Kajwang Francis Tom Joseph

Hon. Speaker, I apologise.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have the pleasure to have been delegated the privilege to move the Motion by the Chairperson of the Departmental 29th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 38 Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. We want to create a precedence on how this House Hon. TJ Kajwang’, the House...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving us the opportunity to debate this Motion. It seeks a simple thing – withdrawal of this Bill. I thank all Members who have contributed. The theme is very clear. The bodaboda industry is a very important sector in the transport economy. It...

Hon. Saney will second.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I am overwhelmed by the compliments. I will proudly take them on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, of which I am just a simple Member. I will take them to the Chairperson. As you know, under the new...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, there are several things that arise from this Motion, especially from the Report of the Committee. I may not deal with all of them. I just want to pick from where the distinguished Member for Kirinyaga has left even though I differ with her. I have also...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I hope you will give me a few more minutes because I have listened to the veteran Member, but I have not heard her advance anything that is out of order. I wish Members could, if they rise on point of order, speak about things that are...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have the instructions of the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure to hold his brief. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on its consideration of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think this debate is something interesting to all of us. I suppose that the Chairman in that Committee should investigate it more so that we fulfil a mandate of this House—seeing the question of security that is not just limited to this patient. The Member...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. TJ Kajwang’? Hon. Temporary Speaker, with due respect, this Bill has been debated for two hours. Last week, it was also debated for two hours. We have resumed the debate on it today and it...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Who is rising on a point of order? It is me.

Hon. Speaker, you are up to the task. You are a veteran Speaker. You are a veteran lawyer. You are a veteran politician and my senior. The fact of the matter is that there is a high court decision. The question would be what you will do with it. I...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, let us be sober on this matter. First of all, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning needs to quide us properly. You need to let us know if we are kind of freezing, giving 4th December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 25 tax holiday...

Yes. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : Hon. Kuria, go ahead.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : What is your point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. 4th December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 If there is a compromise on such a serious issue such as this, it has to be reduced in...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : What is your point of order? We are debating these things in vain because we do not have something. Hon. Temporary Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee should know that though other members may not...

In addition to what the professor is asking, while I agree with the principle of this amendment, I believe it is not necessary. I can see that it is 2A. Everybody is enjoined to adhere to the Constitution and the Data Protection Act. Therefore, a law which simply reminds people...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the last time, would the Leader of the Majority tell us in just one or two sentences what the mischief is because we are just over-legislating. Is there something that we do not know? Could you just tell us clearly the mischief of this legislation? (Hon....

Hon. Speaker, first, allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary for his intellectual honesty to admit some things which have not been admitted in his docket ever, including the issue of alternative basic education. This is a bold step that the cabinet secretaries before him and the operatives under him,...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. On the same issue? Okay, Hon. TJ Kajwang’. Hon. Speaker, you know… Can you mute your microphone, Hon. Mwenje? The Member for Homa Bay Town is my law partner and I always do not disagree with him on very serious issues. But as...

Hon. Speaker, permit me to ride on this. This is the gateway to my rural home. If you come from Luanda, it is the only direct way through Uyoma in Rarieda Constituency, and as you get to Mbita through the ferry. So, it is a very important road which I...

Hon. Speaker, when this debate ensued, it came to my mind that probably going forward, the Ministry should adopt a national policy that this 13th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 assignment where a contractor leaves for the other is really the problem that is hindering the completion of roads.Thank...