Hon. Members, there is a message from the President. Standing Order No.42 (1) relating to messages from the President provides that “The Speaker shall read to the House any message from the President delivered to the Speaker for communication to the House”. In this regard, I wish to convey the following message from His Excellency the President: The Message whose subject is “Nominees for Principal Secretary” was submitted by way of a letter dated 10th June, 2013 addressed to my office for submission to the House. The message reads as follows: “In exercise of the powers vested in me by Article 155 of the Constitution of Kenya, I do hereby submit my nominees for the office of Principal Secretary in the respective State Departments for approval by the National Assembly. The nominees are:-

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Very well

Thank you hon. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44 (2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Administration and National Security regarding people who were displaced from various parts of the Rift Valley such as Njoro, Subukia, Elburgon and others during the tribal clashes of 1991/1992. Within a period of time these people escaped to Kieni Forest in the Aberdare Ranges, engaged in the shamba system to sustain their livelihoods up to the year 2000, when the said system was stopped. Thereafter, they were squeezed into a section of the forest and given some land for temporary shelter while awaiting Government intervention. To date, these people, numbering 805 families, are still in the forest, which is also the water catchment tower for all the water used in Nairobi and its environs. There are also cases of the 2007/2008 displaced persons who sought refuge with their relatives all over central Kenya and other places, and are referred to as “intergrated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)”, and who are yet to be settled. The Chairperson should also find out from the Ministry responsible when and how these IDPs shall be settled and give a statement to this House. Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Hon. Mwadime, you placed a request.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I would like to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information regarding the suspension of the Managing Director of Kenya Pipeline Corporation, Mr. Selest Kilinda. There are allegations that his suspension was as a result of nepotism and inefficiency witnessed at the Corporation. In his Statement, the Chairperson of the Committee should clarify whether the allegations regarding the MD’s suspension are accurate and if not, state whether the Government could consider reinstating him to his position. Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Hon. Mwadime, to which Committee have you directed your request? Is it the Leader of the Majority Party?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have directed my request to the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information.

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Yes, hon. Jamlek Kamau.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I plead with my colleague to give me two weeks. I think that is sufficient time for me to get the information required, and relay it this House. Thank you.

What is your reaction, hon. Mwadime?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I agree.

Hon. Members, I want to give a general direction regarding requests for Statements. Since there is no opportunity for Chairpersons of Committees to come here and give answers, they will be doing so by way of Reports, which can be available for hon. Members to debate. That should be the formula. Yes, hon. Abongotum.

Hon. Abongotum, it was the Member for Gatundu North, hon. Kigo Njenga.

Hon. Members, that is a reasonable proposal, because it will enable the Committee to bring a Report to the Floor of the House for hon. Members to debate. Is it okay with you, hon. Njenga?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, it is okay with me but I want to inform the hon. Member that Kieni North is in Gatundu North, and not in Nyeri. So, the issue is about the people who are in Ikinu Forest on the Aberdare Ranges in Gatundu North. Otherwise, I am okay with the two weeks.

Hon. Chepkonga, you made a request for an intervention.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Member for Wajir North, hon. Ibrahim Saney requested a Statement from the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and you directed that the Statement be brought to the House today. Unfortunately, we have not been able to get the Statement on time. I am, therefore, requesting additional time, up to Tuesday next week, so that we can bring the report to the House.

Hon. Junet, I know that you have a request. I have all the requests with me. So, do not worry. I notice that hon. Chepkonga may not have been audible to

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have tabled the Supplementary Estimates.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, in accordance with the provisions of Article 223 of the Constitution of Kenya, this House approves the reduction in withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund a sum of Kshs19,605,399,382, representing the total net estimates of Recurrent and Development Expenditure made up of the following:- (i) a sum not exceeding Kshs13,267,488,318 to be granted from the Consolidated Fund to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2013, in respect of the Supplementary Estimates II of 2012/2013 Financial Year (Recurrent) having regard to the proposed reduction of Kshs3,752,372,182 therein appearing; and, (ii) a sum not exceeding Kshs4,711,241,844 to be granted from the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2013, in respect of Supplementary Estimates II of 2012/2013 Financial Year (Development) having regard to the proposed reduction of Kshs33,831,757,402 therein appearing.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the President has given consent to this Motion.

Thank you.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2) (c), I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity regarding the ethnic composition of the National Police Service in the light of the Report by Justice Philip Ransley’s taskforce of 2009 on police reforms, the Report by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission on ethnic diversity and audit of the Civil Service of 2011. The Chairperson should inquire into and clarify to the House the following:- (i) whether the National Police Service, as currently constituted, reflects the various communities of Kenya; (ii) whether the police reforms envisaged in the Constitution have so far resulted in fairness and openness in respect of observance of human rights, recruitment, appointments, transfer, promotion and discipline of police officers;

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Yes, Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, this is a joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament. The Kenya National Assembly has already nominated its membership to the Committee. The Senate is on recess. I hope that it will resume today. I expect that once they nominate their membership to the joint Committee, the Directors of Committees of both Houses will convene a meeting for the purpose of election of the leadership of the Committee. The process might take about two weeks. So, I expect the answer to come once the two Houses of Parliament form the Committee. Therefore, I would like to ask the hon. Member to wait for the formation of the joint Committee. Thank you.

Hon. Ogalo, I would advise that your request, which is in writing, should also be deposited with the Director of Committees, Mrs. Abonyo, so that as soon as the membership from the Senate is known, they may be seized of the matter jointly.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement of clarification from the Chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) on the sharing framework, or formula, for the CDF allocations for the period 2013 January to June between the 80 new constituencies and their respective parent constituencies or otherwise, bearing in mind that the new CDF Committee Members of all the 290 constituencies have been gazetted.

Who is the Chair of that Committee?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, hon. Wakhungu is not very clear in terms of what he wants; he talks about sharing, and the sharing of CDF is properly stipulated in the CDF Act. So, he should be clear in terms of what he wants to be shared between the constituencies, and then I will give a Statement.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think the Chairman did not get me properly. What I meant was that you realize with the new constituencies, there are already existing projects which were falling in different constituencies. We know very well that those projects have already been allocated money. The problem is that the projects now fall in different constituencies. The issue is that some of those projects, as much as they are covered--- We need a clear framework in the sense of how that money is going to be disbursed, or how the people are going to sit together to agree and administer those projects.

