Nganga Alice Wambui

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have a response to the request for statement by Hon. Benjamin Gathiru before the Departmental Committee on Social Protection.(Loud consultations) Order, Hon. Members. Hon. Oundo, kindly speak in low tones so that we can all hear the Member for Thika Town. She is explaining...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As is the norm of this House, once a Question is asked on the Floor of the House, the Committee usually writes to the Ministry for the responses. We can invite the Cabinet Secretary and the Members to a meeting if they are not satisfied...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. Bring a response after two weeks. After two weeks. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Next is the Leader of the Majority Party. Make your Thursday Statement. BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK OF 11TH TO 15TH MARCH 2024

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Kahangara Mburu requested a statement regarding the administration and management of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on the Floor of the House on 22nd November [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) took the...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What the Member is requesting is weighty. Because he is not satisfied with the response, I request you direct us on what to do. Should we meet the entire Board as a Committee so that those weighty issues can be addressed and the...

I am well guided, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you very much. Next is a response to the statement on the status and development of own farm roads in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme. Is Hon. Kangogo Bowen in the House? Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, you may proceed.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (b) . Clause 3 (b) seeks to remove the power of the youth to elect their own to the National Youth Council. It confers upon the Cabinet Secretary the responsibility...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Geriatric Bill. This Bill talks about the vulnerable in the society. First, I want to congratulate and thank Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba for thinking about our elderly persons. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is true that we have various councils for different categories of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Is it a point of information? Yes, it is a point of information.

Thank you. As I have said, the Committee went through the Bill and we have those amendments. When we get to the Third Reading, we will address all the areas that need to be amended, including the title. Thank you.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (b) to give a Statement on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection regarding the upcoming Kenya Innovation Week 2023 – Commonwealth Edition and the 6th Edition of the YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2023, which will take place from...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to just add more information to the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I hear that all those officers working at the airport are given targets. And that explains why they are harassing people because if they do not meet their...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. If he can give us 14 days, I will be back with the report.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. To add to that, Thika Town Constituency is under Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and there is no money. There are too many impassable roads and people are up in arms. This should be looked into because it is causing problems. I have heard what...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Why is the National Intelligence Service (NIS) getting a lot of money in this kind of increase? We have not been seeing them performing very well in this country. Why are we giving them a lot of money? If the Chairman is here, he can...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, we are here to understand things. Why is this money being allocated to Nairobi County? What is the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education talking about? Thika Town is an urban area. I do not understand why that money was allocated to Nairobi County while I...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I also want to execute my point. Let me address the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education. I do not know the criteria that they used to allocate that money to Nairobi County because I experience the same problems in Thika Town. I do not have...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Wait, Hon. Member. What is out of order, Member for Thika? Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for the Member to stand and say the recruits were from two tribes? Which tribes?

Give us evidence.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Alice? What is it? Is it a point of information or a point of order? It is a point of information. Let me just say something. The Member for Githunguri has already taken her seat. Thank...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to comment on the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency President William Ruto. The Speech was short but to the point. The President addressed the critical issues of our nation. This is not to say that whatever he...

THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendment to Section 53 of the National Gender and Equality Commission Act, 2011 by deleting the words “the National Assembly” appearing in the proposed new subsection (1A) and substituting therefor the word “Parliament”. The justification for the amendment is...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to speak briefly on the two petitions. On the first one, on unlawful deductions by TSC to KUSNET, I will say that the era of exploitation and intimidation is over. There is no way you can force someone to give out money and...

I tell you. Sorry, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection on its Consideration of the Geriatric Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.50 of 2022) . Thank you.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The product being discussed on the Floor of this House is harmful. It does not matter whether it is coming through BAT or whatever channel. The Departmental Committee on Health should invite them so we can know what we are dealing with. We should not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want to ask the Cabinet Secretary whether she is aware that only the media provides sign language interpreters. The rest of the country and institutions assume that every person can hear. Can you clarify what you are doing about it, especially coming from...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Member? Hon. Temporary Speaker, she did not clarify when we expect sign language interpreters in hospitals, so that when the patients go there, they will find somebody to interpret to them. Since they cannot speak,...

I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health the following question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I only wish to add that people go to all dumping sites, not only in Kiambu County, to look for food which we know is contaminated. We cannot wait because the County Government of Kiambu said it will take long before they get somewhere else...

I do not think the Member holds brief for the Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary is here to answer questions, and that is why I asked my Question. Do not tell us who should do what. I asked a Question. Two people died because they ate contaminated unga. That falls...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support and thank Hon. Gikaria for coming up with this amendment Bill. I represent the youth, women and people living with disabilities in the National Assembly. I also thank Hon. Sakaja, who is now a governor and is not with us, because...