Ichung’wah Antony Kimani

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Special Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the Contracting Process for Transportation of Cargo via Standard Gauge Railway by Kenya Railways Corporation. If you allow me, there is a question that was asked by Hon. Gichimu to the...

Hon. Speaker, if you can indulge the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, to do this in the course of the Sitting because they are still sitting in the Committee...

Hon. Speaker, I have two Statements: one on National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) and a response. Let me start with NG-CDF Statement. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (b) , I rise to issue a Statement on the progress regarding the submission of nominees...

Hon. Speaker, you know Hon. Mulyungi knows I am good in my language. Therefore, I do not need to insinuate anything. I made a Statement detailing how many constituencies had their lists approved, which is 283. Seven are yet to submit their lists, with the exception of Kandara and Garissa...

Hon. Speaker, this is a ministerial response from Hon. Franklin Mithika Linturi, the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development regarding the planned importation of 900,000 metric tonnes. I will read it as it is. It was addressed to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. I...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have noted all the comments. As leaders, we must also bear the responsibility of socialising farmers to the realities of today’s world. It may not always be feasible for farmers to produce with the expectation of selling their produce to the Government. We must produce...

Hon. Speaker, on the question of any pending audit reports, we table them as they come. If the Chair is privy to some information, he can bring it to my attention. Is there any pile in your office? I do not have reports in my office which have not been...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion on behalf of the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, who is in the committee’s sitting: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 256A (1) (Extension of period prescribed) , this House resolves to extend...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not intend to mean that Hon. Opiyo Wandayi is not in order to be making his point, but he is treading on very dangerous grounds, in my view. He has gone to the extent of debating not the Procedural Motion before us, but matters...

Hon. Speaker, you are well informed to guide Hon. Opiyo Wandayi. He has gone to the extent of disparaging the proceedings before the Committee in the pretext that he is laying grounds on the question of the time sought. I have already ruled him out of order on that. Hon....

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30 (3) (b) , this House resolves to hold a morning sitting on Thursday, 1st December 2022 commencing at

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. What is out order, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah? Hon. Speaker, we must be careful with the words we use. Hon. Mbadi has thrice used the term “ungodly days.” I do not know what those ungodly days are, but I would just like to mention...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the Motion on Consideration of the Public Finance Management (Financial Inclusion Fund) Regulations, 2022. I take this opportunity to thank the Committee under the able leadership of Hon. Chepkonga for consideration of these regulations. We are seeking their approval to address...

Some of them are in this House. Order, Hon. Millie. Let the Leader of the Majority Party be heard in silence. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for protecting me from Hon. Millie. I know she may not have read the Kenya Kwanza Coalition Manifesto. When I said that some of...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Junet, I will disturb you again because I have a point of order from the Leader of the Majority. What is out of order? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise under Standing Order 81. Hon. Junet seems irritated on...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. He only has half a minute left, but there is a point of order from the Leader of the Majority Party. What is out of order, Hon. Ichung’wah? Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. John Mbadi has mentioned me and the people of Kikuyu...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill. Members will appreciate that these additional funds are going to the counties. We all have concerns as to how and where these monies will be applied. Two, out of this money, the conditional grants coming from the Government...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have Papers to lay on the Table of the House. However, the Leader of the Minority Party was engaging me on other Papers that are yet to be laid. So, I was just informing him that those will come later at the appropriate time.(Laughter) Report of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want, by way of comment, to thank the Member for Kamukunji for seeking this Statement. It is true that many of our telecommunication and internet service providers are literally stealing from our people. The moment you buy bundles, for example a one-week package,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was just concerned because the Member said his constituents call him on WhatsApp. I was wondering because since freedom came, we no longer use WhatsApp to call. Unless there is a section of this country that the public feels there is no freedom and still have...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted to guide the Chairperson. Since this statement is going to his Committee, he should not be doing what he is doing now. He should just tell the House when he will deal with the matter because he is now preempting what the Committee will...

No, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was going back to Statements.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the House Procedures Committee is seized of the matter of reviewing our Standing Orders to ensure that Cabinet Secretaries come to this House to answer Questions on matters affecting the people of Kenya, who are represented by these hon. Members. Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your indulgence to give this notice out of time. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, acknowledging that Article 256 of the Constitution provides for the process of amending the Constitution by parliamentary initiative; further acknowledging that Standing Order 114 (7A)...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2022 on the National Automotive Policy, laid on the Table of the House on 25th May 2022. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the overall objective of this Sessional...

Hon. Osoro imagines that he can whip the Hon. Temporary Speaker, being the Chief Whip. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, acknowledging that Article 256 of the Constitution provides for the process of amending the Constitution by parliamentary initiative; further acknowledging that, Standing Order 114...

No wonder the Ministry of Education was very hesitant to roll out that project of Junior Secondary School miniature classrooms. Many of them dot our schools. Based on what I see in my constituency, I estimate 60 per cent of them are incomplete. However, they have exhausted the budget. There...

Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also thank you for jogging the House to the provision to the Standing Order 259 because we are a House of procedure and records, and it is only fair that we follow our own rules and procedures. Pursuant to Standing Order 48, I...

That is okay. Are we in agreement? Yes.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that we amend the Motion on Clause 3 pursuant to Standing Order 48: That the following members represent the National Assembly in the Joint Parliamentary ad hoc Committee: Order. Chair, in strict compliance to this, you must have, at least, one...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, you may know that I am stickler to rules and procedures from my first term in his House. Therefore, I indicated, indeed, that besides the issue of gender and the non-parliamentary political parties, we are also obligated in line with our Standing Orders to have an independent...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, with your indulgence, I know the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party has noted this problem. That is precisely why I asked him to second this Motion. This is because, looking at the numbers, there are 11 Members; six from the majority side and five from the...

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have to indulge the Member for Nyando. I have heard him “massaging” you by saying that he wished you were the President despite the fact that he never considered you to be his coalition’s presidential candidate. Just forgive him because he is yet to settle...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg we support the amendment. You have moved the amendment and you are asking who will second? I want to ask Hon. Nyikal to second.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You know the Deputy Speaker and the Member for Endebess had a problem with me foot-thumping for the School as you appreciated the schools present. The Member for Endebess knows the school in the Speaker’s Gallery. It is of course the Alliance High School. I do...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. I think I can undertake that. The Chairperson was here but I am told he has gone to my office. I do not know to do what yet I am here. (Laughter) How can he leave you in the Chamber and go to your office? I just...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am wondering whether this Statement has not been expended by the Notice of Motion which the Member for Mosop has already given in relation to this discussion because it is very similar to the issues that are about to be debated in the Adjournment Motion....

Hon. Speaker, first, I do not know whether Hon. Junet has any powers to appoint anybody as a Cabinet Secretary. I do not know whether he was the one appointing Cabinet Secretaries to purport that I refused to be appointed. I believe that if I desired to be appointed and...

Hon. Speaker, I said Hon. Junet thrives on propaganda. He is now quoting newspapers that only he seems to have read. I read his tweet yesterday speaking to matters that are already before a Committee of the House. That is something that we may also need to address ourselves to....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That is advice that the House can take because Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi not only represents farmers, but is also a maize farmer. He is speaking facts. It is only that he probably did not get what I said. I said that the estimated harvest for this...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me just add my voice to this issue. On the question of GMO, it is only fair that we address ourselves to both issues of science and fact. A lot of things are being peddled out there that may not necessarily be factual. Some...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi is a very good friend of mine. Of course, he knows why he had to stand. That is a point of debate. He knows what I am talking about and he knows there are peddlers of fear out there. They are peddling fear because...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. With your indulgence, I wish Ms. Lucy Wanjohi all the best as she commences her retirement. As you said, Hon. Speaker, it is, indeed, true that one may not look as old as they are. Ms. Lucy looks much younger and I was particularly shocked when...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is indeed true that there is nothing in the Statement regarding the Motion by Hon. Mbadi on the proposal to set up a select committee. That matter came before the House Business Committee this week and we deliberated on it. Since the Departmental Committee on...

