THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT

Fifth Session

Tuesday, 15th September, 2026 at 2.30 p.m.

PARLIAMENT OF KENYA

The House met at the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, at 2.30 p.m.

PRAYER

DETERMINATION OF QUORUM AT COMMENCEMENT OF SITTING

PAPERS LAID

REPORT ON CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE KENYA SIGN LANGUAGE BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.9 OF 2023)

Report of the Standing Committee on Education on its consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Kenya Sign Language Bill (Senate Bills No. 9 of 2023).

THE TEA (LEVY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2025 (LEGAL NOTICE NO.148 OF 2026)

THE SUGAR (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 2025 (LEGAL NOTICE NO. 167 OF 2025)

Two, the Sugar (General) Regulations, 2025 (Legal Notice No. 167 of 2025.

THE SUGAR (IMPORTS AND EXPORTS) REGULATIONS, 2025 (LEGAL NOTICE NO.168 OF 2025)

Finally, the Sugar (Imports and Exports) Regulations, 2025 (Legal Notice No. 168 of 2025)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I have laid the statements on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader.

REPORT ON RECRUITMENT OF THE FEMALE NON-MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSION

Report of the Parliamentary Service Commission on the Recruitment of the Female Non-Member of Parliament Commissioner of the Parliamentary Service Commission.

Chairperson on the Members' Welfare Committee of the Parliamentary Service Commission.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

RECRUITMENT OF THE FEMALE NON-MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSION

Pursuant to Section 8(i) of the said Act and Standing Order No.77(iii), the Committee has 14 days from today to consider this matter and report to the Senate on the suitability of the candidate for appointment to the Parliamentary Service Commission.

(The Report was committed to the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights) I thank you. Next Order, Clerk.

QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

STATEMENTS

ALLOCATION OF LAND AT MBUGUNI SETTLEMENT SCHEME

1. (1) The status of the initial survey and allocation of parcels within the scheme, including survey records, allocation registers and the criteria used to identify and select beneficiaries.
2. (2) The number and causes of double allocations and allotment letters inconsistent with actual occupation, together with corrective measures being undertaken.
3. (3) The nature and extent of discrepancies between the acreage and survey records or allotment letters and the physical land occupied by residents on the ground.
4. (4) The measures taken by relevant Government agencies to verify rightful beneficiaries, resolve disputes and establish accessible redress mechanisms for affected residents without disenfranchisement.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your kind permission, I have two more Statements, perhaps, I can read them.

COMPENSATION TO LAND OWNERS AFFECTED BY ESTABLISHMENT OF SHANGIA-MARIAKANI KETRACO POWER SUBSTATION

1. (1) The list of land owners and beneficiaries used by the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) for compensation of persons affected by the establishment of the Shangia Mariakani power substation, including parcel numbers, names and amounts payable to each beneficiary.
2. (2) The source and verification process of the list of beneficiaries, identifying the Government agencies or officials responsible for preparing, approving and authenticating ownership records.
3. (3) The total amount disbursed by KETRACO as compensation, with details of payments, debts, recipients and respective amounts paid.
4. (4) The number of genuine land owners yet to be compensated, the amounts due, reasons for non-payments and the measures by KETRACO and relevant Government agencies to recover funds wrongly paid and ensure full compensation of legitimate beneficiaries.

EFFECTS OF DREDGING AND SAND HARVESTING IN KINANGO CONSTITUENCY

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on a matter of county-wide concern regarding environmental degradation and pollution arising from

dredging and sand harvesting activities in Dzisuhuni village, Lutsangani, and Dzivani villages in Tsunza, Kinango Constituency, Kwale County.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the activities have resulted in degradation of land and water sources, increased dirt and sedimentation, destruction of vegetation and alteration of the natural environment. Residents have also reported an increase in illnesses among children, which they associate with exposure to the polluted environment and contaminated water sources.

In this Statement, the Committee should address the following-

1. (1) The extent of environmental degradation and pollution arising from the dredging and sand harvesting activities, including the impact on land, vegetation, water causes and water sources.
2. (2) The legality and regulation of the activities, including the licensing permits, environmental approvals required, compliance with the conditions and the monitoring and enforcement measures undertaken by relevant authorities.
3. (3) The reported health and safety risks to residents, particularly children, including the safety and quality of affected water sources, and any assessments undertaken to establish a possible link between the reported illnesses and environmental pollution.
4. (4) The involvement and concerns of affected communities, including their participation in the approval and licensing processes and the action taken by relevant authorities in response to complaints raised by residents.
5. (5) The measures in place to protect affected communities and restore the environment, including enforcement against unlawful activities, rehabilitation of degraded land and water sources, and immediate and long-term remedial measures.

I thank you.

IMPLEMENTATION OF PLASTIC POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES

adopted to initiate negotiations for an international legally binding instrument, addressing plastic pollution across its entire life cycle.

In the Statement, the committee should address the following-

1. (1) Implementation and effectiveness of the 2017 single-use plastic carrier bag ban, including compliance levels, enforcement measures, challenges encountered and its environment impact since implementation.
2. (2) Kenya’s policy and regulatory framework for plastics, including measures governing single-use plastics, plastic packaging, extended producer responsibility (EPR), collection, recycle and disposal, and the extent to which the measures address plastic pollution beyond carrier bags.
3. (3) Kenya's position in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, particularly on primary or virgin plastic production, chemicals of concern, product design, waste management and financing, and the implication of the failure to conclude the Treaty of Kenya's domestic policy, legislative and regulatory agenda.
4. (4) Measures to address emerging sources of plastic pollution, including problematic or unnecessary single-use plastics, microplastics and other plastic products not covered by the 2017 ban, and whether additional legislative or regulatory measures are proposed.
5. (5) The Government's roadmap for comprehensive plastics management, including proposed legislative and regulatory reforms, measurable targets and the implementation timelines for reducing plastic pollution and strengthening Kenya's leadership in addressing the plastic crisis.

I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

PAYROLL VERIFICATION AND SALARY PAYMENT CHANGES IN KISUMU COUNTY

(Statement dropped) The Senator for Tharaka-Nithi County, Sen. Mwenda Gataya, please proceed.

MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD PEACE AND SECURITY DURING THE 2027 GENERAL ELECTION

1. (1) The established mechanisms to facilitate early detection of threats to national cohesion, peace and security in the period leading up to 2027 General Elections, including information on any planned reforms to strengthen the systems.
2. (2) Look at the measures in place to facilitate, prompt arrests and prosecution of financiers and perpetrators of violence and hate speech.
3. (3) Look at the proactive steps being taken to promote national cohesion, peace and security, including details on any related initiatives undertaken in conjunction with county governments, faith-based institutions, civil society and youth networks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

UJENZI WA UWANJA WA GOLF, KOLONGONI, KAUNTI YA KILIFI

The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Madzayo): Mheshimiwa Spika, nasimama kwa mujibu wa aya ya 52(1) ya Kanuni za Kudumu za Seneti, kuomba kauli kuhusu mpango wa ujenzi wa uwanja wa golf katika eneo la Kolongoni, Kaunti ya Kilifi.

