwa kunipa nafasi nami pia niweze kujoyride nikisema Kenya ni yetu sisi sote. Hivi majuzi, baada ya uchaguzi wa 2022, ndipo tumeanza kuona filfinyangi. Hivi majuzi kuna mtu alisema kwamba jamii yao iliitwa jina fulani la mnyama. Kila siku tunaona watu fulani wakimwita President "Kasongo". Kasongo ni jina la utani linalomaanisha warthog. Hakuna hata siku moja walitoka kusema ni kwa nini Rais anaitwa hivyo.

Ukitaka kuheshimiwa ni lazima wewe pia uwaheshimu wenzako. Juzi pia tuliskia watu wakiambiwa watoke Eastleigh waende mahali pengine. Hii Kenya ni yetu sisi sote. Ni lazima kila mtu aheshimiwe. Kwa hiyo, kama Mhe. Duale alikosea, aliona mwenendo uliokuwa unaendelea ambao hata sisi hatuukubali. Hatukubaliani na alivyosema, lakini aliona msururu wa matukio uliokuwa unaendelea haukuwa mzuri.

Kenya ni yetu sisi sote. Mimi ni wa Mombasa. Babangu ni Mkauma na mamangu ni Mbaluhya. Wakati mwingine naambiwa niende Western Kenya. Lakini ifahamike kwamba ndani ya Kaunti ya Mombasa hakuna mwanamke Kenya nzima aliyeweka historia katika uongozi kama nilivyoweka. Ninaweza kuwa Gavana au kushika nafasi yoyote mradi mimi ni Mkenya. Kwa hivyo, wale ambao wanategemea ukabila, shame on you. This Kenya belongs to all of us.

Ahsante sana.

Hon. Robert Mbui.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order. This is a House of record and, therefore, we must be very careful about what we do. I support the Statement Request that Hon. Ruweida has raised. However, we cannot breach our own rules by imputing improper motives on individuals. The former Deputy President has effectively been referred to on the Floor of this House.

Order! Nobody has.

He has been referred to.

By whom?

When Hon. KJ talked about impeachment, it was very clear whom he was referring to. We cannot speak against hate speech while at the same time displaying hostility towards an individual. Let us be careful about what we do in this House. Let us not use the Floor of this House to malign people who have no opportunity to defend themselves here.

Obviously, Hon. Robert Mbui is the only stranger in Jerusalem.

Mhe. Spika, mimi pia naungana na wenzangu kumuunga mkono Mhe. Dawood. Kwa sababu si vizuri, na haya si maneno ya leo. Hata kule Kisii, siku nyingine, Mhe. Zaheer Jhanda aliambiwa kuwa watu wa Kisii walifanya makosa kumchagua Mhindi. Kenya ni yetu sisi sote.

Leo Mhe. Dawood amesema kuwa amechaguliwa mara nne. Nachukua ushuhuda kwamba kuanzia mwaka wa 2007 hadi 2013, mimi na Mhe. Dawood tulikuwa madiwani. Tulijuana kupitia exchange programmes. Baada ya hapo, akachaguliwa mara tatu. Katika constituency yake hawaangalii rangi; wanaangalia kazi anayofanya mjumbe wao. Kwa hivyo, ukabila nchini Kenya ni jambo ambalo linapaswa kuzikwa kwenye kaburi la sahau.

Nampongeza Mhe. William Samoei Ruto kwa sababu katika Baraza lake la Mawaziri, utaona kwamba ameteua watu kutoka sehemu mbalimbali za nchi. Amezingatia uwakilishi wa maeneo yote. Hata kama kuna wengine aliowachagua kisha wakamtia kisu mgongoni, bado amesema ataendelea kufanya nao kazi kama wananchi wa Kenya. Mwananchi yeyote wa

Thank you, Hon. Members. We will stop there on this matter. Who is the Chairperson of the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity? Hon. Yusuf Haji. Is he in the House? Who is the Vice-Chairperson? As we refer this matter to the Committee, Hon. Pukose, kindly inform him. I believe you are holding brief.

Hon. Members, as we head towards the elections, let us all try not only in this House but also outside it and among those with whom we associate, to lower our political temperatures. Bellicose statements and unhelpful rhetoric cannot help this country. During my time as a Member of Parliament, I served with Basil Criticos from Taita Taveta, a Greek; and Philip Leakey, a white Kenyan. I also served with Satish Gautama, Amin Walji, Sumra and Dr Swarup Mishra. Those four are Indians. I now serve with Hon. Dawood, an Indian; and Hon. Shakeel, an Indian of Pakistani extraction. They were all elected from constituencies where you cannot find even 100 Indian voters.

Therefore, let us respect the choice of our people and uphold the cohesion of our nation. We are a diverse people, and that diversity is something we should be proud of. We have the example of Hon. Barack Obama, who became the President of the United States of America.

Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Which ones?

There are two schools from Murang'a, especially Kiriani Mixed Secondary School.

Go ahead.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to welcome all the students from across Kenya to Parliament. I know many of them aspire to be here in the future to do what we are doing. I wish them all the very best.

Hon. Speaker, if you allow me just one minute, based on the discussion that they have listened to earlier, it is important for all of us to know that there is a distinction between what we call a country and a state. A country is simply defined by boundaries. There is a distinction between a country and a state…

Order, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. You are out of order. I gave you an opportunity to welcome the students.

I was in the process of doing so, Hon. Speaker.

Order! That is not welcoming the students.

I welcome them all. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Well done. Take your seat. Hon. Catherine Omanyo, make your Statement Request.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding plans put in place to ensure that candidates sitting the 2026 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, who are representing Kenya at the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, are not disadvantaged on account of their national assignment.

The Harambee Starlets qualified for the 2026 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled to be held in Morocco from 17th October to 7th November 2026. Following the conclusion of the African qualifiers, Kenya secured its second appearance at the tournament alongside other African football powerhouses, namely Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia. Notably, the Harambee Starlets squad includes high school students registered to sit for the 2026 KCSE examination as well as Grade 9 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).

According to the timetable published by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), the 2026 KCSE examinations are scheduled to run from 19th October to 20th November 2026, a period that coincides with the duration of the tournament. This raises concerns that the talented candidates called upon to represent the country at the FIFA Under- 17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco may miss examination papers scheduled to be undertaken while they are away on national duty. In the absence of clear alternative arrangements and safeguards to enable them sit the papers that fall within the tournament period, they risk obtaining incomplete examination results, which may adversely affect their transition to further studies.

It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education on the following:

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to joyride on this Statement Request. First, let me thank our Secretary General,

Both you and Hon. Catherine Omanyo know that when children are caught up in such circumstances, the law provides for them to sit special examinations. What you need to do, as I refer this Statement Request to the Departmental Committee on Education, is to engage your colleague, Hon. Julius Melly, to speak with the Ministry and the Kenya National Examinations Council. The students are representing the country. They are not wilfully absent from school or from their examination centres. They can be given special examinations, which is permissible under the law.

Hon. (Dr) Pukose, inform the Chairperson, Hon. Melly, to bring a response within two weeks. I also direct that the Statement sought by Hon. Ruweida be referred to the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security. Although it had initially been directed to the Committee on National Cohesion, the issues raised are more about security and breaches of the law than matters of cohesion. Hon. Tongoyo, your Committee should bring a response within two weeks.

Next is Hon. Mohamed Tubi, Member for Isiolo South. This is the Hon. Member’s maiden speech in this House. Therefore, he shall read his Statement Request without murmurs or interruptions.

Proceed.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife regarding a fatal elephant attack on a resident of Garbatulla Sub-County in Isiolo South Constituency.

Hon. Speaker, on 27th July 2026 Mr Wako Tache Godana, a 60-year-old herder, was viciously attacked by an elephant while grazing his livestock at El Guda area along the Kinna Kula Mawe Road in Kinna North, Garbatulla, Isiolo South Constituency. The elephant got him on the left side of his chest killing him instantly. The deceased was the sole breadwinner of his young family. Officers from Kinna Police Station and officials from the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) visited the scene, processed it, moved the body to Nyambene Mortuary for preservation and post-mortem. This tragedy is not isolated since Garbatulla Sub-County continues to record recurrent elephant incursions along wildlife corridors bordering the Meru National Park.

