Erastus Kivasu Nzioka

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) I am the Member for Mbooni, Hon. Erastus Kivasu Nzioka.

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information & Innovation on its consideration of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.44 of 2021) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. From the onset, I need to disagree with Hon. Kiarie. Here we are talking of two figures; one is the Kshs1.50, which translates to Kshs0.78 to the artist or the copyright owner. When we say “not less than” on...

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Thank you.

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) I support New Clause 9A because the period which has been given to scrutinise the budget is quite very short. This will give us ample time to look at the budget and see where the wastage is. We can remove non-essential services and have a...

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) I support this amendment. It is long overdue because you cannot talk about spending when you do not even know where you are going to get your resources to spend. You know very well that this country is fighting a huge debt. This is because...

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I second the Report of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation on the inquiry into the legislative and regulatory gaps affecting competition in the telecommunication sub-sector. I am a Member of that Committee and I was involved...

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Sorry, Hon. Speaker. It is PFM Act, 2012. (Laughter)

Hon. Erastus Nzioka (Mbooni, Independent) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Third Report of the Special Funds Accounts Committee on Audited Financial Statements for the National Government Committee on NG-CDF on Nairobi County, which was adopted by this House. The Committee