May I also suggest, hon. Wakhungu, that it might help the entire House and the country if you could appear before that Committee and discuss the matter even before they produce their report.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, you are right; Hon. Wakhungu can appear before us tomorrow at 12.00 a.m. when we will be addressing that subject matter.

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Very well.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Leader of the Majority Party concerning the sackings and transfers that have gone on since the arrival of the Deputy President at what used to be the Office of the Prime Minister. There have been reports of unexplained mass transfers of staff and attempts by the same office to recruit new staff to take over from those being sacked or transferred. In his Statement, the Leader of the Majority Party should:- (i) provide the names, job groups and reasons for transfer of the people who have been transferred from the DP’s Office since he took over; (ii) inform us as to whether the transfer of Mr. Nyachio and the threat to the procurement staff is related to the saga of the “hustler” jet that flew the DP to West Africa; (iii) clarify the name, job group and the total number of employees who have had their permanent and pensionable terms revoked and reasons for their sacking; (iv) state who has since been recruited in their place; (v) clarify whether it is a Government’s policy that each new administration should come in with its own civil servants and when the policy came into force.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, first and foremost I want to confirm that we are under a presidential system; so, every administration comes in with its own people, but I will give a Statement on Tuesday next week.

Very well.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. The Leader of the Majority Party has made a very serious statement or allegation that borders on violation of the independence of the Civil Service. Is it in order for the Leader of the Majority Party to mislead this House that whenever we have a new Government in place we have to also change the entire Civil Service? I think this needs to be clarified because our civil servants need to work in offices knowing very well that they have security of tenure in those offices. Unless the Leader of the Majority Party meant to talk about certain positions like Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries or ambassadors, the Civil Service is supposed to be depoliticized. I would urge that the Leader of the Majority Party either clarifies that point or withdraws that unfortunate remark.

I think it would be much better if this is included in the Statement that the Leader of the Majority Party is going to produce in the House, so that then there can be some interrogation by way of clarifications. He should not start clarifying now before he has produced the official Statement.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, my good friend, Hon. Ng’ongo, should wait until Tuesday. I will explain to this House how the new presidential system is managed, what is provided and, above all, the good clarification hon. Junet has sought. I am known for giving facts. So, on Tuesday be prepared to receive it.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of the Majority Party in this House is the bridge between the Executive and this House. He made a statement that any administration under a presidential system will have its people. Those are the words he used. Some of us have been to the USA where there is a real presidential system and we know how it works. It does not work that way. He can talk about Cabinet Secretaries, ambassadors and Principal Secretaries, but civil servants are permanent and pensionable. He has to---

Hon. Ganya, why are you jumping the gun? I am sure the intervention you are making now will be extremely useful when we have the Statement. Do not pre-empt the Statement. I sympathize with what you are saying but I think it will be best prosecuted after the Statement has been given.

Yes, hon. Nuh.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for giving me up to Tuesday, next week, and also for making a futile attempt to answer the question at the moment which did not work.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to say that I am not prepared with the response. Maybe I will issue it next time.

That just confirms what I have been saying that Members want to ask questions and not seek statements. Nevertheless, Hon. J.K. Bett, that is okay.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information regarding the closure or converting of the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) into a product terminal. The oil marketers have ganged up against KPRL with an aim of having the facility closed and they seem to have support of the Government in view of the fact that the Ministry of Energy has been communicating issues related to the KPRL through the Press instead of communicating to the relevant Government departments and shareholders. This reminds

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Hon. Shimbwa, you are seeking a Statement and not moving a Motion for debate!

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for your guidance. I request the Chairperson to inquire and report to the House as follows:

1. why the provisions of Gazette Notice No.24 which require oil marketing companies to buy their quota from the company is not fully implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum;

2. what measures the Government will put in place to ensure that the facility is upgraded to make it efficient;

3. why the Government is not protecting investors and our local industries;

4. why there is a hurry by Government officials to announce the closure of the refinery in the Press before the matter is discussed in Parliament or by the shareholders;

5. why the Government has not given its stand on what oil marketing companies have stated in the Press, that they will not pick products from the refinery as from 1st July, 2013. With those few points, I wish to rest my case.

It, indeed, must rest.

Hon. Jamleck Kamau, hon. Shimbwa has rested his case!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am just wondering whether he is right, because he has rested his case and does not need answers. However, hon. Shimbwa has raised a very weighty matter. In actual fact, my Committee is already seized of the matter. However, in your direction you said that this has to come in a form of a report. The fact is that we also have several other statements that have been requested by hon.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, my constituency is one of those constituencies which are hard pressed by unemployment. We are jeopardizing the jobs of about 250 fully employed personnel, some of whom are highly qualified. We are also jeopardizing about 12,000---

What is your reaction!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, my reaction is that, four weeks is too long. We need that answer tomorrow if not today.

My people are very anxious and they will be demonstrating tomorrow to save their company.

Hon. Shimbwa, I have just directed that the responses come from Committees by way of reports. In as much as I sympathize with the plight of your constituents, it is not possible that you get that report today.

But four weeks is too long, hon. Speaker, Sir. Thank you, very much.

I agree with you. It is a constitutional right of your constituents, like others who are rioting all over---

Hon. Speaker, Sir, of course we do not want to give him a half- baked report; the Committee will endeavour as much as possible to bring this report, at least three weeks from now.

Very well. Remember there was a threat by seven companies not to pick products from the refinery starting from 1st July, 2013. I think that is the point hon. Shimbwa is making. Perhaps, that is why I seem to be sympathetic to the point he is raising. If those companies stop picking products, I am sure this will have some ramifications of some sorts.

Hon. Shimbwa is three weeks okay with you?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I give my sympathies to the Chairman. I would actually be okay with two weeks.

Very well. Try two weeks and then you can rest your case. Is that not so?

Hon. Simba, yours is an intervention.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. It is only a concern that I have. I am a sad man this evening. As we are seated here, I cannot concentrate properly in this House because of the business which is going on outside here.

Let us concentrate on what is going on inside here and leave those who want to transact theirs outside there do it. Hon. Simba, I am sure you are being heard by your colleagues who are here, and I am also hearing you. Let us proceed with our business.

