Mbalu Jessica Nduku Kiko

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I rise to support the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Procurement of External Audit Services for the Office of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025, moved very well by the Vice Chairperson, Public Accounts Committee,...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Mbalu. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 96 to persuade you that, given the importance of the Mung Beans Bill, commonly referred to as dengu, grown in many parts of the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. In fact, I really wanted to support Hon. Oundo, given the strength and the weight of the matter. Since you are consulting him, allow me to say that I support the Report by the Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation. This report...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Bill. First, I want to support the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2024. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee for having a listening ear. We know why we are here. If I may borrow from...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya. Before I critique the Speech, I must say that the President did well to appear before Parliament and to appreciate Members of Parliament...

Thank you. This is my 13th year in this Parliament.

I have been in this House for 13 years. We have had different speeches and I am able to differentiate between a good speech and a bad one. I am not here to say that the President’s Speech was bad. I am just saying what was supposed to be done...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure led by the very able Member, Hon. George Kariuki. Allow me to thank the Committee for coming up with this Report to annul the reduction...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I congratulate the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee. I want to be on record that in the 12th Parliament, as Hon. Kiarie has said, we ensured that this Committee was put in place. I appreciate the work that has been done. The Mover of the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I start by congratulating Hon. David Gikaria who is also the Chairman of my Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining for coming up with this proposed amendment on the Penal Code, namely, the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.56 of 2022) and also...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that agriculture is the backbone of the Kenya’s economy contributing approximately 33 per cent of the GDP and employing more than 40 per cent of the total population and 70 per cent of the rural population; noting...

Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary –

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Hon. Jessica. (Hon. Jessica Mbalu spoke off-record) You will have an opportunity to ask a supplementary question after this. I have a copy of the answer from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum. Before he moves to my other colleague’s Question,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have risen to have my comments on the written response from the Cabinet Secretary. Let me start by appreciating the response by the Cabinet Secretary. As I congratulate him, it is important for us to look at the response by the Cabinet Secretaries especially...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I rise to support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on the approval of Mr. Edwin Kiprono Cheluget as a member of the National Police Service Commission. I may not say it like my colleague,...

Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary -

Thank you for the opportunity. I rise to support the Report of the Joint Committee of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining and the Senate Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. From the outset, I must say that I am a Member of the Joint Committee....