Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Kimilu and Kimaiyo are somehow similar, but this is Hon. Kimaiyo. I know he also comes from the Rift Valley. Anyway, thank you for the opportunity. I rise to support this Motion to establish the Kenya Advanced Institute of...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, 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 Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives regarding the delayed payments owed to dairy farmers supplying...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know we are going for recess. Farmers have not been paid for three months. So, if we wait for this Statement to come in February, farmers will continue to suffer. I do not know what interventions can be made so...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, 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 Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives regarding the delayed payments owed to dairy farmers supplying...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know we are going for recess. Farmers have not been paid for three months. So, if we wait for this Statement to come in February, farmers will continue to suffer. I do not know what interventions can be made so...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must commend His Excellency, the President, for his State of the Nation Address. His Speech was well articulated. The state of our nation is one of a nation in transition. His Excellency, the President (Dr) William Samoei Ruto, put it...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We have seen the reforms in our health care system. SHA enables Kenyans who cannot afford insurance to access medical care. For those who cannot afford to pay SHA, there is the option of Lipa Pole Pole, so that nobody...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA)(Technical hitch)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I did not want to interrupt the Hon. Member. However, when he asks what the point is of allocating KSh50 billion to one hospital, he forgets that our President talked about us being a first-world country. We cannot be...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Does the Hon. Member mean that Eldoret does not deserve the Ksh50 billion hospital? Does that mean the hospital only serves people in Uasin Gishu? To the best of my knowledge, the hospital 26th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) The Administration of His Excellency, President William Samoei Ruto.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that the President envisions that every part of Kenya will have something to smile about. For us in this House, we need to support the President. We need to support any 26th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must commend His Excellency, the President, for his State of the Nation Address. His Speech was well articulated. The state of our nation is one of a nation in transition. His Excellency, the President (Dr) William Samoei Ruto, put it...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We have seen the reforms in our health care system. SHA enables Kenyans who cannot afford insurance to access medical care. For those who cannot afford to pay SHA, there is the option of Lipa Pole Pole, so that nobody...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA)(Technical hitch)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I did not want to interrupt the Hon. Member. However, when he asks what the point is of allocating KSh50 billion to one hospital, he forgets that our President talked about us being a first-world country. We cannot be...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Does the Hon. Member mean that Eldoret does not deserve the Ksh50 billion hospital? Does that mean the hospital only serves people in Uasin Gishu? To the best of my knowledge, the hospital 26th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) The Administration of His Excellency, President William Samoei Ruto.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that the President envisions that every part of Kenya will have something to smile about. For us in this House, we need to support the President. We need to support any 26th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am of a contrary opinion. The challenges in KQ are systemic.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) I am just giving a small background.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Okay, allow me one minute, Hon. Speaker, just to give a clarification.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Okay. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Maybe some information to the Hon. Chairperson, Mhe. Dawood, if it is allowed. Let me proceed. Hon. Speaker, if you compare KQ with other airlines, the airline business requires a lot of investment. The Ethiopian Airways we talk about,...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) No, it is not good, but I wanted to mention the challenges…

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am of a contrary opinion. The challenges in KQ are systemic.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) I am just giving a small background.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Okay, allow me one minute, Hon. Speaker, just to give a clarification.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Okay. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Maybe some information to the Hon. Chairperson, Mhe. Dawood, if it is allowed. Let me proceed. Hon. Speaker, if you compare KQ with other airlines, the airline business requires a lot of investment. The Ethiopian Airways we talk about,...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) No, it is not good, but I wanted to mention the challenges…

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I join my colleagues in mourning and saying pole to the people of Marakwet East, especially the people of Chesongoch, and more so the people of Keiyo North who reside in Kipendo. The landslides in Elgeyo Marakwet are not random. In 2007,...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you. I rise to answer Question No.70. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Are you asking or answering the Question? Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) I am asking. (Laughter)

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary has tried to answer my questions, but there is a context why I asked them. Article 53 of the Kenyan Constitution says that every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education. The Basic...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, just in addition to that, it would be prudent if the Cabinet Secretary releases a circular to all schools and education directors down there. We are not speaking to this in vain. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) If you listened...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On the issue of lunch which my colleague has just asked about, the Basic Education Act, 2013 establishes the county education boards. It is these boards that sit and agree on how much students in free day secondary schools...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you. I rise to ask the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary: [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Martha Wangari) in the Chair]

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary has not answered one question: The funds collected under the RMLF belong to four institutions namely, KeRRA, KeNHA, KURA and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) . (A Member spoke off the record) No, the Kenya Forest Services...

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I did not mean to interrupt.

Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo (Keiyo South, UDA) I am making a clarification. What Mweshimiwa Alice from Thika meant was that they should not securitise the 22 per cent and the 10 per cent. They should not touch the 22 per cent and the 10 per cent. However, on what is ongoing...