Haji Abdul Mohammed

Proceed, Sen. Oketch.

Next is Sen. Sifuna.

Cabinet Secretary, you may now respond. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning (Hon. John Mbadi): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on financial accountability, Sen. Wambua has talked about exchequer releases coming late thus causing audit queries. Indeed, it is true. First, it should be understood that exchequer...

Very well, Senator.

Hon. Senators, let the Cabinet Secretary finish responding to all supplementary questions then we can have interventions for clarification. Proceed, Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning (Hon. Mbadi) : Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am done with the questions. I have already addressed Sen....

Proceed, Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning (Hon. Mbadi) : Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with Sen. Sifuna. We rarely agree nowadays, although we used to agree a lot a few months back. Today, I agree with you that Article 225...

Cabinet Secretary, please, proceed. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic (Hon. John Mbadi) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Indeed, I agree with Sen. Wambua that the CS in charge of the National Treasury and Economic Planning has some executive powers. I thank the people of...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. A quick one, on the response to Question No.29, part (c) . CS, allow me to say that I am happy to hear that you are developing a mechanism to link debt to development outcomes. The question is, if that mechanism does not exist...

Thank you, Senator. Cabinet Secretary, you may respond. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning (Hon. John Mbadi) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I see Sen. Tom Ojienda has left. However, I will not have any problem having a cup of tea with him in...

Honourable Senators, I will be taking supplementary questions. I remind the Senators who are going to ask questions to stick to the primary question raised. Do not go out of topic. Because of time, also keep your questions short and precise so that the Cabinet Secretary can have time to...

Thank you, Sen. Cherarkey. Proceed, Sen. Abbas. (Loud consultations)

Thank you, Senator. Cabinet Secretary, you may respond. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning (Hon. John Mbadi) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I see Sen. Tom Ojienda has left. However, I will not have any problem having a cup of tea with him in...

Thank you. Hon. Senators, I will now rearrange the sequence of the Order Paper. I defer Order Nos. 11 to 27 and ask the Clerk to call the next Order. My apologies. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTERS BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.53 OF 2022) ADOPTION OF REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON...

Hon. Senators, we are rearranging the sequence and moving on to Order No.28.

Thank you. Proceed, Sen. Mwaruma.

Madam Temporary Speaker, it is a privilege to second this Bill. This is because governors have struggled with the concept of service to the extent that the relationship between them, Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and the CPSBs has been very adversarial and dictatorial. In most cases, the governors...

The putting of the question is hereby deferred. (Putting of the question on the Bill deferred) [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Abdul Haji) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Mumma) in the Chair]

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.14 of 2025) and request for it to be read now a Second Time pursuant to Standing Order No.146 of the Senate Standing Orders. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker and Sen. Oketch for seconding the Bill. County governments play a pivotal role in devolved governance. This Senate should act to regularise the laws which have already been passed in order to cover the loopholes which the governors have been taking advantage of since 2013...

Thank you, Sen. Mungatana. Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey. (Resumption of Statements)

What is your point of clarification?

Did you log-in, Sen. Veronica?

So, you have not logged in?

Searjeant-at-Arms, please, look into that issue.

Proceed, Sen. Oketch-Gicheru.

Summarise in one minute.

Thank you, Senator. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Thank you, Senator. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale spoke off record) Give him one minute.

Thank you. Sen. Dullo, proceed.

Thank you. Sen. Murango, proceed.

(Loud consultations)

Thank you, Senator.

Give him one minute, but, please, conclude.

Senator Cheburet, you have the Floor.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Wakili Sigei, you may proceed.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Veronica Maina, you may proceed.

Sen. Chute, please proceed. We are out of time for the Statements. Give her half a minute to conclude.

on the floor, and we are saying we want to go to Singapore. How do we go to Singapore if we cannot even take care of our patients and community health providers? We have heard complaints everywhere in most of the hospitals. The issue raised by Sen. Wambua touches on...

