GIKARIA, DAVID

Yes.

Yes, Hon. Speaker. We had an engagement in the Committee last week. Could it be put on record whether the explanation given in the statement can be tabled as a reference? I will come to that. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

I rise to second this Motion. As the Chairperson of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee has indicated, we had a very elaborate consultation and engagement with various stakeholders. We met the National Treasury, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and eight different stakeholders in the petroleum sector. All of...

I am sorry, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You have some Papers to lay. Not yet, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

No. You are still not ready. You were supposed to lay a Paper then move a Notice of Motion. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we were to do that. I have signed on my part because it was a Joint Committee. It was to be Co- joined. My other colleague has not...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Provisions of Standing Order No.44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife regarding the legality of legal representation by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers facing criminal charges in connection with the...

Thank you. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: The Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy and the Select Committee on Public Debt and Privatization on the consideration of Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2025 on the Proposed Privatisation of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Limited....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy and Select Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation on the consideration of Sessional Paper No.2 of 2025 on the proposed Privatisation of Kenya Pipeline Company...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have the response.

Yes. Proceed. Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, the Senate amendments to the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 59 of 2022) be now considered. I had brought this to effectively operationalise the 30 per cent under the procurement for special groups;...

Asante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ninamshukuru Mhe. Ruweida Mohamed kwa kuwasilisha Mswada huu Bungeni, ambao unalenga kuwajali watu wa maeneo ya Pwani, ambako kuna bahari, na ambapo watu hupoteza maisha au hujeruhiwa kutokana na wanyama walioko baharini. Hili ni jambo muhimu sana kuliangazia. Kuna wakati nilijaribu kuleta Mswada hapa Bungeni...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. This was a request that was sought by Hon. Tom Mboya, Member of Parliament for Nyatike Constituency. The first question, was on the status of replacement and maintenance of dilapidated power transmission and distribution infrastructure including collapsed power poles and hanging live wires in Nyatike Constituency. KPLC...

Yes, I do, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Committee received a request for Statement and asked the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum for a response. The first question was on a report on the current status of funding, planning and implementation of the extension of the national grid from Garissa to Wajir...

Hon. Speaker, I do not want to answer about 13 years ago. I want to agree with him that it is true, this is not a proper concrete answer. As the Report indicates, this country cannot operate unilaterally on its own. We have the Kenya-Ethiopia connection line and there is...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For example, there was a planned project in Lamu where we were to use an underground cable through the sea to take the off-grid power to Lamu. Because of lack of funding, this has not been done. The current administration’s ambitious programme for the country intends...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I also rise to support this amendment. The aspect of rivers and water catchment areas is very key. To be honest, if you go around the country and see where the eucalyptus trees have been planted along rivers they are drying up. It is important for...

I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Proceed. Do you have the response? Hon. Temporary Speaker, my apologies. I think my Committee needs to act against the Principal Secretary who was supposed to have given us this response. For the second time, I do not have it but I plead with...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I, totally, agree with Hon. Keynan. That you give an undertaking? Yes, I give an undertaking that by next week, I will have that. No. You have not heard his question. He asked, “Can you give an undertaking that under your watch, the North will...

Hon. Speaker, I have not yet received a response from the Ministry. Again, you had directed that we should sit with the Member of Parliament of that area. Now that we are back, we can agree on the date so that we can harmonise the issues.

Hon. Speaker, we responded to this, but the Member said he is not satisfied. We have called the Cabinet Secretary to appear before us on Tuesday. We will be inviting the Member of Parliament to attend the meeting. Tuesday next week? Yes, Tuesday next week. Is that 3rd June? Yes,...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Due to the sensitivity of the matter, we request for two weeks after recess. Thank you.

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ninakushukuru kwa kunipa nafasi hii ili nichangie kauli ya ndugu yangu Mhe. Feisal. Kitu cha kwanza ni hatuwezi kuwa na mafisaa wa ardhi ambao wanashiriki kufanya maovu hata ya kunyakua ardhi ya misikiti na kanisa. Ninaomba Kamati itoe hukumu kwa mafisa wa ardhi waliohusika...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Committee has a Statement which was sent by the Principal Secretary for Energy. I know Hon. Oundo is around. The first question was on the regulatory framework under which KUDURA Power East Africa Limited is operating, generating and supplying power in Western Kenya. The...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Have you taken note of exactly where he feels that KUDURA Power East Africa Ltd., is cutting around? Yes. Please, respond to that right away. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know Hon. Oundo. He prepares himself. He is thorough. ‘Thorough’ is the word. When I got...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, our Committee is seized and we will bring a report on the Floor of this House. It was brought in the last Session, but was not discussed. We will bring it back to specifically talk about these punitive and discriminative PPAs that are of no economic value...

Yes. Then how is it a monopoly if you have regularised? It is not a monopoly. That is misinformation. Under Section 117 of the Energy Act of 2019, I was the then Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy. I moved those amendments to liberalise the energy sector in a...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have committed to do so within two weeks after the resumption of the House.