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Hon. Speaker, given that there was a purported report in the newspapers that I received my Kshs851,000, I want to deny that I said anything of the sort to the media. The only thing I was doing was about my profession where I came from - I was carrying sukuma wiki. That is what I was doing in my constituency over the weekend.

Hon. Simba, look at the Standing Orders, if you want to make a personal statement, you can do so. I will encourage you to do that because everyone here was wondering where you received that much from. I will encourage you to make a personal statement in a formal way, and we will give you time.

Let us hear a request from hon. Irungu Kang’ata

Thank you hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to say that it was a petition on the International Criminal Court (ICC) which I had filed and not a request. That petition was withdrawn today, and in its place I filed another petition dated 11th June, 2013.

But you do not do it here!

I seek your direction as to whether I am being called upon to prosecute the petition that was filed today.

Hon. Kang’ata, you pressed your button indicating that you had a request to make. Do you want to be told how and where to lodge your petition?

Not really, hon. Speaker. Probably, it was to make a contribution, but I can wait.

The other thing is that you can lodge it in the normal way then we can have a look at it.

Thank you, hon. Speaker.

I can see hon. Simba again.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am standing under Standing Order No. 84. I would want to ask for an apology from the Nation Media Group for purporting --- Standing Order No. 84 is on Personal Statements.

Hon. Simba, do not put the Chair in an awkward situation. You can make your statement denying all that may have been reported and purported to have originated from you. But honestly, until we have heard that, it is not possible for the Speaker to start demanding, on your behalf, that the Nation Media Group apologizes. I think you can write to them and require them to apologize, if indeed, you did not say it.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to deny categorically that I said such a thing; I have not received even a penny in my account.

So, you were misquoted!

It is not a question of being misquoted; those goons of the Nation Media Group were being mischievous! Otherwise, I support strongly the independence of this House; we stand in support of Kenyans. We are doing it and it has been there ever since the 10th Parliament, in terms of remuneration. Thank you.

Hon. Simba, you obviously know that you have actually breached the Standing Order No. 84. You have gone ahead to make your personal statement when the House did not indulge you to do so. Nevertheless, since you had indicated that you

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Hon. Speaker, whereas I did not want to interrupt my Chair before he moves the Motion. I am at a loss because the Public Finance Management Act, Section 39(3) is very clear that the National Assembly may amend the Budget Estimates of the national Government only in accordance with the Division of Revenue Act. The operating words there are “Division of Revenue Act.” So, we are just about to discuss this Motion at Order Number 8, which in essence will ask this House to amend the Budget Estimates. Hon. Speaker, according to the Public Finance Management Act, we are only able to transact this business after the Division of Revenue Bill has been assented to and it becomes an Act of Parliament. The reason is obvious; suppose the President returns the Bill to the House for reconsideration? Chances are that we may reduce even the allocation meant for national Government and add to county governments’ allocation because that is the only way we can do it. If you do that and you have already passed the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, that legislation will have been be in vain. Hon. Speaker, I also want to reinforce this with Article 221(6) of the Constitution which states as follows:- “When the Estimates of national government expenditure, and the estimates of expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in an Appropriation Bill---” So, hon. Speaker, the moment we finalize this debate this afternoon, you cannot re-open it. The only thing you will have to do is to include it in the Appropriation Bill and pass it. There is no any other way out. So, I want the Chair to give direction as to, if we proceed to transact Order No. 8 and the President has not given us an indication as to whether he has assented to the Division of Revenue Bill or has referred back, chances are that we will have legislated in two ways which are contradictory to one another. Therefore, my suggestion would be that we hold on Order No. 8 as we await communication from the President. If he assents to the Bill, then we will proceed with this Motion. If he does not, then this House, and the Senate – once the decision from His Excellency the President has come - will sit and agree on the Division of Revenue Bill; we will know how much will be for national Government and how much will be for the county governments. We will then deal with the Motion on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure. Finally, I have raised this matter because we passed this Act of Parliament and the Constitution, so that we can respect them. Sometimes I get a little bit sad when I find that we do not want to respect our own laws. Sometimes I am misunderstood and taken to be trying to fight some other House. I want to make it very clear that I am not against money that is going to county governments. In fact, I would even want it to be Kshs300 or Kshs400 billion, if there is a scientific way of arriving at this figure; but we would have to do it within the law. Thank you.

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Very well. I quite agree with you, hon. Ng’ongo. Can we hear a response from the Leader of Majority Party?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, first I want to thank my good friend, hon. Ng’ongo because it was through him and the Budget and Appropriations Committee that a report was brought to this House last Thursday, which this House debated, adopted and created the way for Parliament and the Speaker to send the Division of Revenue Bill to His Excellency the President. As the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee moves Motion on the report of the Committee, I will need about 10 minutes to confirm to this House and the nation that the President has assented to the Bill. I am sure the President has assented to that, but I want to confirm this to the House. The law is very clear. This House debated it and there are no two ways about it. I remember that hon. Ng’ongo challenged the Senate and up to today, none of the Senators has answered his question. He asked a very fundamental question which is: What type of a Bill is The Division of Revenue Bill? Is it a special Bill, a money Bill or a Bill that is supposed to be between the two Houses? None of them has answered that question. If you give me 10 minutes, I will just go and talk to His Excellency the President; I ask the Chair to be moving the Motion in the mean time.

Hon. Members, relax. The Motion on Order No.8 will be moved. I can confirm to the House that the Division of Revenue Bill was assented to yesterday at 9.30 a.m. It is an Act. Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, please, move the Motion.

Hon. Members, allow the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to move the Motion. Hon. Musyimi, what did you do?

Now you are in order, hon. Musyimi!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for Financial Year 2013/2014, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 6th June, 2013.

The Budget and Appropriations Committee is constituted pursuant to the National Assembly Standing Order No.207. The functions of the Committee are to:-

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Prudent!

Yes, prudent. We want a bold proposal. We are a bold people and we work with bold ideas. We want a bold proposal that will help us, so that we help in serving our people. It is on that basis that we felt that the Kshs278 million was rather piecemeal, and so we reduced it to zero.

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Yes, hon. Onyonka.

Ahsante, Bw. Spika. Nitaiunga mkono Hoja hii, nikitumia lugha ya mama ya Kiswahili.

Hon. Members, allow hon. Onyonka to second the Motion. He is perfectly in order to use the national language.

