Kajwang Francis Tom Joseph

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. TJ Kajwang’, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, am I audible? Use the microphone next to you. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you heard the Member for Kipipiri mention my name. May I confirm to her that I keep my promises...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am waiting for House Business. I was here at 2.30 p.m., but up to now, the House has not transacted a single business.

Yes, I am, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Member for Kisumu West is wondering that everything that has been going on has not been business. I want to tell her that business begins when we do legislation. This is now real business. All those that we have been engaged with since...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on its consideration of:

Well, first of all, Hon. Deputy Speaker, we owe an apology — a serious apology — to the Hon. Member. The dates that she is speaking about are long overdue and we do not do business like that in the Committee. There must be some practical issues, either with the...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, that is exactly what we do. In a Committee where yours truly is a Member, we sometimes get very rough with the cabinet secretaries. So, it is not because we do not do our work diligently. I am sure there must be a mechanical problem that is...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a request for statement regarding the deterioration of Marere Bridge in Kwale County. On Wednesday, 19th September 2024, the Member for Kinango Constituency, Hon. Gonzi Rai, requested for a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the deterioration of...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a response to a request for statement regarding the erosion of Sirima–Loiyangalani Road. On Tuesday, 26th September 2024, the Member for Laisamis, Hon. Joseph Lekuton, requested for a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the erosion of Sirima-Loiyangalani...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am ready to respond to the request regarding the expansion of the Leseru-Kitale-Kortum Highway. The distinguished Member, Hon. David Kiplagat, requested for a statement on 26th September regarding the expansion of the Leseru-Kitale-Kortum Highway. In the request for a statement, he asked for information...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I empathise with the distinguished Member, Hon. David Kiplagat. It seems the question did not arrest the heart of the issues that he wanted explanations on. As a ranking Member, I would advise my distinguished junior that when you compose questions to the Cabinet Secretary, it is...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, let Hon. Wanjala kindly inform me.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With that information, I undertake…

The Hon. Member for Budalangi, rising on a point of order, interrupted me.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief on this matter. I do not want to lament because we are reducing this House to lamentations. I do not know whether the senators or the people concerned are watching us. Perhaps, we are talking to ourselves. First of all,...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. If my advice is agreeable, I would like to urge Hon. Mwenje that instead of just looking at Nairobi County, ask them to give us the statements for the entire country so that all the Members can interrogate those issues and we get to know each...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, Hon. (Dr) Pukose is my friend and was my junior at the university. He is right and is asking that this question be proposed formally by the Speaker. After that, it can be delayed as much as the Speaker, in his discretion, would want. It would then...

Hon. Speaker, I can see there is only one minute to the hour, confirm to me that… (Hon. Speaker spoke off the record) Thank you very much. If there is any Member who came into this Chamber believing that all the Members are going to impeach the Deputy President without...

Hon. Speaker, I have come to make a very small presentation as the Member for Ruaraka. First of all, the Motion has been signed by 291 Members. In this House, there are 290 single constituencies. If 291 Members have signed and will vote, then Gachagua must go. Secondly, we have...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, pronounce my name properly. I am not Kachechwa. I am Hon. Kajwang’, not Kanjwang’. (Laughter) Lastly, this presidency is so dysfunctional. Even if we left it today, there will still be a problem that will undermine national integrity and security. I do not...

Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I confirm to you that Ruaraka is in the House. My Question is 129/2024 directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. I want to ask about Nairobi River pollution and noise pollution.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, could the Cabinet Secretary: Nairobi River pollution— (Laughter)

Hon. Temporary Speaker, many Members have complimented, congratulated and expressed a lot of faith in the Cabinet Secretary, and therefore, I would not go there. I will just take it where it belongs. I, however, have to give him worth the distinction that he has in relevance. He has attended...

Hon. Speaker, permit me to have bragging rights that the Honourable Competent Cabinet Secretary for Education (CS) was in college with me. He was a classmate of the Member for Tharaka Constituency and the only Member called Wakili in this House. And of course, the Deputy Speaker. These were illustrious...

Article 94 (5) provides that: ‘‘No person or body, other than Parliament, has the power to make provision having the force of law in Kenya except under authority conferred by this Constitution or by legislation.’’ I understand that the Basic Education Act confers authority on the Cabinet Secretary. Looking at...

Yes, I am, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a ranking Member of this Committee. I have understood the concerns of the Member. We will fast-track that response within two weeks after we come back from recess. I have heard that children will go back to school and the roads are...

Whereas we cannot speak about the funds, automatically the first thing we do is to call the agencies. In fact, we do not have any response. I am just a normal Member like you. I have no more information than you do. We call those agencies and bring in verbatim...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Is it a point of order or you would like to discuss this matter? What is out of order, Hon. Kajwang’? Let us not allow this statement to go in The Hansard. If Members take phones and call people out there, let...

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady, for chairing this session. I also want to thank the Speaker for correctly analysing the constitutional meaning of Article 115 (3) and (4) of the Constitution. Looking at these articles, in my view, we have a very able Clerk who is averse to these issues. Perhaps...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for recognising my presence in the House. I would have passed it but I cannot pass an opportunity such as this to contribute to issues concerning my people. This is interesting! (Laughter) So, this misnomer that governors think that if they destabilise the NG-CDF...