Section 25(3) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Cap 376, prescribes compensation of Ksh5 million for death resulting from wildlife attack upon submission of a claim. Further, Regulation 27 of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Regulations, 2017 provides a maximum of 60 days within which a verified claim for compensation ought to be paid. The family of Mr Wako Tache Godana lodged a compensation claim pursuant to the stated provisions, but are concerned by the inordinate delay likely to be experienced given that

Hon. Mandazi, do you want to joyride on this?

Thank you very much. While I congratulate the Hon. Member from Isiolo for having raised the same issue on compensation, equally, one year ago a boy from a school called Nogirwet was killed by a crocodile while he was washing his clothes by a riverside. The family was promised immediate compensation but nothing has been done so far. As the Committee responds to that, I request that those of us who may be having challenges to do with compensation, be allowed to appear as friends of the Committee so that we can raise individual issues concerning our communities.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Emathe.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. Tubi Mohamed for raising this issue.

In Turkana Central, due to the raising waters of Lake Turkana, crocodile attacks and killings are at an alarming rate, but compensation is not forthcoming. This needs to be urgently addressed. The youth are the ones attacked each and every time.

Secondly, there is a village in one of my wards called Dangyumere that has resulted to dispersal of people many of whom have resettled elsewhere just because of crocodile attacks. Compensation is one of the biggest issues. Even as this menace continues, compensation takes long to be processed and even to be paid. I do not know if KWS is aware of this because Lake Turkana as of now is a danger zone.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Yes, Hon. Bowen.

Hon. Speaker allow me to support what Hon. Emathe has just said. In my constituency, Marakwet East, especially in Kerio Valley, we have hundreds of elephants. Last week alone, the elephants destroyed close to 50 acres of mangoes. It takes almost one week or two before KWS visits for assessment. The assessment of 10 to 20 acres of mangoes is first undervalued. Those who were affected three years ago are still awaiting compensation.

Hon. Speaker, as the Committee dispenses this question by the Hon. Member, it needs to look into the entire human-wildlife conflict so that we do not get another Member raising

Chairman, Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife, Hon. Kareke.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me, first and foremost, to appreciate the Statements which have been sought and the issues which have been raised by Hon. Members. Indeed, I acknowledge that we have a very big challenge within the sector. Because a number of issues have been raised, I humbly request for two weeks. We will have a special sitting within the next two weeks. We are going to invite the Cabinet Secretary, the Director-General of KWS, and other players within the sector so that they can respond comprehensively to all the issues which have been brought forth by Members. We are going to circulate the invitation to all the Members who have any concern on matters to do with wildlife.

When did you say you will sit?

Within the next two weeks. We are going to have a meeting whereby we are going to invite all the Members who have raised issues on the Floor of the House.

That notwithstanding, bring a response to the House in two weeks.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Bady Twalib.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works regarding accessibility of buildings in Mombasa City.

Bima Tower on Digo Road, Mombasa City, is a 16-floor national Government office building under the Ministry of Lands. The building's lifts have remained non-functional for years forcing staff and members of the public to use staircases. In addition, there are other key Government buildings with similar issues within Mombasa City. They include Uhuru na Kazi Building under the Ministry of Interior; Mombasa Law Courts under the Judiciary; National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Building under the Ministry of Environment; and, the Betting Control Building under the Mombasa County Government. For many years, these buildings have remained inaccessible to persons with disabilities contrary to their right to reasonable access to all places, public transport, and information in accordance with the provision of Article 54(1)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya.

Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works on the following:

Thank you, Hon. Bady Twalib. Yes, Mama Zamzam.

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika, Nami niweze kumpongeza ndugu yangu, Mhe. Bady Twalib, kwa kuleta suala hili ndani ya Bunge. Mhe. Spika, miaka mitatu iliyopita, nilifuatwa na watu wanaoishi na ulemavu kutoka Kaunti ya Mombasa pamoja na wale watu wanaofuatilia haki za binadamu wakilalamika kuhusu Bima Towers, Uhuru na Kazi Building na Mombasa Law Courts, yaani, majengo hayo yote aliyoyataja, isipokuwa Mombasa County Assembly. Ninapongeza Spika wa Mombasa County Assembly kwa kuweza kutengeneza na kufuata maagizo ya walemavu.

Mhe. Spika, Bima Towers katika kaunti ya Mombasa, ndiyo ambayo inatoa birth certificates na kuna ofisi nyingi za Serikali ambazo wananchi wanaweza kupata huduma. Hata hivyo, miaka nenda, miaka rudi, tumekuwa tukisikia kuwa wameweka budget lakini hakuna kitu kinachofanyika. Walemavu wamepata mtihani sana. Kwenye majengo hayo, utapata mtu amebebwa juu juu na wenzake. Ni aibu kuwa wakati huu ambapo tuko katika karne ya 21, kuna majumba makubwa ya Serikali ambayo hayana lifts. Yale ambayo yana lifts, utakuta hazifanyi kazi. Kwa hivyo, huduma kwa wananchi inakuwa ngumu sana.

Niweze pia kusisitiza kuwa wanaohusika na ujenzi huu wafanye haraka na wawekee hawa ndugu zetu wanaoishi na ulemavu lifts. Pia, waweke zile passage ways au njia zao wanazopitia. Ni vizuri pia wakiweka wheelchairs pale kwa sababu wengine wanakuja na magongo na wanashindwa kupita pale. Wanafaa kusaidiwa.

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika.

Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works, Hon. Tonui. Hon. Pukose, continue holding brief. In two weeks, he should bring a response.

Hon. Members, in the Speaker's Gallery, we have students from St. Peter Sang’alo Central School from Mosop, Nandi and Hekima School from Kisumu Central, Kisumu. In the Public Gallery, we have students from Uhuru Estate Primary School from Embakasi West, Nairobi; Ilkerin Girls High School from Emurua Dikirr, Narok County; Chuna Preparatory School from Kajiado East, Kajiado County; Immaculate Heart Juniorette from Ainabkoi, Uasin Gishu County; and, Itaaga Secondary School from Maragua, Murang'a County. On my own behalf and that of the House, I welcome all the students, their teachers, and those accompanying them to the House of Parliament.

Member for Emurua Dikirr, do you want to welcome a school from your constituency?

Yes.

Go ahead and on behalf of everybody else, welcome all the students.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to welcome all the students who have visited Parliament today. I recognise the presence of girls from Ilkerin in Emurua Dikirr Sub-County. Ilkerin Girls Secondary School is located in a remote village in Emurua Dikirr and they performed very well during last year’s national examinations. I wish them well as they grow to be women of substance who will transform this country the way Dr William Somoei Ruto has transformed Kenya.

Hon. Ahmed Hassan, Member for Banissa. (Technical hitch) Give him the microphone. Is it malfunctioning? There is another microphone there.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On a light note, the people of Banissa know how to wait.

Clerk, ask the audio people to look at these gadgets. Even the Speaker's gadget is malfunctioning. Is that one working?

This one is working. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As the Member of Parliament for Banissa, just like the people of Banissa, I have learnt to wait. Therefore, two minutes is not an issue. Thank you for allowing me to make a Statement.

Are you making a Statement or requesting for a Statement?

I want to make a Statement. I am requesting a Statement regarding cases of human trafficking in the country.

Let us have The Hansard right. You are not making a Statement, Hon. Member, you are requesting for a Statement.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the alarming rise in reported cases of human trafficking in the country.

Hon. Speaker, in the recent past, there have been several reports of human trafficking syndicates targeting vulnerable young people through social media platforms and luring them with deceptive promises of employment opportunities abroad. It is reported that some trafficking routes transit through Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan before ultimately converging in Libya. Once in Libya, victims are reportedly subjected to human rights violations, including forced labour, extortion, unlawful detention, and demands for ransom from their families. There have also been reports linking a criminal network known as Magafe, to the trafficking and smuggling of persons. These activities expose vulnerable young Kenyans to exploitation and abuse, causing immense distress to their families, and raising the occurrence of transnational organised crime.

Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the following:

Thank you, Hon. Hassan. Hon. Tongoyo, that is not yours. Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. Yes, Hon Kandie. That is your Committee.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Yes, that is my Committee and we are aware.