Hon. Speaker, this is a petition on the illegal freezing of salaries and the exclusion of 313 seconded Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) programme officers from statutory pension rights under Cap 189. I take this opportunity to present this petition on behalf of Peter Makara Ngure, Alice Muthoni Ng’ang’a, Winfred...

Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.238 (1) , I commit the Petition to the Standing Committee on Education for consideration. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 238 (2) (a) , the Committee is required, in not more than 60 calendar days from the time of reading the prayer, to table...

Power! Power!

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. Haji? I apologise for interrupting the party leader, former Governor, and Chairperson of the Finance and Budget Committee. I would have wanted to request that the Chairperson speaks last, because we have a lot of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must reflect on the vote we are taking today. With all due respect, we must do things differently. I sit in the Committee on Finance and Budget. We agreed on Kshs454 billion but the Senate team led by the Committee on Finance and Budget settled on...

Hon. Senators, we have some serious business to transact here. What is your clarification, Sen. Ali Roba, before we can conclude on this particular issue?

Hon. Senators, I had intended to give 15 minutes for contribution to Statements, so that we conclude matters of Statements at 6 O'clock. So, please, when you are given an opportunity, try to be as brief as possible.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is just a clarification. You communicated that the system that we have is extremely robust, the best in East and Central Africa and that it will become better as we go. However, I am unable to log in, yet I have used my five fingers....

Very well, Serjeant-at-Arms, please, look to it that Sen. Methu is assisted. Proceed, Sen. Okenyuri.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Hamida for bringing this Statement of Eugene Mutuku, the young student from Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) , who lost his life in a tragic incident where he was thrown outside a moving Public Service Vehicle (PSV) , matatu. First of...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wonder whether Sen. Nyamu had two minutes as I do. Nevertheless, I will try and condense my thoughts within the two minutes that you have given me. Under Article 53 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, every child has a right...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Recently, I suggested that the Committee on Finance and Budget should establish a subcommittee to follow on these budgets which are being passed and approved by county governments. I was listening keenly to the Statement made by the distinguished Sen. Allan Chesang from Trans...

Thank you. Sen. Mwaruma, you have two minutes, please. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on the statement by Sen. Consolata regarding the non-payment of teachers, who marked examinations under the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) . I believe we need to expedite the...

Thank you, Senator. Clerk, read the next Order. Sen. Tabitha, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, please move. THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.8 OF 2026)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like thank you for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill, which was very ably moved by the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to repeat the many issues that my colleague has raised. The unconditional grants...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate Sen. Mungatana. He is one of the great Senators, our Senior, always in this House on time and

The putting of the question and division is deferred. (Putting of the question on the Bill deferred) ADJOURNMENT Honourable Senators, it is now 6.32

Sen. Faki, do you have a supplementary question?

Sen. Mungatana, do you have a supplementary question?

Cabinet Secretary, please proceed. The Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development (Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya) : Lile swali la kwanza, wakati niliingia ofisini, wale ambao wanaendelea kusikiza mambo ya SACCOs katika nchi hii, nakumbuka wakati huo tulikuwa na lile shirika la KUSCO ambapo pesa nyingi...

Sen. Mandago, nitakujibu hilo swali. Alikuwa anajibu swali la Sen. Faki ambalo aliuliza kwa Kiswahili ndio akaamua kumjibu kwa Kiswahili. Sen. Mungatana aliuliza kwa Kiingereza, ndio anamjibu kwa Kiingereza kwa vile anafuata Kanuni za Kudumu za Bunge. Lazima ukumbuke Waziri alikuwa Mbunge, anajua sheria. The Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and...

Sen. Murango, ninataka nikupe nafasi ubadilishe lile neno ulisema ili utumie lugha ambayo inafaa Bungeni. Unajua hicho Kiswahili. Kunayo maneno mengi ya hayo maradhi ulisema mtu akiwa nayo.

Sen. Murango, sikusema usimame na ufafanue kile ulichosema. Ninakwambia ubadilishe kwa kutumia lugha ambayo ni ya Bunge.

