Omboko Milemba

Very well, Leader of the Minority Party. Let us now hear Hon. Junet.

Very well. Let us hear Hon. Lilian Gogo, the Member for Rangwe. (An Hon. Member spoke off record) Of course, I will balance but for the sake of gender, Hon William Gogo, you may proceed. Did I say William? Correction, she is Hon. Lilian Gogo, the Member for Rangwe. Please,...

Very well. Every Member has ten minutes and if a Member has content, we have no otherwise but to allow the Member to proceed until the ten minutes are over. The next one to speak on this Motion is Hon. Moses Kirima of Imenti Central. It seems he is not...

Next is the Member for Masinga Constituency, Hon. Joshua Mwalyo.

Very well. Hon. Florence Jematiah, proceed.

Order, Hon. Florence! This is a House of records. It is really important when you pronounce yourself on certain matters, especially as weighty as this one, you must be able to substantiate. Therefore, proceed but stick to issues you are able to substantiate.

Very well. Next is Hon. Adan Haji of Mandera West. Is he in the House? In his absence, next is Hon. Johana Ng’eno. Proceed, Johana Ng’eno.

Order, Members! Once the(Loud consultations) 17th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 22 [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) took the Chair]

Thank you. He has since corrected himself. Thank you, you may proceed

Hon. Yusuf Hassan, Member for Kamukunji.

Very well. The President pronounced himself on five billion trees in the next five years. Next is Hon. Paul Mwirigi, Member for Igembe. Give him the microphone.

Hon. Beatrice Elachi, Dagoretti North.

Hon. Wakili Muriu, are you speaking to this Motion? Please, give him the microphone.

Hon. Caleb Luyayi of Saboti.

Thank you, Hon. Kiarie. The Chair shall not be discussed as being buried. You may proceed, Hon. Amisi.

Very well. Hon. Peter Kihungi. 10th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 45

Thank you for your patience, Member for Kangema. I remember leaving you seated there. You have eventually spoken. Thank you. Next is Hon. Edith Nyenze of Kitui West.

Hon. Fabian Muli, Member for Kangundo.

Hon. Khamala Mukhwana, Member for Lurambi.

Next is the Member for Kipkelion East.

Let us hear Hon. Patrick Simiyu, Member for Cherangany.

Very well, Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri.

Hon. Beatrice Elachi, what is your point of order? Order, Hon. Member. There is a point of order. What is your point of order?

Very well, Hon. Elachi. You still have a chance to reply to this Motion. Please, gather all those views and speak on them while replying. You may proceed, Hon. Rindikiri.

Very well. Hon. Elachi, this was your protagonist after all. The next chance goes to the Member for Chesumei, Hon. Paul Biego.

Next is Hon. Donya Dorice, the Women Representative for Kisii County.

Very well. Let us hear Hon. Beatrice Kemei, the Kericho County Woman Representative.

Very well. The Members of this House do not have titles like “Madam.” You refer to the Mover of the Motion as “Hon. Elachi.” We refer to individual members of this House as “Honourable Member.” Next is Hon. Memusi Kanchory. If he is not in, let us hear Hon. Timothy...

Order, Hon. Okuome. You are a ranking Member. You cannot just cross the Floor. Go to the Bar and do so in the correct way. He is a ranking Member, and he knows exactly what to do. (Hon. Adipo Okuome went to the Bar and bowed to the Chair) You...

Let us hear the Member for Kitui East, Hon. Nimrod Mbai.

The Member for West Mugirango, Hon. Stephen Mogaka, is next. He is not in the House? Let us have Hon. Joshua Kimilu. Please, let him have the microphone so that he may speak to the Motion.

Hon. Naomi Waqo.

Eng. Nebart Muriuki, you are next.

Very well. Yesterday we had all agreed that the contribution time would be limited to five minutes. Today, unfortunately, no Member has risen to move a Motion to limit the contribution time to five minutes. You are contributing for 10 minutes. I ask Members to be magnanimous enough and just...

Very well. That is very good. Members consulting with the Clerks-at-the-Table should take a very short time and go back to their seats, so that the Table is neater. Be assured that everybody will speak because we have time. Next is Hon. Christine Ombaka of Siaya.

Let us have Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, Member for Westlands Constituency.

Very well. Let us have Hon. Joseph Cherorot, Kipkelion East.

You are out of order. You cannot donate time to a Member. Member for Nyando.

Order Member for Busia! You are not allowed to cross and crisscross the Floor of the House. When you want to do what you have done, you have to go all the way and bow at the Bar then cross to the other side. That is the good direction of...

Hon. Augustine Mwafrika, Member for Roysambu.

Very well. Hon. Rachael Nyamai, Member for Kitui South.

Very well. Next is the Member for Soy, Hon. David Kiplagat. If he is not in, the next is Hon. Joseph Samal, Member Isiolo North. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Danson Mwashako.

