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Joyce Kamene
Official Background
Current Positions
A member of the 13th Parliament
Committee Membership
- Member of the Delegated Legislation committee.
- Member of the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives committee.
Topics this member is active on
Policy areas drawn from this member's certified verbatim Hansard interventions.
- Devolution 5 5 interventions
- Governance & Democracy 4 4 interventions
- Cost of Living 2 2 interventions
- Infrastructure & Transport 2 2 interventions
- Education & Skills Development 1 1 interventions
- Security & Defense 1 1 interventions
Parliamentary Activity
Hon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, you have heard the Chair's answer. He has not given any solution. It is simple. Has the work of repairing this road started, especially the Mlolongo-Quarry-Katani Road? It is still impassable. It is in a bad state. I had also asked about...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I am not talking about the roads that are yet to be funded. My concern is about the roads that have already been done but were done poorly. The Chairperson has stated that the Airport Road and the Mlolongo- Quarry-Katani Road were...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2(c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the deplorable condition of Mlolongo-Quarry-Katani Road in Machakos County. Hon. Speaker, road infrastructure is a critical enabler for...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to add my voice to this very painful issue of Mavoko land. Let me start by saying that two wrongs do not make a right. Indeed, people were there and had settled, but for the...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Leader of the Majority Party has told us to declare interest. Yes, I am a resident of Mavoko, and my biggest interest is the residents of Mavoko. It is of great concern, very hurting and painful because I...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, as much as I would like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for his answers, they still leave a lot to be desired. As Women Representatives, we get many calls from those schools. He has just stated that they supply sanitary pads to...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the Bill. We are all aware that the bodaboda industry plays a huge role in the transport sector in this country. This sector has mushroomed in the last couple...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question: Could he outline the measures that the Ministry has put in place to provide for pedestrian footbridges along an approximately two-kilometre stretch of Mombasa Road, especially the crossing at...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I just want some more clarity because if I can remember very well, public participation was done before the Expressway was started. It was agreed that there was need to have five footbridges because of public safety in the stretch from Mlolongo...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provision of Standing Order 42A (5) I wish to ask Question No.018/2023 to the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport: What measures has the Ministry put in place to provide for pedestrian footbridges along an approximately two kilometres stretch...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. In a very special way, I want to thank Hon. Jane Kagiri, the Woman Rep for Laikipia, for the well-articulated and researched Motion on the power sector. Power has become a menace...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I just want to air my voice on the SRC. The draft Regulations it forwarded clearly show that there was no public participation from the other commissions. For example, it is not the mandate of the...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Finally, let me state that the main role of SRC is to set and regulate salaries of State officers and that its role is advisory when it comes to salaries and benefits of other public officers. So, I support...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joyce Kamene (Machakos County, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give my voice on the issues that are on the Floor. I would want to begin with the issue of the three funds: NG-CDF, NGAAF and the Senate Oversight Fund. I...
Official Hansard sourceBills Sponsored
Joyce Kamene has sponsored 3 bills.
Voting Record
Voting History: 9
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Questions
- Could the Cabinet Secretary- (i) provide a report on the status of rehabilitation and improvements works along the Mlolongo-Quarry- Katani Road, which commenced on 24th February 2025 and timelines for completion of the project? (ii) clarify whether the rehabilitation and improvement works will cover the entire stretch of the road, and if so, provide the approved designs specifications, particularly those intended to ensure the durability of the road given its heavy usage by trucks? (iii) outline to Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport 17 Apr 2025 Pending Source ↗
- (i) provide a report on the approved designs for Mlolongo-Quarry-Katani Road, including the road profiles, drainage, and lighting, and whether the design adhered to the principle of durability and sustainability for roads serving heavy trucks? (ii) clarify whether construction of the named road conformed with the approved design; outline the contents of the inspection report for the road and confirm whether a completion certificate was issued and if so, explain why the road failed within five ye to Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport 7 Nov 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state the measures that the Ministry is pursuing to promote domestic production of essential goods to cushion citizens from the rising cost of living as a result of food price-related inflation? (ii) Provide timelines for operationalization of the proposed county aggregation and industrial parks once they are constructed in order to realize the intended benefits to Kenyans? to Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry 19 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain the measures the Ministry is undertaking to promote sustainable employment of the employable workforce in light of the KNBS Report which shows that two-thirds of the youth have stopped looking for employment-related work citing tough economic conditions of possible employers? (ii) provide measures the Ministry is pursuing to promote private sector investments in the country amidst the depreciation of the Kenya Shilling against the US