Sen. Murango, usifanye nirudie. Unalijua vizuri sana lile neno ninalokuambia ubadilishe.

Mkumbushe, Sen. Mandago.

Enterprises (MSMEs) Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. We will take the last batch of questions, starting with Sen. Kinyua.

Thank you. The next question is by Sen. Joe Nyutu.

Sen. Mandago.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Section 93 of the Cooperative Societies Act Cap 490 states that the Cabinet Secretary may at any time on any matter direct the Commissioner as to the exercise of his powers and duties under this Act. “93. The Cabinet Secretary may at any time...

Yes, it talks about the power of the Cabinet Secretary. He keeps referring to the new cooperatives law. Unless and until the new Cooperatives Bill is signed into law, we can refer to it. I needed clarity because the Bill is yet to be assented to by the President. It...

Thank you, Senator. Cabinet Secretary, you may respond. The Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development (Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. On the question raised by Sen. Kinyua, I have clearly stated that the Cooperative Societies Act Cap.90, which was...

Thank you, Senator. Cabinet Secretary, you may respond. The Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development (Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. On the question raised by Sen. Kinyua, I have clearly stated that the Cooperative Societies Act Cap.90, which was...

Sen. Cherarkey, I just want to inform you that we have extended the sitting, so that we can conclude this Motion.

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I start by thanking our leader of delegation to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) , Hon. Sen. (Dr.) Mungatana. I thank him for the very detailed report that he has presented. I want to add one thing in...

Mover, you can reply.

Putting of the Question has been deferred. (Putting of the Question on the Motion deferred) ADJOURNMENT Hon. Senators, it is now 1.11 p.m. and having concluded the business for which I extended the hours of sitting, pursuant to Standing Order No.34 (2) (a) , the Senate stands adjourned until later...

These are the results of the division- AYES: 30 NOES: 1 ABSTENTIONS: Nil THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.1 OF 2024)

Let us have the Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole, Sen. Sigei. REPORTS AND CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.2 OF 2026)

Division will be at the end. THE EQUALIZATION FUND APPROPRIATION BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.21 OF 2025) Chairperson, please proceed.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed) Division will be at the end.

Division will be at the end. THE KENYA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO.72 OF 2023) Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.48 of 2024) be now read a Third Time....

Let us proceed to vote. Order, hon. Senators! Sen. Eddy, please proceed.

Who is your Seconder?

Mover, please proceed.

Mover, please proceed.

Hon. Senators, the results are as follows-

remember what we said at 2.30 p.m, there were two matters. There is one that has a statutory timeline, which is a matter on the stoppage of funds to Meru County.I want to propose to the House that since this is a matter we had already debated and sent to...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today Tuesday, 12th May, 2026- Report on the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the stoppage of transfer of funds to the county Government of Meru, pursuant to Article 225 (3) of...

Hon. Senators, the result of the Division are as follows- AYES: 29 NOES: 0 ABSTENTION: 0 THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND ASSET DISPOSAL (AMENDMENT) BILL, (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 48 OF 2024) DIVISION ELECTRONIC VOTING Hon. Senators, the results are as follows- AYES: 29 NOES: 0 ABSTENTION: 0 (Applause)

Chair, Committee on Finance and Budget, please table the Paper. PAPER LAID STOPPAGE OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF MERU

Mr. Chairperson, proceed. NOTICE OF MOTION STOPPAGE OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Clerk, read the next Order on Supplementary Order Paper II. [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Abdul Haji) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Veronica Maina) in the Chair] STOPPAGE OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Hon. Senators, the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry is here. Bw. Waziri, karibu to the Senate. We will go straight to the Question by Sen. (Prof.) Ojienda. Question No.024 CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE MARKETS MANAGEMENT

Cabinet Secretary, you are welcome. The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon. Lee Kinyanjui) : Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me begin by expressing my gratitude to you and hon. Senators for the opportunity extended to the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry concerning the national Government support...

