Gabriel Koshal Tongoyo

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the BPS, 2024, as tabled by the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. First of all, I commend the Chairperson and his Committee for a job well done, and for working round the clock...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am glad that the Member is in the House. I want to respond as follows: The Member of Parliament for Kirinyaga County, Hon. Jane Njeri Maina, requested for a statement regarding the deaths that occurred in her county after...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, can I add something?

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) That is the Cabinet Secretary’s response to the request for a statement by Kirinyaga Woman Representative. I want to reiterate that they were painful deaths that did not only happen in Kirinyaga, but elsewhere too. In my own county, for example, as late as...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I think my good friend, Hon. KJ has kind of read my mind. I want to tell my good friend Hon. Oundo that when we were discussing about affordable housing, a majority of us in the Kenya Kwanza Coalition...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On the Statement, I will ask for two weeks to get a response from the Ministry. I will not give you two weeks. Twenty three lives were lost and, therefore, I will give you a week. You should be having...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I first want to appreciate the fact that it is unfortunate that lives were lost. It is very sad that we lost such a large number of young and productive Kenyans through intake of illicit brew. I agree with all Members that...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) On Tuesday. The Leader of the Majority Party got it right. We are responsible for legislation and we can re-look at aspects of licensing of production, imports and exports. At the same time, we should tighten our laws and policies on licensing, especially at...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Yes, I do, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Can you jog the memory of the Members of Parliament? You also have a Statement. Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is a Statement on Tragic Drowning...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Yes. Okay. Give us the response. TRAGIC DROWNING OF TWO RESIDENTS OF SIGOWET/SOIN Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member I was consulting with is the one who requested for the Statement. I am happy to report that one body...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We all know that this did not happen only in Kericho. There are many more cases, especially as a result of the ongoing El Nino rains. The National Emergency Response Team deals with such problems globally. This is an...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am well guided. It is true that indeed we wrote to the Ministry seeking a response. We did a follow-up yesterday and they told us that they were still putting pieces together in collaboration with the responsible security...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. First and foremost, I want to support what the previous Member who has spoken has said. When we discuss issues of terrorism, the issue of religion, tribe...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want to echo what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. This is not the first Board. We have a standard practice on how Boards are run or operated. Boards analyse the quarterly reports. I support that this amendment...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I assured this House and Kenyans that all the costs regarding the deployment of our police officers to Haiti are 100 per cent taken care of by the United Nations (UN) . No single shilling of the taxpayers’ money is going...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Give me the microphone please. It is very unfortunate for a very high-ranking Member like Hon. Junet to make such a statement. He knows that to secure this country, security is very expensive all over. If we would have been fair, we should have...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: 15th November 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1 Report of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the recommendation of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) It is just to support what you have said. I think the very senior Member, Hon. Junet, is pre-empting. We will have the entire tomorrow. 15th November 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 3 Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA)He can bring his issues. I confirm...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speake, for this opportunity.

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the President’s Address. I was present in this House when the President was addressing the nation and I was in fact seated where I am seated today. I had the opportunity of not just...

Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo (Narok West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs on the Report of the National Government and Coordination (Amendment) Bill No.25 of 2023. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.