Kimani Francis Kuria

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Naweza kuendeleza kutoka mahali Mhe. Zamzam aliachia. Nampongeza ndugu yangu Mhe. Rahim kwa kuleta mapendekezo haya ya kutumia teknolojia kwa matibabu ya ugonjwa wa saratani. Bunge lipo kuhakikisha kwamba sheria zetu zinaambatana na mabadiliko ambayo yanafanyika katika nchi yetu. Kwa hivyo, tunatarajia kuona mabadiliko...

Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 2 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Amendment of the First Schedule to Cap.472.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2025) and approved the same with amendments. (Question proposed)

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Senate amendments to the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.45 of 2022) and its approval thereof without amendments.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you, our very able Leader of the Majority Party, for moving the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill. My name has an interesting story. Kimani is not my father. I am a child of a single mother called Lucy Nduta. But I was named after my...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, because I have 10 minutes, I beg to donate some.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Dr Nyikal, I tried, but we are bound by the same rules made by this House. I appreciate the concerns that Members of the National Assembly have had on this particular matter. I appreciate the quality of the debate that has been made by all of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I thank the Leader of the Minority Party for raising this matter on the Floor of the House. The incident he is speaking about happened in a show on NTV called Fixing the Nation. I congratulate Nation Media Group for that particular discussion....

I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate on the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 5 of 2025) . At the heart of this Bill lies a fundamental truth; the integrity...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, on the two listings, ‘grey and black’, grey means that you have deficiencies in law of matters anti-money laundering, but you have committed, within a stipulated amount of time, to the financial action task force to bridge those anomalies. The blacklist on the other hand means you...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank the member of the substantive Speakers Panel for that information. Matters of what we call “terrorism attacks,” have three scientific perspectives: Anti-money laundering, proliferation and terrorism acts. That is the fact. Honestly speaking, for one to take bombs to Garissa University, he or she must...

Yes. I want to be informed by my senior, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. To be honest, the Member is right. I have more information on finance than I have on terrorism. However, I can relate from best practice. I know what you are saying. Let me reiterate my earlier points. For every of those attacks, there is money...

I do not want to be informed at this point. In the United Kingdom… Hon. Omar Mwinyi, are you on a point of order or a point of information? Hon. Kimani Kuria, do you want to be informed by Hon. Omar Mwinyi? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Clause 43 (a) says that the authority shall have powers to oversee and monitor public benefit organisations that are at risk of terrorism financing and, in particular, shall periodically identify organisations that are likely to be at risk of terrorism financing abuse. I...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2025) .

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of –

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the agreement for the establishment of the Africa Finance Corporation, laid on the Table of the House on Friday,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, Africa is not just about the landmass. It is about the people. Ratification of the agreement on the establishment of the Africa Finance Corporation will show our commitment to “Africanness” and investing in our interests. This is a wake-up call to other African countries that the reliance...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for the good work they have done on this Report under the able leadership of another young man from this country, Hon. Tindi Mwale. I served in the PAC in...

Hon. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. As we congratulate the new Chairpersons, we also congratulate you, Hon. Speaker, as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission. We have seen a great change in the running of the affairs of this Parliament. We have seen a lot of change in...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support this allocation to the Senate. However, I urge the Senators to focus on their mandate as per the Constitution. Most of the Senators get sensationalised by making headlines and pick on national matters that fall under the purview of the National Assembly, at the expense...

THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed New Section 131A (4) — Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that New Clause 1A be now read a Second Time. This is an amendment to the principal Act by introducing this New Clause 1A. All Government entities...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, the amendments that this House has processed in terms of those clauses are mostly providing for ensuring strict adherence to Mwongozo directives. Again, the terms of this particular institute, whether it is the board members, have a term limit. Therefore, we are expecting that with the consideration...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I wish to withdraw the proposed amendment to clause 20.(Proposed amendment by Hon. Kuria Kimani withdrawn)(Clause 20 agreed to)(Clauses 21, 22 and 23 agreed to)Clause 24 THAT, clause 24 of the Bill be amended in subclause (4) by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding fifty...

THAT, clause 25 (1) of the Bill be amended- THAT, clause 28 be amended in subclause (1) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) - “ (c) at the member’s request.” This provides an opportunity for cancellation of membership at a member’s request. (Question of the amendment...

