{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148399","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148397","results":[{"id":1502172,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502172/?format=json","text_counter":89,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Loud consultations)"},{"id":1502173,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502173/?format=json","text_counter":90,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, protect me from the loud noise by the Member for Tigania West, who is also the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, and the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, Hon. Pauline Lenguris and Hon. Rebecca Tonkei. Their consultations are too loud."},{"id":1502174,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502174/?format=json","text_counter":91,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Those kamukunjis are out of order."},{"id":1502175,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502175/?format=json","text_counter":92,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 2. The 11th Annual Report on the progress made in fulfilling international obligations of the Republic of Kenya. 3. The Annual Report to Parliament on the State of National Security. In fulfilment of the provisions of Articles 132(1)(c) and 240(7) of the Constitution, the President of the Republic of Kenya, last week on Thursday delivered his State of the Nation Address for the year 2024. It is important for Members to note that Article 247 speaks to the functions and responsibilities of the National Security Council (NSC). The Council is mandated, to once every year, report to the National Assembly on the state of the security of the nation. That is what the President was doing in fulfilment of that Article. He was reporting on behalf of the NSC on the state of our security as a country. Under Article 132(1)(c) of the Constitution, the President is required to report, once every year, in an address to the nation, on all the measures taken and the progress achieved in the realisation of the national values referred to in Article 10 and subsequently publish the report in the Gazette . That has already been done. The President is also required to submit to the National Assembly the progress made in fulfilling international obligations of the republic. He submitted all those reports and they are, therefore, before the House for debate. It is important to remind ourselves of the national values that we expect the President to report on their realisation. As stipulated in our Constitution, the national values are: 1. Patriotism, national unity, sharing and evolution of power, the rule of law, democracy and the participation of the people. 2. Human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, non-discrimination and protection of the marginalised. 3. Good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability. 4. Sustainable development."},{"id":1502176,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502176/?format=json","text_counter":93,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1502177,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502177/?format=json","text_counter":94,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah","speaker":null,"content":"The question that begs is: When we listened to the President, did he speak to some of these issues? Did he speak to issues that guarantee sustainable development in our country? Did he speak about good governance? Did he speak about integrity, transparency and accountability, even amidst the challenge that he threw to the House on the enactment of the Conflict of Interest Bill? For the record, let me state that it is true that the National Assembly adopted and passed the Conflict of Interest Bill earlier this year, and it was transmitted to the Senate. The Senate enacted a number of amendments, many of which the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has considered and substantially disagreed with. The amendments seek to dilute the Bill. We have, therefore, formed a Mediation Committee. It is on record that when the first meeting of the Mediation Committee was called, not a single Senator was present. I take this opportunity to ask the Senators to be available for the mediation process. If there is a House that is conflicted in the Conflict of Interest Bill, it is not this House. It is the House that diluted the Bill. It is also the House that has been unavailable for the mediation process. I believe Hon. Murugara is ready. We have had discussions with the Leader of the Majority Party in the Senate. I also had a discussion with Hon. Murugara yesterday to expedite the mediation process and reach out to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights in the Senate, so that Senators on the Mediation Committee are available. The President did not just mention in passing if there is any conflict of interest in passing the Conflict of Interest Bill. We should expedite and pass it because it is critical in the fight against corruption. If we expect the President to speak about good governance, integrity, transparency, accountability and sustainable development in the Government, we must act on this Bill. We cannot have sustainable development without acting on conflict of interest. More fundamentally is the directive the President issued from the Floor of this House. I hope officials of the National Treasury were listening to the President on the question of e-procurement. We cannot have transparency in the procurement process if we do not digitise the processes. The President said that we have faltered on the actualisation of e-procurement. That faltering is not in the last 10 years. Since the Kibaki regime, we have always spoken about e-procurement. I am glad the President directed that by the end of the first quarter of 2025, the National Treasury must ensure that e-procurement becomes a reality. It is possible to have e- procurement if we are to deal with accountability and transparency in the procurement of goods and services in the Government. The root cause of corruption across the two levels of Government revolves around two major issues, namely, conflict of interest and procurement issues. If we enact the Conflict of Interest Bill and actualise e-procurement processes in both levels of the Government, corruption will be a matter of the past. Hon. Speaker, by speaking to the issues of sustainable development, the President went at length to enumerate the gains that his administration has achieved in the last two years. There is an appreciation of the Kenyan Shilling against the United States of American Dollas from a high of Ksh162 to a low of Ksh129. Secondly, in managing our inflation, for the first time in 17 years—this is data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and our development partners—the inflation rate has fallen to almost 2.7 per cent from a high of nearly 9.6 per cent. The rate of inflation drives the high cost of living. In speaking to the issues that Kenyans have spoken very loudly about - like the cost of living and rate of inflation by deliberate investments in production but not consumption - this administration has been able to bring down the rate of inflation. It is largely driven by our foreign exchange rates and the cost of fuel around the world."},{"id":1502178,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502178/?format=json","text_counter":95,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Hon. Robert Mbui and Hon. Vincent Musau consulted loudly)"},{"id":1502179,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502179/?format=json","text_counter":96,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1502180,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502180/?format=json","text_counter":97,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Order, Hon. Mbui and Hon. Kawaya. You may be required to carry out that animated discussion elsewhere. You are making it difficult for even the Hon. Speaker to follow the proceedings."},{"id":1502181,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1502181/?format=json","text_counter":98,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was also very distracted because when they converse in the Kamba language, I only hear nesa nesa . Thank you for protecting me."}]}