Uwanja huu unaoitwa Tsavo Golf Course unatarajiwa kuimarisha utalii na huduma za ukarimu katika Kaunti ya Kilifi. Mbali na uwanja wa golf wa mashimo kumi na nane, mradi huu wa ujenzi utajumuisha hoteli na maeneo ya kambi, kituo cha michezo, idara ya kuogelea, viwanja vya tenisi, kituo cha utamaduni pamoja na huduma zingine za kijamii.

Mradi huu ulio karibu na hifadhi ya kitaifa ya Tsavo na pia ufuo wa pwani, unatoa fursa ya kipekee kwa kukuza utalii wa ndani na wa kimataifa kwa kuunganisha utalii wa michezo, utalii wa wanyamapori na utalii katika pwani.

Ningependa kupongeza hasa jamii ya maeneo hayo kwa ushirikiano na washiriki wao katika mradi huo. Kando na faida kwa nchi nzima, mradi huu una uwezo mkubwa zaidi wa kuunda nafasi za ajira kwa wakazi, kukuza ushiriki wa vijana katika michezo na kuchangia pakubwa katika maendeleo ya kiuchumi wa eneo hilo.

Mwisho, tunatoa wito kwa Serikali ya kitaifa, Serikali ya kaunti ya Kilifi na wadau husika kuunga mkono uwekezaji wa aina hii ambao una uwezo wa kubadilisha maisha ya jamii, kuunda ajira na kuweka Kaunti ya Kilifi katika nafasi yake ya kuongoza katika sekta ya michezo na utalii.

MGOGORO WA ARDHI WA JUMBA RUINS, KAUNTI YA KILIFI

Bwana Spika, nasimama kwa mujibu wa Kanuni za Kudumu za Seneti 53(1) kuomba Kauli kutoka kwa Kamati ya Ardhi, Mazingira na Maliasili kuhusu mgogoro wa ardhi unaoathiri takriban familia sitini zinazoishi katika eneo la Juba Ruins, wadi ya Shimo la Tewa, eneo Bunge la Kilifi Kusini katika kaunti yetu ya Kilifi.

Familia hizi ambazo zimedai kuishi kwa muda mrefu katika kipande hicho cha ardhi cha takriban ekari tano, zinakabiliwa na vitisho, unyanyasaji, kukamatwa kiholela na kubomolewa kwa mali yao na watu wanaodai umiliki wa ardhi hiyo.

Hali hii imezua wasiwasi mkubwa kuhusu haki za umiliki, usalama wa wakaazi na wajibu wa taasisi husika katika kulinda wananchi.

Katika kauli hiyo, kamati izingatie yafuatayo-

1. (1) Chanzo cha hali ya sasa ya migogoro hii ya ardhi ikijumuia historia ya umiliki wa ardhi hiyo na mazingira yanayosababisha familia hizo kuishi katika eneo hilo.
2. (2) Madai ya vitisho, unyanyasaji, kukamatwa kwa wakaazi na kubomolewa kwa mali yao pamoja na watu au taasisi zinazodaiwa kuhusika katika matukio hayo.
3. (3) Jukumu la Huduma ya Kitaifa ya Polisi na vyombo vingine vya usalama katika kulinda usalama, haki na mali ya wakaazi walioathirika.
4. (4) Hatua zitakazochukuliwa na Tume ya Kitaifa ya Ardhi, Wizara ya Ardhi, Kazi za Umma, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Miji na taasisi nyingine husika kutatua mgogoro huo wa ardhi na kuhakikisha kwamba familia zinazoathirika zinafahidiwa.

COMPENSATION AND RESTORATION OF LIVELIHOODS FOR VICTIMS OF INSECURITY IN TURKANA COUNTY

(Statement dropped)

KUJENGWA KWA ENEO MAALUM LA KIUCHUMI KATIKA KAUNTI YA MOMBASA

Mnamo siku ya Jumapili tarehe nane mwezi wa Septemba, kulikuwa na sherehe katika Ikulu, jijini Nairobi, ambapo Mheshimiwa Rais Dkt. William Samoei Ruto alishuhudia kuwekwa sahini kwa mkataba baina ya Kaunti ya Mombasa, Gulf Cap Group na DP World kuhusu kujengwa kwa eneo maalum la kiuchumi katika eneo la Miritini katika Kaunti ya Mombasa.

Mheshimiwa Spika, ujenzi huo wa eneo hilo maalum utafanyika katika ekari 595 hapo Miritini, na litakapokamilika eneo hilo linatarajiwa kutoa nafasi za ajira kwa takriban watu elfu kumi pamoja na kukuza biashara, ubadilishaji wa teknolojia na upanuzi wa masoko, sio kwa Mombasa pekee, lakini kwa Kenya nzima kwa jumla na Afrika.

DP World ni wawekezaji wenye tajiriba kubwa ulimwenguni na kuwekeza kwao hapa Kenya, kutaipa nchi sifa kubwa kimataifa na kutachangia wawekezaji wengine ulimwenguni kuja Kenya kuwekeza na kuchangia uchumi wa Kenya.

Kwa watu wa Mombasa, huo ndio uwekezaji mkubwa kabisa kufanyika katika kaunti yao. Ikikumbukwa kwamba DP World watawekeza takriban Shilingi bilioni 12. Vijana wetu watapata ajira, mafunzo kuhusu biashara na teknolojia. Fursa hiyo wataipata hapa Kenya bila kusafiri. Hata hivyo, ni muhimu kwa wakazi wa Mombasa kuhusishwa katika maamuzi yanayofanywa kuhusu mradi huu.

Kwanza kabisa, Kaunti ingeweka wazi mkataba baina yake na Gulf Cap Group ikikumbuka kwamba ardhi itakayotumika ni ardhi ya Kaunti ya Mombasa na siyo rasilimali ya umma. Kaunti ya Mombasa inafaa iweke mikakati ya kuwaelimisha vijana katika kaunti hiyo ili kuwatayarisha kwa ajira inayokuja. Itahitajika Kaunti ya Mombasa iongeze fedha katika vyuo vyake vya mafunzo vya ufundi na kuwafadhili vijana wengine wengi wanaoweza kujiunga na vyuo hivyo ili kupata mafunzo ya kufaa.

Ningeomba serikali ya Kitaifa kuwekeza katika miundo mbinu katika eneo la Miritini na kuboresha mazingira ili kuvutia wawekezaji zaidi. Ijapopokuwa barabara ya Mombasa kuelekea Nairobi kwa sasa inafanyiwa urekebisho, hali ya msongamano wa magari inazidi kuwa mbaya kila siku. Uhaba wa maji na kupotea mara kwa mara kwa nguvu za umeme pia ni mambo muhimu yanayofaa kushughulikiwa kwani viwanda haviwezi kufanya kazi, kwa ufanisi kukiwa na changamoto kama hizi.

Although, there are sufficient laws to deal with this matter, at times it lacks political goodwill. It has been reasoned that some of these people who attack others begin as supporters. If this matter goes unaddressed totally, it can become very chaotic if you are dealing with large crowds.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. Sifuna for having large crowds and making sure that nothing goes wrong other than complaints here and there.

charged with this Statement will be able to give the country some light at the end of the darkness we are seeing.

