John Kiarie

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, your confession can be excused because my neighbour has just ceded the Floor, and it is becoming a Dagoretti affair. We see ourselves as one larger Dagoretti. So, I do not get offended when I am called the Member of Dagoretti...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I must congratulate the Hon. Member for Embakasi West, Hon. Mwenje. This Motion brings a very critical matter that goes beyond even the issues that he is raising: Policy. Hon....

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker Member for Dagoretti South. Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we now are a bit concerned as Members of Parliament representing Nairobi. First, these animals are being described as problematic, then they are...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. As has been said, this Petition is properly before this House. TikTok is a development in ICT, coming out of what we call the Fourth Industrial Revolution. If there is anything we have learnt from the first, second...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) The Leader of the Minority Party must substantiate where that militia is, under whose command, and why they think they can benefit from a mischief they manufacture themselves and come to this House to shed crocodile tears after…

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Martha Wangari) What is out of order? Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, under your watch, there has been perennial inobservance of the laws of this House. There is...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, you are perfectly in order. That is the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation. There are people who try to call it the Departmental Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) . We take them to school and let them...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Before I read the Statement, I would like to let it be known that in the National Assembly, the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) is under the leadership of the very able Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gladys Boss Shollei. I rise...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) I want to thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The opportunity to speak to this Motion is much appreciated. I would not stand and contribute to this without thanking the very able Chairman, Hon. David Gikaria from Nakuru Town and the Seconder, the Member for...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not intend to interrupt the flow of the Member’s thoughts on this debate. He was flowing very well. He has rightly said that there is a cohort of Members of Parliament who are interacting with the international instruments for...

Hon. John Waweru. Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am honoured to have an opportunity to debate the ratification of this convention regarding the handling of mercury in Kenya. As we all know, the good Lord created this world and gave provisions for man and...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I second this Motion, I want to put it on record that this House has done its bit on the most important business of the Legislature, which is working on the Budget and appropriating monies to...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Chairlady, on this one, I would like to go on record that this is one of those clauses that has been extensively prosecuted. Not only in the Committee but also with practitioners in this industry. Cohort upon cohort of Digital Content Creators have...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Chairlady, this amendment could never have been brought by a better person than the Hon. Member for Mathare. The part that we are not telling about this content creation digital tax is the journey that we have walked. Hon. Chairlady, the proposal by...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and related meetings that were held in Manama in the Kingdom of Bahrain...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House notes the Report of the 146th Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) and related meetings that were held in Manama in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 11th to 15th...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I should first disabuse the notion that what we have here is a Housing Bill. What we have been prosecuting this afternoon is the Finance Bill, 2023. The Bill seeks to do three critical...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report that has been presented by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. By approving the appointment of Mr. Noordin Haji, we shall be doing what this country...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I do not want to delay anyone on this debate. Mine is to support the amendment. Why it is important to support this amendment is because, as Kenyans, we know what happened to the health service in this country. The moment...

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA)Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am also with those who are saying that we can put the Question on this.The import of allocating this money to this sector is that it cuts across all other sectors. It is in great support of the manifesto that is...

Propose the Question. 13th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 57

Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am in support with the amendment that has been moved by the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriation Committee. For the information of this House, the import of this is that it does not change the monies allocated to the...

Hon. John Kiarie Waweru (Dagoretti South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was keen to speak to an earlier issue, but the matter on the Floor of the House is of concern to every Member of Parliament. The issue of the NG-CDF is a matter I would like to...