Kimani Francis Kuria

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to start from where the Hon. Member has left, on Article 223. It is the Committee on Finance and National Planning that flagged off this particular payment of Ksh6.142 billion that interestingly was made on 5th August...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Today, I had a rough time contributing and, unfortunately, he is from my county. He is my Chair in the Nakuru Caucus and, therefore, I have to be careful in what I say. I was speaking to the issue of...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion. The issue before us, which is the amendment of the current Constitution is a discussion that has been ongoing for a long time. During our campaigns, as Kenya Kwanza, we...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to implore the Minority side that just as you ruled, this is a House of order and we are on the next Order. I look forward to that time when we will be reading the Annual Budget for...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) The issue of the Office of the Leader of Opposition is what we are talking about and it is what we are facing right now. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Ahsante sana Naibu Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa nafasi hii. Kwa mara ya kwanza, nitajaribu kuzungumza kwa lugha ya Kiswahili. Natumai kwamba sitafeli. Ningeanza kwa kumpa kongole Mbunge wa Githunguri, Mhe. Gathoni Wamuchomba, kwa sababu ya kuwafikiria wanafunzi wetu katika shule zetu. Wakati tunasema ya...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Report on public debt. From the outset, I congratulate the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee for a Report well done. When the Chairperson of the 22nd February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 29...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker…

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Again, thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker for that very candid introduction. As you have rightly put it, I really implore Hon. Members, 16th February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 43 Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA)especially those of us who are young, to come during...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) I love that candid admission and I hope that Kenyans are listening and watching. Hon. Temporary Speaker, over the weekend, on Sunday, we had a national prayer day in Nakuru. The sermon by one apostle Kimani of Kingdom Seekers was about destiny. He said that...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. If we address the number of schools per constituency and the population, we will be able to find what is happening in Kiharu, Molo, and many other constituencies. I have sat with some of my colleagues in other constituencies. Mine...

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Pape on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on consideration of nominees for appointment as Members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) . Thank you, Hon....

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in its Report on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment as Members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to condole with Hon. Kawanjiku and the great people of Kiambaa on the loss of this great gentleman of the Republic of Kenya. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was doing my research on The...

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA) Hon. Speaker, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning undertook the approval hearings of seven nominees for appointment as members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) …

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand guided. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in its Report on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment as...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to start by thanking Hon. Makali Mulu and request him to read the mood of this House. I want to thank the Members for burning the midnight oil to make it…

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I really want to thank the Members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for sacrificing a lot of their time. We called you from your constituencies and we even had to write to our party leadership to excuse...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the vetting of the following nominees for appointment as Principal Secretaries:

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy 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 the vetting of the nominees for appointment as Principal Secretaries, laid on the Table of the House...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in its Report on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment as Principal Secretaries, laid on the Table of the...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Report before this House is purely based on the velocity of the petition presented before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and, therefore, it is only fair to say that JLAC took an impartial role – a quasi- judicial role....

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The JLAC is listening to petitions from various bodies on the removal of the four commissioners. Bearing in mind the seriousness of this particular matter, and how emotive the issue of elections has been in this country, we want to make...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support the Public Finance Management Regulations of 2022. Because I love numbers, I would like to inform some of my colleagues who are opposing these regulations of a few numbers that would be critical to them....

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I withdraw the word ‘Stupid.’ I will, however, not withdraw the fact that our inflation rate is at 9.6 per cent; 8 per cent interest is reasonable. Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Junet, you had your chance to contribute and we gave...

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We call it the Financial Inclusion Fund but for the sake of my debating, I would like to refer to it in a way that my people understand –the ‘Hustlers Fund’. Before I was interrupted, I was talking of boda...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for, giving me this opportunity to contribute to this discussion. It is quite unfortunate that this afternoon we are spending all this time debating about only 2.5 per cent of the ordinary revenue of the Government of Kenya; 97.5 per...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity. First of all, I am happy that this list has been tabled today. Molo Constituency is among the first constituencies that we are going to approve its NG-CDF Committee nominees, and this will lead to...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) On a point of order

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am rising on a point of order to bring to your attention Standing Order 95. This debate is on the approval of names of members of the NG-CDF committees in 180 constituencies and we have 90 others to debate. Because this...

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I would like to welcome our great future doctors, engineers, professors and Members of Parliament from the great constituency of Molo led by Molo Highway Secondary School, Arimi Secondary School and Sokoro Girls Secondary School....