We have institutions in this country that are supposed to handle issues of hate speech and incitement to violence. I have been very disappointed by the conduct of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) because since our incident in Homa Bay when leaders who are known, publicly spoke out, inciting members of public to violence--- They actually carried out very vicious attacks on us. We lost many lives and many people were injured and property was destroyed. I have not seen those people being brought to book. It is that impunity that breeds further impunity that we saw in Garissa with the leader of the Wiper Democratic Movement.

Secondly, we have very senior people in this country undermining the confidence of Kenyans in the electoral process, making pronouncements to the effect that, if the incumbent’s votes are not enough, they will tick the boxes. Recently, another one said that even the dead will vote in the elections. The most disappointing thing is that the leadership of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has not said anything in terms of distancing themselves from the pronouncements of their Secretary General.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I commend the Prime Cabinet Secretary because he is the only senior person in Government we have heard attempting to condemn the Secretary General of UDA. The problem with Hon. Musalia is that he cannot find strong words. We want the pronouncement by the Secretary General to be condemned in the strongest words possible, and we are looking at the leadership of UDA to do that.

On the issue of goods from Homa Bay to Garissa, this matter has been canvassed in the public and if we do not do something about it, then we are not going to have a peaceful election. I would like to commend the police command in Nairobi because on Sunday, we saw that when the police decide to provide security for an event, they can do it.

We were provided security all the way from All Saints Cathedral to all the roads we passed on. There were no incidents of looting or violence. It was a jamboree and a party. I am sure the Speaker followed because we were live on all platforms.

elsewhere other than where the rally event was happening, but we are hoping that investigations will be done properly for use to find out what happened to those two souls.

mradi wa KETRACO pekee, kuna mradi wa Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) ambapo wananchi wa Taita Taveta wanalia kwa kutolipwa fidia.

Mheshimiwa Spika, tulipitisha sheria mwaka wa 2019 inayoitwa, “Land Value (Amendment) Index Act, 2019”, inayoelekeza jinsi fidia inafaa kulipwa. La kushangaza ni kwamba sheria hii haijafuatwa vizuri. Kipengele cha 5(1)(c) cha sheria hii, na uniruhusu nisome kwa kimombo, kinasema kwamba-

“Compensation relating to compulsory acquisition shall not be paid to a public body unless there is demonstrable inference that the land was purchased and developed by that body.” Kuna shamba iliyochukuliwa na Idara ya Magereza ya Kenya. La kushangaza ni kwamba Idara ya Magereza ya Kenya ni idara ya serikali lakini walilipwa zaidi ya Shilingi Milioni 200. Huku ni kupoteza pesa kwani shamba lile lilikuwa la Ore kule Voi na Idara ya Magereza ya Kenya haikufanya maendeleo yoyote. Walilipwa fidia na saa hii wanajenga ukuta mkubwa na kuzuia wananchi waliokuwa wakilima kwa maeneo hayo tangu jadi.

Mheshimiwa Spika, pia mimi nitaleta kauli kama hiyo kuuliza kwa nini NLC walilipa fidia kwa Idara ya Magereza ya Kenya, kinyume na Kipengele 5(1)(d). Kwa hivyo, tutalivalia njuga suala hili kwa Kamati yetu inayoongozwa na Mstahiki Seneta wa Kaunti ya Mombasa, Seneta Mohamed Faki,---

what happened in Garissa and Embu. Security agencies should remain on high alert, so that every leader, including yourself, can host a public rally without the fear of goons.

In conclusion, it is so sad that even matatus travelling to the North Rift have been attacked in Naivasha between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. by goons, yet security agencies appear to treat this as normal. This is what escalates into unfortunate situation as we approach the 2027 General Elections.

I hope all relevant entities, the IEBC, security agencies and the political class will be on the lookout. Let us have a peaceful elections. We know President William Ruto will win, while those who lose will go home. Going home is not a death sentence; one can be voted out and still survive. You do not need to be elected.

I have heard colleagues blaming others, including the impeached former Deputy President, who previously referred to people as, “Nyoka and mayai yake”. Why are they not condemning both sides? I advise my colleagues to condemn both sides.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement and yield the microphone.

but he should not have been thrown out. For that sake, I want to withdraw the word “bribery”. However, Kenyans have heard what I have said.

I heard the Senator for Nairobi City give praise, for example, to the traffic police officers who aided them during their weekend activities in Nairobi. While that is commendable, I expected him, if he truly believes in the constitutionalism that he preaches, to call out the trail of goons that accompanied them during that rally. They kept on robbing citizens from the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) to as late as in the evening after the rally, where a young man by the name Joseph Omondi Shikuku, whom I know so well, was thrown off the bridge on the Donholm Roundabout and lost his life.

Those are the kind of things that we must be prepared for. They are true and difficult for us. However, as a leader, I must look at my supporters and tell them not everybody will support my political cause but they should not harm them. They should defend their right to disagree with me. That is not being done. We want to come here, cajole each other and say we are condemning this or the other. In fact, the IEBC must first tell each of us to---

Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Senator for Kitui County be heard in silence? Thank you.

These things are being done to leaders who occupy privileged positions in this country. If a rally or a political public engagement by the Deputy President of the Republic can be disrupted and people die, what will happen to rallies of people aspiring for smaller positions?

There is no justification as to why my party leader was attacked in Garissa. For what? What had he done? He had just gone to speak to people. My party leader---

(Sen. Wambua’s microphone was switched off)

My brother, Sen. Boni Khalwale, the distinguished Senator for Kakamega County---

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to simply disqualify anybody found culpable of sponsoring goonism; time is up for such candidates. We reject leaders causing this country to go towards bloodshed.

We cannot always be tilting on the edge of the precipice of destruction of a nation. It is time to call out and put a list of shame from IEBC offices. They must have a list of shame of all perpetrators of violence and every aspirant who has failed to abide by the code of conduct.

From the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHRC), we are fine-tuning amendments to the election laws, so that anyone found culpable of offences for breach of conduct---

(Sen. Veronica Maina’s microphone was switched off)

Bw. Naibu Spika, vilevile, tumesikia wengine wakisema kwamba watavotisha mpaka maiti. Hiyo ni lugha gani? Ni lugha ambayo inazungumzwa na wakuu wa vyama na wakuu serikalini katika nyadhifa kubwa kubwa. Ikiwa hakuna hatua itakayochukuliwa kutokana na lugha ya uchochezi inayotoka kwa viongozi serikalini, basi, huenda tukapoteza vijana wetu.

Huo ndio uwoga wangu kama mzazi, kwa sababu ni kweli sisi akina mama tuko kwenye siasa na tumejipanga lakini kupoteza vijana wetu ni hasara kubwa kwetu. Hilo ni jambo ambalo litatuletea hasara na hatuko tayari kuliendeleza. Tunataka hatua za dharura zichukuliwe na serikali ili kukomesha ujambazi ambao unachochewa na viongozi kwa vijana wetu. Huenda wakapoteza maisha yao katika siku za usoni. Tayari tumepoteza wengi na tunahofia kuendelea kupoteza vijana wetu tukielekea kwenye uchaguzi.

Asante, Bw. Naibu Spika.

taasisi na sioni suluhu ikipatikana kutokana na haya mawaidha yake. Kile ambacho hajui ni kwamba mambo hayo hayafanyiki kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa sheria. Watu ndio wamezembea katika kazi zao. Tukitaka kusuluhisha hii shida, lazima watu ambao wanahusika na mambo ya kuleta usalama wafanye kazi yao.