Ahsante, Bw. Spika. Tafadhali, ndugu zangu, muniwie radhi. Tukiikuza lugha yetu ya Kiswahili, Kenya itakuwa nchi nzuri zaidi.

Bw. Spika, kwanza, ninaiunga mkono Hoja hii kwa sababu, sisi, kama wanakamati wa Kamati ya Bajeti ya Bunge, tuliketi pamoja tukakubaliana juu ya Ripoti hii. Hakuna mwanakamati hata mmoja aliyepinga masuala ambayo Mwenyekiti wetu ameyaangazia. Kwa hivyo, ninawasihi wanasiasa wasilete siasa kwa ugavi wa mali humu nchini, na haswa kuhusu masuala ya Bajeti. Kama kuna jambo ambalo walitaka kulizungumzia, wangekuja kwenye ile mikutano iliyoandaliwa washikadau kule mashinani. Wangezungumzia mambo hayo wakati huo. Kwa hivyo, haifai mtu yeyote kusema kwamba hatukufanya vile walivyotushauri tufanye.

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Hon. Members, when you make a request and disappear, you should withdraw it.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the report by the Budget Committee and more so I take this opportunity to thank the Committee for the contribution and the good work they have done within such a short period. Secondly, I want to thank His Excellency the President, as you have informed the House that he has already assented to the Division of Revenue Bill. This is because the President had said he would adhere to the Constitution. I think he only did that on the basis of what the Act required of him to do.

I think the Committee, as it has informed, the 34 per cent to the county governments is way above what the Constitution has given of 15 per cent. Maybe this is just to reiterate and advise the county governments that they should not concentrate so much on what is given by the Central Government but also try and concentrate on how much they can raise through their own local resources.

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Have you concluded your contributions?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was just about to.

Continue; you still have time. It looks like the machines are not in your favour. I think they are working now!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was just about to finish. I was saying that the Public Procurement and Oversight Authority is supposed to save the many millions that have been lost by the Government. I would like to say that the Committee did a very good work in advising and saving the few shillings that we are supposed to save.

Lastly, as the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, we have said that there is rampant insecurity in this country. One of the issues that we got from the relevant authorities or Government agencies, especially the Inspector- General of Police and the National Police Service Commission and others is that they are not funded enough to handle the security issue. We had made a request through our Chair to the Budget Committee to consider allocating a few shillings to improve security. They have indicated the areas that need to be taken into consideration and the budget totals Kshs16 billion. I would like to urge that immediately the money is available from whichever quarter, we would like the Inspector-General of Police and others who are in charge of security to be allocated that money so that they can address the very pertinent issue of insecurity within our Republic that keeps on rising in this House.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support this Motion.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to support the Motion. First of all, I would like to say that this is the third year since the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution that we are preparing the Budget under the new dispensation. This is the first Budget that is being processed under the Public Finance Management Act, 2012.

The Budget Committee expected to see a uniform format both for the National Government, Parliament and the Judiciary. However, to our surprise, Parliament, the Judiciary and the National Government came up with different formats of the Budget process. We advise that the law contemplates that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance needs to bring to this House policies and rules that will govern the Budget- making process so that there is a difference in the next financial year when we embark on the next Budget cycle which will begin by 30th August, this year.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, after this House approves these Estimates today or immediately thereafter, we expect the Cabinet Secretary, within 21 days, to consolidate and publish in the Kenya Gazette and also make it public in the media for Kenyans to know which Budget we have passed. We hope that the Cabinet Secretary will make sure that, that particular provision of the Act is followed to the letter.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I know that on Thursday we expect the Cabinet Secretary to come to this House and make policy highlights and spell out revenue raising measures, if we adjust our Standing Orders. He will spell out how exactly we will finance the Kshs1.6 trillion Budget that we have. This is not a small Budget but a record Budget. However, my only concern is that this Budget over-relies on the possibility of changing or amending the Value Added Tax Bill. Unless this Bill that is before this House is passed, we are not likely to raise the over Kshs900 billion or almost Kshs1 trillion in terms of ordinary revenue. This will be tricky for us, as a House, because if you look at the provisions of that Bill, and I really do not want to anticipate debate, you will find that a lot of it may not be very comfortable with us because it will raise the cost of living in this country.

That being the case, in the event that that VAT Bill will not be passed in its current form, then we run a risk of failing as a country to realize the revenue that we have projected to realize. In that case, we will either fail to implement some of the development projects or alternatively, we will have to borrow more either domestically or externally. You know the risk of domestic borrowing. This is because definitely we will cloud the private sector from the market.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, some questions have been asked. I have heard some people raise the question on why we took away Kshs4 billion from the Treasury meant for constitutional implementation. The answer is simple. I remember sometime in 2011, before most of the commissions that we have today were put in place; that is before the various Acts setting these commissions were put in place, we decided to provide a solid line item or a block item in our Estimates. That is under the Treasury. That was so, so that the moment the commissions are in place the money would be released to those commissions.

The Treasury has continued to carry along that Budget line even after various commissions are already in place; actually all of them that are contemplated in the Constitution are in place. Therefore, there was no need to budget under the Treasury a block figure for constitutional implementation because those amounts go to the line

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Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to support this Motion. First, I want to congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee for leading us during this historical time when we will be putting in a lot of---As the Budget and Appropriations Committee and as a Parliament, our House has been given the priority to re-allocate funds.

Hon. Speaker, when the budget proposals came to this House, you know very well that you could only change the budget by ten cents; something which was really ridiculous. But now as a House - that is why we are sure that we are a very important House - we can re-allocate revenue according to the priority of Kenyans. Therefore, I want to congratulate the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and its members. But as I do that, let me say that I see a lot of bias towards allocation of funds that ignore the important county of Nairobi. I am elected by Nairobi county residents and so I am forced to call out on a few issues and areas that I see that we must bring amendments. As we pass this Motion, I will be bringing them. One of the biggest issues that I see, and I am very sad because it has not been given priority by the national Government, is the issue of security. Just this weekend more grenades exploded all over this country. Nairobi County has been a victim of grenade attacks. In fact, one of our hon. Members, the hon. Abdi Yusuf Hassan, MP Kamukunji Constituency, who we are happy to see back in the House has been a victim of grenade attacks. We cannot continue with police service that is not given enough money to have intelligence to be able to tell where these grenades are and where the next attacks will be. I will, therefore, be pushing for more money to be put in the security sector and especially that which has to do with the terrorist attacks that we are having, not only in Nairobi but in many parts of this country. I think it is a priority.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. First, I want to congratulate His Excellency the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill. I want confirm that, by him doing that it does not mean that he is declaring the Senate impotent.

