Shinali Bernard Masaka

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to support the Motion and congratulate Hon. Jane Kagiri for bringing it forward, so that the world can hear us and Members can contribute. As you may be aware, AGOA will expire on 30th September 2025, with efforts underway to extend it for...

Yes, I am ready. Go ahead. Is he in the House? Should I table the response or read it aloud?

Hon. Speaker, I wish to submit the following response from the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) , to the specific issues raised by the Hon. Member. Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Member requested the status of Shirikisho La Wanawake Savings and Credit Society, including...

On the second question, the Member wanted to know what the Ministry has put in place to ensure that the SACCO complies with established regulations, particularly in financial reporting and holding of regular meetings. The Ministry, working in collaboration with county governments, will intensify supervision and inspection of all cooperatives...

No, Hon. Speaker. In my closing statement, I said I would transmit the whole copy to the Member. The reply is here, and there is nothing we are hiding. If he wants me to go through every page, with your indulgence, Hon. Speaker, I am available to do that.

Hon. Speaker, I have barely heard it. He has asked a supplementary question, which I do not have an answer to now, because it was not part of the question. I take note of it. I need to refer it to the Cabinet Secretary so that he can respond to...

Hon. Speaker, I thank you for this opportunity to respond to the request for a Statement by Hon. Mary Maingi on the importation of rice into the country. I wish to give the background as laid out in the Statement. The Kenya National Trading Corporation’s (KNTC) vision, mission, core mandates...

Hon. Speaker, I am sitting next to the Member for Homa Bay Town. He has a gadget on the table and I am not sure whether we are safe. I want him to disclose what is inside.

Yes, I am. MANAGEMENT OF SHIRIKISHO LA WANAWAKE SACCO

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to respond to a request for a Statement by Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga, Member of Parliament for Kabuchai Constituency. Nakayonjo Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited is a Coffee Marketing Cooperative Society and not a Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO) . Nakayonjo FSC Limited...

Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

First, I do not know whether it is parliamentary to say the report is nonsense. Two, I agree with the Member that the report from the DCI has been delayed so much. It should have been given a long time ago. It is unfair to the farmers. I indulge you...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am responding to a request for statement by Hon. Amb. Sigei. Before I go to the specifics, new KCC has been modernising its old milk processing facilities under the Government of Kenya financing from the year 2015 to date. The facilities had old obsolete...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The issues raised by Members are critical. As a Committee, we had already planned a programme to visit these factories to see for ourselves, investigate and come up with a clear report. That process is ongoing. We confirm that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and...

I will need about four weeks after recess. That is one month.

We have other activities scheduled. You know very well that we are going into the budget-making process. I do not want to give dates that will fail us. We must be specific as a House. We must give realistic answers. (Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi raised his hand)

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co- operatives on its consideration of the approval hearings of Ms Regina Akoth Ombam nominated for appointment as Principal Secretary in the State Department for Trade. Chairperson, just go...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives for doing such a good job. I also want to thank those Members who have contributed on this Motion. I have seen the interest, and I can confirm that the nominee...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives in its Report on the vetting of nominee for appointment as Principal Secretary, State Department for Trade, laid on the Table of the House...

Hon. Speaker, in the same vein, let the Cabinet Secretary tell us if he is taking any deliberate action to make sure that teachers who graduated earlier are employed first, so that those who graduated earlier are employed first. (Applause)

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I reply, I emphasise that once enacted into law, the Gold Processing Bill, 2023, will provide the first ever regulatory framework for gold processing. It will streamline the gold processing sector and help our country to maximise on the benefits of this rare mineral....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to begin by congratulating my colleague, Hon. Peter Masara, for coming up with this Bill to fill the gap that the National Police Service Commission Bill has not looked at. You and I are not new to this problem because we both served...

THAT, the Gold Processing Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 46 of 2023), be now read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when I introduced this Gold Processing Bill, I did it with the main purpose of creating a legal and institutional framework for gold processing in Kenya. The import of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to pay tribute to Hon. Malulu Injendi Moses who was the Member of Parliament for Malava Constituency in Kakamega County. Hon. Malulu has been a good and very close friend, a relative and a man of humility. He was down to earth. Being a...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the chance to second the Motion. Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party, for moving that Procedural Motion to give life to Bills, which Members have taken time to research and come up with. If I could talk about the Gold Processing Bill…...