BOWEN DAVID KANGOGO

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and how we understand, 80 to 89 per cent of Kenya is Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) . In the entire 47 counties of Kenya, including Nairobi, teachers teaching in Kibera undergo through hardships because the basic...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Kangogo Bowen, why can we not avoid points of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, is it in order for Hon. Makali Mulu to say that he is a frustrated Member of this House, yet he is a Member of the Budget and...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Firstly, I commend the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Atandi. He is a consultative chairperson, and through our interactions with him and the committee, we have agreed on some areas and later reached an agreement on others. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you directed...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will submit those projects, but I want to single out two. I am unable to pronounce the names properly, but there are two or three projects. A new water pan is indeed allocated Ksh250 million in Northern Kenya. It is in this budget. I do not...

Exactly. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you check the water projects in this Budget, there are so many which cost millions: Ksh300 million and Ksh200 million. These were not subjected to the committee for scrutiny. When we called the Principal Secretary, he said he was unaware of them. That is known....

It is true, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I agree with the Hon. Atandi. The President can issue a pronouncement, and the National Treasury then factors it in. What I am saying is that the new additions from the National Treasury must be subjected to committee scrutiny. This is because we understand…...

You have Ksh1.5 billion in pending bills and another Ksh1.8 billion in new projects. Yet when we try to correct that, it is rubbished. (Hon. Samuel Atandi spoke off the record)

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Kangogo, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, in yesterday afternoon sitting, our substantive Speaker directed me to bring a Response to a Question asked by Hon. Kasiwai on behalf of Hon. Moroto. Should I read the Response? Hon. Moroto...

I said it clearly that it is a proposal, even when they appeared before us on the Budget Policy Statement. The State Department for Irrigation proposed Ksh1billion for irrigation to West Pokot in the next financial year. Let me answer the two similar questions from the two Members of West...

If you check my answers, I said there is a water treatment facility designed just for consumption. It has a capacity of 62,000 litres but it is on the Turkana side. I am asking the Members from the West Pokot side something. It applies to all counties. Water is a...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to agree with you. There is a Water (Amendment) Bill which is still at the preliminary stage where we are also looking at the water regulators like the WRA and the charges they collect. Out of the 6 per cent they collect, we are proposing...

Hon. Speaker, I do not know. Hon. Moroto is not here. This is something we discussed with the Ministry. I have the answer. It is only that she is asking on behalf of Hon. Moroto, who is not in. Hon. Speaker: When is Hon. Moroto going to be here? Are...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue Bill. It is a constitutional requirement that we have this annual Bill in the name of the Division of Revenue Bill. As a House, it is important that we approve the Bill. The Bill...

Hon. Chairlady, under Clause 2, the Chair has given the definition of governing council, which I do not have a problem with. But the definition of ‘national infrastructure’ is the national highways, railway networks, airports, seaports, electricity generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, water reservoirs, irrigation and agri-infrastructure. I am wondering....

Hon. Chairlady, that must come out clearly. All the items mentioned in the Bill, including national highways, must be properly defined.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table – Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the National Infrastructure Fund Bill. I have been in this Parliament for the last 13 years. To date, we have struggled with budgets and supplementary budgets year after year. The reason is that budgets are projections. We project, as...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in mourning Hon. Ng’eno on behalf of the people of Marakwet East, where he visited following the landslide tragedy almost three months ago. As a country, we have lost a great man. As the Kalenjin nation, we have lost a hero and...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also comment on the Petition. [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) in the Chair] Hon. Temporary Speaker, from 1997 up to now, we are talking about nearly 30 years....

Thank you for the opportunity to congratulate our senior staff, Abonyo, whom I have known for 13 years. I was placed in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC) when I joined this House in

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. There is a need to look into the issue of hardship areas across the country so that we do not have individual petitions…

Hon. Speaker, I was building up on that. The issue raised by the two Members on Turkana County cuts across many hardship counties, including Kerio Valley, where I come from in Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, and extends all the way to Northern Kenya. I want to ask the Committee that,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues and support the Motion. The country's social media platforms have become sources of misinformation and disinformation. Therefore, there is a need to regulate them. Kenya is not a lawless country. As a legislative House, we need...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support the Environmental Professionals Institute of Kenya Bill (National Assembly Bill No.36 of 2024) , which has been brought to the House by my good friend, the Member for Ndaragwa. Our environment is very important both in our lives...