Hon. Speaker, we are here as two Houses to work together as a team. Indeed, Kenya is a signatory to the East African Treaty and we are aware that other countries are supposed to be releasing their budgets within this week. So, I thank His Excellency the President because it is going to help us to adhere to the obligation that Kenya has in terms

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I just want my friend, hon. Wamalwa to go to the right section of the report. He is misleading Kenyans that we have allocated money to buy two aircraft for the police, which we have not. He has also said that we have allocated Kshs15 billion for the modernization of the police vehicles, which we have not. He is looking at a report which states “key priority areas not funded”. I just wanted to correct him.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think hon. Lessonet did not get me right. I said that the Budget took note of some of the key areas which were not funded, but in the future, they are going to be funded including the purchase of the aircraft. Secondly, education is very important as far as the empowerment of any country is concerned. As an educationist, when we went round, we saw teachers bringing their grievances in terms of their promotions and some allowances. Indeed, this Committee took a lot of attention in terms of improving the welfare of the teachers. As we can see, an allocation is set aside to employ more teachers. The 2,000 teachers may not be enough, but it is a starting point. The Budget and Appropriation Committee has done wonderful work. I request them to set aside more money in future, so that we can employ teachers for purposes of improving the education standard in this country. I beg to support.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to thank His Excellency the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill as per the Constitution. Through your indulgence, I also want to make this Statement very clear from the Floor of this House that devolution is not a choice. Article 1(4) of the Constitution sayst- “ (4) The sovereign power of the people is exercised at–– ( a ) the national level; and ( b ) the county level. There is a whole chapter on devolution. The topic on objects and principles of devolved government is found on Article 174. The people of this country voted for this Constitution. The money that has been allocated to the national Government will serve the people of Kenya. The money allocated to the county governments will serve the people of Kenya. From the outset, I want to ask the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to make sure that they have offices in all the 47 counties, so that the Kshs210 billion that is going to the county governments is handled transparently. I will ask my colleagues here that the development money that is going to the county governments must be shared per constituency. For example, the County of Garissa has six constituencies. If the amount of development is Kshs2 billion, it must be shared among the six constituencies so that the Members of Parliament and the county leaders can follow that money. I want to tell the people who are saying that Parliament is fighting devolution that we are the ones who passed the Constitution. The role of the county assembly passed through the Tenth Parliament and some of us were in the “Yes” camp and we voted for the Constitution. I want to urge our leaders that the 34 per cent is double the 15 per cent that is given by the Constitution and it must be respected. I want to tell our colleagues at the counties that we want to support them at the county level. We want the governors and the county assembly to work and help our people. Secondly, the Public Finance Chapter in this Constitution is very clear. Article 202 says that:- “(1) Revenue raised nationally shall be shared equitably among the national and county governments”. This is the law. There is nowhere where it says that all the revenue raised nationally will be given to the county governments. Our Constitution provides for 15 per cent. So, there are many people out there who want to own and own, and say that the

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Yes, hon. Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo-Mabona.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for this Report. Even though I want to thank them largely for most of the things they have provided for, I am not happy with one item. I want to indicate that this year, I am not very happy with the Treasury, especially with regard to the way they handled the Budget. They did not follow the standards that we had set under the fiscal reforms in the last Parliament. The Budget was done in a very haphazard manner. We were not given timely and detailed information. We did not have broken down Budget items, especially for my Committee. Therefore, it was very difficult for us to make decisions. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for certain actions they have taken, which appear punitive. My Committee was not as brave. I actually told my Committee that we should take certain brave actions, which would then force the Treasury to know that despite the agitation outside Parliament, we actually do serious work. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy with the saving of Kshs15.38 billion especially because if you look at the items that are indicated there, they are not very essential or necessary. However, I want to disagree with the Leader of the Majority Party

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Yes, hon. Langat.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the work they have done. I thank the Chairman and the Members of the Committee because we spent a lot of time putting in place the proposals contained in this Report. I have two amendments on this Motion but before I move them, I would like to make a few comments. When the President and the Deputy President were campaigning, they made a lot of promises to the youth. I want to thank them because in this year’s Budget, there is Kshs25 billion which has been provided for youth empowerment programmes. Before this money is utilised, we expect the Government to tell us how it will reach the youth in the constituencies. Therefore, I thank the President and the Deputy President for budgeting for the Kshs25 billion. The only question I have is how this money will reach them. Hon. Speaker, Sir, having said so, I beg to move the following amendments:- THAT, the Motion be amended by adding the following words immediately after the figure “2013”:- “subject to:- (i) deletion of the figure “Kshs3 billion” appearing on paragraph 41(1) and (2) and replacing it with the figure “Kshs2.75 billion”; and, (ii) introduction of new paragraph 41(viii) with the words “an amount of Kshs500 million be allocated to the Public Service Commission to meet expenditure of ongoing construction works and salary adjustments as approved by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission”.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have moved these amendments, on behalf of the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee. We have agreed with my Committee. I am also in agreement with the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

During the Committees’ hearings from the Ministries, our Committee heard from all the independent commissions. Unfortunately, we invited the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, together with the Public Service Commission. The Constitution says that the budget of every independent commission should be on a separate Vote. Therefore, we were unable to listen to the Public Service Commission initially.

However, subsequently we have been able to listen to the Public Service Commission, they have a genuine case, hon. Members should listen to them. They had a request of so much but we were only able to give them what was urgent. One of them is that they have an ongoing building, they have signed a contract and they expected the date of completion to be within the next financial year yet the money has not been allocated in the Estimates published earlier.

