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Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to make a Statement sought by Hon. David Ouma, the Member for Parliament for Ugenya, on the trip made by His Excellency the Deputy President from 16th May, 2013 to 19th May, 2013 to four African countries. I assure this House that I will make a very comprehensive Statement. I seek your indulgence that I am given the time to make the Statement.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, during the speech of His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, he laid emphasis on the direction and the priority of Kenyan foreign policy towards accelerating inter-Africa trade, the security and the stability of the African Continent. Thus the Head of State committed his Government to a policy that promotes inter-African trade, contributing to regional stability, peace, security and economic well-being among the nations of this continent.

The President has received a number of invitations from various African Heads of State to visit their countries with the aim of strengthening inter-African trade among other bilateral interests and in preparation for the African Union Summit scheduled to take place between 23rd and 27th of this month.

To advance this agenda, and in accordance with Article 147(1)(2) of the Constitution, the President instructed the Deputy President to travel and meet the Heads of State of four key African nations namely, Congo Brazaville, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana and Algeria. However, the Algerian President was undergoing treatment, hence there was no visit to that country.

The Deputy President undertook the trip, as I have stated from16th May to 19th May. The list of the delegation comprised of 14 persons who included the Deputy President and his Chief of Staff, four Members of Parliament nominated by the Majority Leaders of both the Senate and the National Assembly, a Protocol Officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, three security officers, the Personal Assistant to the Deputy President, two Communication Officers, an accountant and a financial analyst from the Office of the Deputy President. I will table the full list of the delegation, which is in this folder, among other documents. Hon. Speaker, Sir, noting that the trade between the East and West Africa is currently very low, and taking into account that Kenya is host to tens of thousands of refugees from Somalia, the purpose of the visit by the Deputy President to the four African nations was follows: One was to address the enormous economic and security challenges Somalia has posed to Kenya; it was necessary for Kenya to solicit support and influence of the African Union (AU) position in as far as the management of the Somali crisis is concerned. Specifically, the management and the mandate of AMISOM was to be enhanced and more resources made available to assist the Somali Government to set up a local administrative and governance structure under the IGAD framework. Secondly, there are currently more than 600,000 refugees who have been residing in Kenya for more than a decade. Kenya will be pursuing the matter at the AU Summit that will be held in Addis Ababa between the 23rd and the 27th of this month. That is the coming weekend.

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. You have just heard the Leader of the Majority Party say that the document that is circulating is, of course, within the possession of Nation Media Group. Further to that, he alluded to the fact that he supports the closure of Nation Media Group’s sister station in Uganda.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, he actually said expressly that “no wonder the sister---“ Is he in order?

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker, Sir.

No! No! Resume your seat! That is a point of argument, hon. Mirenga.

Leader of the Majority Party, continue.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to read to the nation the letter from EADC Limited, the African partners of Vistajet. We must say the truth. This letter is written and copied to the Nation Media Group CEO. It reads: “This is to clarify that the official invoice sent to the Office of the Deputy President of the amount of US$221,000 equivalent of Kshs18,500,000--- We are not aware of any other invoice of a higher amount. This should not be regarded as an official invoice from EADC Limited. We confirm that there is no contract worth US$1.2 million with the Office of the Deputy President or any other Government office in Kenya.” I want the Nation Media CEO and its Board of Directors to look at me in the eyes from the Floor and tell me that---

Order, Leader of the Majority Party! Just address the House.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to emphasize categorically that the visit by the Deputy President was undertaken in the best interests of our country. The choice of hiring a private jet for the trip was the most cost effective, timely and efficient means available under the circumstances. The procurement method used was procedural and above board. I hereby table a letter sent to the Nation Media Group from EADC Vitstajet, confirming that there was no contract worth Kshs.100 million between the company and the Kenya Government as the headlines stated on Sunday. The letter further confirms that only the invoice for US$221,000 was submitted to the Deputy President, and is yet to be paid. The Nation Media Group has chosen to ignore the letter and, indeed, decided to pursue a narrow, parochial, selfish, sectarian, warped and partisan agenda by peddling documents from the back streets. I want the nation to know that the issue at hand is not just about the Deputy President. For comparison purposes, the former office of the Prime Minister travelled to various destinations around the world in the interests of Kenyans. A sample of a few of the destinations is hereby tabled. Between 8th April, 2011 and 22nd April, 2011 the Prime Minister led a delegation of Government officials to the USA and France. It cost the taxpayer Kshs32,122,620. On 3rd May, 2011 and---

Leader of the Majority Party, there is a point of order. The hon. Member who is standing, that system is gone! You just press the button and I will see you. Resume your seat.

Analogue! Analogue!

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to tell my colleagues that I am more digital than most of them.

Go straight to your point of order. No side shows here! We must be serious in the House.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, will I be in order to ask the Leader of the Majority Party to table in the House the invitation to the four countries that were visited?

There will be an opportunity for you to seek clarifications. That would have come in very well if you were seeking clarification.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was given questions by the hon. Member for Ugenya. I was not asked to bring the invitation letters. If given ten minutes, we have direct access to State House, I will bring them.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, in May, 2011---