Cabinet Secretary, you can respond to Sen. Ojienda’s supplementary question. The Cabinet Secretary for Trade Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon. Lee Kinyanjui) : Thank you, Professor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think the point is that five of the 17 are ready for commissioning; we will share the dates. Some...

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Eddy Oketch, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In the response to the primary question, the Cabinet Secretary mentioned that the Ministry helps county SMEs by linking to domestic and international markets. Can the Cabinet Secretary give examples of counties and SMEs that they have linked to international markets and the success...

Thank you, Sen. Mariam. You realise that the county governments also have a role to play, but we will allow the Cabinet Secretary to reply. Proceed, Sen. Syengo.

My point of intervention is on a statement by the Cabinet Secretary. Mr. Cabinet Secretary, please clarify how potatoes can be used to make tomato paste. specialised markets, including big international franchises such as Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).What we need, first, is to help our farmers grow the right varieties....

Sen. Ojienda, I can reply to that. You were not paying attention.

No, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda.

Thank you. Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, I agree with Sen. Kinyua. You did not listen to what the Cabinet Secretary was saying. Can I answer for the Cabinet Secretary? What he said was very clear. He said that potato paste is a requirement in making tomato paste. So, we are...

It is a base ingredient. Thank you, Sen. Okiya Omtatah. Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, we will school you after the Senate session.Cabinet Secretary, please proceed. The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon. Lee Kinyanjui): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to say this for the...

No, potato paste. (Sen. Okiya Omtatah spoke off record) Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. My observation is this, I think from where you sit, you have an aerial view of what is happening in the whole country, but then you can map out. This is because in many of our counties,...

Sen. Omtatah, please, put your question forward.

Sen. Omtatah, please, put your question forward.

advisory services, where they train on standards to, especially the common mwananchi. Do we have a structure? This is because I have not seen anybody in Murang’a being trained on this.Mr. CS, what are you doing to see to it that avocado farmers are assisted? They have a region of...

Thank you. Sen. Mandago.

Thank you, Senator. Whom are you informing, Sen. Kinyua?

Sen. Mandago, would you wish to be informed?

Sen. Kinyua, that matter will be handled by the substantive Speaker when he comes to the House. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, please, proceed to respond. The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon. Lee Kinyanjui) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to respond to the further questions...

Sen. Boni Khalwale, ordinarily, points of order are not supposed to be raised when the Cabinet Secretary is responding. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale spoke off record) Go ahead, Sen. Boni.

Let me to stop you---

Sen. Boni Khalwale, maybe we heard differently. The Cabinet Secretary did not in any way mention that he accompanied the President during those visits. He said that the President did. Let me stop you there because you have no point of order.

agriculture, but just one particular variety because it takes a bit of infrastructure, planning, aggregation and extension officers to make sure that a particular commodity succeeds. Therefore, this is well in order.Since driving of the economic agenda of a county is the responsibility of a governor, that is why we...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary will be leaving and I know the House might be rising soon. However, he has talked about a scientific issue that he tried to navigate very skillfully from Sen. Okiya Omtatah. Does that same navigation apply to the decision that the Ministry made...

Could he give us the impact assessment, perhaps not now, he can commit to you whether he had done an impact assessment on the damages this might have in the economy in terms of pollution and damages on our vehicles, so that we just know that these standards will not...

It is, but you have raised it a bit late. We are already out of time, Eddy.

He does not have time even to respond.

Hon. Senators, it is now 1.03 p.m. Having concluded the business for which I extended the hours of sitting, pursuant to Standing Order No.34 (2) (a) , the Senate stands adjourned until later today, Wednesday, 6th May, 2026 at 2.30 p.m. [The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon....

Sen. Cherarkey, please proceed.

Sen. Osotsi, what is your point of order?

Sen. Eddy, what is your point of order?

Sen. Cherarkey, do you want to be informed by Sen. Osotsi?

Thank you, proceed.

Conclude.