I can see he has directed the question to both your committee and the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security.

Yes, Hon. Speaker. We are going to deal with it.

Liaise with the other committee and bring a response.

In two weeks.

Yes, Hon. Mandazi. What is it? Hold on, Hon. Kandie.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Of importance to note today, the Members for Banissa, Isiolo, and Emurua Dikirr have all spoken. We have 10 other Members of Parliament who are elected under UDA and the broad-based government. We do not speak or wear party colours, but we are proud of the Members who were elected.

You are out of order. Where is that coming from? Hon. Kandie.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are going to liaise with the Departmental Committee of Administration and Internal Security and bring the response in two weeks.

Yes, Hon. Tongoyo.

I don’t know, Hon. Speaker. I need your guidance.

Is human trafficking a foreign relations issue or a criminal issue?

It is cross-cutting but considering that it is more cross-border, I think it would be more appropriate to be handled by the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations because it will look awkward. I do not know how we can do it unless through an Ad-hoc Committee.

We will leave it to the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs to bring a response.

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Yes, Hon. Millie.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was the sponsor of the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act. That is more of a criminal venture. So, the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs, which I sit in, will do very little work there. This is barely a criminal matter and even repatriation is not for the Ministry. It actually should be solely under…

In fact, human trafficking is carried out by international criminal networks and local criminal gangs and collaborators.

Yes, it is done by a criminal network and so it is a crime.

Hon. Tongoyo, that will fall on your desk. You bring a response in two weeks. Hon. Robert Mbui.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the

Hon. Robert Mbui, when I give you an opportunity to seek a Statement, you read exactly what is in the request for a Statement. When I approved your request for a Statement, I did not say anything about handing over power.

The Chairman Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, when can you bring a response?

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In two weeks.

Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the quality and standard framework for public-private partnership road infrastructure projects in the country. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework has over the years been embraced by the Government, which has resulted in the implementation of high-quality infrastructure projects, especially in the energy and road sectors, while easing pressure on public debt. A notable example of such a project is the Nairobi Expressway, which has enhanced the movement of people and goods across Nairobi City County.

Thank you, Hon. Kandie. Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, when can you bring a response?

In two weeks, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Jayne Kihara, Member for Naivasha Constituency.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the upgrading of Kinungi-Maraigushu Road to bitumen standards.

The Kinungi - Maraigushu Road is an eight-kilometre road in Naivasha Constituency that has, for many years, not been earmarked for upgrading to bitumen standards. Construction works commenced on 15th November 2022. However, to date, only two kilometres of the road have been completed, with the remaining section yet to be upgraded.

The prolonged delay has caused considerable inconvenience to residents, farmers, traders, and other road users, who continue to suffer due to the poor and deteriorating condition of the road. Further, routine maintenance has not been undertaken. In particular, clearing of the bushes has not been done resulting in overgrown vegetation encroaching onto the road and significantly reducing usable width of the road.

It is noteworthy that with the ongoing construction of the Rironi–Mau Summit Road, which is expected to occasion traffic disruptions and diversions, the timely completion of the Kinungi–Maraigushu Road would provide a suitable alternative route and help decongest the main highway. Not to mention, I have written to the Cabinet Secretary responsible but I have not received any response.

It is against this background that I request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following—

Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, when can you bring a response?

Hon. Speaker, it will take three to four weeks to respond.

I will give you three weeks from today.

Thank you.

We can move to response to statements sought. Is Hon. George Murugara in the House? George Best.

Yes, George Best is here.

Hon. Sunkuyia. No, sorry. I meant Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo. Hon. Sunkuyia is still not a chairperson.

Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have two responses for Hon. George Murugara.

Please, give both in quick succession. If he wants any clarity, he will seek it thereafter.

Hon. Speaker, I will begin with the Statement regarding the missing child. You will recall that yesterday we responded to a request for Statement concerning cases of missing children in the country.

Yes.

This particular case concerns the disappearance and death of Ms Shirley Gatumi Mugendi.

On the 29th April, Ms Harriet Kagendo Majira, a resident of the Iriani Village, within Mukothima Location reported at the Makutano Police Station, vide OB No. 12/29/04/2026 that her three-year old daughter, Sherly Gatumi, had gone missing as from the 27th April at around 1400 hours. She stated that the child was playing outside the house while she kept watch from the house. Shortly thereafter, she noticed that her daughter was no longer within the site and could not be traced. The neighbourhood unsuccessfully conducted a more extensive search for the child on the following day.

Consequently, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) in the said police station circulated a missing person signal to all police stations country-wide. On 29th April, 2026, additionally, the officers from the Makutano Police Station visited the missing child's home and surrounding area to assist in the search.

On May 2nd, Mr Geoffrey Mutinda, a resident of the area, reported at Makutano Police Station that while spraying an insecticide on his pigeon peas farm near Iriani Central School together with two casual labourers, they discovered the partially decomposed body of a minor beneath a mango tree. The officers documented the scene while Mr Abakuk Kathenya positively identified the body as of his daughter. The body was removed to Marimanti Level

Go to the next one.

The second Statement concerns allegations relating to the arrest and subsequent release of a suspect by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

I will go straight to the response.

Give him the microphone.

I am trying to rush, it is a little bit long.

Paraphrase.

Hon. Speaker, this is where Hon. George had an issue. In that matter, the court ruled in favour of the plaintiff and ordered the defendants to vacate and hand over vacant possession of Plot No. 5313, CR.51563, and to pay general damages for trespass amounting to Ksh1.2 million. The judgment was delivered on 9th October

Thank you. Hon. Murugara.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. These are extremely unsatisfactory responses from a serious body such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the successor to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The CID was

Hon. Tongoyo.

Hon. Speaker, I do not have much to add. You will agree with me that it is a complex situation. It is an issue between the Judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

He says you have given the most unsatisfactory Statement. Is that true?

I do not agree, Hon. Speaker. That is what I am trying to clarify. A complex situation like this, of land… A land case in Kenya can drag for up to 20-30 years. We have the Ol Kiombo land dispute in Narok which has dragged for almost 36 years now.

Good. What we do then is to keep the file open. If you get additional information, furnish the Member of Parliament.

I will, Hon. Speaker.

George Best, we will leave it there.

Hon. Junet, you are from the House Business Committee. Do you have the Thursday Statement.

Yes, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(a), I rise to present the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 28th July 2026, to prioritise business for consideration during the week and the business coming before the House in the next week.

I wish to formally welcome Members back from the just concluded short recess and urge that we all embark on the consideration of the upcoming priority business with rigor. As we approach the end of the Fifth Session, I urge Members to remain committed to plenary and committee proceedings in order to enable the House to maintain optimal performance in its consideration of business.

With regard to business scheduled for Tuesday next week, the House is expected to consider the following Bills at various stages, some of which are listed in today’s Order Paper:

Thank you, Hon. Junet. That is the end of Statement Time. Hon. Members, on the Order Paper, I have been requested by the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee – and I have acceded to his request – that I reorganise the Order Paper so that we bring forward Order No. 10. Once we dispose of it, we will go on to Orders No 8, 9 and sequentially follow the rest.

Hon. Jared Okello.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity. Leaders are by nature judged by higher standards than any other ordinary mortal. Two or three weeks ago, a leader in this country asserted that the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) had decamped this country for Tanzania, without fact. Five days ago, BATUK Commanders came out to say that they have since resumed trainings within the country. It is also important to note that moving military trainees together with the artilleries that they have is not an easy exercise that can be done within a short period of time. We are privileged to have you in this House. You have been a Minister of Foreign Affairs and no one understands better diplomatic processes than you. Even if BATUK was to decamp, there are legal and diplomatic means that must be put in place before such movements are done.

So, what leaders from the United Opposition say is sensational and meant to instil fear in people, so that they judge Kenya as a failed State. However, that is far from it. There are many United Nations Organisations that are moving into this country and setting their base amidst the noise that comes from our political detractors. As leaders, it is important that we research on what we want to say and consider how we will say it because this country belongs to us all. If it collapses, it does with all of us. Not too long ago, the same leader was asking tourists not to step their feet into this country, yet tourism is our number two best income earner. If the tourists refuse to come, how many people who eke out a living from both tourism and the hospitality industries will lose their jobs and livelihoods?

