John Kiarie

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I truly thank you. I take this opportunity to thank learners who have visited today. I welcome you all to Parliament. Allow me, Hon. Deputy Speaker, to single out Riara School. It is an exceptional school within Dagoretti area that was founded by great educators in this...

I must thank you profusely for giving me this opportunity. Secondly, I have to say that this is a very laudable effort by the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture under the leadership of Hon. Daniel Wanyama. We are discussing culture. In this context, we are actually going into the...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am kindly seeking protection. You know that Hon. Otiende Amollo is a man of letters. He studied language very well, but the point he was making is so serious that he did...

Hon. Speaker, I thank you for letting me catch your eye. You are hereby called upon to make a decision ,which is expected to be very Solomonic. As you make it, you have to appreciate that the problem that we face today is not legal, but political and numerical -...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, we will process the request for a Statement immediately. However, we will report to the House in the first week after we come back from recess.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. KJ? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 95 because the business before us is critical and very important. However, the business landed on the Floor of the House because we had extensively debated the...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, my argument on this amendment is that the aspect of labelling startups belongs to the provisions under Part IV of the Bill. For that reason, I proposed that Part III be amended by deleting the words "Registrar of Startups" that appear in the title of Part III...

The justification given by the Committee actually suffices. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I will go with the Committee’s amendment. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : That is good. We can make progress. (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is important to bring the Members and the Chairperson of the Committee up to speed on the import of this deletion. Remember, what we are discussing today about the Startup Bill sits astride very many sectors of Government. Some sectors are in the youth docket, including...

I beg to move: THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 7. I intend to delete Clause 7 in its entirety. I seek to do this because the Kenya National Innovation Agency shall already have taken up the registrar’s role. The agency is responsible for the...

With the fate that my amendment has suffered, I would also want to put it on record, for us to note - and even for the Committee to note - that not all start-ups are trade start-ups. The reason why we needed a registrar is because we needed it to...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am seeking your guidance to know the hierarchy of the amendments. I would like to know whether if we carry the amendments by the Vice-Chairlady, then my amendments fall automatically. This is a procedural question. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Peter Kaluma): Before I proposed the Question,...

I must truly thank Hon. Junet for bringing this matter to the Floor of the House. The truth is that this country is treading dangerously the moment we have an affront on institutions. It does not matter whether that institution is the presidency or parliament or the clergy. Any administration,...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to make my contribution on the State of the Nation Address made by the President. To me, it was very well-prepared and delivered. If this speech can be captured in one statement, it would be the analogy he used. The President said he...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, KJ. Order, Hon. Timothy. Hon. Speaker, it is not my intention to disrupt my very good friend, Hon. Toroitich.

Is the Member in order to say that the public envisions this Parliament to be a praise and worship choir? I am sure he did not mean that the public envisions this place to be such. I hope that, maybe, it is his English that is failing him because I...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for your hospitality in hosting this esteemed delegation. Among the members of this delegation is Hon. Stephen Kent, a former Member of Parliament from Canada. Hon. Speaker, you are the Patron of the World Scout Parliamentary Union Caucus, which has great representation in this House. This...

Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity. I would like to say a big thank you. No. Just say, “I beg to move that the Technopolis Bill…” KJ, go ahead baba. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Technopolis Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of...

Hon. Speaker, I understand that the bashing of the House leadership and chairpersons has become very popular. My concern is that this should not result in a blanket condemnation. Some chairpersons are diligently, “judicially” and faithfully in the House. This includes the Chairperson of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee;...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I also thank my twin Member of Parliament for Dagoretti North for honouring the late Mary Akatsa with this eulogy and presenting it to the House of Parliament so that we can communicate it to the world that a great Kenyan has gone to be with...

The Whip of the Majority had distracted me. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, kindly call out the Order again. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Clause 5, Chairman. THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended by- Bill to position a technopolis as a premier destination for the technology driven...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have additional amendments that I would want to do to Clause 7 as per the Order Paper. The justification is because it is an emerging technology space. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Chairman, we will first exhaust the amendment by Hon. (Dr)...

THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended —

THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in—

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 17 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d) — “ (e) Host enterprises that address national and global challenges by utilizing research, science, technology and innovation.” Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the justification for this...

THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub- clause immediately after Sub-Clause (5) — “ (6) The Authority shall notify the applicant of its decisions to refuse to grant a development permit.” The proposed sub-clause is provided to enhance the substantive and procedural due...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we can retain the timelines but provide this remedy. This ensures we get rid of Clause 35 (1) to replace it with this amendment. We will retain Clause 35 (2) so that we keep the within 30-day timeline of receipt of request. Thank you very much, daktari....

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we did take time. We burnt the midnight oil to provide for offences that may occur. The justification for the deletion of this is that a general penalty opens up so many opportunities for abuse. It was the thinking of our Committee that if there is another...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, so that we can carry the Members along, allow me to comment on what has been mentioned by Hon. Zamzam and Hon. Mishi Mboko. The general provision was providing for a very steep penalty. What is unforeseeable could be something very trivial. That is why if there...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, because this is a new clause, allow me to read it in its entirety. I propose that the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 21. This clause is on a museum of science and technology in a Technopolis. It should not...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, kindly protect me. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Oundo, is your point of order on the matter of the new clause?

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that new Clause 21A be now read a Second Time. The amendment here is to bring in the establishment of a science museum. (Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, proposed) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Is there...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is not “may”. I know the wakilis here can tell us the difference between “may” and “shall”. “Shall” obligates and “may”’ means what professor has said. That is why I wanted to read the new clause. The proposal is that “the Authority shall establish and manage...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is actually “shall”. I wish it would reflect on the Order Paper as it is on the substantive one. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : I will give you two minutes for that to be corrected. (Hon. John Kiarie consulted the legal counsels and...

THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 67─ Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I move that new clause 68 be further amended. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : You are to move for a Second Reading. I beg to move that clause 68...

There is a very good reason why we are doing this. While this Bill seeks to set up many more Technopolis around the country, Konza Technopolis already exists under the Konza Technopolis Development Authority, which we are retiring in this Bill so that it is does not hang. That is...

On a point of order. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : What is your point of order, Hon. KJ. Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to declare my interest in the fact that in Dagoretti South Constituency, we only have one coffee farm. The matter being raised here by the...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I also request Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for this opportunity, and because you have already welcomed the very esteemed Speakers, I would only want to put it in one word: to congratulate the ladies for being able to ascend not only to the apex of their Parliaments, but also for...

Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also thank Waziri Chirchir for an attempt to address these issues. The Cabinet Secretary has talked about the situation in Westlands. He has also given an assurance to the Leader of the Majority Party that the work at Gitaru...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to invoke Standing Order 1 and request your discretion to allow me to donate one minute to Hon. Dick Maungu and Hon. Wakili Gichimu.