Kimani Francis Kuria

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to join my colleagues in celebrating the Solomonic wisdom of the ruling by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya. The reason why the Finance Bills for the last two years have become a subject of discussion in the...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the Equalisation Fund (Administration) Bill, (Senate Bill No.14 of 2023) .

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, one of the issues that we were discussing earlier on the absenteeism of Members is that you prepare for one Bill only for it to be stepped down because the Mover is not there. You have to recollect where you were in...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) Yes, Hon. Kimani Kuria. Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 87 (5) to raise a concern about the roles and the structure of the...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you.

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to rise under Standing Order 87 (5) concerning a matter about the roles and the structure of the Senate and the National Assembly. To read verbatim, Standing Order 87 (5) says: “It shall be out of order for a Member...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Article 96 of the Constitution provides for the role of the Senate to be as follows: (Loud consultations) 5th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24 Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA)Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is so much loud consultations around me....

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to pick from where Hon. Millie Odhiambo has left. I was looking at an institution where the majority is up to 70 per cent, but the law requires that you do not go beyond that. I asked myself:...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) It is no more than 30 percent, but the argument still surfaces. What happens when you have more than 30 per cent of people from the same community who are qualified for a position and the rest do not? That is why I was talking...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank my colleague, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Mutunga, for requesting for that statement. I think the Committee will endeavour to go beyond the statement that has been sought. The pension savings, as...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) That was close. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this mediated version of the Sugar Bill that aims at revitalising the sugar industry by establishing a very robust regulatory framework that will promote fairness, efficiency and sustainability. (Hon. Brighton Yegon laughed loudly)...

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

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 35. Considering that we do not seem to have the requisite Quorum, I move that the Quorum Bell be rung.

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, as the Majority Party Whip has stated, we have lost a number of days in the course of this week and last week. Therefore, it is important that we prioritise Government Business, and exempt the business appearing today, Wednesday morning, a day...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to thank the Hon. Bidu for bringing this matter to the attention of this House and the Committee. This is a matter of public concern where several people are taking insurance coverage...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to congratulate Hon. Elisha for bringing this Bill to this stage. Taking it through the last Parliament and again introducing it to this Parliament is something very commendable. The Bill seeks to do a few things. Let...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much. By taking the responsibility of determining market dominance from the Communications Authority of Kenya, this substantially changes another subsequent law or is in contravention of the Competition Act that establishes the Competition Authority of Kenya. As we recall, Hon. Temporary Speaker,...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) The measure of the connectivity to either mobile or internet is based on the number of services that any mobile network or internet user has access to. For example, my colleague, Hon Makali Mulu, could have a phone that has an Equitel and Safaricom lines....

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you. From the onset, I support this Community Health Workers Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.53 of 2022) , as proposed by the great Member for Ndhiwa Constituency, Hon. Martin Owino. This Bill is seeking to include community health workers who are serving now as...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I would like to reject the recommendations that have been made by the Senate on the amendments to the Division of Revenue Bill. As it has been rightfully put here, these are the realities that we are...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Food and Feed Safety Control Co-ordination Bill (National Assembly Bill No.21 of 2023) . This Bill provides several provisions, one being providing a regulatory framework in which it establishes a comprehensive...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget in its Report on...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I thank this honourable House for the great and robust debate that we have had on this candidate. Because I am sure the candidate is listening, if this House approves his candidature to be the D-G of the Competition Authority of Kenya, I...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Well guided, Hon. Speaker. And with that, I beg to reply.

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I extend an invitation from the National Assembly to the great students of Molo Highway Secondary School, and schools from Rongai and Kajiado West constituencies to observe the proceedings of this House. If you allow me, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I...

Hon. Kimani Kuria (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Ratification of the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament. This ratification refers to the formal process in which member states of PAP approve and adopt the legal...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, I congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, for introducing the Coffee Bill of 2023. I thank the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock for really doing justice to the recommendations...

Hon. Kuria Kimani (Molo, UDA) Thank you, Hon Speaker. Having watched the proceedings of the vetting exercise, I applaud you. We learnt a lot from you as you chaired the Committee. You gave everyone a chance to be heard. You allowed the nominees ample time to elaborate on the questions...