Mbunge Wa Mandera South, Abdul Haro.

Very well. Leader of the Minority Party.

Very well. Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose.

Very well. Let us have Hon. T.J. Kajwang’.

Very well. There are a number of interventions here that I think were for the earlier matter. We have Hon. Yusuf, Hon. Ali, Hon. Robert and Hon. Geoffrey with interventions. You can remove them so that we can have the Members who have keyed in for this debate. Next we...

Hon. Rebecca Tonkei, Member for Narok.

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Very well. The Member for Igembe Central is next. Hon. Daniel Karitho (Igembe Central, JP) : Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I congratulate Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu for proposing this Bill. The NG-CDF has been a very important Fund to every Kenyan. It is the only Fund that...

Hon. Adan Haji, Mandera West, if he is in the House.

You may continue.

Okay, very well. Next to speak on this is Hon. Joseph Gitari, Kirinyaga Central. Hon. Members, I really ask you to be patient. We are actually following the queue and trying to make sure that there is fairness. I am very happy about ranking Members who are patiently in the...

Very well. Hon. Gitonga Mukunji of Manyatta is finally there. Proceed.

Very well, your time is over. Hon. Anthony Oluoch, Member for Mathare.

Thank you. We now get back to resumption of debate on teachers’ deployment. We have one hour 40 minutes remaining time to debate this. Let us now move to the next speaker on the list, Hon. Caroline Ng’elechei of Elgeyo Marakwet. I will have to do away with the remainder...

Order, Hon. Members. Let me acknowledge the presence of the following schools in the Public Gallery. (Members spoke off-record) It seems like they have already left. We had a number of schools there. Let us move on with the debate. Next to speak is Hon. Hussein Bare. I am following...

Asante sana. Anayefuata ni

Well, you really do not have that loci standi to contribute time. Hon. Members, I am following the list. So, it is very fair. Next to speak on this Motion is Hon. Agnes Pareyio, Member for Narok North, please.

Very well. Hon. Bisau Kakai. Give him the microphone. Proceed.

Thank you. I think your point of order may not be relevant now. The speaker who was on the Floor is already down, so we move to our next speaker. You may bring it later. The next Member is Hon. Parashina of Kajiado South.

There are a number of interventions which are not relevant. Could Hon. Irene Mayaka, Hon. Hussein Weytan of Mandera East and Hon. Moses Injendi remove their intervention requests? I am talking about interventions because we are on the main Motion. You can do exactly that, so that I see if...

Thank you very much for donating some time to the other colleagues. Hon. Adams Kipsanai, Keiyo North, you are the next on the line. Not being there… (Hon. Dan Wanyama consulted the Clerk-at-the-Table) Order, Dan Wanyama! Order! Take your seat please. Next is Hon. Julius Rutto, Member for Kesses.

Very well. I want to also indicate that there will be more time, space and opportunities to speak in this House during the prime time. Now that you have passed the Motion on nominees to the Cabinet, we shall have time for 26th October 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24 Questions,...

Hon. Hussein Weytan, Member for Mandera East. If he is not in, the next person is Hon. Abraham Kirwa, Member for Mosop.

Very well. If you are in the House on time and you key in your card, you will get a chance. Next is Hon. Joseph Cherorot, Member for Kipkelion East.

Yes, Hon. Gideon Ochanda. Thank you for following the queue. Proceed.

Thank you. Next is Hon. Sirat Ali, nominated Member. Give him any microphone around him.

Thank you. That was a maiden speech. Next is Hon. Mangale Chiforomodo, Member for Lungalunga.

Next on the list is Hon. Moses Injendi. Thank you for following the queue despite being a ranking Member. Please, proceed.

What is your point of order? Give her the microphone. Order, Member. You now have the microphone.

Hon. Malulu Injendi, you have been advised to use parliamentary language as much as possible. You may proceed. Give Hon. Malulu Injendi the microphone.

Very well. Let us have Hon. Khamala Mukwana of Lurambi Constituency.

No. Please, key out. Let us have Hon. Marianne Kitany of Aldai. Next, let us have Hon. Ali.

Thank you very much, Hon. Members. The time being 5.28 p.m., the time allocated for this Motion is actually over. I now call upon the Mover to reply.

The faster you go the better as they will have their time. You may proceed. Please give Hon. Zamzam the microphone. There is a microphone that is now on your left side. Please. 26th October 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 33

Very well time has run out, or do we still have time Hon. Wambilianga.

Hon. Wambilianga.

I think having exhausted the time for this Motion and looking at the House, we shall defer putting of the Question on this Motion to the next Sitting of the House. Next Order! (Putting of the Question deferred) RECOGNITION AND REMUNERATION OF VILLAGE ELDERS Mover. You may proceed.