Secondly, hon. Speaker, Sir, the PSC has been there but with the new Constitution other commissions came in and what has happened is that the salaries of the staff at the PSC are half the salaries of the other commissions. This is a Commission which has done a very good job and I believe they are still doing a very good job. They put a request for salary adjustment to harmonize with the other commissions and that request was

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Can you move the second one because I think you are moving two amendments? This is so that I can propose the Question.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your guidance. When the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee was moving the Motion, he gave an indication that there was an addendum to the Report. Arising from that, that was the intention and I want to make it formal now by moving an amendment so that that addendum becomes part of the report so that whatever is contained therein is captured. The amendment is that:-

The Motion be amended by inserting the following words after the figure 2013; “subject to (a) amending paragraph 41, Item 4 on page 14 by deleting the figure of Kshs300 million and substituting with a new figure of Kshs500 million thereof. (b) Inserting the following items immediately after item 7 on page 15 of the Report: “(8) Kshs1 billion be allocated to Geothermal Development Corporation (GDC); (9) Kshs1.34 billion be allocated to the Rural Electrification Authority (REA); (10) Kshs700 million for the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETC), and; (11) Kshs300 million for the Solar Project under the Ministry of Energy.”

This in effect formalizes what the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee said when he was reading the Report on the issue of the addendum so that these monies are given to the GDC and REA. The REA is doing a lot of good work in our respective constituencies and I want to inform hon. Members to go to the REA and get the status of each constituency for both the current and next financial year so that they put in their priorities. So, I want to move these amendments and request my Vice Chair, hon. Gaicuhie to second them.

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Hon Members, I know some of you have put in requests to contribute to the original Motion. However, right now, you will contribute to the proposed amendments. That does not deny you the right to continue to contribute to the original Motion when we are through with the amendments.

Yes, Hon. S.S. Ahmed!

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the amendments by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I want to laud that proposal. Rural electrification and solar energy are very important to this country. As such, we must make all efforts to reduce the cost of power in this country.

The Public Service Commission is one of the oldest commissions and it has done a remarkable job over time under very difficult conditions. I also support very strongly that it should be given facilities to bring it up to par with other commissions. It has what we call an intelligent team. It has worked well. Its functions have been increased from seven to 19 and yet, its budget was slashed. We feel that it is very important to enhance the allocation to that Commission rather than reduce it.

I feel we should ensure that those items that require our involvement in infrastructure development should be supported. So, as much as I was a little bit disappointed initially that the allocation to tourism and industry was reduced by a small amount, we are prepared to accept that for the time being. However, that should not continue next time because tourism and industry are the two pillars of Vision 2030.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support the amendments.

Yes, hon. Wandayi! We now go back to the original Motion as amended.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the original Motion as amended. I thank the Committee on Budget and Appropriations for having done a fairly good job.

I take note of the fact that the money that has been allocated to the county government is actually 34 per cent of the total revenue which is really an improvement. It is much more than the 15 per cent minimum requirement.

I also take note of the fact that the Committee took cognizance of the public demand that a key road in my constituency, that is Ugunja-Ukwala Road, be tarmacked. I am very happy that the Committee took note of that fact and I only hope that the Ministry responsible will do the necessary and have the road tarmacked. If that is done, it will open the great town of Ugunja to business opportunities from Siaya and Busia through Nyando and Lela.

I would like to say that there is still room for improvement in terms of money allocated to the counties. Of course, that can happen gradually if the counties develop the requisite capacity to absorb more funds.

As I support the amended Motion, I must also point out that this House legislates or undertakes business not only for today, but also for posterity. Why do I say this? There is an impression which has been created out there that the National Assembly is against devolution or this House is against the county governments getting enough money. By the President giving assent to the Division of Revenue Bill today, there is a possibility of that move being misconstrued to mean that the Senate has become impotent or redundant. That will be a very sad affair, indeed. Why do I say this? It is because in a situation like the one we are in, where we have two types of governments, the need for a second House cannot be over-emphasized. Therefore, my plea is that for us not to get into a similar crisis in the next budgetary cycle, because we cannot afford to wish away the controversy that has surrounded the handling of the Division of Revenue Bill--- We cannot afford to sweep under the carpet the dust that has been raised by the handling of this very important Bill in this House. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, suggest that the Government, immediately after this process is completed, comes up with the necessary amendments to the Constitution, particularly Article 217, so that the Senate can get its rightful authority in terms of handling monies or Bills that affect the counties. What this House has done is legal within the law as it is currently. There is no any other way out. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the second question that someone may want to ask is whether it is logical for the Senate to be relegated to the periphery. My answer is no. The Senate cannot be made to be a by-stand when matters as serious as the determination of monies allocated to the counties are being discussed. I take note of the fact that even the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, which will come from the Senate, will still find its way to this House. Therefore, this House has veto over that Bill which allocates monies between the counties. Hon. Speaker, for us not to be seen as encouraging sterile competition, let us move with speed and bring amendments to the Constitution so that the Senate can be seized of the matter of determination of monies allocated to the counties and between the various counties. That is very important.

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On a point of order hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be very quick because I want to bring this to the attention of the House. Is the hon. Member in order to confuse this House and the nation that we are not actually saving the money, when we have actually spent time in saving 30 per cent with is Kshs1.3 billion in our country? Can he respond to that?

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not quite get what she is talking about. I will proceed on the basis that I have not understood her point of order. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, why do I say that there is no need for duplication of funds? It is because of the confusion that has already been created outside there that hon. Members just want to be in control of the funds everywhere. If we encourage this clamour for funds, the next thing we shall hear is that Senators are also demanding for a fund managed by the Senators. Where shall we end up as a country? So, I want to appeal to my able sisters, the County Women Members of Parliament to understand my position and work within the framework of the current CDF Act to contribute to the development of the country.

On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to suggest that there is duplication of funds? I want to inform him that there is no duplication of funds. What the hon. Member is doing is trying to support this Motion, but in a negative way because the women are not demanding for funds. The President has already assented to the Bill. What remains now is the distribution of the resources that have been given to the county governments and the

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I am not going into irrelevancies! How can you tell me that I am irrelevant?

Order! Order, hon. Wandayi! Resume your seat! It is the Chair that has the discretion to rule a hon. Member out of order or in order. So, you are getting out of order hon. Wandayi. Can you restrict yourself to the discussion and avoid irrelevance? Hon. Members, it is important to know that when you rise on a point of order, you must restrict yourself within the Standing Order. So, do not intervene or discuss as though you are raising a point but, you are just discussing with your colleague. Yes, Wandayi, can you finish your contribution?

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, basically, I want to correct the impression that has been created in this House. I am not against the women enterprise fund. I fully support it. What I am against is an attempt to create duplication of CDF in the form of a fund being managed by women Members of Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to conclude, I want to reiterate that today, we are passing this Motion as amended.