On a point of information, hon. Speaker, Sir. I wanted to let the Leader of the Majority Party know through you that we are aware that he is an errand boy on the other side. So, definitely he must have access to State House.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to repeat that it is good to be an errand boy of a sitting President and not an errand boy of a loser, who is on the streets.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to ask the Leader of the Majority Party, who has been trying to present a lot of documents about the trip of the Deputy President, whom I love so much--- He skipped what he was asked, and instead went ahead to table a document that he was not asked to present. Would I be in order to ask him to give this House what he was asked for instead of diverting attention and trying to cover up issues concerning the trip by the Deputy President?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the comparison I want to give many people do not want to hear it, but I have no choice. I am in the august House. On 8th April, 2011, the former Prime Minister took a Government delegation to the USA and France. It cost the country Kshs32,122,620. On 6th May, 2011, the former Prime Minister took a delegation of Government officials for three days, it cost the taxpayers Kshs10,573,000. This was to Cape Town. Between 6th August, 2012 and 13th August, 2012 he took a delegation to the UK that cost the Government Kshs26,936,000. Finally, in November, 2012 from 15th to 21st he led a delegation to Malaysia and Korea. This cost the Government Kshs18 million. Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am through with my Statement.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the Leader of the Majority Party make a presentation. However, I was wondering whether, in terms of relevance to the question before us--- He has been trying to justify some figures and even forgetting that the former Prime Minister he was talking about actually was a Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013; we have had a Deputy President for hardly two months and he has spent Kshs18 million on only one flight. I am even told that the Members of Parliament he went with are looking for their per diem from Parliament. Could the Leader of the Majority Party, if he wants to be fair to the question at hand, be kind enough to explain? When he talks about cost of visit, he needs to tell us what that cost is; what was the nature of that trip, so that we compare apples with apples? It is wrong for the Leader of the Majority Party to just talk of a visit to the USA or France. We need to know what was done there, so that we can see if the former Prime Minister misused the funds or he did not.

What is your point of order? It looks like you are seeking clarification, which is okay. You can seek clarification because that is what essentially you are doing.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am not seeking clarification. My point of order is: When you make comments in this House, they should be relevant to the question at hand. As to the relevance, I thought the Leader of the Majority Party was economical with the functions of the two offices. You cannot do that unless you tell us the nature of the visits of both. He has explained the nature of the visit of the Deputy President, but he has not told us what the former Prime Minister went to do. Could he please compare apples with apples?

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, my good friend, Hon. Ng’ongo is testing me. I have presented a very comprehensive Statement as sought by the Member for Ugenya. For the benefit of the country, I went through the last five years and I only picked three visits. This is only for comparison. Supplementary information is known to all hon. Members; if it is about cost, we have over Kshs32 million to the USA by the former Government. If he wants me to go to the breakdown, or the nitty gritty, of this I am at any time ready to present information if he seeks a Statement on the cost of travel by the former Prime Minister and Vice-President; unfortunately, I am not happy with the situation in which they are now because they lost their elections; I am ready to present that information.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking the Leader of the Majority Party for the information he has given us. To be fair, he has tried but he is mistaken in what he is trying to do because the questions we asked were so specific. I am surprised that he has gone round in circles talking about things that are not relevant. I have a few things to talk about based on what he has given us a few minutes ago, because I sought specific answers.

This is another session for question and answer; you should seek clarification. I am sure you may have been an admirer of the former system, but I am sorry, it is gone. This is the current system. Please seek clarifications.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am well advised. I would like to know from the Leader of the Majority Party whether it was necessary for the Deputy President to travel to Nigeria to just fix a meeting between the President of Kenya and the President of Nigeria. I would like to know whether it was not possible for the President of this country to travel to Addis Ababa this week and have side meetings with his counterparts as it is done by other presidents when these kinds of meetings happen. It is normal when you are in meetings of this nature, like the one that took place in the week in Addis Ababa, for presidents to normally have meetings with their counterparts on the sidelines. I wonder what was so difficult for the Government to arrange this kind of meeting instead of having someone travelling out of the country, spending so much money from taxpayers to go and discuss things that could have been discussed within two to four minutes on the sidelines of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. I have not got information because I was very specific and asked for the bids given; but I have only been told what they were. I have not got the bids; I wanted to know how this was procured. Can we get the document relating to the procurement; we want the three bids that we have been told about. Where are they? Can we be shown?

Hon. Ochieng, the documents which he was reading have subsequently been tabled. That is the procedure used here. You may now resume your seat so that other people can seek further clarifications.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, first let me thank the Leader of the Majority Party for that extensive report to the House with regard to the Deputy President’s visit to the various African countries. Not having to dwell so much on what the trip achieved for this country, I want to take this opportunity as I seek clarification to also take serious exception to the behaviour of the Nation Media Group. Even though I respect the freedom of expression, I must also tell the NMG that freedom of expression does not

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No; it is the Leader of the Majority Party!

I am used to being in the Opposition; I just feel very comfortable. Going by the Constitution, one of the Bills that we must be considering as a House is on the freedom of the media I want to know if he is bringing this law? We must make these people to account for whatever information they give to the public; it must be correct. At the end of the day, these people must be accountable. When are you bringing this law so that we can regulate them?

Hon. Ganya, it is your chance.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party for a very solid response that he has given. Being in the Opposition, I will get him into a meaningful engagement, and will not just oppose for the sake of it. I think that is cost effective.

This Jubilee Government, a coalition Government with two principals, do you not think it will be in order and cost effective to actually buy a private jet for the Deputy President?

Hon. Joyce Emanikor.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to appreciate the elaborate Statement given by the Leader of the Majority Party and extend my appreciation to the Deputy President for the extensive work he did for this country.

The clarification I am seeking is whether it is permissible for this House to use inaccurate data, lack of knowledge and improper analysis disguise so as to micro-manage the Executive.

Hon. Shidiye.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. The Deputy President did not go for a picnic. The Deputy President did not go for adventure. The Deputy President did not go for merrymaking. The Deputy President did not go for a cruise. The Deputy President was not a tourist. The Deputy President was on a State visit.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, we must appreciate that this is a new regime in which we have two new kids on the block, who are vibrant, very active and who need to bond with the global community. We are a global village and when we have a new President and a new Deputy President, we need to foster ties. This country is facing global threats, namely security and economic threats. Therefore, we need to touch base with other countries. We need to work on one on one. We must understand that we are not in the Opposition; being in the Government entails enjoying trappings of power. One of them is having that

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Hon. Nkaissery.

Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am very happy the Deputy President represented our country in what the Leader of the Majority Party has mentioned. That was a wonderful opportunity for this Government to really undertake official business, but you cannot go and look for support from West Africa for a rapid deployment force. You cannot do that and I will explain why. First, Nigeria itself is facing a problem with Boko Haram and there is no way they can send their troops here. Similarly, small countries like Gabon or Congo cannot and will not manage to do this.

