WAMBOKA WANAMI JACK NELSON

As much as we are appropriating these finances to the State Department of Correctional Services, one of the President’s advisors recently made a very dangerous statement – that, people are buying positions to get into the Kenya Prison Service. That is a very dangerous thing. The Government must stop embarrassing...

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Chairlady, the budget-making process is very important. It is not right for the Hon. Member to say that we need to go through it quickly. Even if we take a month, we must interrogate the Budget in detail. There is nothing wrong with Hon. Caroli asking for those details....

As much as we are appropriating these finances to the State Department of Correctional Services, one of the President’s advisors recently made a very dangerous statement – that, people are buying positions to get into the Kenya Prison Service. That is a very dangerous thing. The Government must stop embarrassing...

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Chairlady, the budget-making process is very important. It is not right for the Hon. Member to say that we need to go through it quickly. Even if we take a month, we must interrogate the Budget in detail. There is nothing wrong with Hon. Caroli asking for those details....

Hon. Speaker, we want to reject these Amendments in totality. Begin by saying, “I beg to second”. (Laughter) Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. Bearing in mind the fiscal space in which the country is currently operating, it is abnormal for anyone to propose an upward adjustment of these allocations....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I think we are taking this matter lightly and that is why the governors are taking us lightly. Everyone in this Republic knows that governors handle a lot of money, yet nothing happens. In my own county, Bungoma we get about Ksh14 billion from the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. Firstly, let me sincerely thank the leadership of this institution, the National Assembly, starting from Hon. Speaker, the Clerk of the National Assembly, our Committee Clerk, Ms Christine Ndiritu, and my Committee Members starting with my able Deputy Chairman, Hon. Anthony...

Hon. Murugara was not here when these issues were raised by Members. It is on that basis that I am clarifying that two Committees in the last Parliament reached a decision about this and up to now it has not been implemented. We are asking the Committee on Implementation to...

Hon. Wanami Wamboka (Bumula, DAP-K) : On a point of order.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Wamboka? QUORUM I rise under Standing Order 35 to notify the House that we do not have quorum, yet we are dealing with very serious issues. I beg that we continue…

Hon. Speaker, we want to reject these Amendments in totality. Begin by saying, “I beg to second”. (Laughter) Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. Bearing in mind the fiscal space in which the country is currently operating, it is abnormal for anyone to propose an upward adjustment of these allocations....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I think we are taking this matter lightly and that is why the governors are taking us lightly. Everyone in this Republic knows that governors handle a lot of money, yet nothing happens. In my own county, Bungoma we get about Ksh14 billion from the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. 3rd June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 43 Firstly, let me sincerely thank the leadership of this institution, the National Assembly, starting from Hon. Speaker, the Clerk of the National Assembly, our Committee Clerk, Ms Christine Ndiritu, and my Committee Members starting...

Hon. Murugara was not here when these issues were raised by Members. It is on that basis that I am clarifying that two Committees in the last Parliament reached a decision about this and up to now it has not been implemented. We are asking the Committee on Implementation to...

On a point of order.

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Wamboka? I rise under Standing Order 35 to notify the House that we do not have quorum, yet we are dealing with very serious issues. I beg that we continue…

On a point of order, Hon Speaker. Order, Members. Hold on Serjeant-at-Arms. What is it Hon. Wamboka? Serjeant-at-Arms, retreat. Take your seats, Members. Do you want to contribute on the same issue? I seek your guidance, Hon. Speaker. It looks like we are being ambushed. Hon. Speaker: You are not....

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Chairlady, honestly you are being unfair. On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady. It is within my rights to bring a point of order.

On a point of order, Hon Speaker. Order, Members. Hold on Serjeant-at-Arms. What is it Hon. Wamboka? Serjeant-at-Arms, retreat. Take your seats, Members. Do you want to contribute on the same issue? I seek your guidance, Hon. Speaker. It looks like we are being ambushed. You are not. How about...

On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Chairlady, honestly you are being unfair. On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady. It is within my rights to bring a point of order.