We can play politics – and it is important that we play politics – however, it is important that we are careful with our utterances because they can get the attention of the international community. We have to step back, reflect and retool before we make any adverse assertions as leaders.

You sit at a vantage position to advise leaders from across the aisle to be very careful with the pronouncements that they make, particularly those that may aggrieve both the international and local community because the world has become a global village. What a leader says here does not end up at Wamunyoro Village; it gets the attention of everybody. So, I pass the button back to you to advise leaders to be very careful and not to become too sensational with their communication which can have emotive consequences that can burn the country.

Thank you. Yes, Hon. Junet.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the chance to say something. What is going on in this country is alarming. First, I want to buttress what my colleague has said about BATUK. I do not want to call him a leader. The person or the impeached leader said that the contract had been cancelled. He also alleged that there had been a demand of Ksh3 billion by people in Government, for BATUK to be allowed to do its work in Nanyuki, or in Kenya but a day later, the whole thing was restored.

What is happening in this country is really alarming. The gross violation of the Constitution by one man, who violated the same Constitution while in office and continues doing so after leaving office, raises serious concern. I do not know whether our institutions have stopped working—the NCIC, DCI and the police—because what that impeached leader is doing, is destroying the fabric of this country so that Kenyans can turn against each other.

I am sorry I came late to the House. With your permission, I am one of the leaders who was elected from a constituency where my community is not the majority. I have represented them for three terms. At some point, I was also a Mayor. You visited me many times while mentoring me in leadership, Hon. Speaker.

Yes.

Hon. Speaker, those people did not look at my tribe, my religion, my colour, my appearance or even the shape of my nose. They looked at my capability and capacity to serve them. That Luo community living in that area, elected me because of my ability to serve.

What is happening in this country? The impeached leader goes to Meru and asks, “Have you missed somebody from here that you can elect an Indian?" He goes to Kisii and says, "Have you missed someone that you are electing another Indian here or Chotara?” When did we sink that low as a country? The same person is asking the courts to overturn his impeachment so that he can run for a higher office. He says he wants to become a President. Who will elect him? If he does not want an Indian to be elected in Meru, why should Kenyans elect him as their leader? A rogue person like him? That is a mental case. This is a psychopath.

With a lot of humility, if the institutions mandated to uphold and defend the Constitution do not take action against this rogue leader, do not be surprised if Kenyans start turning against each other. Look at what happened the other day. A fugitive group that ran away from Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) wanted to campaign for some candidate in the Ol Kalou by-election. They were told they could not go there. Is Ol Kalou not part of Kenya? Are Kenyans not free to go anywhere in this country?

This House exists to address matters affecting the people. That is why we are here. That is why we earn our salaries. Our work is to defend and uphold the Constitution. If the institutions of this country do not want to take action against the said individual, the relevant committee of this House should summon him. Parliament has the power to summon anyone, especially those whose actions threaten the country. I will give the institutions time to do their work. If they fail to act, I will file a Motion in this House to have that individual summoned to explain to Kenyans why he wants to destroy their country.

Thank you.

We will stop there. Call out Order 10.

Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker for accepting my request to be granted the early opportunity to move this Bill.

I beg to move that the House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations

Hon. Robert Pukose.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill (Senate Bill No. 8 of 2026). As my Chair has put it, this Bill was passed by the Senate and committed to the National Assembly. It provides the legal framework for transferring conditional allocations from the national Government and development partners to counties under Article 202 of the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act.

This Bill transfers money from the national Government shareable revenue allocations of close to Ksh16.46 billion to county governments. It is also transferring Ksh53.82 billion from loans and grants provided by the development partners to county governments. This is in addition to the Ksh428 billion that the national Government allocated to county governments. This Bill includes allocations for UHC workers, which has been a very thorny issue. These workers are expecting to receive their payments by this July, and this urgency is why the Committee is keen to ensure the passage of this Bill, allowing county governments to pay UHC workers as permanent and pensionable employees. Each county has a specific number of UHC workers, and now that the National Assembly has passed this Bill, we anticipate that the Senate will not encounter any disputes regarding our recommendations. We expect the House to agree with our proposals so that UHC workers can receive their payments.

Under this Bill, we have also allocated funds for community health promoters (CHPs), which is a shared function between the county governments and the national Government. As noted, some counties like Lamu, have very few UHC workers, and thus the amount of funding they receive is lower compared to other counties.

This Bill also provides funding for other programmes, such as the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP II), FLLoCA) and County Climate Resilience Investment (CCRI). We now have funding for both FLLoCA I and FLLoCA II, aimed at climate resilience and other activities within county governments. We expect that the county governments will utilise this funding appropriately. As my Chairperson has pointed out, accountability is an important role for county governments. The Senate agrees with us on this. They must account for these funds to secure future disbursements, especially since these are donor-funded projects. Some counties have delayed in accounting for the funds, leading to delays in disbursement. We hope that county governments will perform their duties and account for this money, as these funds have conditionalities that must be met.

While debating the Budget Estimates, the committee allocated funds to complete some of the KISIP II projects in several other counties. Additionally, this Bill includes funding for KISIP II so that these industrial parks can be completed on time. This is a shared responsibility; the national Government is contributing Ksh250 million, and county governments must also contribute their share. However, it is concerning that some counties occasionally initiate programmes related to projects like KISIP II and at the end, withdraw their funding, leaving those projects incomplete. Therefore, we urge the governors to ensure they provide their share of funding, as it is a 50-50 arrangement. The national Government has now put in place its conditional grant, allowing counties to contribute Ksh250 million to complete these KISIP II projects on time, enabling the citizens of those counties to engage in meaningful development.

With those three remarks, I second.

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal, Member for Seme.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I would like to make a few comments. Firstly, this Bill is an extremely important means of ensuring that we provide counties with the resources they need. Furthermore, it allocates these resources according to their specific needs and the intended applications. Grants, loans and profits from mining that may arise after the implementation of the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) will be facilitated through this Bill.

Additionally, some of these funds, such as the proceeds from minerals and grants, may not fit within the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), which normally has a fixed formula. Therefore, if there are funds required for specific activities in specific counties, the fixed formula does not accommodate them.

Again, conditional funds must be designated for specific purposes, as this makes monitoring easier. The Bill also considers unconditional components, which is justified. For example, if mineral revenues accrue and then go to the counties, those counties should have the right to use those resources as they see fit. This applies to court fines imposed on those liable for cases that occur within their counties. Thus, their unconditional nature is acceptable.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will now make a few comments regarding the health sector, specifically concerning the Community Health Promoters (CHPs). This is an ongoing initiative, and payments are made by both the county governments and the national Government, resulting in a double payment system. In the best situation, we would have established a single payment system to avoid confusion. However, as we are aware, this does not work well. We must look forward to a scenario where, if funds are allocated, they should be utilised for their intended purposes. In the future, we may need to ensure that the CHPs are catered for in the Budget, allowing for full funding from the counties.

Secondly, UHC workers are extremely important. This is actually the second year we are allocating funds for this purpose. During the first year, there were challenges, as counties insisted, they needed assurances that this funding would be available annually before hiring these officers. Even now, there is an ongoing debate, as counties maintain that they can only employ these individuals permanently if the funding is guaranteed each year. They seek to include this funding in the DORA. However, if this is done, the formula used in CARA following DORA will not account for the specific numbers of health workers present in the various counties.

I am concerned that as we pass this Bill, which we have worked on diligently, the counties have raised the funds, and the workers are already in place; why can we not proceed with their employment? This country needs to find a way where institutions do not disobey the law. In my view, once this Bill is passed, it becomes an Act of Parliament, and disobedience of the law must come with sanctions. I would be very uncomfortable if, once again, the Ksh8.6 billion fails to address the issue of Universal Health Care workers.

I appeal to the counties, as this is the second time we are addressing this matter. What is the fear that this funding will not be provided a third time? If we include it in DORA, we will have to revise the DORA formula to allow for flexibility, enabling each county to apply a specific formula that divides funds according to the health workers present in each county. The dispute arises from fears among the workers; that if this funding goes through DORA, governors might utilise it to employ other personnel rather than those intended.

