Julius Kipbirwot Meli

Hon. Temporary Speaker I rise to support the Petition. The Estates Duty Act is a tax that is levied on a deceased persons’ estate. A number of prominent Kenyans normally pay these taxes. What is accrued from all these taxation goes to the national kitty or Consolidated Fund. However, to...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to make a statement which arose as a result of a question asked by the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Mbui. The concerns raised by the Members are right. They were good and it is a show of concern and as a leadership,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, as much as the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party is not in the House, the issue at hand raised a lot of interest among Members across the aisle of the House. As directed by the Speaker, the Committee communicated to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am well guided. I will summarise, but Members need to understand this. I will skim through some of the issues without going into details. I will pinpoint some of the pertinent areas in which Members raised a lot of concerns. The issue of identification...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, following the various engagements, the KNEC mapped out all examination centres to the nearest centres to avert delays at the start of the second examination session. During the mapping of the KPSEA, KCPE and KCSE, examination centres were categorised as follows. The exams have been reduced to...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the document is quite big. The Member for Teso South has a lot of information about her sub-county, but there are new containers that have been moved across. Let her wait and ask her question after. This Statement is from the Cabinet Secretary. Members will interrogate it...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, as rightly conversed by the Member for Alego Usonga, I have no answers. I commend Members for what they have said. It shall be transmitted to the Cabinet Secretary. However, there are certain issues that I want to put on record, especially on the issue of assigning...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to agree with the petitioners and mostly thank the Chairman of KUPPET, the Member for Emuhaya. Teachers have stagnated for long and I served as a teacher one time. Some teachers have stagnated in the same job group for as many as 10 or...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second. Insurance is a very important aspect of the national economy. Functional insurance companies give assurance to financial institutions and money markets to function well. A country without a strong insurance industry covering the medical, financial or commercial sectors will have a shaky financial...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I cannot speak on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary. Please allow me to ask the Cabinet Secretary for the facts so that I can table them in the House tomorrow morning.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I rise to support the Chairperson of the Committee and the Chief Whip of the Majority Party. We have problems in the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) as a result of appointing non- professionals who do not understand ongoing issues. We will encounter problems if...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support the amendment by Hon. Pukose, more specifically on issues that had been raised by Hon. Kaluma. I will insist on levy, collection of fees and opening bank accounts. As indicated by Hon. Pukose, the Director-General is supposed to relate with peers in other...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The amendment by the Chairperson means that this is a committee of the Board. In fact, it is a Committee that will be reporting to the Kenya Drugs Board which reports to the Cabinet Secretary. This is a sub-committee of the Board which shall not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I want the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health to speak to the thoughts of Hon. Kaluma and Hon. TJ on this “medicine”. The fact that these drugs have some efficacy, can heal or have an effect on our bodies, they are medicines. I...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this amendment. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party and by extension the National Treasury for this wise and very important Bill. This Bill stabilises the whole fiduciary sector, and more specifically gives confidence to Kenyans because many...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendment by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. This amendment is quite important. It is an amendment that is administrative. This House is mandated by the Constitution to be the law-making arm of the Government. It legislates. However, this House also...

Thank you, Chair. I beg move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Teachers Service Commission Act, 2012 (No.20 of 2012) , by deleting the words “National Assembly” and substituting therefor the word “Parliament”. This is to realign the section to the Constitution....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. First, the assertions by the two Members are very reckless in the sense that the TSC does not look at teachers' affairs at the national level only. The TSC looks into the policy and development of the teaching service across the country. We are not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. I want to put it right and on record that all independent commissions serve Kenyans, both Houses of Parliament, and all levels of government - county governments and national Government. Regarding the standards of ECDE, the TSC has a role, especially in setting standards on...