Give him one minute to conclude.

Sen. Kajwang’ proceed.

Thank you, Sen. M. Kajwang’. Sen. Olekina, you have the Floor.

Thank you, Sen. Olekina. Let us listen to Sen. Osotsi.

Sen. Omogeni, please proceed.

Senator Eddy Oketch, you may reply.

Thank you, Sen. Eddy. The putting of the question is deferred. (Putting of question on the Bill deferred) Hon. Senators, looking at the Order Paper, Orders No. 9, 10,11 and 12 must be deferred due to lack of the requisite number of Senators in the House to go to Division....

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Before I go straight to the question, I just want to state that as a Senator for Garissa, I am very happy and proud when I hear Senators like Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. Cheruiyot and Sen. Sifuna praise the Cabinet Secretary for Health who...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As you are aware, police brutality has become a matter of growing national concern particularly in marginalised areas where public confidence in law enforcement continues to erode. Yesterday, there was a bit of an unrest in Garissa County. A young man, 24-year- old taxi...

Sen. Nyutu, please proceed, and be precise to the question.

Sen. Oketch, please, proceed.

Thank you for your Question. Sen. Veronica, please, proceed.

about health facilities, but instead, the protesters apparently charged at the police officers within the police station. That is what is alleged. So, investigations will establish whether the protest was peaceful, whether it targeted a police station, and whether the police officers who used their firearm and eventually killed two...

There is no introducing the question, Senator. The Senate Minority Leader (

Thank you. Cabinet Secretary, let us take all the questions, then you will reply. Sen. Maanzo, proceed. Question No.016 PROVISION OF DATA FOR MISSING PERSONS

Senator, we cannot because of time. Sen. (Prof.) Ojienda, ask your question. Question No.011 IRREGULAR DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS TO WITIMA ANGLICAN CHURCH, NYERI

Sen. Hamida, proceed. Question No.012 STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MURDER OF KYALO MBOBU

Sen. Mo Fire. Give him the microphone. Question No.22 ESTABLISHMENT OF REGISTRATION CENTRES FOR IDS IN THARAKA-NITHI COUNTY

subjected to appropriate disciplinary and legal action upon conclusion of the ongoing investigations.Thank you, honourable Speaker. Question No.012 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DEATH OF MR. SAMMY KYENGO DEPLOYMENT OF KDF PERSONNEL IN KIUNGA WARD Question No.021 INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF POLICE POSTS IN MARSABIT AND TURKANA COUNTIES GENDER RATION ACROSS...

Sen. Miraj.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Joe Nyutu, proceed very quickly.

Yes, and we were given a brief by the doctor. So, it is not--- The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration (Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen) : Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Regarding the question from Sen. Kisang on why we have not charged these individuals: As you know, the...

You are right but she is a Member of the Speaker’s Panel. (Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi stood up in his place) Sen. Lelegwe, let us allow the Cabinet Secretary to answer. Okay, proceed quickly followed by Sen. Joe Nyutu. We do not have time.

Ask the question, Senator.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Joe Nyutu, proceed very quickly.

Do you have a question?

Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, I ask the Senators who still have questions to approach his office and pose the questions to him at his office because of time. [The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration (Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen) was ushered out of the Chamber] ADJOURNMENT

Senator, your time is up. Proceed Sen. Mwinyi Haji.

Sen. Kajwang’ has spoken to the issue of white elephants. That only one white elephant is running in the tune of Kshs25 billion. It is truly sad that we have wasted Kshs25 billion on the CAIPS. In fact, in Kakamega County, we are leading by example. We went to Likuyani...

Sen. Beatrice Ogola, please, proceed.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Hilary Sigei, please proceed.

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Olekina, proceed.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have so many things to say in such a short time, I do not even know what I am going to do. However, I will be very quick; I will limit the time out of respect to the House and the reasons I presented. If...

Sen. Cheruiyot, proceed.

Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am a proud member of the County Public Accounts Committee which is headed by my big brother, Senator Kajwang’. We have worked tirelessly to make sure that this report is before this House today. Accountability is not optional. It is a...

No, your time is up. Sen. Mo Fire, you have the Floor.

Proceed, Sen. Osotsi but be brief.

Sen. Kisang’, please proceed.

I might be informed in four minutes and then my time is over, so I would rather say what I wanted to say. I was saying that, in fact, one of the governors who has refused to come to the committee was brought here by the county assembly and some...

Okay, proceed and conclude.

(Loud consultations)

Even if it was passed, that is not right. Sen. Sifuna, proceed. (Loud consultations)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. As the Chairperson of the Committee, perhaps we owe this House an apology. Our reports came on the last day. Last year we brought our reports on the 27th of March. This last minute reporting was as a result of the truancy...

Honourable Senators, we have

That Motion is deferred for voting to a later time today. (Putting of question on the Motion deferred) I call the Chairperson of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPISFC) to table the Papers. PAPERS LAID

Just a minute, Waziri. What is your point of order, Sen. Madzayo? The Senate Minority Leader (

Can we give the Cabinet Secretary an opportunity to respond? (

Kiongozi, nilidhani ulikuwa ushamaliza. The Senate Minority Leader (

kiko wapi. Tunajua katika stadiums, normally huwa ziko kwa sehemu ambazo zina wananchi ili--- Sawa kiongozi, swali lako lishaeleweka.

Waziri, pia kuna swali la Sen. Cherarkey; amesema hajajibiwa.

What is your point of order?

Sen. Cherarkey, you are assuming that he is not being honest.

Sen. Cherarkey, when the Cabinet Secretary is responding to your questions, he is answering to the best of his knowledge. He will answer your question, but withdraw and apologise the fact that he is not being honest.

You should not even say the Cabinet Secretary---

You have asked a question which you need a response to and the people of Nandi County are watching you. It is wrong for you to cast aspersions against the Cabinet Secretary in his response. His response is as far as the Ministry is concerned. He will respond to your...

Sen. Cherarkey, withdraw and apologise, so that your question can be answered. (Loud consultations)

You have asked a question which you need a response to and the people of Nandi County are watching you. It is wrong for you to cast aspersions against the Cabinet Secretary in his response. His response is as far as the Ministry is concerned. He will respond to your...

Thank you. Cabinet Secretary, please, try to respond to the questions asked by the Senators. The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports (Hon. Salim Mvurya) : Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also take the opportunity to give more information to Senators even when...

Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Proceed, Sen. Boni Khalwale.

being done by the Defence Forces. Is it the Defense Forces doing the projects or is it this Chinese company?Hon. Cabinet Secretary, I say this with a lot of prompting from Kenyans who are watching. A few days ago, a man who was competing with this company bid for the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Senior, as I call him, Sen. Boni Khalwale, just called me shameless on the Floor of this House. As a senior Member, I expect him to show a lot of respect. There is always a beginning, there is always a starting point. So, I...

Sen. Khalwale--- (Loud consultations)

What is your point of order, Sen. Cherarkey?

Withdraw and apologise.

Sen. Cherarkey, what is your point of order?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, did you, in any way or form, disrespect the great school of Kapsabet Boys when making your submission?

Sen. Cherarkey, we were going to ask him to apologise.

Sen. Boni Khalwale.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, did you, in any way or form, disrespect the great school of Kapsabet Boys when making your submission?

What did you mean by your statement?

Be very careful so that you do not fall into the trap again.

contractor appears to be enjoying some privileges within the decision-making system of the Republic at the expense of Article 227, which provides that procurement of public goods and service must be fair, competitive, equitable, and must be done at a cost- effective fee.The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy...

Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. (Loud consultations)

Proceed, Sen. Joe Nyutu.

Proceed, Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports (Hon. Salim Mvurya) : Thank you so much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and hon. Members. First of all, I would like to say that we have not allocated Kshs7 million for any facility in Kajiado County.As I...