Pili, Seneta wa Kaunti ya Kilifi ameleta kauli kuhusu mgogoro wa ardhi ambao unaenea katika Jumba Ruins, Kilifi. Zaidi ya familia 60 wanaishi kwa hali ya sintofahamu. Hii ni kwa sababu wanavamiwa ili waondolewe pale. Hao watu wameishi katika hilo shamba la ekari tano na huwa wasumbuliwa. Hao hukamatwa kiholela na kutishwa. Kamati inayosimamiwa na Seneta wa Kaunti ya Mombasa inapaswa kushughulikia jambo hili ndiposa hawa watu ambao wanaishi katika hali tete waweze---

(Sen. Kinyua’s microphone was switched off)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was bad, and we do not want to go that direction. That is why it is important for the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and the IEBC to be on the lookout. In fact, I agree with what a Senator said earlier, that perhaps it is high time for the NCIC and IEBC to create a list of shame every week. We need to shame those politicians and leaders who are hiring goons, paying and misleading the youth. Even if the youth are unemployed, we should not misuse them. We should be using them positively, so that they can go to technical training institutes (TTIs), we take them to colleges and give them constructive work, not work to destroy the country, kill people and burn tyres.

As Sen. Asige has said, these politicians do not care about the lives of the youth. Theirs is just to achieve. Politics is not the end of life. If you lose, you lose. In 2007, I vied and lost, and life moved on. I moved on. So, let us be careful and not use the youth. I mean, you can do other things. So, please, Hon. Members, we should not be the ones to do that. We come back to this House every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and speak a lot. Then on Saturday and Sunday, we are the ones who are misusing the youth. We need to start shaming ourselves here. We should have a list of shame and tell the people, if you see any politician hiring the youth, moving around over the weekend with goons---

(Sen. Kisang’s microphone was switched off)

Oversight Authority (IPOA), the Inspector-General (IG) of Police more independent, but some of those institutions are being weaponised to bring war into this country.

I am so disappointed that we would even have a former commissioner of the KNCHR, Mr. Hassan Omar, take over the tools I had when I was in the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. For him---

(Sen. Mumma’s microphone was switched off)

commenting on a Statement. Given that there is almost consensus being built in the House this afternoon, that, no side is without sin on this matter, and we need to call ourselves to order as a political class, would I be in order, to use the brain of the Senior Counsel, a man who on many occasions, times without number, always rises to the occasions on matters such as this, to ask of him that he leads us, perhaps in forming a bipartisan committee through which we agree on the code of conduct for all of us, that will be binding to us as a political class, and we pass it in both Houses of Parliament? That is something that you would do, Sen. Okong’o Omogeni, for the good of your country, because I know you are passionate about this. That is what I wanted to propose to him.

political neutrality and respect the rule of law. What more do you want? When you find a Senator sponsoring goons working in his office, they go and attack another Senator who knows this law, what more does that Senator want?

I had the privilege of being hosted for lunch by former Speaker, hon. Ole Kaparo. Many of you never had the privilege of working under him. He was sending me to tell you, colleagues, please, there is a law in this country that prohibits all of us, including the Head of State, from participating in public---

meeting, so that we do not see the kind of things we saw in the meeting organised by the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.

They want to emulate; they want to become leaders of today, if not tomorrow. However, it is sad that some of us are trying to blame the government, when we are the ones instigating this political menace, fights and wars.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will speak as a Nairobi-nominated Senator. On Sunday, there was a rally at Jacaranda. As the leadership from broad-based in Nairobi, we said they have a right to conduct their rallies. That is why the leader of Linda Mwananchi, none other than Hon. Sifuna stated clearly that they had support from the security apparatus, the Commandant in Nairobi. He gave them escort. They had a beautiful meeting. There were no issues until there was a sad incident involving a young man. Those things should not be happening because---

(The Clerk-at-the Table consulted with the Deputy Speaker)

BILLS

First Readings

THE STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.11 OF 2026) THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT AND SAFETY AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.12 OF 2026)

(Order for the First Reading read- Read the First Time and ordered to the referred to the relevant Senate Committees) Next Order. (The Clerk-at-the Table consulted with the Deputy Speaker) Hon. Senators, I would like to reorganise the order of business. For Orders No. 10 and 11, we need the numbers to put the question. Then Orders No. 12, 13, 14 and 15 are Divisions. Therefore, those orders stand deferred.

Clerk, we will proceed with Order No. 16.

MOTION

ADOPTION OF REPORT ON ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY CHAIN

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Energy regarding alleged irregularities in the petroleum products supply chain, laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 14th July, 2026.

MOTION

ADOPTION OF REPORT ON HANDING OVER OF COOKING GAS HANDLING FACILITY TO A PRIVATE FIRM

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its inquiry regarding the handing over of a cooking gas handling facility, in Mombasa County, to a private firm, laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 14th July, 2026.

MOTION

ADOPTION OF REPORT ON THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NAIROBI CITY GOVERNMENT

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on the Cooperation Agreement between the national Government and the Nairobi City County Government laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 15th July, 2026.

MOTION

ADOPTION OF REPORT ON THE APPLICATION FOR CONFERMENT OF CITY STATUS TO THIKA MUNICIPALITY

THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on the conferment of City status to Thika Municipality, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 15th July, 2026 and, that pursuant to section 8 (6) of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, approves the conferment of City status to Thika Municipality.

MOTION

ADOPTION OF REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION ON TRAFFIC RULES AND NTSA REGULATIONS

THAT, the Senate adopts the Reports of the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the–

i) The Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 11 of 2026;

ii) The Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 13 of 2026); and

iii) The National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Vehicles) Regulations, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 14 of 2026); laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 10th June, 2026; and that pursuant to Section 18 of the Statutory Instruments Act, the Senate resolves to annul the Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 11 of 2026; the Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 13 of 2026); and the National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Vehicles) Regulations, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 14 of 2026).

BILL

Second Reading

THE STREET NAMING AND PROPERTY ADDRESSING SYSTEM BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.43 OF 2024)

(Bill deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

(Order for the Committee read)

IN THE COMMITTEE

CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BILL SENATE BILL NO.8 OF 2026

The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Wakili Sigei): Hon. Senators, we may resume our seats. We are in the Committee of the Whole to consider the National Assembly Amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No.8 of 2026).

Clerk, you may now proceed to call the relevant clauses. Clause 5

The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Wakili Sigei): Sen. Mariam, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, you may proceed to move.