Hon. Wanjiku, what is out of order? Can you tell us exactly on what Standing Order you are raising that point of order?

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, actually, it is the Constitution and I am referring to the Fourth Schedule. I am wondering why the hon. Member is claiming about the duplication of funds and yet, the work of the governor and the national Government is clearly stated in the Schedule. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill that is before the House does not speak about anything to do with duplication. So, with the indulgence of the Chair, could the hon. Member clarify what he means by duplication of funds?

I think the point there is relevance. Hon. Wandayi, you have had your time. Are you not done with your contribution so that we move to the next person?

I am done, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir.

All right. Let us move on to hon. Yusuf Chanzu.

Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute and support this very important Motion. I want to congratulate the Committee under the Chairmanship of hon. Mutava Musyimi for coming up with this Report.

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Order! Can you resume your seats and refer yourself to Standing Order No. 140. Who is this hon. Member here? You are not supposed to be walking on the gangway and talking. This is a House of order. Yes, hon. Chanzu, continue.

Hon. Speaker, even across here, hon. Members are consulting very loudly.

That is the Chair’s preserve; just go on with your contribution.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Motion. I congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee chaired by hon. Musyimi for bringing this Report within a reasonable time. I congratulate the Committee for the format of the Report, which is very easy to pick out whatever item you want. If there is any milestone that we have achieved in the new Constitution, it is the idea of the budget-making process. You will note that there has been a lot of public participation. I also want to commend the Committee for itemizing all the views that were given by the public in the Report, so that they can be used for follow-up action. Another reform that has been brought about by the new Constitution is that the process has also created checks and balances. For example, the Executive prepared the Budget, the Committee went through it and made adjustments which can show the realities that we face in the country. Further, I would want to thank and congratulate the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill. That will stop the bickering that has been going on. I believe that the President did this in line with the Constitution that was accepted by all Kenyans three years ago. There is need for sectors that are key in this country - as a developing country - to have been taken into account. For example, the issue of education is very key. For us to develop, we must take care of the education sector first. If we have to achieve Vision 2030, we must take care of the sector. We have had some thorny issues affecting the education sector for quite a long time. We have the salary increments which were promised to the teachers in 1997, which have not been paid. That should have been taken into account. I note that, that was left out. We have long standing projects which were initiated under the Economic Stimulus Programme a couple of years back, and some of them are almost becoming “white elephants” in the constituencies. That is an aspect that should have been taken care of. The issue of salaries for university lecturers is also a very important element, which the Committee has just put here among the items which should be prioritized for future funding. We should try as much as possible, as a country, to avoid getting into strikes that we have seen from the work force like teachers, lecturers and doctors. We should have had a way of accommodating the Kshs1.8 billion for the public universities staff. Just in the same way that we are talking about reforms, we should create employment. We cannot develop without training our people. We have youth and village polytechnics. The amount of Kshs500 million, which should also have been taken care of, have been put aside until we get funds. There is also the issue of recruitment of teachers,

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Order, hon. Chanzu! I must bring it to your attention that Standing Order No.104 provides:- “Except when passing to and from his or her seat when speaking, every Member, when in the Chamber, shall be seated and shall not, at any time, stand in any of the passages and gangways”.

Go on, hon. Chanzu!

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as much as I do not want to oppose the issue of laptops for children in Standard I, just like the free primary and secondary education funds which came and helped the enrolment rate to increase, we need a lot of preparation. The reason why we got into trouble with some of those is that, when we make statements during campaigns, they are very ambitious. We are spending about Kshs17 billion, but we are not prepared. I would have expected the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to advise the Government and, first of all, give feedback on the computer laboratories and the pilot schemes that we had in schools in the last five years and see how they worked. In my constituency, some of the computer laboratories have worked very well. We should put that money in some priority areas, including even training the teachers to be computer literate.

For example, in Annex 1, which is well done, they did not prioritize properly what needs to get funding once funds are available. Although it is not the responsibility of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they have put an item that should not be there.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to the debate on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I wish to thank all the Departmental Committees that have worked very hard to bring us this far and make sure that we meet the deadlines. I am very concerned as a Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology, as I educate myself about the sense of priorities that we have given or not given to the education sector. If you look at Annex 1, page 17, the total amount of cuts that were made or the under-funded priorities in the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology and Teachers Service Commission amount to Kshs33 billion. That is Kshs33 billion in denied opportunities, focus and attention for the children and the youth of this nation, who are our future. Their time to get education is perishable and they cannot sit around and be denied. I would like, in particular, to point out priority areas that the Committee on Education, Research and Technology mentioned and hoped that the Budget and Appropriations Committee would have considered as a budgeting and implementation priority. The professors, lecturers and educators are training our young people to make sure that they are ready for the job market and yet, their money is cut by a shortfall of

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Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion as amended. First and foremost, I want to thank and congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a job well done. I wish to thank the President for assenting to this Bill. Why do I support this Motion? Basically, the Committee has done us proud by including Kshs1.3 billion for Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC). It was not catered for initially, but the Committee saw the need to inject this money for the sake of our farmers. I also want to thank the Chairman for amending this Motion to include electrification. Where I come from, 80 per cent of the constituency does not have electricity. I believe that this Committee did a splendid job by increasing the funding for electrification. Maybe, during the next financial year, this House should move that we go the county way when it comes to public hearings. I believe that if we go that way, we will get diverse views because different counties have different needs. We need to capture this in the budget-making process. I support the Motion as amended.

Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion as amended by hon. Benjamin Lang’at, my good friend and neighbour. From the outset, I want to thank the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill and ensuring that Article 95(4)(a) of the Constitution is respected. Secondly, I want to thank the Committee for doing a good job. The work was done within a very short time. So, what they have done is quite commendable. There are areas of wastage, where the Committee has done some good work. For example, as a country, we should learn to avoid the idea of construction of offices when we do not need them. There are areas like irrigation in secondary schools. This is not a priority area.

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Yes, hon. Jimmy Nuru Angwenyi.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the chance to contribute to this Motion.