In conclusion, I support this Bill, but I once again appeal to our governors to use these funds to effectively resolve the issue concerning Universal Health Care workers. We have talked about it for two years; it is time to act. If that does not happen, we will have to look, as

Thank you, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to start by thanking my Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson for this important Bill. The County Governments Additional Allocations Bill seeks to provide the legal framework for additional resources to the counties after the equitable share. These resources are in two categories. There are those coming from the Government, and there are those coming from the donors. For the ones coming from the Government, we have the court fines, which have not been shared with some counties. In the second category, we have royalties earned from minerals. There are also additional resources from the Government, including money for the health workers and that for the CAIPs.

This Bill originates from the Senate, and it proposes that there be money for the construction of the CAIPs. This was provided, overlooking the fact that it may have been taken away at the budgeting stage for equipping the already constructed CAIPs. That means the Senate was allocating money that is not provided for in the Budget. This calls for action to harmonise the final Budget with what the Senate is doing. A similar thing happened in Meru, where compensation arose from a court award in that county, yet the resources had not been provided for in the Budget. This means that we are proposing a Bill to the National Assembly, and if it is passed as proposed automatically, there will be no resources in the Budget to meet that allocation. I think that is a very tricky area. The Senate needs to be keen on what is passed as the final Budget by the National Assembly. It is this House that has the final word on the Budget.

Also, I must appreciate our development partners for providing resources to support development in the counties. However, we have realised that even when some of these counties get the money, they do not meet the minimum required conditions to access the funds, resulting in delays. The resources just sit in the accounts and cannot be accessed, leading to challenges in implementing the proposed projects and getting additional resources from the donors. As a House, we need to urge the county governments that by the time they get these resources, they need to have met the pre-conditions set by the donors. This way, when the money comes, it will assist our people.

Additionally, there is the issue of county headquarters. Having been in this House for quite some time, if you look back at our budgeting process since 2014, this House has been allocating resources for the construction of county headquarters in six counties every year. I would be very interested to get a report in this House addressing the progress after consecutively allocating the money for 10 years. I urge the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman that it is time we undertook physical visits to these county headquarters. We might be putting this money into a bottomless hole.

As Hon. Pukose mentioned, the issue of accountability in our counties needs to be enhanced. We need to see more accountability of the resources allocated to the counties. I wonder if the monies were diverted into other activities, misappropriated or ended up in people’s pockets. These are critical issues. So, even as this House goes out of its way to allocate more resources to the counties, the counties must ensure that these resources are applied in accordance with the law.

I thank my Committee because we are debating this Bill early enough in the year. As a Committee, we have recommended the deletion of those areas where we think there is no budgetary provision in the Budget, and we hope the Senate agrees on the same; this way, and

Hon. Bady Bady.

Asante sana Mhe. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipatia nafasi hii ili nichangie Mswada huu. Ni Mswada muhimu sana kwani ni mojawapo ya Miswada muhimu inayohusu pesa za ziada zinazoenda kwa kaunti zetu kando na equitable share ya kawaida.

Tumeona kuwa pesa hizi zinapatia kaunti zetu pesa ili ziweze kushughulikia shuguli zao. Mengi yamesemwa leo kama vile kuhusu CAIPs ambazo zimejengwa katika kaunti mbalimbali. Vilevile, pesa hizi za juu zinasaidia kulipia locum kwa wale daktari ambao wako katika sehemu mbali mbali na vile vile katika mambo ya climate change. Fedha hizi ni muhimu kwa sababu tunaona kuwa kando na zile fedha za kawaida, ni pesa za ziada ambazo zinafaidi kaunti mbali mbali. Kwa mfano, dadangu, Mhe. Umulkher, kule kwao Garissa, pesa hizi zinawasaidia sana na kuboresha maisha ya watu wetu.

Tukizungumzia kuhusu CAIPs, tunaona kuwa ni mambo ya kweli. Kule kwangu, wakati ule mradi huu ulianzishwa na Mhe. Moses Kuria, kule Mombasa, Jomvu, Miritini, mradi huu utatengeneza ajira kwa vijana wengi. Ombi langu ni kuomba kaunti ya Mombasa kushirikiana na mkandarasi ili kuhakikisha mradi huu unamalizwa haraka kwani vijana wetu wana kiu ya kazi. Tukiangalia, pale kutakuwa na godowns, aggregation points na pia wakulima wataleta mazao yao kufanyiwa value addition. Mambo kama haya yatakuza vijana wetu kwani hawatakuwa wakingoja kupewa kazi ila watajiajiri wenyewe kutokana na facility ya CAIP. Kwa sasa nimebahatika kupata mradi kama huu katika eneo Bunge langu. Namshukuru Mhe. Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir, Gavana wa Mombasa kwa kuwezesha huu mradi.

Vile vile, nachukua fursa hii kumshukuru Waziri Emily kwa sababu amesongamana na mambo ya climate change katika eneo Bunge langu pale Jomvu. Hata juzi, Mhe. Musa Sirma na Kamati yake ya National Government Constituencies Development Committee walikuwa pale kwangu kupanda miti. Leo, natangaza kwamba rekodi katika The Guinness Book of World Records ya kupanda mikoko simultaneously ilivunjwa wiki iliyopita na watu 5,000 pale Jomvu. Mimi mwenyewe nilishiriki katika kuvunja rekodi hiyo katika mambo ya climate change.

Accountability katika county zetu, kama alivyosema Mhe. Makali Mulu, ni muhimu sana. Ni vyema kila hesabu ya hizi fedha kuonekana imefanya kazi gani kwa sababu ni donor- funded. Tusipoweka hesabu nzuri ya hizi projects ambazo wafadhili wanatupa pesa, basi tutawekewa tashwishi nazo. Matokeo ya hizo tashwishi ni kukosa fedha na watu wetu watakosa kazi.

Ninapounga mkono huu Mswada, ni muhimu sana kuona kwamba hizi pesa ambazo zinatoka kwa donors, zikija kupitia Central Bank of Kenya, zisicheleweshwe. Yafaa zipite kwa haraka sana katika transition point ili zitumwe kwa counties ili waweze kufanya mambo yao ambayo wanahitaji.

Wakati uliopita katika kipindi cha locum, nilisaidia msichana mmoja kwa jina Shariffa, ambaye sasa ameajiriwa kama daktari katika Jomvu Model Health Centre. Tulimfanyia bidii akapata kazi kupitia mpango wa locum. Kuna wengine wengi tuliwasaidia ambao tunajivunia leo. Hizi fedha tunazozungumzia ndizo zimesaidia mambo kama haya.

Katika mambo ya climate change pia tuko na mpango wa kazi mtaani. Mhe. Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir anajaribu kusafisha mji wetu wa Mombasa kupitia huu mpango. Hawa watoto wanaofanya kazi mtaani yafaa walipwe pesa ili mji wetu wa Mombasa uonekane

Ahsante sana, De Mabior, mzee fula ngenge.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill as moved by our able Chairman. This afternoon I have heard that my friend is also called Mabior. That is not a Kenyan name but Sudanese. I am a neighbour to South Sudan and I can tell you the melanin of Sudanese people. They do not look like Hon. Bady. He is a fake Sudanese because the Sudanese are dark and taller than Hon. Twalib. But we are all Kenyans and so he is also a Kenyan.

As I support this Bill, I would like to raise three issues. The first one is about the proposal by our able Chair to delete the clauses which were contained in the Bill from Senate. I emphasise that and reiterate so that our colleagues in the Senate can understand that this is a clean-up, which I support. Senators should not take the deletions as amendments because, as a colleague said earlier, it will result into mediation which will delay the money being disbursed to our people and counties. So, I reiterate that our colleagues in the Senate understand that this is a clean-up. It has nothing to do with a deletion of what they proposed. No, it is a clean-up. I say this because in the last Parliament, when I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, one of my Committee Bills ended up in mediation, a process which kills the Bill due to unnecessary delays. I hope that our colleagues in Senate understand that this is a clean-up Bill.

Number two, I am very glad I saw some money allocated to my county, the county of hidden treasure, West Pokot County. I can see some money from royalties, about Ksh103 million, will go to West Pokot County. By supporting this Bill, it means that we support the transmission of that money to our county. However, I would like to emphasise that this money is very little. Everybody in Kenya knows that West Pokot was a county of hidden treasure and now it is becoming a county of mining. It is becoming the headquarters of mining in this country. So, when I see little money like Ksh103 million going to my county, I believe that it would be vice versa of what I see in Kwale of Ksh800 million. As I support the Chair allocating this money to West Pokot, I believe that as we move forward, we will get more money.