1. (a) in sub-clause (2) by—
   1. (i) deleting paragraph (c); and (ii)deleting paragraph (f).
2. (b) in sub-clause (3) by—
3. (i) deleting the words “Column R” appearing in the opening statement and substituting therefor the words “Column S”; (ii) deleting paragraph (g); (iii) deleting the words “Column I” appearing in paragraph (h) and substituting therefor the words “Columns H and I”; (iv) deleting the words “Column J” appearing in paragraph (i) and substituting therefor the words “Columns J and K”;
4. (v) deleting the words “Column K” appearing in paragraph (j) and substituting therefor the words “Column L”; (vi) deleting the words “Column L” appearing in paragraph (k) and substituting therefor the words “Column M”; (vii) deleting the words “Column M” appearing in paragraph (l) and substituting therefor the words “Column N”;

(viii) deleting the words “Column N” appearing in paragraph (m) and substituting therefor the words “Column O”;

(ix) deleting the words “Column O” appearing in paragraph (n) and substituting therefor the words “Column P”;

1. (x) deleting the words “Column P” appearing in paragraph (o) and substituting therefor the words “Column Q”; (xi) deleting the words “Column Q” appearing in paragraph (p) and substituting therefor the words “Column R”;
2. (c) in sub-clause (4), by deleting the expression “subsection (3)(d) and (e)” appearing immediately after the words “allocations under” and substituting therefor the expression “subsection (3)(c) and (d)”
3. (d) in sub-clause (9), by deleting the expression “subsection (2)” appearing immediately after the words “allocations under” and substituting therefor the expression “subsections (1), (2) and (3)”
4. (e) in sub-clause (10), by deleting the expression “subsections (1) and (2)” appearing immediately after the words “allocations under” and substituting therefor the expression “subsections (1), (2) and (3)” (Question of the amendment proposed) Division will be at the end.

Second Schedule

The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Wakili Sigei): Sen. Mariam Omar, proceed to move on behalf of the Chairperson Standing Committee on Finance and Budget

SECOND SCHEDULE (S.5(2))

Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Revenue for the Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) SN County

FY 2025/26 FY 2026/27

Total Conditional Additional Allocations Community Health Promoters (CHP) Supplement for Construction of County Headquarters

1. 0.5% of Housing Levy Fund to the County Rural and Urban Affordable Housing Committees Transitioning Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Workers’ Salary to Permanent and Pensionable Terms Total Conditional Additional Allocations Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E F Baringo 335,060,940 63,810,000 - 7,787,057 230,098,965 301,696,022 Bomet 97,319,315 74,070,000 - 7,787,057 181,663,203 263,520,260 Bungoma 149,241,681 107,400,000 - 7,787,057 257,866,990 373,054,047 Busia 92,069,249 66,390,000 - 7,787,057 175,038,676 249,215,733 Elgeyo/Marakwet 54,872,639 37,200,000 - 7,787,057 283,485,809 328,472,866 Embu 95,088,853 60,300,000 - 7,787,057 241,766,294 309,853,351 Garissa 109,488,961 74,520,000 - 7,787,057 176,321,364 258,628,421 Homa Bay 117,026,873 88,620,000 - 7,787,057 195,759,831 292,166,888 Isiolo 94,765,505 21,630,000 156,710,000 7,787,057 202,028,087 388,155,144 Kajiado 345,552,740 50,070,000 - 7,787,057 157,832,557 215,689,614 Kakamega 224,017,599 127,500,000 - 7,787,057 248,171,190 383,458,247 Kericho 341,117,478 45,690,000 - 7,787,057 175,449,213 228,926,270 Kiambu 349,993,245 94,680,000 - 7,787,057 176,778,237 279,245,294 Kilifi 426,369,365 116,100,000 - 7,787,057 149,484,014 273,371,071 Kirinyaga 58,037,438 36,660,000 - 7,787,057 127,156,353 171,603,410 Kisii 290,510,642 88,200,000 - 7,787,057 241,470,770 337,457,827 Kisumu 167,327,249 89,940,000 - 7,787,057 209,165,589 306,892,646 Kitui 369,844,316 74,100,000 - 7,787,057 155,013,571 236,900,628 Kwale 158,163,903 52,140,000 - 7,787,057 140,392,709 200,319,766 Laikipia 317,672,596 25,230,000 - 7,787,057 137,027,403 170,044,460 Lamu 147,809,452 14,520,000 69,630,000 7,787,057 123,884,423 215,821,480 Machakos 143,883,915 83,250,000 - 7,787,057 184,687,439 275,724,496

Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Revenue for the Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) SN County

FY 2025/26 FY 2026/27

Total Conditional Additional Allocations Community Health Promoters (CHP) Supplement for Construction of County Headquarters

1. 0.5% of Housing Levy Fund to the County Rural and Urban Affordable Housing Committees Transitioning Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Workers’ Salary to Permanent and Pensionable Terms Total Conditional Additional Allocations Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E F Makueni 146,255,895 113,700,000 - 7,787,057 234,431,783 355,918,840 Mandera 40,336,781 18,540,000 - 7,787,057 189,439,407 215,766,464 Marsabit 327,106,385 60,090,000 - 7,787,057 150,152,412 218,029,469 Meru 157,383,407 111,480,000 - 7,787,057 268,012,029 387,279,086 Migori 118,055,437 88,380,000 - 7,787,057 217,582,697 313,749,754 Mombasa 315,937,957 71,610,000 - 7,787,057 102,189,294 181,586,351 Murang'a 238,399,654 46,050,000 - 7,787,057 226,860,114 280,697,171 Nairobi 338,266,271 224,010,000 - 7,787,057 108,359,849 340,156,906 Nakuru 325,150,304 99,390,000 - 7,787,057 192,094,957 299,272,014 Nandi 258,780,824 96,660,000 - 7,787,057 194,492,578 298,939,635 Narok 323,284,136 49,800,000 - 7,787,057 158,300,269 215,887,326 Nyamira 199,705,754 44,370,000 - 7,787,057 242,919,806 295,076,863 Nyandarua 429,641,603 41,610,000 169,650,000 7,787,057 175,006,063 394,053,120 Nyeri 381,409,948 74,250,000 - 7,787,057 129,710,328 211,747,385 Samburu 61,207,420 46,140,000 - 7,787,057 153,149,524 207,076,581 Siaya 221,889,863 63,810,000 - 7,787,057 134,554,895 206,151,952 Taita Taveta 75,649,533 41,070,000 - 7,787,057 121,099,698 169,956,755 Tana River 407,859,679 28,890,000 100,500,000 7,787,057 181,808,518 318,985,575 Tharaka Nithi 94,535,103 37,950,000 28,510,000 7,787,057 231,773,781 306,020,838 Trans Nzoia 249,182,720 67,200,000 - 7,787,057 161,766,321 236,753,378 Turkana 101,224,140 74,250,000 - 7,787,057 183,768,207 265,805,264 Uasin Gishu 73,568,093 61,980,000 - 7,787,057 222,435,917 292,202,974 Vihiga 310,411,734 43,380,000 - 7,787,057 141,113,672 192,280,729

Conditional Additional Allocations to County Governments from National Government's Revenue for the Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) SN County

FY 2025/26 FY 2026/27

Total Conditional Additional Allocations Community Health Promoters (CHP) Supplement for Construction of County Headquarters

1. 0.5% of Housing Levy Fund to the County Rural and Urban Affordable Housing Committees Transitioning Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Workers’ Salary to Permanent and Pensionable Terms Total Conditional Additional Allocations Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E F Wajir 210,562,165 60,810,000 - 7,787,057 126,334,465 194,931,522 West Pokot 93,411,216 77,490,000 - 7,787,057 187,944,864 273,221,921 TOTAL 9,984,449,976 3,234,930,000 525,000,000 365,991,679 8,605,844,135 12,731,765,814

(Question of the amendment proposed) Division will be at the end. Proceed Sen. Cherarkey. Give him the microphone.

