MURUGARA GEORGE GITONGA

Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of my colleague from Maara Constituency, Hon. Kareke Mbiuki, who is not here now. As a leader from Tharaka Nithi County, allow me to welcome Chogoria Boys’ High School who are seated in the Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose this Motion. I have various reasons why I urge the House to reject it, and some of them are purely based on law. The Motion in certain respects, breach Statutes and as such, this House cannot condone such. Hon. Speaker, if you...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Under the Standing Orders, what the Hon. Speaker did was to look at the Motion as it was presented before him. He may not have gone into the nitty-gritty of how the affidavits and the rest of the evidence was introduced because he was...

THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended by deleting the proposed new subsection (4) and substituting therefor the following subsection— “ (4) The secretary shall hold office for a term of four years and is eligible for re-appointment for one further term of four years.” The justification is that...

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 6 and substituting therefor the following new Clause— Insertion of a new s. 24A in Cap. 7C.

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we left it at that, and is now submitted to Parliament to have an absolute discretion on how to deal with it. We do not want to say how Parliament should do it in a statute because it has unfettered discretion. It can deal with a report...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 7 and substituting therefor the following new Clause— Insertion of a new PART IIIA in Cap. 7C. PART IIIA—DELIMITATION OF ELECTORAL UNITS

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The correct position is that Sub-clause 10 exists in the current Act. What we have done is purely aligning the section so that we bring it up under its own part. If you look at Section 36, it has that subsection. We are...

THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) —

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 11 and substituting therefor the following new Clause— Saving and transition. (Question of the amendment proposed) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): The Leader of the Majority Party.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. It is important that I clarify that we have made a saving provision under sub-clause

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move that the new clause 7A be now read a Second Time. The justification is that we are calling upon the House to approve that we delete the old Section 36 from the Act. If you recollect, the old Section...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I had a glimpse of the response, and I have also listened to it. The only issues that remain outstanding are timeliness and analysis of the telephone contacts of the last person who was with Ms. Peris. There is need to speed up because...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its consideration of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2024) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. On the face of it, the Bill appears to be effecting minor amendments while in essence these amendments have far-reaching effects on the NLC and what it is supposed to do. It is vitally important to note...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. At the outset, I must inform the Leader of the Minority Party that in spite of the Bill being a negotiated document, it is not cast in stone. I am grateful to the Departmental Committee on Justice...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, the Report was tabled. So, you will get a copy. You need to read it because it has certain proposals which may be of interest to you and the entire House. As you said earlier, nobody else...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended— Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move that the proposed new sections be read a Second Time. The justification is that we have to regularise the membership of the Assumption of the Office...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not think the Chairperson is gagging anyone. The truth is that this is a House of rules. We must follow our rules of procedure at every moment and every step. Unfortunately, while the matter may be exactly what Hon. (Dr) Nyikal...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion to adopt the Committee's Report on the five constituencies under discussion. Parliament have no role to play in the NG-CDF anymore? That must be very clear to everybody. The Act removed our oversight role at the constituency...

THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended— THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended— THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended— THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended— THAT, Clause 11 be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “ (1)...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I have looked at the proposed amendment and consulted with Hon. Chepkong’a, who is the Mover or the sponsor of the Bill, and we are of the view that it enhances and makes it better by incorporating that proposal. We, therefore, concede to...

THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (7) by inserting the words “the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or” immediately after the words “House by”; The justification is that we have to allow the chairperson, the vice-chairperson or a member of the mediation committee to table the report of the...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. We reject this proposal because it recommends that we have to include what the public says in a law that Parliament is proposing. The constitutional provision is that we have to consider the participation of the public, but we are under no obligation...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I have listened to the proposed definition of the Originating House and Second House. I have no problem with this because the terminology used in the Bill has to be correctly defined. I agree with this. (Question, that the word to be inserted...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. There is a pending litigation as regards to the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, which we are trying to amend this morning. Remember, we put this provision in the Finance Bill, but the court declared the process irregular and directed us to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support these very important proposed amendments. Allow me to commend the Committee on Delegated Legislation for its comprehensive Report which examines exactly what we are to do as regards the two types of statutory instruments. The first proposal is an amendment to...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended by— 21). The justification is that the reduction of the number of advocates representing the Law Society of Kenya in the Rules Committee would negatively affect the interests of the legal practitioners because this is their Act.(Question of the amendment proposed) Let...

I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended by—

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I think I need to retake this. We are proposing to delete all the proposed amendments under the Office of the Attorney-General Act and substitute them with the proposed new amendments in the proper chronological order as shown in the Order Paper. We will amend Sections 2,...

Just a clarification so that Hon. Oundo gets it well. I moved that we delete the proposed Amendments which was Section 13 and substitute therefore the following new proposed Amendments in the proper chronologicalorder. I moved all of them from Sections 9 (2) , 9 (5) (d) , 13, New...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The position is that I actually moved the clauses and you proposed the Questions. If you may notice, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill is slightly different from other Bills. Each proposed statute is taken separately, independently, and conclusively. That is where the difference is....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Committee had a similar proposed amendment. Now that the amendment by the Leader of the Majority Party has been proposed, if it carries the day, ours will fall by the wayside. Therefore, the position is that the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act will come...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank you for allowing this debate to go on. I commend you for that. Unfortunately, what has been raised as a point of order by Leader of the Minority Party is actually the dissent of Hon. Otiende Amollo to the committee reports...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. That is 100 per cent correct. I wish to inform Hon. Oundo, my friend, that when the Leader of the Majority Party moved this Bill, he, in extenso, relied on the Report to say how the Bill will be amended clause by clause. That...

Unfortunately, they may be 10, five but not

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Division of Revenue Bill which will be an Act of Parliament as Budget and Appropriations Committee. I thank the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. It is a task to prepare a report that, in essence, divides...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the Houses of Parliament (Bicameral Relations) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.44 of 2023) . We have proposed an amendment to put the brackets after the word "bicameral" so Parliament (Relations) Act when accented to.It behooves Hon. Members to go through the...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I support the Motion, it is important that I make a few clarifications. A member has suggested that the amendments made by the Senate cannot be reintroduced for six months as it would be considered a rejection by Parliament. However, this is...

On a point of order. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Murugara. That is Clause 42, which is not being debated. We are on new Clauses 42A and 42B. Clause 42 is the one that has been read. Our colleague there is a little bit out of psyche.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second the Second Reading of the National Government Administration Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.73 of 2023) . I fully associate myself with the observations and debate by the Leader of the Majority Party when moving...

On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.