Dollar? (iii) elabor to Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning 19 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state the long-term sustainable measures the Ministry is putting in place to lower the cost of agricultural inputs other than the provision of subsidized fertilizers considering the rising food prices in the country on account of inflation? (ii) state the programs and policies the Ministry has implemented to reduce importation of food to the country and ensure food self-sufficiency? to Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development 19 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why the East African Portland Cement Company has abandoned their core mandate of producing and selling cement and has instead resorted to selling public land in the guise of raising revenue to keep the Company afloat citing financial constraints? to Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry 19 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain the cause of frequent power outages in Syokimau and Mlolongo areas? (ii) outline short and long-term measures that the Ministry is putting in place to address the frequent power outages in the above-mentioned areas, and consider compensating consumers for the losses suffered as a result of the frequent power outages that occur without prior notice by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company? to Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum 19 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) categorise the 10,839 individuals recruited into the National Youth Service by gender and regions and further explain the fate of the 2,000 recruits who underwent training but were not deployed to the National Youth Service? (ii) provide a list of the number of recruits from Machakos County categorized by their respective constituencies? to Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management 4 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state any reforms that the Ministry has instituted to transform the operational standards of public service to boost productivity, efficiency, morale and retention of public officers/civil servants? (ii) provide plans and policies the Ministry has considered towards offering counseling and psychosocial support to personnel in the Public Service to prevent escalation of psychological challenges? (iii) explain measures that have been taken to ensure compliance wit to Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management 4 Mar 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of the funds allocated and disbursed for the provision of sanitary pads from July 2022 to-date, including a comprehensive list of schools in each County that have received these pads during the same time frame? to Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage 28 Feb 2024 Answered Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) outline the steps that the Ministry is taking to give full effect to the National Social Protection Policy and the National Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in order to fill the lacuna created by the repeal of the Social Assistance Act, 2013? (ii) explain what measures the Ministry has taken to ensure provision of social protection to orphans, widows and widowers and create awareness to the targeted groups on how they can benefit from the existing socia to Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection 2 Aug 2023 Answered Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain the cause of frequent power outages in Syokimau and Mlolongo areas? (ii) outline short and long-term measures that the Ministry is putting in place to address the frequent power outages in the above-mentioned areas, and (iii) consider compensating consumers for the losses suffered as a result of the frequent power outages that occur without prior notice by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company? to Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum 26 Jun 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) State the amount of money that the Ministry has received towards the provision of sanitary pads to school girls each financial year from 2017/2018 to 2022/2023? (ii) Explain the criteria, if any, used by the Ministry in distributing the allocations stated in (i) above among counties and specify how much Machakos County received in each of the stated Financial Years? (iii) Provide a list of schools in Machakos County that have so far received sanitary pads from 2 to Cabinet Secretary for Education 25 Apr 2023 Answered Source ↗
- Explanation for stalled road projects to Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport 19 Apr 2023 asked Source ↗
- What measures has the Ministry put in place to provide for pedestrian footbridges along an approximately 2- kilometre stretch of Mombasa Road, especially the crossing at Hilton Garden Inn and the Syokimau Railway Station/Nairobi SGR Terminus and the stretch between KAPPA Industries and Mastermind? to Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Roads and Transport 30 Mar 2023 Answered Source ↗
Statements
- Registration of community groups and community-based organisations request 18 Jun 2026
- Payment of salaries and dues to former employees of East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) request 28 May 2026
- Squatters residing on land L.R. No. 111895/20 in Athi River, Mavoko Sub-County request 4 Dec 2025
- the squatters living on a parcel of land LR No. 11895/20 in Sabaki, Athi-River, Mavoko sub-county, which is being claimed by the Numerical Machining Complex Limited request 4 Dec 2025
- the status of upgrading the Matuu-Ekalakala Road to bitumen standards request 3 Dec 2025
- Compensation of victims of the 1999 train accident request 26 Nov 2025
- compensation of Mr. Stephen Mboya Mutiso, a survivor of the 1999 train accident request 26 Nov 2025
- Compensation for victims of Kenya Railways accident request 26 Nov 2025
- the pollution by quarries and tyre factories in Katani and its environs request 19 Nov 2025
- Status of Matungulu Farmers Company Limited request 4 Nov 2025
- the status of Matungulu Farmers Company Limited, which is in Muthesya, Masinga Sub-County request 4 Nov 2025
- blood donation and transfusion at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) request 25 Sep 2025
- blood donation and transfusion at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) request 25 Sep 2025
- Safety and security of pedestrians using the Mlolongo footbridge. request 13 Aug 2025
- Air and noise pollution by Endmor Steel Millers Limited in Syokimau, Machakos County request 29 Jul 2025
Papers Laid
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