Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua

Yes, Hon. Speaker, I have.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this Statement in response to the Statement sought by Hon. Dick Maungu, Member of Parliament for Luanda Constituency. Among other things, Hon. Maungu sought to establish in the Request for Statement:

Hon. Speaker, I confirm that I received this response this morning. It is prepared and signed by the Principal Secretary, Mohamed Daghar. I also confirm that the Cabinet Secretary is currently bereaved, having lost his father. I agree with Members of this House that the response is substandard. I therefore...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Firstly, I thank the Member for Mathare, Hon. Anthony Oluoch. We are elected by Kenyans to identify public problems and provide solutions. (Loud consultations) Order, Members. Zoning seems Hon. Temporary Speaker, they are consulting on a high note...

I did not say Parliament, but the row which means from where Hon. Fabian is to where the distinguished Member from Rusinga Island is. It was on a light note. Nonetheless, let me go back to the business that is before us. Leaders are elected to identify public problems and...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Didmus Barasa, what is your point of order? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I just want to inform Hon. Ochanda that, first, I am sorry that the crocodiles are wreaking havoc along Lower River Yala. Can he consider taking a group...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. This is a very important matter for the country. It is one of the Bills that proceeded to mediation, and I urge Members serving in other mediation committees with pending matters to expedite their work so that the country...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wanted to inform Hon. Caroli Omondi that the Inspector-General…

I am also known as Mutua. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to be clear that I support this Bill with serious amendments. Members have alluded to the fact that when one is 60 years old, one is brain-tired. I do not agree with that assumption because in this...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Bill. Firstly, public policy or legislation come to solve a public problem. It takes an intelligent man with grassroots connections to identify such problems and propose legislation to cure them. One such person is Dr Oron. He is well grounded from the...

Ahsante sana, Mhe. Spika, kwa kunipatia nafasi hii… (Loud consultations)

Ahsante sana, Mhe. Spika, kwa kunipatia nafasi hii ili niwapongeze wenzangu walioshinda viti tofauti katika maeneo bunge tofauti. Ninawakaribisha hapa ili tujenge taifa letu. Cha msingi ni kufurahia amani iliyokuwepo katika sehemu hizo. Mhe. Kimani Ichung’wah alifanya kampeini katika maeneo bunge ya Kasipul na Ugunja bila tashwishi yoyote. Miaka sita...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations and the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity on the fact-finding mission to Basuba Ward (Boni Forest)...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened to the Member and the seriousness of this matter. I confirm that I will respond with the same level of civility by Thursday next week because this is not the first time that this matter is being canvased here. I do not think...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. On Tuesday, 12th August 2025, the Member for Kajiado North, Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo, requested a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding delayed compensation for land compulsorily acquired for the construction of SGR Lines from Nairobi to Suswa. In the Statement,...

Hon. Speaker, the Government is very organised. They felt they would not process the payments for a few individuals and would leave others out. That is why they embarked on a rigorous process of gazetting the subdivided land, realigning the data in the Ministry of Land, and then paying everyone...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Didmus? Hon. Speaker, I did not want to interrupt my very good friend, Hon. Kaluma. He is on record, and for the very many years since I have known him, confirming that he has some children...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We will respond when we resume from recess.

Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Martha Wangari, Member for Gilgil, requested for a statement regarding the deplorable condition of the Elementaita-Mitimingi-Mau Narok Road in Nakuru County. Hon. Martha Wangari, in the request, sought the following: Committee on when the contractor will be on site. The contractor has been given notice...

Hon. Chair, I am happy to report that I will be going for… Which Chair are you addressing? Hon. Speaker, I beg your pardon. I have just assured the Member for Gilgil that I will be going to Maasai Mara this weekend. Therefore, I will personally drive along that road...

Yes. I have taken note of all concerns from Hon. Members. I undertake to get much deeper into this matter to understand why that contract has taken so long. I will also come up with steps that the Ministry is going to take to ensure that, in the event that...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to welcome our schools in the National Assembly of Kenya and, most particularly, Kapsabet Girls High School, where my firstborn daughter is sitting her Form IV exams this year. I am not only elated to welcome all the students, but...