I appreciate what my county governor, Hon. Kachapin, is doing, particularly in trying to promote local artisans. Where we come from, everybody thinks that these are counties of rustlers. But now, we can see that the future of West Pokot is mining. The people of West Pokot

On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Pukose is asking to inform you.

Absolutely. He is my namesake.

Yes, Hon. (Dr) Pukose.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know Hon. Pkosing is the next Governor for West Pokot and I respect him.

Or even better, Hon. David Pkosing, why do these governors not visit Homa Bay County and see how county headquarters can be built within a year?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, based on what Hon. Pukose has said that he is seeking your permission to visit, can I move the Motion that they visit now? I thank you and I support it.

Thank you. Hon. Members, let me recognise a number of students, teachers and learners from various institutions across the country. In the Speaker's Gallery, we have Mustard Seed School from Emgwen Constituency in Nandi County. We also have Central Comprehensive School from Saboti Constituency in Trans Nzoia County. All the learners, teachers and the school communities are welcome to the House of Parliament to observe proceedings and to learn.

Thank you for this opportunity to support the county government additional allocation for the year 2026/2027. It is important for us as a National Assembly to note that as we approve this, we do it carefully just as Hon. Makali Mulu has indicated. This will ensure that the Senate does not have to take time with it again, and that we do not have disputes in this very important Bill that is before us. It is also important to note that we, as Parliament, try to allocate and agree with the Senate on how much should be sent to the counties. The counties must, therefore, understand that they should not only depend on what is coming from the national Government. They need try to efficiently generate revenue. I had an opportunity of being the Mayor of Nakuru Municipality at one time. It was

It was in Kwale County.

Thank you, Mheshimiwa. Yes, it was in Kwale County. They were given titanium royalties after four to five years. It is very unfair to the counties. We should make sure that the money collected from mining, as indicated by the incoming Governor of West Pokot County, benefits the counties. Mining is a great opportunity for county governments to collect royalties which are collected by the national Government, as per the different laws indicated in the Bill. County aggregation and industrial parks are very important. In Nakuru County, we already have one in Njoro Constituency. This will go a long way in creating employment for our youths.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, we will not forget the health function. As we speak, health workers in most of these counties are on strike. It is unfortunate that we are still dealing with that. We are still wondering whether we should bring this function back to the national Government. It is very unfortunate because most of these counties do not have good health facilities.

I once visited Tana River County in the last Parliament. I was so impressed with what it was doing. Whatever was collected in every health facility was being ploughed back into that health facility to enable them to provide good health services. I wish that instead of collecting money from our health facilities and then take it to the county government basket and then it disappears, we should take it back to the health facility to take care of our needs.

Hon. Jared Okello, the man who speaks good English is now recognised to make his contributions to the Bill.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As you were inviting me to speak, I could see in the Speaker’s Gallery, the indomitable Ogande Girls’ High School entering the Chamber. It is the jewel of Homa Bay County and the pride of our Nyanza region. This school reminds me of my two very important schools as well: Ahero Girls’ High School and Migingo Girls’ High School. These three schools square at the level of academic prowess, but Ahero Girls’ High School leads.

Hon. Jared Okello, for the record, who has Ahero Girls’ High School produced in the country whom you can mention?

I know that Ogande Girls’ High School sits in your constituency and you have done so much to mould it. I remember when you take us there to raise funds to build a resource centre, it not only benefits the school but also benefits the entire community. I hope that if there are a few touch-ups that need to be done in the resource centre that we helped you build, you will still call us once again to go to Ogande Girls High School and do what we should do and what we know best. I thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Coming back to the matter at hand that has been brought forth by the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Samuel Atandi, I support this Bill. However, stepping back and reflecting further, we ought to ask ourselves this question: Several years after the promulgation of our Constitution that gave birth to devolved functions and county governments, what are the success stories that we can write about our county governments? Today, in this particular Bill, we are striving to ensure they get additional funding, not just from the funds that follow functions, but also from fines by our courts of law in various jurisdictions. We are talking about grants that are extended to counties and that are outside the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA).

For example, Kisumu County where I come from, has seven constituencies. In total, if we go by the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), collectively we get Ksh1 billion at the end of a year. This is just a paltry percentage of what goes to our counties. Kisumu County, for example, receives over Ksh11 billion straight from the national Government every year. If we juxtapose that with the only Ksh1 billion that goes to NG-CDF, at the end of the day, NG-CDF sponsors more projects to completion than the Ksh11 billion that we cannot really write home about. I do not know about other counties, but, I think, the story is the same.

If it were the NG-CDF getting Ksh11 billion at the end of a year, spread across our seven constituencies, we will be a model. Our constituencies will be the best in the world. With Ksh1 billion of NG-CDF for Kisumu County, we can count millions and millions of projects that impact positively on the lives of many. That includes bursaries that target low-income families. The bursaries have helped plug children in schools without which many would be falling by the wayside. Therefore, even as we give more monies to counties, we also have to ask them to wake up, smell the coffee and do what is right.

There has been an incremental desire and appetite for more monies We know about the Equalisation Fund which was meant to bring at par counties that were considered very low, for instance, the North Eastern Region counties. Governors went to court and stalled Equalisation Fund for 10 years. For 10 years, it was a fight between who controls the Equalisation Fund. Whereas it was common knowledge that the Equalisation Fund was to be superintended by the national Government, counties went to court so that they could have absolute control over the funds. It took 10 years for courts to decide on the matter. At the end of the day, counties lost, and the money now has just been disbursed to the counties that need it. We ought to ask ourselves what we would have achieved in the intervening 10 years when the matter was before our courts of law.

To add to that, there is the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) which is under contestation by the same governors. Governors have a huge appetite for finances. When they hear of any monies going anywhere, they rush to court so that they can control it. If we had projects that are worth talking about in counties, that would be a different ballgame. But here is a situation where there is no project we can really talk about in our counties, but any time they hear of any monies, they rush to court so that the money can be classified as a devolved fund under devolved functions.

How long do you need to conclude?

I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

How long do you need to conclude?

Two minutes.

Grant Hon. Jared Okello two minutes.

I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We need financial prudence and probity in the way we use our monies. Otherwise, left unchecked, we will lose a lot of money as a nation.

Senators drag governors to come and appear before them. We can see from their interrogation that monies are lost. But what then happens after they leave the Senate? The matter dies. I would have expected that there are certain very stringent recommendations made up to and including inviting the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to take up the matter so that the few crooked individuals, who are out to mess up our funds, are taken before a court of law, charged and languish in jails. Money gets lost according to records, and figures never lie, but these people go to the Senate and are cleansed and it becomes a common business of the day. So, we need to step up our efforts as a country if we really are interested in developing this nation so that funds that are meant to help our people are plugged inside the people's agenda.

As I conclude, I do not know why the formula through which NG-CDF is working was never considered for governors. The NG-CDF money goes straight to what it is budgeted for. You cannot deviate from it. Even if you have to make changes, you have to write a million letters to the NG-CDF Board, which must sit severally to come up with a decision to grant you permission to tinker with the project scope. If we have that also apply to our counties, we would have a rapid flight towards economic growth as a nation, and we would be very far at the end of the day.

Hon. Members, our attention has been drawn to the presence of students from various institutions of learning from across Kenya. We have, in the Public Gallery, Rero Boys National School, Rangwe Constituency, the great Homa Bay County. In the Speaker's Gallery, we have students and teachers from Ogande Girls National School, Homa Bay Town Constituency, which I am privileged to lead, in Homa Bay County. All the students, the teachers, and the school community leading them to the House are welcome to observe the proceedings of the National Assembly. We are at the Second Reading of a Bill concerning some additional allocations to the counties.

Hon. KJ, what is out of order?

