Muchangi Karemba

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour on the Inquiry regarding Sexual Harassment of Female Workers in Tea Estates in Kericho County. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker I wish to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour on the Inquiry regarding Sexual Harassment of Female Workers in Tea Estates in Kericho County, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday 23rd March, 2023.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. After the Statement was committed to the Committee for consideration, we invited the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for a meeting to receive and consider its submissions. However, the response was deemed inadequate. The Committee, thereafter, resolved to proceed to Kericho County to receive submissions from the county...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. There was one person, a Mr. John Chebochok, who was notoriously mentioned in the submissions. I wish to inform the House that James Finlay & Co suspended him. He was contracted to look for workers. He was doing that since 2017 but, after the expose, his...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am impressed that this issue has attracted a lot of interest from Members. That is because it is a very serious matter. We were shocked when we went to Kericho. We found out that there are so many women than we thought who have been...

Hon. Speaker, as a Committee, we believe that the suspension of Mr. John Chebochok and his accomplices is not enough. We believe that the DCI should go ahead and prosecute him and those who have been adversely mentioned in those reports. Excellent. Your Committee should write to the DCI to...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to state that sex for fish has not been brought to our attention. If there is such an issue, we gladly wish that it be brought before our Committee. We will expedite on it. On supplementary questions, I commit, on behalf of the Committee,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would wish to add a few more comments to the issue of the Report on the Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly. I need to say that if there are any conditions that Kenya is going to be given to be...

Thank you, Hon.Temporary Speaker for this opportunity. From the outset, I wish to support the Report on ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. The resolutions that were made in this Assembly are very important for the growth and stability of Kenya and this region at large. Looking at the Report, very important...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Mine is a brief submission on my thoughts on the NG-CDF. There has been a misconception out there that the NG-CDF is under the control of Members of Parliament or it benefits MPs. I would like to say...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour on the vetting of the following nominees for appointment as Principal Secretaries: NOTICE OF MOTION APPROVAL OF NOMINEES FOR APPOINTMENT AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES Hon. Deputy Speaker, I...

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Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Labour in its Report on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to Sessional Paper No.2 of 2021 on the National Agricultural Policy. Agriculture is the next big thing in our country today. The next millionaires will come from the agricultural sector. However, it is very ironic that people who farm coffee...

Thank you, Hon Deputy Speaker. I congratulate all the Members who have been elected to represent us in the East African Legislative Assembly. I saw a lot of hope in Hon. Karobia; I saw a lot of hard work in Hon. Sankok, the aggression in Hon. Kanini Kega, the patience...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion by my one-time Secretary General of the Alliance Party of Kenya around 10 years ago. That is where the journey started. The SMEs in Kenya offer a very great opportunity for the majority...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important proposal to amend the Constitution of Kenya to entrench the NG-CDF in it. Everyone in this country can underscore the importance of this Fund. It was started around twenty years ago. It has brought a lot...