I agree with the National Assembly's proposed amendment to replace the Second Schedule as per the Order Paper.

The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Wakili Sigei): Thank you, Senator, for your comments on this. We will, of course, undertake division at the end. I take note of the fact that you are not making any amendments to the proposals made by the National Assembly.

Next. Third Schedule

Sen. Mariam, proceed to move on behalf of the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget.

THIRD SCHEDULE (S.5(3))

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S Barin go 392,62 4,346

- 26,775, - - 298,6 14,89 - - - - 40,150,0 - - - - - 150,00 0,000 515,53 9,979 Bome t 313,03 3,500

- 28,936, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 133,93 6,099 Bung oma 381,54 0,500

- 44,694, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - 33,500,0 - - - - - 183,19 4,179 Busia 387,84 6,901

- 29,575, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - 33,500,0 - - - - - 168,07 5,640 Elgey o Mara kwet 548,63 5,346

- 21,212, - - 276,6 25,58 - - - - 40,150,0 - 81,244, - - - 419,23 2,240

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S Emb u 321,11 6,426

- 22,493, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 127,49 3,595 Garis sa 480,38 5,346

- 292,45 1,019 - - 329,8 21,40 - - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 772,27 2,426 Hom a Bay 333,88 9,051

- 80,209, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 266,45 3,835 Isiolo 325,89 7,346

- 22,514, - - 276,3 96,76 - - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 448,91 0,802 Kajia do 388,11 8,499

- 36,782, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 141,78 2,416 Kaka mega 421,48

10,000,0 46,499, - - - 105,000 - - - 33,500,0 - 81,244, - - - 276,24

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S 2,877

,000 4,157 Keric ho 312,82 9,500

- 29,480, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 215,72 4,380 Kiam bu 726,23 9,859

150,000, 52,110, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 307,11 0,399 Kilifi 1,491,9 89,500

30,000,0 108,42 1,946 - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 243,42 1,946 Kirin yaga 322,27 6,880

- 22,148, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 127,14 8,322 Kisii 332,25 2,979

- 34,414, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 139,41 4,696 Kisu mu 457,79

150,000, 33,263, - - - 105,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 369,50

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S 1,983

,000 7,843 Kitui 318,38 8,500

- 41,383, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 296,38 3,118 Kwal e 786,70 5,500

- 76,367, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 331,36 7,213 Laiki pia 325,79 5,346

- 23,129, - - 280,3 90,78 - - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 453,52 0,758 Lam u 338,24 5,346

- 15,505, - - 257,5 01,06 - - - - - - - - - - 273,00 6,097 Mach akos 328,33 3,538

- 38,970, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 143,97 0,140

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S Mak ueni 316,09 3,500

- 32,080, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 287,08 0,226 Man dera 346,53 6,346

- 96,779, - - 318,2 74,39 - - - - - - - - - - 415,05 3,635 Mars abit 980,22 9,554

- 34,055, - - 320,1 09,84 - - - - 50,150,0 308,000, - - - - 150,00 0,000 862,31 5,031 Meru 345,15 1,652

- 40,824, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 295,82 4,984 Migo ri 327,86 2,388

- 33,408, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 219,65 2,829 Mom basa 1,012,2

150,000, 32,393, - - - 70,000, - - - - - - - - - 252,39

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S 82,500

3,902 Mura ng’a 314,30 8,500

- 30,645, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 135,64 5,101 Nairo bi City 861,56 2,500

50,000,0 82,936, - - - 70,000, - - - - - - - - - 202,93 6,136 Naku ru 647,59 0,500

150,000, 52,782, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - 34,150,0 - - - - - 341,93 2,016 Nand i 313,77 8,500

- 28,509, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 214,75 3,584 Naro k 317,11 3,500

- 89,031, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 194,03 1,159 Nya mira 328,91

- 22,888, - - - 105,000 - - - - - - - - - 127,88

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S 1,500

,000 8,817 Nyan daru a 372,01 3,500

30,000,0 23,739, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 158,73 9,840 Nyeri 381,64 9,867

- 25,282, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 130,28 2,556 Samb uru 396,75 9,346

- 22,908, - - 278,7 02,41 - - - 46,630,0 - - - - - 150,00 0,000 498,24 1,022 Siaya 398,01 2,102

- 30,337, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - 33,500,0 - - - - - 168,83 7,551 Taita Tavet a 820,99 3,500

- 21,607, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 126,60 7,351

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S Tana River 328,49 8,346

- 67,011, - - 288,6 59,12 - - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 505,67 0,614 Thar aka Nithi 321,97 3,499

- 19,227, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - - - - - 150,00 0,000 274,22 7,702 Tran s Nzoia 376,99 1,500

- 30,177, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - 33,500,0 - 81,244, - - - 249,92 1,993 Turk ana 1,032,6 98,346

- 307,94 3,331 - - 352,1 46,21 - - - - - 545,600, - - - - 1,205,6 89,543 Uasin Gish u 574,35 9,500

- 33,793, - - - 105,000 ,000 - - - - - 81,244, - - - 220,03 8,071 Vihig a 311,65

- 23,048, - - - 105,000 - - - - - - - - - 128,04

Conditional Additional Allocations from Proceeds of Loans or Grants from Development Partners for Financial Year 2026/27 (Kenya Shillings) S N Coun ty FY 2025/2

FY 2026/27

Total Loans and Grants

French Development Agency (AfD) Credit for the Kenya Informal Settlements Inprovement Project Phase Two (KISIP II) IDA (World Bank) Credit/Grant Building Resilient & Responsive Health Systems – BREHS KfW (German Financial Cooperation) Credit Co- Financing of Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, (FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit (Financing Locally- Led Climate Action Program, FLLoCA) CCRIG IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Food Sytems Resilience Project (FSRP) IDA World Bank Credit for the National Agricu ltural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)-Urban Institutional Grant (UIG) IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP)- Urban Development Grant (UDG) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Credit for Kenya Livestock Commercialization Project (KeLCoP) KfW (German Development Bank) Credit and Grant for Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) Integrated Natural Resources Management Programme-( INReMP) IFAD IDA (World Bank) Credit for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 1 Grant IDA (World Bank) loan for the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase Two (KDSP II) Level 2 Grant IDA (World Bank Credit for the Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Programme IDA (World Bank) Kenya Watershed Services Improvement Project (KEWASIP) Total Loans and Grants Colum n A

Column B Colum n C Column D Colum n E Colu mn F Colum n G Colum n H(Loa n) Colum n I(Gran t) Colum n J(Loan ) Column K (Grant) Column L Column M Colum n N Colum n O Colum n P Colum n Q Colum n R Colum n S 6,500

,000 8,420 Waji r 946,83 3,346

- 101,88 9,934 - - 334,4 42,97 - - - - - - - - - - 436,33 2,913 West Poko t 327,12 1,346

- 66,158, - - 288,3 14,54 - - - - - - 81,244, - - - 435,71 6,819 TOT AL 57,735, 435,46

720,000, 2,476,8 00,100 1,200,000 ,000 6,187,5 00,000 3,900, 000,0 3,500,0 00,000 684,734 ,992 260,00 0,000 17,860, 340,22 1,945,03 8,750 378,730, 853,600, 812,442 ,000 1,762,5 00,000 7,755,0 00,000 4,282,0 86,900 1,800,0 00,000 56,378, 772,96 * IDA-FLLoCA -CCRI, KUSP-UIG, KUSP-UDG, KDSP Level 1& 2, and K-WASH grants are to be allocated among County Governments on the basis of the criteria set out in Section 5(4), 5(5), 5(6), 5(7) and 5(8) of the County Government Additional Allocations Act, 2026, respectively.

