Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Dawood? Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Caroli should substantiate his statement that this money is being set aside...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Dawood? Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Caroli should substantiate his statement that this money is being set aside...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Generally, I support the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2026/2027. We have the Equalisation Fund which has been allocated Ksh10 billion in the Budget Estimates. However, the Fund has a debt of more than Ksh20 billion. I, therefore,...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, I know them. I met the lovely ladies seated in the Speaker's Gallery up there. They told me they are from Kitui. I call them cousins because you are also from Kitui. The Ameru and the Akamba communities...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, I support the nomination of Dr Julius Mbijiwe to the Vatican. Vatican City State was established in 1929 through the Lateran Treaty, signed by the Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. The Holy See has more than 100 nuncios...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, I support the nomination of Dr Julius Mbijiwe to the Vatican. Vatican City State was established in 1929 through the Lateran Treaty, signed by the Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. The Holy See has more than 100 nuncios...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I am not replying to you. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Do not engage him directly. Let us give him time to put his point across.

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Will there be new timber graders and valuers? Our country faces challenges with timber graders. They have decimated all our forests. We spoke to the Principal Secretary yesterday and noted that Imenti Forest and other forests within my locality and...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I agree with the Chairman, Hon. Kawaya. I do not agree with ‘any relevant degree’ because we risk diluting everything. If we say any relevant degree, then someone can pick a degree from anywhere in any discipline. We should...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent)Sorry, Hon. Temporary Chairlady.

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I did not mention… The Temporary Chairlady (Hon (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Member for North Imenti, I listened keenly to Dr Pukose. Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I never mentioned Dr Pukose. It was Hon. Tandaza who said, “any other relevant degree”. I...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. As much as I agree with the Chairperson, he should be more specific. I do not know of any private forest in this country. Could he name a few or even one so that I can understand where we...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I think this muddies the representation, as previously it was nominated by a national body. Now it says a representative of a registered Community Forest Association (CFA) . There are so many CFAs in this country. In my constituency, I have...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I agree with the Chair that a quarterly report should be prepared. Clause 20 of the Bill we passed addresses the management of forest carbon. As a country, we implore the Chair to follow up on this. Our carbon credits do...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I support this. However, we need to go further than that because we planted many trees last year, and this year, the Cabinet Secretary is using helicopters just to plant a few trees. The Chairperson of the Committee should ensure that these efforts are...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate all the Honourable Members who have spoken to this Bill and the suggestions they have made. I will start with the last suggestion by Hon. Jalang’o. It is already in Clause 15 of the Bill. It is...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This morning, I brought the Prevention of Livestock and Produce Theft Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of 2023) . What the honourable Member for Samburu is doing is to lay blame on our neighbours because livestock has been stolen from Meru...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I beg to move that the Prevention of Livestock and Produce Theft Bill (Senate Bill No. 12 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. The Bill is co-sponsored. The original Bill was by the Hon. (Sen.) Samson Cherargei, Member of Nandi County. The...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Branding is like the number plates we have on cars. It identifies which vehicle is attached to the number plate. We are leaving the branding to legislation, which will be done by the county executive members in the counties....

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) I am not agitated by that fact, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) What is out of order? Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member made reference to “loitering animals.” I was wondering what ‘loitering animals’...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I did not want to interrupt…