Julius Kibiwot Melly

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....

Yes, it is a big document.

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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) I seconded before I even contributed. (Question proposed) Is there any Member who seeks to speak to this? Hon. Makali Mulu.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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,...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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. Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Is it in order...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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)...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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) 26th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 69 Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) I withdraw the amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Julius Melly on Clause 34 withdrawn) 26th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 78 Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA)The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’): Thank you very much. Hon. Nyikal, move your amendment.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have a recommital of Clause 34 (d) , (e) , and (f) .

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA)Let me move properly.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Five minutes will be enough, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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 information to the public. A less needy case is of a parent who earns over Ksh200,000. If the fee...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Allow me to inform the Member.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet UDA) 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...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet UDA) I will, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you. 17th August 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 51 ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. As Hon. Wangwe, Member for Navakholo, has just put it, Members of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock pushed this Bill through in the last Parliament when it was brought to the House by Hon....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, UDA) These football clubs were supported by sugarcane. There are ghost towns today. If this Bill is passed today and the Government steps in, the whole sugar sector will develop. Several Kenyans think that the country benefits by importing sugar. In fact, we lose a lot...