Kaguchia John

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Supplementary Budget. Of course, I have made a few observations. For that reason, I want to oppose this Supplementary Budget. If you look at the additional requests in Table 1, Vote 1012, the Office of the Deputy President,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member for Migori County is not on a point of order. Order, Hon. Kaguchia. Proceed. Give him the microphone. Please, prosecute the matter before you. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is no cure for ignorance. When a Member of the National Assembly stands to say that the...

That is when you realise that the Member is extremely ignorant and does not understand how public finance operates in this country.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I said that ignorance has no cure. Anyone who has cure for ignorance might inform me. I said that ignorance has no cure.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for that protection. The Budget deficit has increased by Ksh170 billion, bringing it to Ksh1.3 trillion. From this Supplementary Budget II, I also realise that domestic borrowing has increased by Ksh162 billion, bringing it to Ksh1.13 trillion. The country is speaking from both sides of...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, arrogance is worse than ignorance. This Government has been misleading Kenyans by using Article 223 of the Constitution to spend money without approval of this House, and then bring it for approval at the last minute. That does not make the practice right. Why can we not...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Article 223 would have been okay if we were using it to provide medication and drugs in hospitals, or if we were using it to build and construct roads, but not for hiring choppers, jets with massage seats, and for moving from…

I wish to be informed by Hon. (Dr) Oundo, please.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to clearly put it that the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee has talked about Article 223… Order! Do you wish to be informed by Hon. (Dr) Oundo? Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. (Dr) Oundo, for the information. You can see the hypocrisy in the… Order! Prosecute your point. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the point is that the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party is the one who alluded to Article 223, which the Chairman of Budget is talking about. The...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Kaguchia? Hon. Speaker, is it in order for the Honourable Member to negatively discuss a former Head of State in this House without moving a substantive Motion?

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the former Head of State that the Honourable Member has alluded to is His Excellency, Uhuru Kenyatta. He has clearly indicated… Which Standing Order has been flouted? That is why I am giving you a chance. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are aware that we are not supposed...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to raise my reservations on quite a number of issues in our Budget. Many Members have praised it, as I have listened to the debate. However, I hope they are also aware that this Budget carries the highest deficit in the history...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would also like to inform the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee that we have many cooked statistics in this Republic today. The statistics being presented are projections. They are not actual figures. We are operating under a deceptive system of moving targets every day....

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the delayed construction of Gaikundo–Kanunga–Kaheti–Nyaguathi–Wakulima Road in Mukurweini Constituency. This road forms a critical link within Mukurweini Constituency...

Thank you. I would like to start from where the Chair ended. I inform him that the Ksh707,000,000 that was paid was not from the Securitisation Fund. This amount of money had been paid well before the Securitisation Fund was conceived in this House. As a matter of fact, the...

Hon. Speaker, you realise that the seven shillings that has been given for securitisation was never debated in this House. The seven shillings that have been securitised was raised through a notice that was done by the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Murkomen, at that time, and it was done behind our...

Hon. Speaker, I was among the people who were here last night, up to very late in the night. I was with Hon. Oundo, Hon. Makali and Hon. Ngogoyo. I have not spoken to this Bill even though the presiding Hon. Temporary Speaker put me on The Hansard as the...

Thank you. It is my considered opinion that the Bill is so faulty that it cannot be amendable. I propose that we withdraw the Bill and redraw it constitutionally. I say this because I am not opposed to raising funds, not at all. That is not a problem. I can...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Hon. Kaguchia. What is your point of order? Hon. Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party has continuously castigated Members who gave their opinion and contributed to the debate. We have heard him say that Members purport to oppose. Members are not...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Kaguchia? Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Kombe has said he humbles himself before the Budget and Appropriations Committee to get some projects. I am not sure whether he understands that he will now have to humble...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, Pursuant to the Provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the non-grading of the Kenya Sign Language in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Examination. The Kenya Sign...

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Orders 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the status of construction of the Gikondi-Thaara Road and the Mwireri-Mutwewathi Road in Mukurweini Constituency. The award of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I note that the Principal Secretary has admitted to the acute shortage of blood testing kits and reagents in the country. He has explained that this is due to budget shortfalls. At the point I raised this question, we had serious challenges with the kits....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I agree with you. I can substantiate this. The Deputy President contributed Ksh10 million. Felix Koskei contributed Ksh5 million. The list goes on and on. The President also committed Ksh100 million to the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Marsabit. I am even able to show this House...

You will realise from what the Hon. Chairman is giving us that we had allocated Ksh1.4 billion at some point, just at the onset of this Parliament. We are now struggling to raise just about Ksh300 million for this very critical area. I do not think we lack money as...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, what will surprise you is that Kenyans of goodwill are willing to donate blood all over the country. Some of them are even ready to forego refreshments after donating blood when they are told to bring their own. Some are willing to donate blood even without refreshment....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for protecting me from that sibling rivalry. The cost of power in Kenya is prohibitive. There is a very serious connection between the cost of power and ease of doing business in this country. The cost of power has caused business suffocation, especially on start-ups...

We have deals…

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am on the Floor, and I cannot be guided on what to say on the Floor.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have been a Speaker of an Assembly, and I can assure you that... Order! This is the National Assembly. I know this is the National Assembly. Order! This is the National Assembly. This is not a regional or small assembly. This is the National Assembly. Proceed....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am surprised... Do not waste your time. Speak to the matter on the Floor. We may be dealing with a Chairperson who is presenting a Report that he has not read. The reason I am standing here is to challenge his Report. I am challenging your...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I dare say that this Report, if followed, will be like lighting a matchstick in a gas station. We have many ways to lower the cost of power in this country. Let us not talk about IPPs anymore because they have held back this country. When we...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Report. The Report of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) correctly identifies several immediate operational impediments faced by Chapter 15 commissions, including inadequate budgetary allocation, insufficient parliamentary debate on annual reports, and poor representation at the Cabinet level. These are...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not think it is right for the leadership...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am not aware that my good friend, Canon, Hon. Naomi Waqo, speaks for the Executive. No, Hon. Kaguchia, the question is: Can you substantiate that the Executive sent the goons? Hon. Temporary Speaker, if my good Hon. Naomi Waqo listened to my sentiments clearly, I did...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand for integrity, transparency and accountability. If this system were to help this country enhance its transparency and accountability, I would be the first person to vote for it and support it. I would not be supporting the Report from the Committee...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. People in this Republic seem to think that the National Assembly is playing second fiddle to the Executive, and that its authority has been greatly watered down. Our people seem to think so because the Executive does not take any decision of this House seriously. Education...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to this Motion. I have a big problem with the EAC. I recall that when the late Mwai Kibaki was the President of the Republic of Kenya, we mooted the idea of having a strong EAC...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Kaguchia? Hon. Temporary Speaker, is it right for Hon. Kawanjiku to say that Kiambu County is no longer the pride of Mount Kenya when he himself has pushed for Kiambu County to be removed from Mount...

Thank you. I will take the shortest time possible so that I can yield some of my minutes to another Member. I want to point out that we, indeed, have a problem in our country in terms of maternal health. Just last week, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Health...