I am sorry, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was just looking up at the Speaker’s Row because I could not trace one of the successful candidates. Allow me to take this opportunity to, first, thank all the Members of the 13th National Assembly for the peaceful conduct of this election. In...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Junet, I am on a point of order. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this political posturing is typical and characteristic of Hon. Junet. It is completely out of order for him to purport that the Member Elect, Hon. Godfrey Mwangi Maina, was rejected by any coalition. The election, and in line...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by Government of Kenya from 1st May 2022 to 31st August 2022 from the National Treasury and Planning. Quarterly Economic and Budgetary Review for the First Quarter of...

Hon. Speaker, I rise to respond to last week’s request by the Leader of the Minority Party regarding the status of disbursement of NG- CDF for the Financial Year 2022/2023. I have a Statement from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury, Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u. That, this financial year,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Lilian Gogo and Hon. Bissau are addressing the Leader of the Majority Party as if he is the CS of the National Treasury. I just want to inform them that the Leader of the Majority Party is neither the CS in charge of the National Treasury...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I want to react to what Hon. Millie Odhiambo has said. We must appreciate that these Petitions are from members of the public who have every right to petition this House. Therefore, we should consider the Petitions with due diligence and give justice to them....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had, indeed, indicated to Hon. Wandayi that you had given direction and I was hoping that you will get to it. I have engaged with the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury… I have not given you the Floor. I just asked: are you ready with the...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30 (3) (b) , this House resolves to hold a Morning Sitting on Thursday, 17th November 2022 commencing at Motion to have a morning sitting when Hon. Junet is fresh. We will...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Members must appreciate that Hon. Junet occasionally wants to entertain the House and especially on Thursday evenings. I beg to lay the following Papers on the table of the House: The fourth batches of nominees to 43 NG-CDF Committees from the NG-CDF Board for the following...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to associate myself with the sentiments of the Leader of Minority Party that matters to do with NG-CDF and the NG-AAF which is ably patronised by our County Members of Parliament are matters that are very sensitive not just to us but to...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, noting the Resolution of the Senate of Wednesday, 9th November 2022 regarding its partial concurrence on the appointment of Members of Parliament to the Parliamentary Service Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 49, and pursuant to the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was standing up then the Clerk moved away. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) a, I rise to give the following Statement, on behalf to the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 8th November 2022, to prioritize the Business for consideration...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my two colleagues in expressing my concern on the same. This issue that Hon. Chepkong’a has raised goes to the heart of our Constitution in terms of what is defined as the role of Parliament. I want to draw the attention of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On a light note, I noticed that Hon. Junet was very happy when you stood up and ably protected him from Hon. Bensuda. (Laughter) No sooner had I mentioned Hon. Bensuda than she reappeared. (Laughter) Hon. Speaker, allow me to recognise students that you appreciated because...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Well, we have a minute. What is it, Leader of the Majority Party? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am sorry for interrupting the debate on this Motion. I just want to request you, since we already have all the nominees for...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Leader of the Majority Party? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to support the request for Statement by the Member for Awendo. Insecurity issues are indeed on the rise. They are not only in Awendo constituency but...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to reply that this House adopts Sessional Paper No.3 of 2021 on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights that was laid on the Table of the House on 21st September 2021. Let me just thank all Members who contributed to...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to move this Motion under Standing Order 148, in an amended form: THAT, further to the resolution of the House of Thursday, 27th October 2022 appointing Members into various committees and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 173, this House further approves the appointment...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the issue raised by Hon. TJ Kajwang’ in respect to the Member for Westlands. I confirm that the issue of Hon. Tim Wanyonyi was raised in the House Business Committee yesterday under the Chairmanship of the Speaker. The Whip of the Minority Party...

On a point of order.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just want to respond to a few issues that have been raised and to take great exceptions to some of the things and thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for the guidance you gave. The Hon. Member for Nyando, Jared Okello was really getting out of line...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. There is no response to what Hon. Jared Okello has said. More important issues were raised by the Member for Kitutu Masaba, Hon. Clive, who, incidentally, has lived in the DRC, as he has said. Therefore, he is appraised of the issues that appertain to...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Proposed National Government - Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) budget ceiling for each constituency for the Financial Year 2022/2023. The first and second batches of nominees to the NG-CDF Committees from the NG-CDF Board for the...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: That, pursuant to the provisions of Article 127 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, the National Assembly approves the appointment of the following Members of the National Assembly and Senators to the Parliamentary Service Commission— Senators, who represent counties – we...