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Hon. Angwenyi, I am told that it is “Mpigs” and not “Mapigs”.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether the Committee was working in cahoots with the people who call us “Mpigs”. I hope those people will exonerate the names of the Committee Members from that group. I am also concerned that we did not allocate adequate resources to the key sectors of our country. One such sector is the Teachers Service Commission. We know that there is a deficit of 80,000 teachers in our schools. We should have pumped more money into the education sector to bring the child to teacher ratio to an acceptable level. We also have a deficit in the health sector. We should have pumped more money into the health sector, so that we can employ professionals to provide adequate and effective services to our people. Hon. Speaker, Sir, we should also have taken as a special consideration the funding of re-settlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The spectre of IDPs in this country gives a very negative image of this country. We should forget about what happened after the 2007 elections by settling all the IDPs, so that we can move on together as Kenyans. We should also have pumped in more money in security. I am asking the Chairman of the Departmental Committee responsible for security to addresses the conflict between I-GP and NPSC. The I-GP and his team should be given adequate space to do their work because they are the professionals in policing matters. We should fund them adequately so that we can be safe. What I saw happen here this afternoon should not be repeated. Blood was thrown into the precincts of Parliament. We have curtailed the effectiveness of the police to the extent that they just watched the episode unfold. The I-GP should be given sufficient mandate to handle any situation that arises, so as to keep peace in this country. If what happened out there today happened in Kisii County, people would have fed them with faeces. You know, we would have taken the law into our own hands and fed them with faeces. That is because we have taken away the morale and effectiveness of police officers to handle those kinds of situations. Each one of us has talked about jobs for our youth, but this Budget has not addressed that issue adequately. How do you create jobs? I hope the Budget and Appropriations Committee and other Committees will acquaint themselves with countries that have created 100 per cent jobs like Hong Kong. That is a small country of 7.5 million people but it has 100 per cent employment. Take an example of Singapore, which is a small country of 1.5 million

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On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I never wanted to interfere with the time of my friend, hon. Angwenyi, but I want the indulgence of the House in the interest of time for us to contribute to this important Motion, to find a way in which we can reduce the time from ten minutes to five minutes so that many hon. Members can contribute to this matter.

Yes!

All right. Indeed, what the hon. Member is saying makes a lot of sense. I have 20 requests as of now for hon. Members to contribute and you know we will rise at half past the hour. So, you can see that if many of us will want to have a bite at the cherry, we need some few minutes for everyone. So, allow me, therefore, to put this before you: That notwithstanding the ten minutes that has been allotted for discussion, this House reduces the time to five minutes. That is agreed, hon. Members. Hon. Angwenyi, finish your few minutes!

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that Malaysia, which has a population of 23 million people and very few tourist resources, receive 26 million tourists a year. It has created 2.5 million jobs in that sector alone. So, if we were to concentrate resources in those areas; if we were to concentrate resources in our infrastructure, we will not go far. Unless, we handle the issue of our railways and airports to become a transport hub in East Africa, we will not develop. For example, we need to create a commercial airport in Kisii County as it has been proposed. We need to create a free port in Mombasa and create jobs that way. We must increase the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). I am surprised that we did not increase it to 5 per cent. The CDF is a very effective method of devolved services to our people. So, I wish we could find enough funds so that we could devote 5 per cent of our Budget or revenues to CDF. I want to thank the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade which I understand saved a further re-allocation of Kshs11 billion. I wish the other Committees could save some money so that we can channel them to those critical areas of our operations. With those few remarks, I beg to support.

Thank you for saving time!

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. I greatly support this Motion as amended and congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee for taking the little time that they had to make sure that they have presented this Motion on time. I also find that it would be important in the next Budget that we

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Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and, indeed, all the Members for the time and the energy that they have invested in preparing this Budget. I also thank the other Departmental Committees for the contribution that they have made. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, the greatest challenge that we have now, as a nation, is the implementation of this Budget. That is because of the small hiccups that we have experienced many times. You will find that in rural Kenya, a lot of those budgetary allocations are returned to the Treasury. We should avoid any money

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Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would also like to support this Motion. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Committee for the well done work. I know it was a very tedious job because most hon. Members sat long hours to make sure that this Budget came out in good time.

Secondly, I would like us to realize that there are many gains that have been made from the Constitution. Before, we could not even know the details of the Budget. The Minister could just walk into the House and read out the Budget. However, with the new Constitution, we have an opportunity as Members of Parliament to interrogate the figures and make recommendations. It is because of that, that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade managed to make some savings which have gone a long way in supporting other very important aspects of the Budget.

I would like to point out that irrigation is very important---

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Given the time limit, could the Mover be called---

Let us hear hon. (Ms.) Nyamunga first.

Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Irrigation in schools should have been a compromise to me because teachers will spend more time on it and things like green houses. So, I thank the Committee very much for re-allocating that money to other areas. That does not belong to that docket. This issue has been pointed out by several Members.

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All right. Leader of Minority Party, you have the Floor.

Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to congratulate the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Committee Members for the good work.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time, and because I do not have enough time, I want to say that, overall, the Budget and Appropriations Committee did a good job. There is a good spread and there are areas of concern that have been allocated money. The big issue is on the implementation of this Budget.

I am happy that teachers will be remunerated well. On the issue of laptops to Standard I pupils, the Committee has taken the complaints that it is not a priority. But computer laboratories can be constructed in secondary schools. That is a good thing that the Committee did, so that we do not try to implement the Jubilee Manifesto where they did not come up with good ideas. I think it was a very good idea to suggest that computer laboratories are more of a priority than giving laptops to young children who may either lose or sell them.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, youth empowerment and job creation are very key. The money allocated for youth empowerment is little. From the media and all over the world, you hear that the youth is a time bomb and, unless this Government does

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On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Given the mood in the House and the time, would I be in order to ask that the Mover be called upon to reply?

Okay. Leader of the Minority Party, you will have five seconds.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to use those five seconds to say that we have seen a lot of intrigues and infighting in the Police Force. It should be made clear that the Inspector-General should be in charge so that he can control the Force. They are the ones who know what to do and you cannot bring outsiders in the Force and try to have them to control trained officers.

Under Standing Order No.95, I now wish to put the question.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank all Members for their very highly valued contribution. This is the first Budget and we will have another four or five more budgets to discuss. Many of the issues that have been raised will, obviously, be taken into account. I request hon. Members to take the

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Order Members! I remind you that I am putting the question of the Motion as amended.

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Hon. Members, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, 12th June, 2013 at 9.00 a.m.

The House rose at 6.33 p.m.

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