{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154371","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154369","results":[{"id":1561892,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561892/?format=json","text_counter":68,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, this is for general direction. When we have ministers coming to answer Questions, we only deal with Questions that are listed on the Order Paper. I am addressing this to Hon. Basil. If you file a Question and it is not on the Order Paper, it is not fair, neither is it reasonable to spring it to a Minister on the Floor of this House when he or she has not come with a prepared answer. It is different from requesting for Statements. On that, I will allow you any time. Even if you bring a Statement while I am sitting here, I will approve it for you to make the request as long as it looks reasonable and lawful. Hon. Basil and others, in future if you have any questions, try before we start the House to go to the Table Office. If the Table Office does not help you, go to the Clerk's Office, and if the Clerk's Office does not help you, go to the Speaker's Office. We will help you to have your Questions properly forwarded to the cabinet secretaries so that they come with reasoned responses to the House. I hope we are clear on that. The Leader of the Majority Party."},{"id":1561893,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561893/?format=json","text_counter":69,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"STATEMENT"},{"id":1561894,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561894/?format=json","text_counter":70,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK OF 28TH TO 30TH APRIL 2025"},{"id":1561895,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561895/?format=json","text_counter":71,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2) (a), I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 29th April 2025 to prioritise business for consideration during the week. As Members will note, tomorrow shall be a public holiday. In this regard, the House is scheduled to proceed for a three-week long recess and resume its regular sittings on Tuesday, 27th May 2025 in line with the House Calendar. As we procced on recess, the House still awaits reports on various business referred to committees. The recess period, therefore, will give 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":1561896,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561896/?format=json","text_counter":72,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":"committees ample time to expedite consideration of business pending before them as this will be a working recess. Upon resumption, the House shall continue with the consideration at Second Reading of the Political Parties (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bill No.26 of 2024), should it not be concluded today. Additionally, debate will also be undertaken on the following Motions, should they not be concluded today— 1. The Third Report on consideration of the audited accounts of specified state corporations; 2. Report on consideration of the audited accounts of state corporations for central region; 3. Consideration of Sessional Paper No.7 of 2024 on the National Sanitation Management Policy; and, 4. Consideration of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. Having said that, allow me to also speak to the matter regarding the court case on Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF)."},{"id":1561897,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561897/?format=json","text_counter":73,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"ROAD MAINTENANCE LEVY FUND (RMLF)"},{"id":1561898,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561898/?format=json","text_counter":74,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"As Members may be aware, a Constitutional Petition and an Application for conservatory orders, both dated 16th August 2024, were filed in the High Court by five Petitioners, that is, Issa Elanyi Chamao, Patrick Karani Ekirapa, Paul Ngeiywo Kirui, International Legal Consultancy Group Ltd and the Council of County Governors. The Petition challenges the constitutionality of the decision of the National Assembly made on 28th September 2023 to remove ounty governments as beneficiaries of RMLF. It also challenges another decision of the National Assembly made on 13th August 2024 allegedly removing county governments as beneficiaries of Ksh10,522,211,853 conditional grants from funds derived from RMLF in the Financial Year 2024/2025. The petitioners further challenge the constitutionality of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) on the grounds that they infringe on the functions of county governments. Furthermore, that, the decisions by the National Assembly were made without public participation or consultation with the Senate. The Petitioners also allege that Section 47 of the Kenya Roads Act, No.2 of 2007 and Section 6 of the Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999 do not meet the threshold of the Constitution as they do not recognise county governments thus undermining devolution. The Petitioners are seeking several declarations and orders, inter-alia: 1. A declaration that Section 47 of the Kenya Roads Act, No.2 of 2007 and Section 6 of the Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999 are unconstitutional for undermining devolution; 2. That, the National Assembly's decisions of 28th September 2023, and 13th August 2024, which removed County Governments as beneficiaries of RMLF and as beneficiaries of Ksh10,522,211,853.00 for Financial Year 2024/2025 and Financial Year 2025/2026, be deemed as illegal and unconstitutional and quashed; 3. The court compel the Kenya Roads Board to disburse to the county governments the sum of Ksh10,522,211,853.00 due to them for the FY 2024/2025; 4. An injunction to prevent the continued exclusion of counties from the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) funding and to stop the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) from funding the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) through the RMLF. 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":1561899,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561899/?format=json","text_counter":75,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"5. The Kenya Roads Board, Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport and Transport, the Attorney-General and Parliament to amend the Kenya Roads Board Act of 1999 to include county governments as RMLF beneficiaries for the Financial Years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026."},{"id":1561900,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561900/?format=json","text_counter":76,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Loud consultations)"},{"id":1561901,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561901/?format=json","text_counter":77,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, protect me from the loud consultations behind me. This is a matter that I have seen many of us agitate on, but few now are paying attention."}]}