However, let me say this. I want the Leader of Majority Party to tell Kenya the truth. You are the face of the Government and it will be very important for you to stand here, be specific and defend the Government. We are not criticising the Deputy President. In fact, we are very happy we are doing this; so, let me say this. You are quoting instruments of power, but you should not quote instruments of power if you do not understand them. Instruments of power include the command sword and the presidential seal. A jet is not an instrument of power. It is a simple vessel for transport and the Constitution is very clear.

Hon. Nkaissery, you may resume your seat because you have started debating. Leader of the Majority Party respond to those five. I will have another five and then I will end that matter.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to start with the hon. Member for Ugenya. One, as hon. Shidiye said, the Deputy President was in Nigeria and I want to confirm to you that this was part of the Statement I read. I will repeat that in Nigeria the Deputy President commissioned, with His Excellency Jonathan Goodluck of Nigeria, the Joint Economic Cooperation Agreement that will facilitate trade. That agreement was signed.

Two, I want the hon. Member for Ugenya to know that on the sidelines of conferences - I had the privilege of being in this Parliament last time and serving on a committee - Heads of State discuss what is not on their substantive agenda. The Kenyan agenda was substantive agenda; in the diplomatic circles you clearly lobby with powerful, small and medium size countries of the membership. So, when President Uhuru went to South Africa to visit President Zuma, and when we went to Arusha and met hon. Kikwete, the President of Tanzania, President Museveni of Uganda, President Goodluck

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I hate to have to interrupt the Leader of the Majority Party, but we have had occasion to caution him this afternoon that whatever he says, he should say it to the House. He keeps on repeating himself as if he is addressing an audience outside the House. Is that proper?

Please repeat yourself!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, we have had occasion this afternoon to caution the Leader of the Majority that these are very serious issues and in addressing them, he should address the House and not an audience outside the House. He keeps on repeating himself. A few minutes ago, he was addressing the people of Kajiado Central. Is he proper?

You are right, hon. Aluoch. Once a clarification has been sought, it becomes a property of the House. But, of course, the people of Kajiado Central and the rest of the country are at liberty to listen to what is being discussed.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I said the people of Kajiado Central are watching like many other constituents, including the good people of Garissa Township,

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I will allow five more and then the matter will end there.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek clarification on a matter that is fundamental and worrying. Freedom of Press is an integral part of our democracy, and that is why we fought for many years to achieve freedom of the Press that we enjoy in this country today. While we demand accountability from the media - this House has also not been spared what has happened - this House cannot be seen as celebrating the impunity of the nature that we have seen in the closure of media houses in our neighbouring countries. Closure of media houses reminds us of the dark past that we have come from. This House must dissociate itself from any closure of media houses, or any acts that are seen as impeding freedom of Press. In all fairness, we must denounce the closure of media houses. We must stand up for the freedom of Press, even as we demand accountability from these media houses. I hope that the sentiments expressed on the Floor of this House by the Majority Leader are not a reflection of what the Jubilee Government is thinking regarding freedom of the Press.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I have two clarifications to seek from the Leader of the Majority Party. The genesis of the Statement sought by the Member for Ugenya was a newspaper article by the Daily Nation Newspaper and he has clearly told this House that what the newspaper reported was not accurate. Had the DailyNation sought any kind of clarification from the Office of the Deputy President before they printed that article a few days ago? Secondly, yesterday when the Member for Ugenya was asking why the Deputy President could not use the Presidential Jet, he asked the Leader of the Majority Party to clarify to this House whether there are two governments in the Jubilee Government, one led by the President and the other led by the Deputy President. It is important for the Leader of the Majority Party to make it very clear to this House, and, probably, to the Member for Ugenya and the nation at large that the Jubilee Government is one, led by His Excellency the President and deputized by hon. William Ruto, and that there are no two governments in Kenya. The era of the nusu mkate government is long gone.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. For me, that was a comprehensive Statement. However, I have two clarifications to seek. One, among the countries that the Deputy President was to visit was Algeria. In his answer, the Leader of the Majority Party said that, that did not happen because the President of Algeria was not available. I am wondering whether these appointments were fixed mid-air. Were they not confirmed at the other end? Secondly, yesterday, we asked about the roles of a Member of Parliament. In the delegation that accompanied the Deputy President were four Members of Parliament. Could the Leader of the Majority Party tell this House what their roles were? Were they to give company to the Deputy President or give him good stories?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, before I seek clarifications, I want this House to know that the issues that we are discussing about AMISOM and refugees are very critical. We have already 5,000 KDF officers who have reverted to AMISOM, and who are in the frontline. When the Deputy President asked for support from other African Union members, if you think that is not very important, then I am very sorry for you. We have half a million refugees in the Dadaab area and a total of 1 million refugees in this country.

What do you want clarified?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am building up.

But you cannot seek clarification like you are giving a lecture.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, after that visit, is there hope that these refugees will be relocated? We feel that they are too much on us.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. The Leader of the Majority Party should tell us whether there is any invitation letter from the four countries that the Deputy President visited. I would also like to know from the Leader of the Majority Party whether he has set his own examination, marked it for himself and failed it.

We need that clarification.

Certainly, he may not clarify that he set the examination, marked and failed. Anyhow, let us get the next hon. Member.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. As the Leader of the Majority Party clarifies the role of the Members of Parliament who accompanied the Deputy President, I think it is important that this House knows that this is not the first time Members of Parliament have accompanied the Head of State or the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs; it has happened in the past, and now the Deputy President has done it. This has been happening unless we are saying that this House cannot participate in international matters, and that our role is just here. I think it is important that we allow the Executive to always choose whom they want to accompany them,

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Hon. Members, the matter raised by Hon. Mbarire should be brought to the House properly, so that the House can express itself on it. This is because if we go the route of requiring the Leader of the Majority Party to seek an apology, yet female Members of Parliament are equal to their male counterparts--- I think the matter is not properly before the House, and so, it may not be appropriate for me to rule on it. Unfortunately, I have not in the recent past been reading cartoons. Therefore, I do not want to be misquoted.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to seek a clarification but before that I really condemn what that cartoon was trying to portray. The Hon. Members who travelled can tell us better what happened.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. This House has rules; this is a House of hon. Members who have been elected by thousands of Kenyans. You really talked about the seriousness of the matter that was raised by Hon. Mbarire. Is it in order for a Member of Parliament to rise in this House and impute very bad motive on his own colleagues and support that? This Hon. Member must be named! It is very shameful and the Speaker should do that.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I take exception to the words of the Majority Leader. I was not imputing improper motive on anybody. I just condemned what the cartoon showed. I was only seeking clarification, so that the hon. Members can be exonerated, or they can tell us exactly what happened. Did the massaging take place or not? I just sought that clarification. I did not come up with any story.

