BOWEN DAVID KANGOGO

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Hon. Bowen. What is your point of order? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to make a comment in relation to your Communication. As a House, we need to relook into our laws. We have seen cases where some boards of management...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware of the Chesoi-Tirap-Embobut Road in Marakwet East, where the contractor disappeared from the site nearly three years ago and has not resumed work since? Two---

Yes.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I followed the question by Hon. Keynan last week. There is an ongoing water conference in Mombasa and I spoke with the Cabinet Secretary for Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, who is also attending the conference. I promise the Member that next week, if will...

I will bring an answer in two weeks after recess, assuming we are going to break for a recess. No. Bring it during the first week after recess. Most obliged.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted to help my two colleagues. The Chairman, Hon. Lochakapong, got the Statement from the State Department. According to the Statement, the State Department visited the place and they have a register of people who attended the 75 meetings. But how did the State Department...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Charles Nguna Ngusya, on 17th April 2025, requested for a Statement regarding:

I am just giving you an overview. I am finishing, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You are giving us as it is from the Cabinet Secretary. Yes, but when she submitted this... It is just confusing that you started by saying that even you, you are not convinced. Yes, and I invited...

I am much obliged Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to inform my friend from Kaiti that I am not struggling to give answers. I read out the answers as they are. Even though the response is from a Cabinet Secretary, as the Chairman of the Committee, I must be satisfied...

Hon. Speaker, I will bring a Report in two weeks.

You know, Hon. Speaker, Hon. Owen Baya took over my name. In the second Supplementary Budget, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education was on record in this House that there was an allocation of Ksh100 million. He told us that the money was going towards upgrading NEMIS to...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I listened to the response by the Chairperson of the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity as he gave statistics on how communities have been employed in the civil service, how some tribes received their fair share and others did not. Even as he comes up...

Hon. Speaker, I want to support the statement by the hon. chaled. Which chairlady? The Hon. Member, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Jared Okello is not a lady. (Laughter) Hon. Speaker, it is very sad that a young man who just wrote something on social media had to die. In Kerio Valley,...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, maybe, I will sit down with Hon. Caroli to confirm the specific project he is referring to. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : He mentioned it. Hon. Caroli, I suggest that you approach the Chairperson of the concerned Committee. You can cross the aisle. (Hon. Caroli...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, some two weeks ago, we saw a serious backlog at the Kenya Wildlife Services, when many tourists wanted to access the park. It was embarrassing to the country and to those tourists. We hope the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, in this financial year, will put in...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, the mandate of the National Land Commission (NLC) is to provide compensation for acquired public land. I chair a committee where so many water projects are donor-funded. Under the donor-funded projects, the Government of Kenya is supposed to provide the counterpart money for land compensation. The Government...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, the Office of the Auditor-General plays a very important role in auditing Ministries and Government institutions. I want to point out an important issue to the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Reports of the Auditor-General must form part of the budget- making process. Every day,...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, Article 95 (5) (b) of our Constitution provides that one of the functions of the National Assembly is oversight. Article 260 of the Constitution provides that a State organ includes an office or a commission. I want to ask the Clerk of the National Assembly or the...

Firstly, Hon. Temporary Chairman, as much as we support our colleagues on the other side, the Senators, there is a provision of Kshs500 million in this Budget for the Senate Oversight Fund (SOF) . If you read the Constitution, as Members of Parliament, we also play the oversight role, but...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea on the Conservation and...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: That this House adopts the report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea on Conservation and Sustainable Use...

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to just inform my good friend, Hon. Kamuren that any amendment a Member moves must have a justification so that other Members can understand what is being proposed for amendment.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank all my colleagues who contributed to this Motion on the ratification of the BBN Agreement. I want to take note of what Hon. Millie said that as we ratify international treaties, there is need to have our own East Africa treaty...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Budget Estimate 2025/2026. Allow me to start by congratulating my good friend, the Member for Alego Usonga Constituency and Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Atandi, on a very good report. As Chairpersons of committees,...

Not only that, Hon. Temporary Speaker. There are many stalled Court buildings across the country. Going forward, as we appropriate money, we need to start with pending bills. The second charge must be for ongoing projects. Before we start new projects, there is a need to complete ongoing projects. There...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Kangogo Bowen. I think the question by Hon. Jared Okello was answered by Hon. Silvanus Osoro. There is an ADR meeting tomorrow morning between the parties and there will be a ruling on Thursday. Our...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 17th April 2025, and pursuant to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank Members who contributed to the Motion on Ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. This treaty has been adopted by so many other countries; about 65 countries. Even if we do not ratify it as a country, it will...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a House of record. In the last Parliament, if a Member asked a question and that Member was not present in the House at the time of the response, the chairperson of...

On a point of order. Yes, Hon. Bowen. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. If it is true… What exactly is out of order? The statement by the Chairman. If it is true that the Chairman read that the DCC was transferred and these two Members are confirming that the DCC...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of Sessional Paper No.7 of 2024 on the National Sanitation Management Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday,...

Hon. Speaker, I support my good friend here, but in addition, just as a point of information to the Hon. DK, Moi University is not a university of Uasin Gishu; it is a university where almost all the employees are from all over Kenya. It is a national university. It...