Shinali Bernard Masaka

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives on its consideration of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill (Senate Bill No. 41 of 2023) .

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will bring a response in the first week after we resume from recess.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding the delayed electricity connection at the Constituency Industrial Development Centre at Malinya in Ikolomani Constituency. Hon. Speaker, the Constituency Industrial Development...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Hon. Maingi for requesting that Statement. The KNTC falls under the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. I am aware that KNTC had requested to import rice, but they were denied. That importation was given to Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) ....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Speaker, as you have directed and the Hon. Leader of the 14th April 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 21 Majority Party has also alluded to it, the Committee went through clause by clause. Considering the Constitutionality of the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Leader of the Majority Party has presented the Bill very well. He has walked us through the Bill and the Report. Let me just add a few details, as I second. The Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: 7th April 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Reports of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on its consideration of—

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the First Schedule to the Order Paper be amended under Vote D1175 (State Department for Industry) as follows: 5th March 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 91

I launched the necessary amendment and it was approved. That is why it is on the Order Paper. The Committee realised several matters after meeting and engaging the relevant industry. The implementation of the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) that commenced in July 2023 is based on a co-financing...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move. I ask Hon. Marianne Kitany, the Vice Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, to second.

Yes, I am here. Proceed and move that Motion? It had already been moved. It is a discussion. Is it a discussion? Yes.

I beg to move the following Motion: THAT this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on the inquiry into the proposed sale of shares held by Holcim Group in East African Portland Cement (EAPC) PLC, to Kalahari Cement Limited, laid on the Table...

Hon. Temporary 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 Administration and Internal Security regarding the violent disruption of a public participation forum convened by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for granting me this opportunity. I wish to give a response to a Request for Statement by Hon. Walter Owino regarding the non-payment of retirees' deposits by non-compliant Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) . Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Ministry acknowledges that a number of...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree, and I will be ready to give that response when she is present. (Response to Statement deferred) 13th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 46

Yes. Do you have the response to Ambassador Sigei? Hon. Speaker, it would be ready shortly. Pardon. I am not yet ready. Until when? Maybe, if I am given a chance after 20 minutes. 20 minutes? Yes.

Yes.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to give a follow-up response to a statement requested by Hon. Ambassador Francis Sigei, Member of Parliament for Sotik Constituency on the status of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) Sotik Factory. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to present a follow-up...

Hon. Speaker, when we visited, everything was well. Even the Hon. Member, Ambassador Sigei, was very happy. If other happenings occurred after the Committee left, we commit to do our oversight role and make sure the people of Sotik and its environs, especially the farmers who supply milk, are happy...

Hon. Speaker, I wish to respond to the request for a statement on the plight of retired teachers who founded Gusii Mwalimu Investments Company Limited (GUMICO) by Hon. Dorice Donya, Member for Kisii County. I thank you for giving me this opportunity to respond to a request for a statement...

Hon. Speaker, let me give a background of the same so that I can finalise by answering. In 1974, teachers from the present-day Kisii and Nyamira counties began contributing Ksh20 monthly towards the establishment of GUMICO, which was formally incorporated in 1982. The Company aimed to promote collective investment and...