Hon. Members desiring to rise on points of order should make their request, so that we can see them.

We have done that!

But they are not showing!

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Thank you for the opportunity. I have been pressing for a point of order for a while but I am glad you have said that it has not been showing. Hon. Mbarire has raised a very important issue as she is concerned that a cartoon on the Nation media is depicting female Members massaging the Deputy President, hon. William Ruto. What I would like to know is that I have actually seen that cartoon and I am not too sure whether there is anything there that seems to suggest that those are female Members who were massaging. More fundamentally, hon. Cecily Mbarire is raising a concern of equality in this House. So, my concern is, if indeed they put female Members massaging Ruto, then I would want to demand from the Nation media that they put a photo of me being massaged by male members of Parliament, for equality purposes.

Surely, hon. Millie Odhiambo---

Thank you very much hon. Speaker for the time. I rise to seek three clarifications.

Please, we must now leave the issue of massaging. Surely, let us now go to the most serious business.

I must say thank you the Leader of Majority Party for the very elaborate and comprehensive statement he has made within the short period of time between yesterday and today. The first clarification I have from the Leader of Majority Party is:- Looking at the points in terms of the issues for the travel of the Deputy President, it is very clear that the Deputy President went to seek support for the war that Kenya is having with Somalia. I know this is a war that the President and the Deputy President have actually inherited. We had disturbances or elements of militia attacking us in different parts of the country and that necessitated the war. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the town that my good brother, the Leader of Majority Party and myself come from have actually become battle zones since that war began in Somalia. Was it not wise for the two new principals who have come into office, first of

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No! No! You are now taking too long. This matter must come to an end in the next two minutes.

Hon. Speaker, I am seeking the last clarification, if you may allow me.

No. You cannot give us a lecture. You have given us a long lecture.

My final clarification is about what the Leader of Majority Party mentioned that, the Deputy President went to sign an agreement in Nigeria. We know that agreements, once signed as stipulated in Article 26 of our Constitution, they actually become part of the laws that we use in this country. What was the nature of this agreement and was there any forum held in this country to justify its signing? Thank you very much.

Hon. Leader of Majority Party, you can now make your response.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to start with my good friend, hon. Wangamati because there are some issues that the whole country needs to know. I want to say here very clearly that Article 33 is on freedom of expression and Article 34 is on freedom of the media. The Kenyan people in their wisdom, in 2010, passed these under the chapter on Bill of Rights and we as the Jubilee Government will respect that. Secondly, I want to assure Kenyans and this House that – HANSARD will bear me out - the Nation Media will go all the way, that what has happened in Uganda, I did not say that. We respect the media and the Bill of Rights. But everybody including this august House must live within the confines of this. I want to assure the nation that the documents displayed by the Nation Media are not authentic and they are not from the Government. That is what I have said and that is what I am going to tell this House. Hon. Kimani sought a clarification on what happened to the Nation Media. When the story appeared in the Nation, the 100 million, I am sure the nation watched. The Permanent Secretary for Information made a clarification on behalf of the Government. The Nation Media decided to use their own documents and not the factual statements

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Leader of the Majority Party to purport to forgive me for no mistake that I have committed? I have only condemned the cartoonist. I was saying that the hon. Members who travelled can give us more information as to what happened there.

Hon. Junet, you are new to this House. I do not know what other job you may have done before you came here. Do not continue on that line. You are ridiculing the entire membership of the House by purporting to say that the female hon. Members who accompanied the Deputy President should explain. Of course, you know what you mean.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, next is response to the matter raised by hon. Abdikadir, the Member for Mbalambala, whose people I had the privilege of representing in the Tenth Parliament. If you indulge me, I will be happy to say that they have elected a man of stature, who can do better work than I did. He asked about homeland security. I am sure that he knows what the Jubilee Government has done in Garissa. Today Garissa is a safe town. The problem of northern Kenya, comprising of Garissa, Mandera and Wajir counties; is interrelated with the situation in southern Somalia. That is the key agenda that His Excellency the President will table before IGAD Heads of State meeting. I also want to assure hon. Abdikadir that the media is safe. We are only telling them that they cannot use fabricated documents to ruin the reputation of individuals and the Government. The Bill of Rights is very clear. Articles 33 and 34 give them that freedom but there are limits. What the Government is saying is that we have a communication strategy. Let us give the public factual information. Let us not give information on the basis of documents that are not authentic. Finally, let me say that even when the Speaker goes on a tour, he has the discretion of seeking the company of Members of Parliament. There is nothing wrong with the President, the Deputy President, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Speaker of the Senate seeking the company of hon. Members. During such tours, hon. Members will represent Parliament in the meetings that will ensue. As an hon. Member, one will be going there in one’s capacity as a leader of this country. So, if Alice Ng’ang’a missed a chance to go, he should ask me: “Please, make sure that I go next time”, and that will be next week.

Yes, hon. David Wafula.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. I would like him to confirm to the House whether the allegations being made about the process of nomination of Principal Secretaries by the Public Service Commission are true. Secondly, I would like him to assure this House that the process was above board, free of corruption and nepotism.

