John Kiarie

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that Article 42 of the Constitution accords every person the right to a clean and healthy environment and that Article 69 (1) (d) also mandates the State to encourage public participation in the management, protection and conservation of...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, Hon. Member. What is your point of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good friend, the Member for Saboti, is one gentleman I would not want to interrupt as he makes his contribution. However, our Standing Orders do require that one be...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to continue moving this Motion. It intends to implore on the Members of Parliament to consider expanding the mandate of National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) . Therefore, it is able to do more in addition to what it does. This is because...

On a point of information.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It was not my intention to interrupt the good gentleman, Hon. Ochanda. I am glad for his magnanimity to accept to be informed, but in the life of the last Parliament, this House, in its own wisdom, went through the process of passing...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Because of the high interest in this Motion, before I reply, I would like to donate some minutes to Members who have indicated much interest, namely, Hon. Anthony Oluoch, Hon. Andrew Okuome, Hon. Beatrice Adagala, Hon. Amos Mwago, Hon. Jackson Kosgei, Hon. Mary...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I appreciate your magnanimity in accepting to give the opportunities to Members. I understand there is only time left for me to reply. I beg to do so. While I was seated here, I was taking notes on the Bills that Members of Parliament have built from...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am honoured and what great presiding. Before anything else I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you for ascending to the presidium and having this opportunity to sit on the Chair’s Panel. Congratulations, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Secondly, what an awesome Motion. I want to...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 53 (3) of our National Assembly Standing Orders to request that you defer the putting of the question to another Siting, pursuant to that Standing Order. I wish we have better quorum in the House while putting the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that there are many talents amongst the youth of this country; noting that these talents have been severally displayed through various inventions and also innovations by the artisans in platforms such as the Annual Youth Innovation...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, this House is finally doing business after being done with the preliminary issues that we were prosecuting in the last few weeks. I feel that we are now in the real business of the House. It is commendable what Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Kiarie, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is not in my place to interrupt the esteemed ranking Member, Hon. Yusuf, but this is critical because we have been having very many fights about this fund, especially with institutions...

Hon. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity. I rise to give a notice of Motion on the policy on tree planting and beautification along our nation’s road network. THAT, aware that Article 42 of the Constitution accords every person the right to a clean and healthy environment; that Article 69 (1)...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. This is a Motion on the empowerment of artisans by the Government, specifically the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) . Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that there are many talents among the youth of this...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. This is a bitter-sweet goodbye to the Hon. Members who are leaving this House. But we are comforted knowing that they are being upwardly displaced. To Hon. Wahome, I know the blood of the late Bildad Kaggia runs in her veins; but I implore...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I will start by commending Hon. Elsie for bringing such a timely Motion on school feeding. I would like to report to this House that beyond just pushing a Motion, formulating legislation and forming a policy on school feeding, school feeding is practically possible...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I take this very early opportunity to, first, congratulate you. You are legendary. You are one of the few Kenyans I know who have served in all the three Arms of the Government. We saw you do some amazing work in the Executive. We know you did...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. There are quite a number of issues that I wanted to raise on this matter. However, because I have only three minutes, I think it will be in order for me to frame the issues for you as you retreat to determine this matter....

I ask the Clerks-at-the-Table to recover my lost time. The second issue you shall apply your mind to when you retreat is the issue of freedom of association. Is anyone bound to be in a place where they do not wish to be? I shall not spend more time on...