THAT, clause 34 of the Bill be deleted. The deletion of this clause ensures that the professional who appears before the disciplinary committee… I am sorry, Hon. Temporary Chairman. After further consultations, the amendment is withdrawn. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Kuria Kimani withdrawn) Based on what Hon. Chairman has just...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the new clause 37A be read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Chairman, this new clause 37A provides for funding for the institute without having to be appropriated through taxpayers’ money. This is a way of making sure that no Government resources will...

It is elective. The Temporary Chairman (David Ochieng’) : The Mwongozo Code of Governance does not talk about elective chairperson. Does it talk about elections? Mwongozo talks about the term of the board. The ideal term is three years. The Temporary Chairman (David Ochieng’) : Hon. Chairman, you belong to...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. Cynthia Muge, the great County Member of Parliament for Nandi, to second the motion.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. David Mboni, the Member for Kitui Rural, to second the motion.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Liaison Committee Report on the Second Supplementary Estimates of the Financial Year 2024/2025. This review is a key component of fiscal oversight that ensures that Government expenditures remain within the principles of fiscal responsibility, efficiency and macroeconomic stability. As custodians...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the... What is the legal underpinning? To what extent, in your view, does it distort the Budget? Hon. Temporary Speaker, public participation is enshrined in our Constitution. There must be public participation for every proposed legislation. The purpose of ring-fencing the money for public participation was that...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Misinformation starts with errors; disinformation starts with agenda. When I looked at what the media reported on this particular Bill, I could tell for a fact that there is an agenda they were trying to pursue. This Bill is giving more power and authority to the...

THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new Section 8 (1) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f) — “ (fa) conduct and prepare audits on human resource in the public service;” This proposed amendment is seeking to provide an additional function to...

That, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended— That, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want to confirm that the amendments we are seeking were made after lengthy consultations. We also considered best practices and structures of Auditor-General offices around the world. Therefore, this amendment is not just in tandem with the existing structures but also best practices. The Temporary Chairlady...

That, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) of the proposed Section 27 by inserting the words “strategic planning” immediately after the word “management”. The proposed additional function arises because budgeting and human resource management and development functions are contained and derived from a strategic plan. The...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the new clause 11A be now read a Second Time. Section 12 of the Public Audit Act was providing for an Auditor-General to serve in an acting capacity. However, the case of Transparency International (TI Kenya) v Attorney General and two others...

I have not understood the question by Hon. (Dr) Nyikal. This particular provision only relates to the Auditor-General. The current law provides for an Auditor-General appointed in an acting capacity. When the people of Transparency International went to court, the High Court declared that provision unconstitutional. Therefore, we are repealing...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Those are very valid points raised by Hon Members. I will be moving a further amendment as new Clause 15A. Clause 15 of the Bill talks about Section 21 of the Act as amended in Sub-section 1, in the opening statement, by deleting the words,...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that New Clause 29A be now read a second time. Section 40 of the Public Audit Act provided the restriction of auditing national security organs. That law was limiting the Auditor-General from auditing security organs. Transparency International (TI Kenya) v Attorney-General & 2...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the New Clause 30A be now read a Second Time. Section 42 of the current Public Audit Act gags the Office of the Auditor-General from questioning government policy objectives. The Petition No. 388, Transparency International versus the Attorney General, found this to...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2024) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The House resumed) IN THE HOUSE [The Temporary...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report. I request Hon Millie Odhiambo to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the Whole House.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate the good remarks from our colleagues. When I saw the reports in the media, knowing how the Bill came and the work that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has been doing, we felt that the information was really unfair and...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and his Committee for doing a job that culminated in the reports that they have tabled in this House. To pick from where my colleagues have...

This is more of a point of information to my senior. We have done public participation and received the views of the public by the time a Bill comes for Second Reading. The Report is available.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I thank the many Members who have made very good contributions to this Bill. We like the proposals made by Hon. Dorothy, Hon. Sergon, Hon. Kathambi and all the good contributions made concerning this Bill. As we prepare to go...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank Members of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for their input on this Bill. I would also like to single out Hon. Keynan, who has sat through the debate this afternoon. I have thoroughly enjoyed the contributions...

THAT, the Insurance Professionals Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.13 of 2024) , be now read a Second Time. May I take Members down the history of insurance? The catastrophe called the Great Fire of London of 1666 highlighted the need to have insurance. That is when entities started thinking about...