Hon. Speaker, it so happens that this most amazing school from your constituency comes to Parliament when you are in the seat, and you are leading the proceedings of Parliament. I wanted to request, if I could, on your behalf, welcome the amazing students from Orero Boys National School and Ogande Girls National School. As I said, they have come to Parliament on a very special afternoon where they get to know that their representative in Parliament is not only an elected Member of Parliament, he

Thank you, Hon. John Kiarie. Before we joined Parliament, you were leading a team that was called Redykyulass and you have done very well. I would have not been forgiven if I did not allow you to recognise both Orero Boys’ High School and Ogande Girls National School. Thank you for those compliments. When my sons and daughters from Homa Bay County, who are still learning, are in the Galleries, there is also another person I am seeing among them there who is called Susan Kaluma, a law student. I do not know when she joined Ogande Girls’ High School because she is a law student. She is also welcome to the House, and indeed the entire team coming with her. There being no more interest in the Motion…

I cannot notice you. Is that Hon. Pauline Lenguris? Please make your contributions. It appears there is a problem with the digital system. I am not able to see you on the screen.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill. Let me first thank the Committee, led by the Hon. Chairman who is present here, for bringing up this Bill that will ensure there are additional resources to our counties. I

Hon. Mary Emaase.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. The County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2026, is very important because it seeks to provide additional funds to county governments. These funds comprise the national Government's share of revenue, drawn from the Consolidated Fund, as well as loans and grants from development partners. This is premised on Articles 190 and 202(2) of the Constitution. It is also based on the agreement reached between the National Assembly and the Senate during the Budget Policy Statement process that funds be transferred to county governments to support transferred functions.

Having said that, it is important that Kenyans understand what this Bill is all about. There are conditional funds transferred from the national Government. These include funds for Community Health Promoters, the construction of county headquarters, and County Aggregation and Industrial Parks being built across the country. There are also funds for the administration of county housing committees dealing with affordable housing matters, as well as funds for UHC workers' salaries. In addition, funds will be sent to the County Government of Meru to pay arbitral awards that have been granted.

Under unconditional funds, county governments will receive court fines. They will also receive additional funds in the form of mineral royalties, as provided under Section 183(5)(b) of the Minerals Act. All these are additional funds that will be sent to the county governments. Under conditional funds, I have mentioned loans and grants. We have loans from the World Bank, German Development Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

All these funds are meant to support development functions in the county governments in various sectors: climate resilience, agricultural value chain development projects, health projects to support health function in the county governments, urbanisation and urban roads within our towns. There is also money for livestock commercialisation. There are a number of development functions being supported within the county governments.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the question we, as leaders, are asking is on accountability and transparency in the administration of these resources. I sit in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) where we oversee public institutions. There is a county that was given money for urbanisation and roads, but it used it to pay salaries. When you look at some counties, you cannot find anything on agricultural value addition in the value chain.

I suggest that, in future, county governments should submit budgets with the specific projects they will undertake using this money, so that there is an audit trail. This money should also be ring-fenced around those projects. This will ensure that once money is sent for urbanisation, it is meant to improve roads within the towns in our county governments. That

Hon. Makilap.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. First and foremost, I rise to support the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No. 8 of 2026).

Kenyans watching us in Parliament should understand that this House is appropriating additional money to counties. This means that other than the money that has already been allocated to county governments under County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), this House and the national Government are giving resources to our county governments to perform specific functions and run programmes that benefit the people.

As my colleagues have elaborated on this matter, county governments are given money to confirm and convert UHC health workers to permanent and pensionable terms. This group of workers provides primary healthcare services to the citizens of this country wherever they are. They are spread across the country. Therefore, we shall not have the ugly incidences of UHC workers going on strike every now and then, paralysing primary healthcare services in our county governments.

We also have unconditional grants from the proceeds of minerals. I can see my county will receive little amount of money, even less than West Pokot County. It means that West Pokot is now becoming a mining county. Baringo County has huge potential, but the Governor and his team are not utilising this potential, so that they can compete with small counties like West Pokot.

Under this County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No. 8 of 2026), it is necessary to have accountability and proper usage of the programmes that will be funded using this money. Baringo County will receive over Ksh1 billion in these additional funds. If you add that to another Ksh8 billion, it comes to around Ksh10 billion. This County has only six constituencies. The total allocation for all the constituencies, on average, through the NG-CDF is less than Ksh1 billion. Today, if you go to those counties, it is these little monies, around Ksh180 million, Ksh170 million, or Ksh200 million, that are visible. Schools that are well built are funded by NG-CDF. Roads that have been well constructed are funded by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). Programmes, including bursaries being distributed, are funded by the national Government.

Take my county, for example. If we were to subdivide the Ksh10 billion that goes to Baringo County, every constituency would get about Ksh2 billion in a financial year, and it would do wonders. So, we must have the county assemblies conduct proper oversight and hold governors to account, rather than allowing the Senate to oversee them every now and then, to the extent that it appears as though the assemblies are not doing their job.

In fact, the Senate has literally overrun the county assemblies in this country and is performing functions that the county assemblies themselves should be performing. Programmes under the Kenya Livestock Commercialisation Project (KeLCoP) and other donor-funded initiatives are financed through loans that Kenyans will eventually repay. We

The Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee will now reply.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I reply, let me also take this opportunity to welcome our students from Ogande Girls High School as well as Orero Boys High School. It is important to note that these are our top schools from the Nyanza region. They are schools that continue to produce global citizens, global professionals and global leaders. I host Ng’iya Girls High School in my constituency, also a top school just like Ogande Girls and Orero Boys. I am proud of the students from these two schools. If you look at the performance of these schools in the recent past, they are top schools. They perform very well. They are always in the top 10 or top 20 nationally. Therefore, their presence here in Parliament is something that we all celebrate. I believe that they have taken time to learn and understand how Parliament operates because this is part of what I call civic education.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks, I also thank Members for their full support for this Bill and to our Report. I really have nothing to add except to request that I be given an opportunity to reply.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I reply.

Thank you, Hon. Atandi. (Question put and agreed to) (The Bill was read a Second Time and committed to Committee of the whole House)

Do you have any interest in this particular Motion? Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal, you are recognised to make your contribution.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. May I also take this opportunity to welcome and appreciate the two great schools from the Nyanza region that are in the House. I call upon the students to use this opportunity to change something in their lives. Change something in the way you see yourselves growing and change something in your personality. It is only then that this visit will be of value to you. We appreciate these two schools.

This Motion is a Report of the Committee on Implementation on the implementation status of reports on petitions and resolutions passed by the House. I take this opportunity just to emphasise the value of petitions. This is a constitutional right that every Kenyan citizen, whether as an individual or as a group have to petition this House on any matter whatsoever that they feel action should be taken. Individuals have the right to do that. Groups also have the right to do that. Even proxies, that is, somebody else who feels something should be done even for the welfare of a totally different group, can petition. This is the only process that allows members of the public to involve this House in problems that they need to solve. It is, therefore, important that when reports are written from these petitions, they should make a difference. Once the Public Petitions Committee considers the petitions, they are sent directly to the petitioners or the relevant State Department. In some cases, they are discussed in the plenary in this House. The most important is the one that goes to the Committee on Implementation.

This Report has observations. The implementation of most resolutions passed by the House requires financial obligations. In the second observation, no adequate budget has been allocated to ministries and state departments to implement these recommendations. The committee’s recommendations need to be specific, measurable, and achievable. In other words, they should be smart. The Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning should allocate funds to implement the committee’s recommendations. Government agencies and state departments should incorporate this in their plans.

Members of the public and groups take their time, do their research, and bring issues they want us to address. The Public Petitions Committee reviews them and provides us with the report. We are aware that these reports are often not acted upon, which is a great disappointment to the people who bring these Petitions before us. We must create a process and framework that makes it mandatory for recommendations made by this Committee to be incorporated in the budget process and work plans, and then implemented. Should Government agencies fail to implement them, we must have a framework of sanctions for those who do not. If we do that, then this Committee will have the teeth that it deserves to deliver for the people who bring Petitions before us.

With those few remarks, I support the Report of this Committee.

Mhe. Bady ametambuliwa.

Asante sana, Mheshimiwa Spika wa Muda. Nachukua nafasi hii kukushukuru sana kwa kunipa nafasi wakati huu kuunga mkono Ripoti hii ya Public Petitions Committee na mapendekezo yaliyopitishwa.