The next hon. Member seeking a Ministerial Statement is hon. Harrison Kombe.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek an urgent Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development on what plans it has to resolve the conflict between salt farms managements and the residents of Magarini Constituency. The Statement should state the action that is going to be taken against Crystalline Salt Company and Chem Salt Company. They are uprooting or destroying crops that belong to the indigenous residents of Magarini in Marereni and Kanagoni. Even as I speak now, the tractors are on the farmers uprooting cassava and maize. Bear in mind that this is our season for planting crops in that area. The Statement should also explain how and why there was an illegal extension of the salt farms without considering which areas were suitable for salt processing and which ones were suitable for agriculture. It should also indicate the plans to implement the Malindi Inquiry 2006 Report on human rights violations in Magarini Constituency. It should also state how they plan to implement the Report by the Committee set up by the then Provincial Commissioner of Coast Province, Mr. Ernst Munyi. The Committee was headed by the then DC, Malindi, Madam Anne Ng’etich together with the then DO, Magarini who happens to be a Member of this House today, hon. ole Ntutu. We went round and identified areas suitable for both salt processing and agriculture. In that Report it was recommended that the agricultural land be reverted to the indigenous owners so that it can be used by the residents. The salt areas were given to the salt people.

Hon. Kombe, you are giving a long history. Remember it is your colleague, whoever is the Chairperson of the relevant Departmental Committee, you are directing. Is it a clarification or a Statement? You know it is like you are making an address to your constituents. You are telling the House how you went round. How is the Chairman of that Committee going to know when you went round? Please, just demand the Statement and the Chairman will find out what it is that happened when you were going round.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am pointing out the areas which need clear clarification as to what measures are going to be taken against these salt companies. In the recent past, a tractor was---

Kindly seek a Statement.

Yes, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am seeking a Statement. And what I want included are the measures that are going to be taken against the hired Administration Police who shot our people. What compensation is going to be given to those people? Hon. Speaker, Sir, I also would like to have recommendations that will lead to---

Hon. Kombe, could you, please, conclude?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, these people need time to work on their farms without disturbance. Let there be a status quo.

Kindly indicate which committee you want that matter referred to. This is because it is long and winding.

It is going to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

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Who is the chairperson of that Committee? Is he in the Chamber? Hon. Wafula, to which Committee was yours directed? The Administration and National Security Committee. Is the Chairperson in the Chamber?

Hon. Kamama!

The matters will be referred to the relevant committees. They will pick whatever it is you have said from the HANSARD.

Hon. Members, before we go to the next Order, for the information of Members, you are invited to a briefing on CDF management by the CDF Committee of Parliament tomorrow at 10.00 a.m. in this Chamber.

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the fishing industry makes a major contribution to the economy by producing over Kshs10 billion in foreign exchange and further aware that the industry provides employment both directly and indirectly to many people; noting that the potentiality of this sector is under threat due to use of non-scientific ways of fishing and continued use of wrong fishing gears due to poverty levels affecting the fishermen; this House urges the government to establish a fund from which fishermen can be given grants and access cheap loans to buy the recommended fishing gear to help them acquire correct and scientific fishing gears.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank you for your ruling that you have just made. I think it is an informed ruling. It is a ruling that is going to sort out this country to help us not plunge into a constitutional crisis which could have happened. However, having said that, the fishing industry is one of the most neglected industries in the country and yet it is one of the most important and beneficial in terms of economic development and in realising Vision 2030. In a large section of this country like western Kenya around Lake Victoria, the Coast, Turkana, Naivasha and wherever we have major lakes and rivers, the populations there depend heavily on the fishing industry. If you go to my constituency of Suba, the leading economic activity is the fishing industry and yet this is an industry that is not treated like any other industry in the agricultural field.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am very much aware that this function, according to the Constitution, is already moved to the counties but the policy formulation is still a function of the National Government. Therefore, in that line I am pleading with this honourable House to approve my Motion so that the Government can come up with policy measures and issues that will help reengineer this giant industry. Many a times those of us who come from around Lake Victoria, see reduced fish population. We see increased fishing or what we would call even overfishing but it is not really overfishing.

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Hon. Mbadi, you are usually very vigilant. I do not know whether you have not noticed that the Speaker’s Chair has changed?

Hon

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Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank hon. Mbadi for recognizing that Butere is a land of great debaters. Indeed, the fact that Shikuku is resting in peace, the representative of the people of Butere is here to make sure that the fire that he lit on this Floor will still light as long as we are alive. I rise to second the Motion by hon. Mbadi on the need to establish a fund that would assist the small-scale fishermen in this country to access financial services and facilities that would help them exploit this very unique natural resource. I wish to draw the attention of this House to Articles 42 and 69 of the Constitution, which are very clear on the need to protect our natural resources, not just for the benefit of the State, but also for the benefit of the community. We are a very lucky country because in the Continent of Africa, Kenya is one of the few countries that have a lot of water mass. If you compare with the rest of the continent, namely, North Africa, South Africa and West Africa, we belong to what we call the Great Lakes Region. Within this country, we have the largest fresh water lake in Africa. We have one of the longest coastlines in African. We have a lot of inland water masses including Lake Turkana, Lake Naivasha and a couple of other lakes and rivers that all have been a source of fish. It is also important to realize that as a country, we have been faced with the major challenge of food insecurity. In addressing the problem of food insecurity, the Government, for many years, has been missing the point in terms of not realizing what it would mean to grow and develop the fish industry. Indeed, a lot of children who grow up in this country and suffer malnutrition problems of Kwashiorkor it is all because of lack of enough proteins in their diet. It is important to realize that we are not growing a healthy economy and population if we do not look around ourselves and realize the natural resources that we are endowed with and exploit them to our benefit. In the recent past, there has been a paradigm shift in the way Kenyans are looking at their health in terms of shifting their dietary and culinary tests to focus more on more health conscious meals including white meat. In particular, I am looking at the consumption of fish. Indeed, it is no longer a question whether fish is being eaten in other parts of the country. I am told from statistics that, in fact, central Kenya is now consuming more fish than Western and Nyanza. I could be right or wrong, but that is what is coming out. Probably that is the reason why the fish processing plant is in Thika. As we continue thinking of how we are going to support the very people who are at the core of this industry, who are the small-scale fishermen, we need to look at

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Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I beg to support. As we speak here, the Mover of the Motion, hon. Ng’ongo, was concentrating too much on the fact that fish is only found where there are oceans and lakes. However, it is now a fact that fish is the main food for many people because of its health benefits and availability. Given the fact that food security in this country - as the Mover has said - is already threatened, I believe that the sooner we fast- track the salvaging of that industry the better for the country.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you visit the rural areas where there are no lakes and oceans and people do not eat fish, they used to eat cow and goat meat. But now, in the central part of Kenya, they have turned to fish. The Ministry of Fisheries Development has been urging people to establish fish ponds. That is why I support this Motion. We should also think about setting aside some funds to assist people in areas where there are no natural lakes or water points to establish many fish ponds, where they can breed fish. We should also teach people, especially those who are not used to fish farming, the modern ways of fishing or fish farming so that we can increase the variety of the foods in this country.