I want to commend Members, especially on this Miscellaneous Amendments Bill. Certain issues are brought to the House through Miscellaneous Amendments Bills that should come as stand-alone Bills. That allows for public participation to discuss and exhaust all the views. Therefore, it gives it the necessary meat that carries out...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : There is a point of order! Yes, Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Is it in order for Hon. Kaluma to insinuate that Members are taking tea...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second. (Question of the amendment proposed) (Question put and agreed to) Resolved accordingly: THAT, the House do agree with the Committee in the said report subject to recommittal of the provisions relating to the Public Holidays Act (Cap. 110) . COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Culture steadies a society. As I watched television yesterday and saw the various customs on display, costumes worn by Kenyans when they were dancing at the Bomas of Kenya, as well as the different dress codes by the Maasai, the Borana, the Turkana, the Kalenjin,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also want to speak to the Miscellaneous Amendments Bill. I want to commend the Leader of the Majority Party for being hawk-eyed, especially on issues that could otherwise mutilate our Constitution and also affect the running of our institutions. This House oversees the Executive and ensures...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Petition on unlawful deductions by TSC to KUSNET. This Petition is the tip of the iceberg. Workers across this country in all sectors have had problems with unions or institutions that collude with employers to deduct money from them. This...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education on the Inquiry into Alleged Malpractices in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 5th October...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to support the women Members of Parliament who have just spoken. The issue of sanitary pads is an issue affecting every family, child and home and it is a right of every young girl in this republic. As Hon. Sabina Chege has just...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to issue a Statement from the Departmental Committee on Education. I rise to give the following Statement pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) regarding infrastructure development funds for junior secondary schools.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to give the following Statement, pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (b) , regarding the infrastructure development for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) . You may wish to note that the National Treasury allocated the Ministry of Education, State Department for Basic Education Ksh3.379...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, specifically the membership.If you look at most of the regulations that are brought to this House, in most cases, they speak to issues that are very important to the running of the various...

On a point of order. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : What is out of order, Hon. Melly? Use the microphone next to you. (Loud consultations) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to point out that the Member for Busia is completely out of order to insinuate that some Members...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. My amendment has been captured by Hon. Chairman. However, I have realised that he has levied 4 per cent. That is why we were trying to consult. To promote the local industry, I am proposing that the local sugar be levied at 2 per cent...

I withdraw the amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Julius Melly on Clause 34 withdrawn) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’): Thank you very much. Hon. Nyikal, move your amendment.

Hon. Chair, I support Hon. Shakeel’s amendment. At times, farmers are in trouble. They may petition endlessly. You will find them suffering yet courts are giving them much injustice. Let us allow them to have a timeline. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to)...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support the Chairman in this amendment. As Hon. Oundo has put it, the contract is between the farmer who is the supplier and the factory which is the purchaser. The interest of the farmer is well catered for in the supply agreement. Similarly, the...

I agree with my two colleagues that this has to be very specific, very clear and very definite especially on imports. The board should be the one to give the nod. The amendment here is not very clear and categorical. Importers like the barons are killing the industry. It is...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also want to say that it is very important and vital to have a pricing mechanism especially in the sugar sub-sector. The body to carry this out is the committee although for pricing, there has to be a very clear formula. I think in...

Hon. Temporary Chair, I want to tell Members that I started my politics in the Sugar Board, way back in 2005. If you are supposed to be a director of any region, you must have the numbers from farmers. For purposes of record, the catchment area is for representation of...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I indulge our senior Member, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, that the Chair has expressly indicated that it includes, among other substances, alcohol and many others. You will even have new products coming in over the years because of scientific research and innovation. This one does not limit your...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have a recommital of Clause 34 (d) , (e) , and (f) . Hon. Melly, you need to move properly. Let me move properly.

I want to pick from where Hon. Salasya has just left. Majority of the boards, if you look at the Tea Bill and all the others, are proposing that the President appoints the chairpersons. In this case, it is the nominal appointment, but most of the discussion is from the...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, the import of the amendment proposed by Hon. Chairman is that the distribution of the Sugar Development Levy is actually 40 per cent to the cane development. Earlier on, they had indicated infrastructure to be 10 per cent and the management of the board at 15 per...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by Hon. Ruku. As the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research as well as an educationist, I want to bring out the issues very clearly. Education funding in this country has undergone several changes since Independence....

Five minutes will be enough, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will give you four more minutes. Try and summarise. The nation needs to hear you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Hon. Ruku because it is through this Motion that we are asking the Ministry of Education to disseminate the...

On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Allow me to inform the Member.

Thank you very much. Hon. Speaker, I want to inform the Member that even the current model of funding is computerised. As we speak, there is no funding model today which does not require the student to enter his personal data into a database. The new model has teething problems...

Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. When a Member goes to a bank or financial lending institution, they guide him to fill a two or three- page document, which tries to assess his ability to pay and the need for him to have those resources. That is an example of a...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The direction you have given is in order. I will ask the Clerk to expedite the information because of the seven-day rule of the Standing Orders so that the Cabinet Secretary can appear before the Committee by Thursday, next week with all the information. That...

I will, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you. ADJOURNMENT