Hon. Wanami Wamboka (Bumula, DAP-K) : On a point of order. There seems to be a point of order here. What is your point of order? I have just realised that our digital system and the televisions are not working very well. I am worried. Is The Hansard on? Is...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I just want to inform the Member for Tetu Constituency, who is a good friend of mine, that the reports of this House and recommendations of committees are not in vain. I want...

Hon. Wanami Wamboka (Bumula, DAP-K) : I do not know whether they are sabotaging me. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the third Report of the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education on its Examination of the Reports of the Auditor-General...

If I may expound on the issue of Kenyatta University a bit. I am sure you do not want to spoil my soup. Let us allow him to finish moving it first. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kenyatta University has spent a whopping Ksh600 million and you can hardly see anything beyond...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Chairperson of Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture, Hon. Wangwe, will concur with us that the issues we are dealing with are not easy, and you can clearly see that. As a Committee, we decided that we must work for public...

No. Let us proceed. Ukichoka, enda nyumbani.

On a point of order. There seems to be a point of order here. What is your point of order? I have just realised that our digital system and the televisions are not working very well. I am worried. Is The Hansard on? Is it just affecting screens or is...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I just want to inform the Member for Tetu Constituency, who is a good friend of mine, that the reports of this House and recommendations of committees are not in vain. I want...

I do not know whether they are sabotaging me. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the third Report of the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education on its Examination of the Reports of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of State...

If I may expound on the issue of Kenyatta University a bit. I am sure you do not want to spoil my soup. Let us allow him to finish moving it first. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kenyatta University has spent a whopping Ksh600 million and you can hardly see anything beyond...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Chairperson of Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture, Hon. Wangwe, will concur with us that the issues we are dealing with are not easy, and you can clearly see that. As a Committee, we decided that we must work for public...

No. Let us proceed. Ukichoka, enda nyumbani.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker for inviting the Cabinet Secretary, who is also my friend. Bwana Cabinet Secretary, we already know most of the things you have said. Members have all that information. I have a few questions for you. The court said that you should withhold Ksh10.5 billion from the...

My point is made. That is the point they are using to fight you. Decentralisation of funds. Yes. Yes, Hon. Speaker. In the spirit of decentralisation of funds, bearing in mind that the KeRRA roads affect the locals, we want your undertaking today. There is no word in English such...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Our lady Members of Parliament, sisi tumewatetea sana. Mungekaa tukabiliane na haya maneno sisi sote. We are the National Assembly. We make laws and appropriate funds. We are the ones who sit down… Our able Chairman of the Budget and Appropriation Committee is here. We are...

Hon. Speaker, as I indicated, the rain is here. Bodaboda operators are planting banana stems on our roads. Life is unbearable because things cannot work. The roads are not motorable. It is not that we are against you. We are with you. You are part of us. You are Member...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, all of us know the work Ms Nakhumicha did at the Ministry of Health. My friend cannot just start despising that.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education on its Examination of the Report of the Auditor- General on the Financial Statements of State Corporations (Central Region) for the Financial Years...

Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the Cabinet Secretary for coming. We have been patient with the things he has been saying because he is a former ranking Member of this House. We would not have been tolerant, perhaps, if he did not have those decorations with him. I also must declare...

Lastly, many college and university students missed exams because we did not facilitate their bursaries. They will be forced to defer their studies for a whole year. How are you going to remedy that? These students have deferred their studies and they continue living the way they are. So, Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the move by Hon. Musa Sirma, that, indeed, the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) needs to... Hon. Wanami Wamboka, for the record, you are seconding a Motion, not a move. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have been here longer. I rise...

Can we just have the Cabinet Secretary here instead of a response for the sake of this House, because they have also put your name in disrepute? If we did not know you as Members, we would be having problems with you. However, we know you, and they have been...

Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary—

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for answering most of the questions. No. You have only a second bite, which you are already exhausting.

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Mhe. Spika: Kuna hoja ya nidhamu hapa. Mbunge wa Bumula. Hon. Speaker, the intention of having joyriding questions is for us to remain relevant so that we can dig deeper into the issue on a question that a member has raised. I urge...