(Question of the amendment proposed) Division will be at the end.

Next. Clause 1

The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Wakili Sigei): Sen. Mariam, proceed to move on behalf of the Chairperson Standing Committee on Finance and Budget.

Amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2026).

PROGRESS REPORTED CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BILL SENATE BILL NO.8 OF 2026

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE PUBLIC FUNDRAISING APPEALS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.36 OF 2024)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.3 OF 2024)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.4 OF 2025)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL RECYCLING AND REUSE BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.5 OF 2025)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE CULTURE BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.12 OF 2024)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTERS BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.53 OF 2022)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.66 OF 2023)

(Committee of the Whole deferred)

BILL

Second Reading

THE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.32 OF 2024)

(Sen (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi on 9.8.2026)

I thank you.

politicians over the weekend, it is because they do not have any other opportunity. When we establish hides and skin factories, our youth will have a lot of---

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to bolster livestock enterprises, emphasising their ability to withstand drought and other climate challenges.

Let us stop right there and try to demystify this part. It is very difficult for us to establish a fund to promote livestock enterprises when we know that every February, this country, mostly pastoralists land, is littered with carcasses of dead animals because of drought. Drought is not an emergency; it is a calendar item. Every year, we know that there is a standing funeral for all pastoralists’ livestock. Why do we then dance around legislation just to have a piece of legislation?

I really hope my colleagues will listen to this. I am happy to see that Members who are in this House, this afternoon, are pastoralists. They will agree with me that if we continue creating legislation without looking at challenges or the conflict between the national and county governments, when it comes to devolved functions, we will just be contributing to the funeral that stands every year when drought comes. Today, we are being entertained by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development when they emphasise creating identification (ID) cards for livestock. Is it that we are tired of counting carcasses and now we want to give them IDs? We must be serious, once and for all.

This is an enterprise that I am quite familiar with. Without feeds, you do not have any animals and an economy. What is the problem? The problem is that instead of looking at the root cause of drought in this country and doing away with it, we are busy creating databases and that is what this Bill is creating.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to persuade my colleagues that we amend this Bill and find a way where we ringfence funds that are sent to counties, particularly counties from pastoralist regions, to invest in irrigation. We should do boreholes. I am not a big fan of water pans. I am a big fan of reservoirs which are developed properly like dams and not water pans which are based on the weather where the entire water evaporates.

If we are serious that we want to create an enterprise fund for our livestock, let us ask ourselves tough questions. Is it a priority to come up with IDs for every cow to have an identity tag or is it a priority to say let us scan the horizon? I will use Narok County as an example. I am developing a small town called Maji Moto, Siana Ward. That place is dry but when you sink a borehole, you will hit almost 20 cubic meters at about 60 meters down. If we are serious to bring in county governments and national Government policies, why not say that we will set aside 500 acres, create an irrigation scheme, invest in center-pivot irrigation and grow alfalfa. If we do that, we will be able to feed the cows and support that enterprise.

Creating a database does not help. I want to persuade my brothers and sisters from both side of the aisle that it is about time that we became intentional to end the drought. I will run to be President of this country in 2032 and I will ensure that every county,

particularly the pastoralist communities, have invested heavily in irrigation. America is my second home and I was in Wisconsin last August. In Wisconsin, you can drive thousands of kilometres and the only thing you will see is corn. One can ask if it is always raining in that place. The answer is no. Those people use irrigation to plant the corn.

Delmonte has a huge base in Wisconsin. That State uses centre-pivot irrigation similar to the one used in Naivasha. That irrigation is spread across the whole State and it is enough. That system is almost equivalent to the entire budget of Nairobi City County. If we are serious about ending drought in this country, we must stop wasting time. When we talk about livestock, we are looking at camels, goats, dairy and free grazing cows. In the next few weeks, we will have floods that will leave this country destroyed. Why can we not realign the existing resources and move people out of the area and set up reservoirs.

We should ring-fence the money that is supposed to give our cows’ identity cards to irrigation. I cannot over-emphasise on that point enough. We are not poor because we were made to be poor but we are poor because of the wrong choices that we make. If we are intentional about ending poverty in this country, particularly for pastoralists in Mandera, Wajir and Uasin Gishu counties--- This year, a county that we all know to produce a lot of corn or maize depended heavily on the rains, and the rains failed- Uasin Gishu County. In fact, my dear brother, the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, was lamenting recently when we were having coffee and saying, I do not know what I am going to do. Our maize crop has failed. It has failed not because the rains did not come, but because of ignorance. If we had planned enough, we would have been able to save this country.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, there is a shortage of milk in this country. Some might say it is sabotage. Others might say we are not receiving milk from the neighbouring countries. However, I dare say it is because of mixed priorities. It is because we do not really care about tomorrow. The way our urban centres are dilapidated, yet governors are busy running around the entire country.

It shocks me. You will find that somebody has invested a lot of money and built a nice building, put a shop or a grocery store. He is already paying taxes to the local authority. However, someone will come up with a kibanda and put it right in front and no one will care. So, both businesses will be competing for the same one kilogramme of sugar which is being sold. Yet, if the county was serious, they would set aside markets for those vibandas. They would help that environment.

I dare say that if we are to keep this Bill, let us ring fence those funds that we intend to establish into irrigation. If we really care about this country, as Senators, when we send money to counties, we should divide the money towards education, health, agriculture, particularly things that are devolved. Agriculture is devolved. However, you will find that today, some busybodies are busy seeking huge tenders to benefit from the national Government policy, which I completely detest. This is with regard to importing millions of bags of maize because there is a shortage of maize in this country. The

shortage of maize in this country is intentional. It is meant to create room for people to make money.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to end briefly by stating that it is true, the drought problem is real. However, if we continue going round in circles and coming up with legislation that is not intentional in ending the drought, this piece of legislation, after becoming law, will be quoted as a law supporting it. I sat here with a few Senators.

I was here with the distinguished Senator from Kilifi County when we had a Bill in this House, which was referred to as the Warehouse Receipt System Bill. I do not know whether we defeated it or whether it ended up becoming law. I have to refresh myself. However, it was an opportunity to to end competition and also to give farmers a guarantee that whatever they produce will fetch better prices.

What is happening today? My next-door neighbour is a dairy farmer. I am a dairy farmer. We cannot sell milk to each other. We have to transport that milk and sell it to people who do not do dairy farming. I am a wheat farmer. My next-door neighbour is a wheat farmer. I cannot sell wheat to that person. It was wise of this House to think about bringing people into a cooperative, so that we can fetch more money, invest store to store the produce and give farmers credit to move on. We are not doing that.

I have been on record saying that this country does not lack legislation but seriousness when it comes to dealing with issues that are putting us down, making us poor when the West are now struggling.