Kabla niendelee zaidi, ningependa kuwatambua wasichana wetu wa Ogande Girls’ High School kutoka Homa Bay. Hii ni shule ambayo Mama Aida Odinga alisomea. Kesho saa nne, atakuwa pale Miritini katika Eneo Bunge langu. Amealikwa na Gavana Abdullswamad Sherrif Nassir kuanzisha a state-of-the-art, Early Child Education (ECD) Centre, ambayo ilianzishwa na marehemu Raila Amolo Odinga. Kesho, Mama ndiye anakuja kufungua. Nataka kuchukua nafasi hii kumuombea Mhe. Raila Amolo Odinga kwa sababu tungependa sana, sisi watu wa Jomvu, kuona kile alichokianza kuwa kesho amekuja kufungua.

Lakini Mama Ida atakuja. Mimi nina hakika. Mama wetu mpendwa ataweza kushikilia yale maendeleo na ile nyayo ambayo Mzee Raila Amolo Odinga alianzisha. Na tukiangalia yule Mama katika kupindishwa, kwa Kiswahili; yaani to be molded, kwa Kizungu; alipindwa hapa shule ambayo inaitwa Ogande Girls’. Hii ni shule ambayo Mhe. Kaluma, nataka tukienda recess wakati huu wa sasa baada ya mwezi moja, najitolea unipeleke nikaitembele. Ili pengine nione akina Ida Odinga wengine ambao watatoka katika shule hii pia waongoze hapa nchini.

Nataka kuambia wasichana wetu kuwa kila kitu cha wezekana. Nachukua fursa hii ili kuwapatia nasaha ya kuwaambia nawapatia moyo. Kwa sababu, huyu ambaye amesimama hapa mbele yenu ni kijana anayetoka katika familia maskini. Babangu mimi alikuwa just a Clinical Doctor akidunga watu sindano na kupeana madawa. Lakini, hakuna aliyedhani kama mtoto wake mimi leo nitakuwa Mbunge katika Bunge la Kenya. Nawapatia nguvu hiyo ya kuwaambia kila kitu kinawezekana. Maishani mwangu mwaka 2007 mpaka 2013 nilikuwa Diwani ambaye siku hizi anaitwa Member of County Assembly (MCA). Mwaka 2013 nikateuliwa Mbunge na pia mwaka wa 2017. Mwaka wa 2022, nikachaguliwa Mbunge na kule kwetu Jomvu tunasema mpango mzima ni Fotam Bila Break. 2027 nitarudi hapa, tutakuja onana vizuri. Naona Mhe. Pkosing anacheka sana.

Kwa hivyo, nataka niseme siku hii ya leo, mpango huu mzima ni muhimu sana kwa sababu katika Bunge la 12, nilileta Petition hapa ya Owino-Uhuru ambayo iliamuliwa na kortini walipwe Ksh2 bilioni ambao ni Ksh1.3 bilioni compesation halafu Ksh700 milioni ilikuwa ni compensation ya clean-up ya iyo sehemu ya hapo. Jambo hilo halijafanyika mpaka leo. Bajeti hiyo haiko mpaka leo. Kuna Mzee Ogola ambaye mpaka leo ako kitandani, anakufa akingoja compensation. Leo hii, nakumbuka aliyekuwa Spika, Justin Muturi alipigana akasema kwa lazima tulipwe. Mpaka leo, watu wa Owino-Uhuru hawajalipwa.

Vile vile kuna petition ya barabara ya Jitoni. Imepitishwa barabara itengenezwe. Hata wewe wajua niliweza kuraise jambo hili pale Mariakani tukiwa na Rais William Samoei Ruto. Kwa hivyo, mimi nataka kusema hapa Bunge kwamba Public Petitions Committee, makadirio yote yanayoletwa ni muhimu yaweze kutekelezwa kwa sababu wananchi kule nje wanaona tunasema mambo ambayo hayawi.

Mhe. Spika wa Muda, kwa hayo, nakushukuru kwa kunipa nafasi hii. Asante sana.

Asante sana. The Committee on Implementation should take up the matter of the road you discussed with the President in my presence. Do we have any other Members interested in contributing to this Motion? (Hon. Bady Twalib raised his hand) No, Hon. Bady Bady. You cannot contribute again. Those are the procedures of the House. There being no more interests, the Mover is called upon to reply. Is the Chairperson of the Committee on Implementation in the House? Being that he is not in, he will be called upon to reply as and when this particular business is scheduled for further deliberations by the House.

The leader of the delegation to move. Who was to move this Motion? Again, the Mover is absent. This is the last time we are postponing consideration of this business. The next time it comes before me, it will be dropped from the business of the House completely.

Next Order.

Chairperson, Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy, to move.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I really appreciate the opportunity you have given me. I have waited for it for the last two weeks. But as you said, Parliament has a schedule.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy on its examination of the audited financial statements of selected State corporations in the roads and transport sector. As I move this Report on the transport sector, I wish to state that, as a Committee, we agreed to examine the books on a sector-by-sector basis. Today, I have the opportunity to move the report on the roads and transport sector. The report I tabled last time, and the one I have here, comprise 430 pages. It covers the following agencies for which I ask the House to agree with our recommendations:

You are recognised to second.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second my chairman on the third report of the Public Investments Committee on Commercial- Affairs and Energy. This is a very crucial committee that takes its time and does its work seriously. After deliberation, thorough investigation, and review of all queries brought before us, we identified two sets of queries that are general to all departments and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) that presented their reports before us.

One of the queries that always comes before the committee is the pending bills, whether regarding roads, the KPA, or the KCAA. All of them have pending bills. They are becoming a monster in this country, where contractors and people who do business with Kenya are left with a burden, and nobody cares. An example is KeRRA. The Authority’s accumulated pending bills were disrupting its operations and expenditure. The committee noted that the interest alone on delayed payments for this Authority amounts to Ksh 66 billion. This money would have gone toward health care services, education, or other critical infrastructure in this country. One entity paying Ksh 66 billion in penalties is no joke. This country needs to wake up, and this House must work hard to ensure there are no pending bills.

Secondly, the Committee also observed the issue of land. All these entities lack ownership documents for their properties. You will find that some of their office headquarters have no ownership documents, are in litigation, or are in court fighting to recover or gain legal ownership of those documents. This is a very serious issue for all departments. Every department presented that kind of query before the Committee.

The third issue is the KCA matter. The Committee noted a gap in the collection and management of air passenger service charges. The Committee was informed that the funds are collected by the KRA rather than by the KCA. The infrastructure is under the KAA, while KRA collects the funds. KCAA undertakes monthly reconciliations of air passenger service charge revenue to determine the amount receivable, but lacks full visibility into the actual allocation. This is an issue. One cannot account for something that has not been collected. Either the infrastructure shall be managed entirely by KRA, or the management and collection of the revenue should fall under KCAA. This mix-up is creating numerous queries with the auditors and problems for KCAA.

In conclusion, the Committee recommends an enhanced, integrated plan and collaboration between the NLC and relevant transport entities to streamline bureaucratic processes and speed up the processing of title deeds. Coordination between the two entities will help minimise litigation, blockages, and overcome legal hurdles. These two entities are government-owned; nothing prevents them from working together to find an amicable solution to issues involving Government land. We are not discussing private land but Government land, some of which is under investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for being grabbed by individuals.

With those remarks, I second the report. Thank you.

On a point of order.

What is out of order, Hon. Oscar Nabulindo?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the debate be adjourned. Thank you.

Hon. Members, Hon. Oscar Nabulindo, standing under Standing Order 96, has asked that the debate relevant to this Motion be now adjourned.

(Question, that the debate be now adjourned, put and agreed to) (Debate on Motion adjourned) So, the debate on that Motion is adjourned to such future date as it shall be scheduled for the House's consideration by the House Business Committee.

Next Order.

Hon. Members, for the convenience of the House, Orders No. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 will be stepped down for the House’s consideration and deliberations when they will be next scheduled for debate by the House Business Committee.

(Orders No. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 deferred)

Be upstanding. (A Member spoke off the record) You cannot raise a point of order when the Speaker is on his feet. Hon. Members, the time being 6.51 p.m., this House stands adjourned until Tuesday, 4th August 2026, at 2.30 p.m. (The House rose at 6.51 p.m.)