BOWEN DAVID KANGOGO

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, on 4th March 2025, Hon. Joyce Kamene, a Member of Parliament from Machakos County, rose to request for a Statement regarding the Mavoko water supply. The Hon. Member was seeking the status of implementation of the Mavoko Drinking Water Supply Project, jointly funded by the Kenyan Government...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, as a Committee, we take our work very seriously. Water is a devolved function, especially the last- mile connectivity. The National Government, through the Tanathi Water Development Agency, has done the pipeline, tanks, dams, and related infrastructure. The project was handed over to the Machakos County Government...

On a point of order. Yes, Hon. Bowen. What is your point of order? Hon. Speaker, I would like to support the Motion by Hon. Junet.

Hon. Speaker, I would like to ask the Prime Cabinet Secretary a question. Two days ago, there was a news item on Kazi Majuu by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. Many Kenyans said they were scammed by the Ministry under the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Alfred Mutua. What is...

Yes.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee On Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on the Budget Implementation Review for the First Half of the Financial Year 2024/2025 (July to December 2024) for the following State Departments:

Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the answers given by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education. He has not given any. It is the promise that he is going to give us an answer soon. The Chairman has just said that many of our universities are struggling financially. Again, we...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. Go ahead. Hon. Speaker, I also want to make a general comment. Firstly, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security needs to sit down with the various heads of security agency formations, including the Inspector-General of Police and other security agency leaders. There...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, with all due respect to my good friend and Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Alice, this amendment is not good. Like Hon. Oundo has just said, it will be subject to abuse, unless it is clearly defined elsewhere who those caregivers are. I ask her to withdraw...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the Motion to discharge the Bill. Many of my colleagues, including the Mover, Hon. TJ Kajwang’, the Leader of the Majority Party, who seconded, and Dr Oundo, have said all about this Bill. I just want to say...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of—

Hon. 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 on Fisheries Subsidies, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 17th April 2025, and pursuant...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No. 7 of 2024 on National Sanitation Management Policy, laid on the Table of the House on...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Order! Member for Marakwet East, is it a point of debate or a point of order? On which Standing Order are you raising your point of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is a small issue as you have heard it from many...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to appreciate Hon. Mbadi for the very good and elaborate response. As a country, we are going through economic turbulence. Budgets are projections. Sometimes, based on what we collect, that is what we have as a country to spend. I want to request the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The concern we all share this afternoon is the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG- CDF) . Last week, you communicated and informed us that the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning would appear before us regarding the NG-CDF. We have fewer than...

I will bring the answer in the next two weeks, Hon. Speaker.

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hold on. Yes, Hon. Bowen. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Sometime last year, around November, I drafted a Question concerning the Parliamentary Service Commission regarding its oversight role. Hon. Speaker, I ask for your indulgence and advice on this. Give us direction because it...

Yes, Hon. Speaker.

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

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What is the Government doing to stamp out banditry in Kerio Valley? In Kerio Valley? Two weeks ago, two primary school students and their uncle were killed by bandits. The students were girls. It is a repeat. We have had discussions in this House on banditry....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Even as we increase the allocation to the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) , IPOA needs to work within the Constitution and understand the functions of the police. Sometimes, police officers are harassed by IPOA when they are doing their work. For example, last month...