A few individuals will come from Brazil or Italy, take a piece of land, they will invest and use what they learnt in their country. They will make ten times the amount of money with one acre of land than my dear friend from Kilifi County who every year experiences drought because he has 5,000 acres of land but he can never make even a million shillings. Someone coming from outside, because of discipline and being intentional, will make over a million dollars.

To support this Bill and make sure it becomes fair for future generations, we must create conditional grants and ring-fence the money by investing in agriculture and irrigation. God willing, one day when I am the President of this country, there are decisions that I will make which will be painful but fair for future generations. One, there is a beautiful place called Nairegia Nkare. In Maasai, it means a place where water is just lying. When you go through that place, even during drought, there is always a lake and water. Next to that lake, there are 50 by 100 plots. If there is one thing I hate is a plot which is 50 by 100 because it is a way of colonising you and telling you that you cannot grow beyond your imagination.

The best thing to do is to relocate all those people on the highway, expand that water reservoir and invest in piping water into those areas. We have Ntulele. Sen. Mandago is always there leasing land to grow wheat but he depends on the rain. I dare say that if we were intentional, we could pump water from Nairegia Nkare to Ntulele and use it for irrigation to grow wheat year-round.

We must be brutal. Today is the day of celebrating democracy in the world. This democracy has got different faces. This can become a good Bill. We need to mutilate it

and have actionable, intentional legislation points that can end poverty for livestock farmers. Saying that livestock is a good enterprise--- However, no one will buy your sheep and goats when they are eight kilogrammes instead of 17 and above.

Drought is not an emergency but a calendar item and a standing funeral. Those thousands of carcasses that litter our counties during the time of drought must come to an end. The only time it can come to an end is when we become intentional in ending drought, investing in agriculture and irrigation.

1. (a) formulate national policies on livestock management, disaster mitigation, and feed reserve strategies; That already exists. The implementation is the problem.
2. (b) establish the National Livestock Feed Reserve; It exists. It is just implementation.
3. (c) collaborate with counties to set standards for pasture, water management and conservation of natural resources;--- Most of these are highlighted in the Bill and there are no gaps in it. There are 12 roles of the county governments in this Bill. If we followed all these roles, we would be somewhere. For instance, establishing the national livestock feed reserve in counties, this idea is for northern Kenya. We have land there. It is just a matter of resources.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have always said we are marginalised. I disagree with that because since devolution, we have had money at mashinani. That becomes the choice of the county governments. It is a choice a leader makes not to develop and make impact with the money the Senate puts in the budget for the equalisation and conditional grants. There are conditional grants usually given to the counties but which are misused. There is the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLoCCA).

I am in the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. We did some county visits to see whether the Fund was utilised properly. I do not know how to explain what we saw. It is time for our leaders to see if we can develop our counties, so that the issue of marginalisation will not come in. If you marginalise yourself, who will remove the word marginalisation from the county?

The other issue is on the feeds risk data management system. Sen. Ledama has emphasised on it. How do you give IDs to animals? For example, goats give birth twice in a year and one family can have 600 or 1,000 goats if there is no drought. So, giving IDs to animals is wastage of resources but we have to think of how to bring value to these animals.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if people want to take cows or goats to the market, they should know that there are brokers who normally buy livestock at a cheaper price from the pastoralists and sell it to others. If we did marketing for pastoralists, when they want to sell their cows, they would just be making a phone call and the respective societies or cooperatives would buy the livestock at market price. This would ensure it is beneficial to the pastoralist who is keeping animals.

The other value chain is hides and skins. In our area, the skin is worthless. When you slaughter a goat, you just dispose the skin as it does not have any value. We have to create areas where we can make use of the hides and skins. They can be used to make belts and shoes, so that we add value to our livestock products, not only meat and milk.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also an abattoir in Isiolo. There is a statement that was made to mean that it does not even have value to Isiolo County. It is supposed to serve northern Kenya. If it has no value to the county where it is located, how do we rely on it as northern Kenya? We have to reflect as county leaders since we have the money. We do not have to complain about that because the Bill also introduces 0.5 per cent of our budgets to be put in a reserve.

The 0.5 per cent of the budget is to be implemented in the county drought resilience plan. The figure is very small. It would be better if we made it one per cent. As an earlier speaker said, drought is not an emergency. Let us not treat it as an emergency. We have to put it in our budgets as a plan. When drought comes, how do we manage it in the water and pastoralist sector and in everything else? Therefore, there must be a pool of funds set aside.

In addition, if you put that figure in place, it must be reinforced. If you put it under a drought resilience plan, a leader can end up misusing it as is happening now with the emergency fund, where they put figures and misuse them the way they want. Therefore, there should also be restrictions on the drought resilience plan, which the Bill has introduced for each county.

There is also the County Livestock Enterprise Development Fund. This one appears promising as a Fund for county livestock enterprise development. However, there is the issue of management and implementation. Currently, there is the Afrikan Cooperative Union (ACU). As a farmer, you can take a loan and do business. If you are in maize farming, you can access financing, but in livestock, there is none.

Therefore, the Bill has come up with a fund that will be helpful to pastoralists. The money appropriated by the county assembly must be set aside for the purposes of this Fund. There is income generated from the proceeds of the Fund from investments made by the fund, grants, donors and gifts because these form part of the fund as highlighted.

Clause 9 of the Bill states that- The object and purpose of the County Fund is to provide—

1. (a) establishment and management of strategic livestock feed reserves; this is repetitive because this is the work of the national Government.

We have to differentiate and be clear on the role of the county and the national Government in this Bill. In other Bills, it is clear but on this one, we have to be clear on that.

1. (b) grants to livestock owners for emergency interventions in the county; If we have the drought resilient plans, we will not need this Fund to offer emergency funds. When farmers are faced by an emergency, they will go to the National Livestock Feeds Reserve which has been created by the Bill. The Bill is contradictory in the creation of the Fund and the strategic livestock feed reserves.
2. (c) loans to livestock owners and pastoralists in the county for restocking after losses occasioned by drought; What will be the work of the county drought resilient plans if they will not offer loans for restocking? We will have to brainstorm on this because it is repetition.
3. (d) loans to medium and small enterprises in the county dealing in livestock and livestock products; This is okay.
4. (e) credit facilities for livestock related micro enterprises in pastoral and agro- pastoral areas within the county; Some roles in this Bill are contradictory. As much as we want the protection and resilience of the livestock products for sustainability, I urge the county governments to think twice.

It is one year to the general election. Let citizens make a decision on the kind of leaders who will take them out of where they are. That is from ‘marginalised’ to developed. Leaders have to come up with ideas on how to harvest rainfall which causes floods in northern Kenya. These floods make our roads impassable. We need to harvest rain water and use it for irrigation.

We have vast land in northern Kenya. So, we have to think and make a choice on the kind of leadership we need. Our people should not be used as goons. They should make their own decisions without any threats, so that the leadership after 2027 will bring a difference in Northern Kenya.

breed different breeds to get sizes that can help them. Therefore, there is a need for experts to work with cattle keepers, so that they improve the sizes or breeds that they raise. That way, they will make a difference economically when they sell to make money or to do whatever they need money for.