Pukose Robert

Hon. Babu Owino has not voted.

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. If the amendment by the Chairperson passes, all other amendments fall. That is the order of precedence. You cannot amend the clause twice. (Loud consultations)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. At the outset, I support the Finance Bill, 2023. Hon. Speaker, if you look at the Finance Bill, especially on the medical side, vaccines, medicaments – that is pharmaceutical drugs – are exempted from tax, and this will...

Hon. Speaker, these are the results of the Division. The Ayes have 176 votes and the Nays have 81 votes. The total number of Members who voted is 257. There was no abstention. RESULTS AYES

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the appointment of Hon. Isaac Kiprono Rutto as a member to the JSC. He is a distinguished member having served as a distinguished Governor of Bomet, a Minister in the past and a Member of this House. I know that he will...

On a point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker, I just wanted to let Hon. Chepkonga know that we used not to call it chapati, but “dialogue”.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I stand to support the allocation of Ksh7.3 billion to State House. Some Members who are contributing cannot differentiate between the Office of the President and State House. State House is the seat of power for the country and must be well funded. It is...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support this allocation to the Ministry of Health. I want to inform my colleague that, as much as health is devolved, the Ministry of Health houses the national referral hospital like the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) , Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) ,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. For the first time, we can see that the budget for the Judiciary has been increased. I think this is a very good move in terms of making sure that the Judiciary can expand into more areas. We expect that counties that did not have...

Thank you Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion by the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee on the consideration of the Reports of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, for the counties of Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Taita Taveta and Lamu. There are...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Health on:

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have keenly listened to your ruling. Normally, once the Speaker has delivered a ruling, a Member cannot appeal it directly but may be allowed to make some comments. In his comments, Hon. Speaker, I expected the Leader of the Minority Party to be magnanimous enough,...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill of 2022. This Bill was considered before our Departmental Committee on Health. We conducted public participation and we got several memoranda. We made the following observations: First, the development of guidelines for referral within...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Dr. Pukose? Hon. Deputy Speaker, with all due respect to my colleague, I think he is misleading the House. The Bill is an amendment of an Act of Parliament. It seeks to amend Section 79 of...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Dr. Pukose? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to refer the House to Section 79 of the Health Act on referrals. It says: “The national Government Department for Health shall develop policy guidelines for referral mechanisms and...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Dr. Pukose? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Since the Majority Whip has asked why I am against this proposal, I want to state as follows: Clause 79 of the parent Act, not the amendment, provides that...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. (Dr.) Pukose? Hon. Speaker, the Majority Whip is a leader. As a leader, he must be able to address other professionals with decorum. You cannot make a blanket statement with reference to doctors who are...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretary about the registration of new schools in some of the areas, particularly in Endebess where we have new or young schools without TSC teachers. What is he doing about it and what is the Ministry’s policy about registration of...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. For the last two financial years, many constituencies have not been connected to electricity, both in terms of transformers and the Last Mile Connectivity Programme, which covers 600 metres. We were told that it was because REREC was not properly constituted. At one time, procurement...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I ask under Standing Order 95 that the Mover be called upon to reply.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute. At the outset, I oppose this ratification. Many people who are contributing to this have not read and understood it. The conventions mean that a certain body can sue you for child maintenance in the USA and it is enforced here....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Prime Cabinet Secretary, you have given the measures that the Government is planning, when do we expect the economy to improve?

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, the issues the Leader of the Minority Party has raised are very weighty and I think it is very wrong for him to raise them and still support the Report. If what he has raised is true and the HANSARD is able to give us a report...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Member for Endebess, what is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, without anticipating the next debate which will be at 4.00 p.m. following your ruling, we now have about seven minutes. I stand under Standing Order 95 to ask that the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I support the Motion of Adjournment by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. Our law, the Penal Code, Section 225 on Aiding Suicide says: “Any person who—

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know that this is a very important Motion that needs to be passed by the House. We need to have the Commission working as early as possible. Therefore, I rise under Standing Order 95 to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. We need...