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Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion by hon. John Mbadi. I think this Motion is long overdue and it should have been brought to this House a long time ago. Those of us who come from fishing areas know that if a lot more was done, this country could make more money than the Kshs10 billion that has been mentioned in hon. Mbadi’s Motion.

Fish has many benefits. Sometimes back, I read in a journal that those who routinely eat the head of a fish can develop IQ as high as 130. It has been alluded to that the secret why some of us from the lakeside are good performers in class lies in eating fish from a young age. So, there are very many benefits derived from fish. It is time we pursued that commodity which is available and is very easy to rear so that this country can get the many benefits. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it may not be known but one of the leading economies in the world with one of the highest standards of living is actually Norway, which is rated higher than Iceland. The economies of Norway and Iceland are predicated on fishing. Norway is not an industrialized country. Many Norwegians and Icelanders do fishing. That is the bedrock of that economy. Of course, Iceland is also known more nowadays for green energy. However, before that, they were known more for fishing than anything else. I think it is time that the Motion was given the due attention that it deserves. Over the years, some of us from the fishing areas have been waiting for that to happen. But successive Governments have deliberately neglected the potential that fishing can bring to this country because of other reasons. But the fact is that they know of the economic potential.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is time we stopped viewing fishing as a backward occupation. Many times, fishermen are viewed as primitive people. Fishing is viewed as a profession for those who have not gone to school properly. I think that is wrong. That is a misplaced notion which should not be applicable now. I believe that if it is properly harnessed, fishing is one of the areas where the Government can use to roll back the prevalence of cases of youth unemployment and the extreme cases of poverty in the country. You look at, for example, our brothers and sisters who come from around Lake Turkana. As a young man, one of the most memorable delicacies that we used to enjoy

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Ahsante, Mhe. Naibu Spika. Ningependa kuchukua fursa hii kukushukuru kwa kunipatia nafasi hii niweze kuichangia Hoja hii. Vile vile, ningependa kumshukuru mhe. John Mbadi kwa kuileta Bungeni Hoja hii muhimu sana inayotuhusu sana sisi watu wa Pwani.

Masikitiko makubwa ni kwamba sekta ya uvuvi katika eneo la Pwani imedharauliwa sana na Serikali kwa sababu tunazoshindwa kuzielewa. Hivi sasa, ukienda kuulizia katika afisi za uvuvi, utapata kwamba licha ya kwamba Pwani ni eneo kubwa sana la uvuvi kwa sababu ya Bahari Hindi, kiasi cha samaki wanaopatikana ni kidogo sana ukilinganisha na kiasi cha samaki wanaopatikana katika Ziwa Victoria na kwingineko. Kusema kweli, hili ni jambo la kushangaza sana. Tukiangazia zaidi, watu wanaofanya kazi hii katika maeneo ya Lamu na kwengineko, na haswa tukiangazia suala la vifaa vya kuhifadhia samaki, kama lilivyozungumziwa; huwezi kuvipata vifaa hivyo katika sehemu hiyo. Vifaa hivyo vikiweko, vitawasaidia wavuvi kuendeleza kazi hiyo kwa njia bora zaidi.

Mhe. Naibu Spika, maskitiko makubwa ni kwamba tatizo kubwa linaloikabili jamii ya wavuvi katika maeneo ya Lamu na sehemu nyingine za Pwani ni kwamba, jamii hiyo haijawahi kusaidiwa ili iweze kujiendeleza. Utapata watu kutoka nchi zingine kama vile Indonesia na China wanakuja kuvua samaki katika maeneo ya nchi yetu kwa sababu wako na vifaa vya kisasa, yakiwemo maboti mazuri yanayowawezesha kufanya kazi hiyo kwa njia bora zaidi. Wanakuja kuvua samaki katika sehemu ya nchi yetu na kuwapeleka samaki hao kwao kwa faida ya nchi zao na faida zao binafsi. Chombo kinachotumiwa na watu wetu kwa shughuli ya uvuvi hakiwezi kumudu na kuwawezesha wavuvi wafaidike.

Ni maskitiko makubwa kwamba ndugu zetu wavuvi wana ujuzi kamili wa kuwawezesha kuifanya kazi hiyo lakini hawajapata usaidizi kikamilifu kutoka kwa Serikali yetu kama walivyosaidiwa Wakenya kwenye sekta ya kilimo na sekta nyinginezo. Hivi sasa, samaki wanatoka sehemu ya Lamu na kupelekwa kuuzwa Mombasa. Kuna sehemu inayoitwa Majengo. Huko ndiko wanakouzwa samaki hao –

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Hon. Millie-Odhiambo, I am informed that you are proposing an amendment to the Motion. Please, proceed.

Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank hon. John Mbadi for bringing this Motion. I wish to move an amendment that the Motion be amended by deleting the words “and access cheap loans” immediately after the words “be given grants” appearing in the seventh line of the Motion and also by inserting the following words “and further urges that the annual closure season for fishing be reduced from four months to one month commencing from 1st April to 1st May immediately after the words “correct and scientific fishing gear” appearing at the end of the Motion. The import of my amendment is to only provide for grants and not loans. Currently, by a gazette notice, we have a four months period when there is closure of fishing and the fishermen are not allowed to fish. I am seeking to have it reduced from four months to one month. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are many issues affecting the fishing industry and some of them have been alluded to. Last year, we passed the Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Development Authority Bill. We talked to some of the issues that hon. Mbadi is addressing in this Motion. His Motion actually has legal anchorage. What I am proposing also has legal anchorage. We are suggesting that the Government, due to the poverty levels, should provide ways of ensuring that the fisherfolks are assisted. I know hon. Members have spoken to the issue of fishing by other communities; a matter which has been introduced in other communities which are not traditionally fishing communities. The mistake the Government has done is this: Whereas in the agricultural sector there has been heavy subsidy from the Government, the fishing sector has been neglected. The attempts and efforts at subsidy have been by introducing fishing in other communities. The net effect is that the traditional fishing communities are actually suffering. There are dwindling stocks of fishing and people are getting poorer with no alternative forms of livelihood. So, that is why this Motion is timely. In my amendment, I am encouraging hon. Members to accept that this be the only form of subsidy ever in the fishing industry. Some of the problems that we face in the fishing industry--- I know hon. Members have spoken to some of them and so, I will just mention a few. For instance, fishermen are experiencing problems with regard to cold storage, infrastructure and access to fishing bays. There is also the issue of poor landing base. About three weeks ago, I had a consultative meeting with the fisherfolks in my constituency and we looked at length at some of these issues. I was surprised that in my constituency, omena is very valuable and it is very scarce. It is actually creating a conflict already and yet, in Uganda, it is not treated as anything serious. It is actually animal feed and nobody bothers to fish for omena.

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Mhe. Naib Spika wa Muda, ningependa kuunga mkono Hoja ya Mhe. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona ya kubadilisha kidogo tu Hoja ya Mhe. Ng’ongo. Nitaanza kwanza kwa kuwakumbusha Wabunge na Wakenya wote kwamba uvuvi unachangia pakubwa katika uchumi wa Taifa hili. Ninaposema hivyo, nasema mchango kwenye viwango mbalimbali. Kuna viwango vya wale ambao wanategea uvuvi moja kwa moja kama wavuvi katika pembe zote za taifa letu kutoka Bahari ya Hindi hadi Ziwa Victoria. Pia, samaki hupatikana katika mito mbalimbali kama vile Mto Tana, Mto Nzoia na mito mingine kwenye taifa letu. Pia, hupatikana katika maziwa mengine kama vile Ziwa Turkana na Ziwa Naivasha. Kuna Wakenya wengi ambao wanaishi katika maeneo haya ambao tegemeo lao kuu katika maisha yao ni uvuvi. Vile vile, kuna Wakenya wengine ambao wanategemea uvuvi katika hali zingine. Kuna wafanya biashara na wachuuzi wa samaki katika sehemu mbalimbali za taifa letu wanaofanya biashara katika viwanda ambavyo biashara yao ni samaki katika sehemu mbalimbali za taifa hili, iwe ni Kisumu, Thika au Mombasa. Kuna wale ambao wako kwenye biashara ya kuuza samaki kwenye mataifa ya nje hasa katika Muungano wa Mataifa ya Ulaya (European Union). Kwa hivyo, uvuvi ni msingi mkubwa kwenye uchumi wetu kama taifa. Lakini kidogo, kumekuwa na upungufu mkubwa kutoka kwa Serikali tunapozungumzia misaada kwenye sekta ya uvuvi. Tayari, wenzangu waliozungumza hapo mbeleni wametaja msaada mkubwa ambao wakulima wa kawaida wamepata kutoka kwa Serikali. Tumeshuhudia hapo mbeleni Serikali ikifutilia mbali madeni makubwa, mabilioni ya fedha, katika sekta kama vile kahawa, mpunga, sukari lakini hatujashuhudia hatua yoyote kama hii kwenye

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Order, Hon. (Ms.) Khamisi! Go to the Bar and bow.

Shukrani, Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Mhe. (Ms.) Khamisi bado ni mgeni kwenye Bunge hili. Kwa hivyo, tunaweza kuelewa kidogo. Nilikuwa nazungumzia swala la utafiti. Serikali inatumia kiwango kubwa zaidi cha fedha kufanya utafiti katika sekta ya ukulima, kwa mfano, kupitia mashirika kama vile KARI na mengineo. Lakini hatujaona utafiti wowote ukifanyika ama matunda ya utafiti wowote katika sekta hii ya uvuvi. Mhe. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona ametaja hatua ya kipindi ambacho wavuvi huzuiwa kufanya biashara yao - closed season. Kipindi hicho kifikapo, wavuvi wote wanazuiwa kufika katika maeneo ya uvuvi. Kwa muda huo wote, inamaanisha kwamba wavuvi wote hawako kwenye kazi yoyote. Kumbuka wavuvi hao wanategemea uvuvi kama chakula chao na kuwaelimisha watoto wao. Katika hali zote za maisha yao, wao hutegemea uvuvi huo na kwa hivyo, ukiwafungia kazi yao kwa muda wa miezi minne--- Ikiwa sisi Wabunge tutaambiwa hatutafanya kazi hapa kwa muda wa mieze minne na hakutakuwa na malipo yoyote; hakuna mshahara na hakuna marupurupu kwa muda ambao tunaketi kwenye Bunge hili ama kwa Kamati, naamini hakuna Mbunge yeyote atakubali hatua kama hiyo. Sasa wewe tafakari ujiulize: Mvuvi kwenye kijiji cha Mbita, Budalangi ama Turkana afungiwe njia yake ya pekee ya kujimudu kwa muda wa miezi minne mfululizo, atafanya nini? Jiulize: Mvuvi huyo atajimudu namna gani? Tafakari hayo kwenye Bunge hili la kifahari. Huyo mvuvi atajimudu namna gani? Na wakati wa kipindi hicho cha kufunga uvuvi, ni muda ambao huwa ni mgumu sana kwa wavuvi na familia zao.

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Hon. Ababu, your time is coming to an end.

Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda, nakamilisha kwa kusema kwamba naunga mkono ombi la kwamba, badala ya Serikali kutoa mikopo, iwe ni msaada maalum - yaani grant – pesa ambazo zitawasaidia wavuvi kuweza kujimudu na wapate nguvu ndipo wawe kwenye hali ambao wanaweza kuchukua na kulipa mikopo.

Bw. Naibu Spika wa Muda, naunga mkono.

Hon. Mwashetani, is that your maiden speech?

I think so, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir. Asante sana, Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Imekuwa ni kindumbwendumbwe kikubwa kupata fursa hii lakini nashukuru Mungu na nakushukuru pia wewe kwa kuwa katika hicho Kiti leo. Shukrani nyingi napeana kwa wananchi wa Lungalunga walionichagua mimi, Khatib Abdallah Mwashetani kuwa Mbunge wao, mtetezi wao na kuwa mchungaji wao kwa mambo ya kimaendeleo.

Kusema kweli, swala hili la leo limenishika sana kwa sababu kitengo kikubwa cha uchumi katika maeneo yangu ni uvuvi. Lakini uvuvi huo vile vile umezembeka kwa sababu ya mambo mengi. Waheshimiwa wengi wamezungumza na wameeleza mengi lakini niko na sababu zangu zile ambazo ni sugu ambazo naziona zimeleta uzembezi katika kuwajibika katika uchumi wa uvuvi.

Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda, Vanga ni eneo langu ambalo wananchi wanategemea sana uvuvi. Kwa kweli, Serikali ilifanya juhudi ikatujengea cold storage ama sehemu ya baridi ya kuweka samaki. Lakini, vile vile, kule Vanga, tunategemea umeme unaotoka Tanzania ambao ni Tanga. Umeme ule ndio unaoendesha ile cold

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Nadhani wananchi wa Lungalunga wamepokea salamu zako. You should explore means of furthering what you have just asked.

Asante sana Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Nataka kuunga mkono Hoja hii, ambayo imeletwa na hon. Ng’ongo. Pia, nataka kuunga mkono mabadiliko ambayo yameletwa na hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona. Tunajua ya kwamba katika sehemu nyingi katika Jamhuri yetu ya Kenya, watu wengi wanategemea kilimo cha samaki. Hivyo basi, iwapo tutawazuia kupata ajira yao au kupata pesa ya kuwakidhi katika maisha yao, itakuwa ni jambo la kutatanisha. Kwa hivyo, muda wa mwezi mmoja utakuwa muda mzuri wa mtu kuweza kujisatiti na pengine kujipanga vizuri katika hali yake ya maisha. Nataka kuchangia jambo fulani katika kilimo cha samaki. Kwanza kabisa, hazina hiyo itakapoundwa, wataweza kupata pesa za kuwasaidia pengine kwa mambo ya vifaa vya kuwekea samaki wasioze, ama vifaa vya uvuvi. Wavuvi wetu wamekuwa wakitumia madao ya zamani na ngalawa. Hivyo basi, hawawezi kufika mbali. Pia, hawawezi kupata samaki kwa njia inayofaa. Fedha hizo pia zitaweza kuwapatia mafunzo wavuvi wetu wadogo ili waweze kujua mbinu za kisasa ambazo zitawafanya waweze kuwa na kilimo bora cha samaki. Jambo la pili, fedha hizo pia zitaweza kuwafunza wavuvi juu ya mazingira. Ni lazima mazingira yawe bora kwa samaki wetu. Kwa hivyo, ni lazima sera na kanuni ambazo zimewekwa juu ya uvuvi zifuatwe na Wakenya na wasiokuwa Wakenya ambao wameingia katika kilimo cha samaki. Nasema hivyo kwa sababu kuna watu kutoka nchi za nje ambao wamekuja kufanya uvuvi katika bahari na maziwa zetu. Wanatumia majerifa ama trawlers ambazo zinavunja zile nyumba za samaki na yule mvuvi wa hali ya chini anakosa samaki. Hawezi kwenda ndani ya bahari au deep sea . Jambo hilo linaleta matatizo mengi sana. Wanaofaidika ni wale ambao wanatoka nje kuliko wavuvi wetu ambao ni wadogo. Kwa hivyo, inahitajika Kenya Ports Authority ilinde sehemu zetu kuhusiana na wavuvi ambao wanafanya uvuvi wa haramu. Pia, Kenya Navy inatakikana kufanya kazi ya kuangalia na kuona ikiwa wavuvi hao wanafuata kanuni zinazohitajika. Sisi tuna Muungano wa Afrika Mashariki ambao unajumuisha Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda na Burundi. Lakini wavuvi wetu wanapofika karibu na sehemu ya Tanzania, wanashikwa. Mambo kama hayo yametokea katika maeneo Bunge ya Msambweni na Lunga Lunga. Wavuvi wetu wengi wamekuwa wakilala katika seli wakati wanatumia raslimali ambazo ziko katika nchi yetu ya Kenya. Jambo lingine ni kwamba tumekuwa na miradi ya samaki wa vidimbwi. Pesa nyingi za Wakenya zimetumiwa kuchimba vidimbwi katika sehemu nyingi. Masikitiko yangu ni kwamba vidimbwi vingi sasa vimekauka na havina samaki. Serikali inafaa

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We will have two more contributions before we put the Question. That is because we are contributing almost in the same line. Yes, hon. F.K. Wanyonyi!

That is good, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have been sitting here and---

I hope that you will not attempt to contribute in Kiswahili!

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very good Motion and I want to thank my brother who is seated next to me for bringing it at this time.

On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is there quorum in the House?

We do not have a quorum. Ring the Division Bell.

Order, hon. Members! Let us be orderly even if we are waiting for other hon. Members. You are reminded that you should not leave the Chamber now. The Member from Nakuru County, who is at the far end, do not leave the Chamber.

Hon. Members, we are unable to raise the requisite quorum. Therefore, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow Thursday, 23rd May, 2013, at 2.30 p.m.

The House rose at 6.10 p.m.

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