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Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 120---

Is that a Motion? We are on Papers!

Hon. Speaker, I am not aware of any Paper that I am laying other than moving a Motion.

Okay

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT

Yes, hon. Kamama.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on the Vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013, and approves the appointment of the following persons as Principal Secretaries:- 1. Prof. Colletta Akinyi Suda - Science and Technology 2. Dr. Belio Kipsang – Education Thank you.

Yes, hon. Savula.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives on the Vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013, and approves the appointment of the following persons as Principal Secretaries:- 1. Dr. Khadijah Kassachom – Livestock; 2. Prof. Japheth Micheni Ntiba – Fisheries; 3. Sicily Kanini Kariuki – Agriculture. Thank you.

And now the hon. Mutava Musyimi. Is he giving notice of a Motion! Hon. Mutava Musyimi, I am told that either the people preparing notice appear to be fond of your name. You are not supposed to be on the list here. They just gave me a list that has your name but, it looks like it was for no reason. I think they are anticipating the debate of the business listed as Supplementary Appropriations. Hon. Mutava Musyimi, you will come in when we get to Order No.15.

Much obliged, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Hon. David Wafula Wekesa.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2)(b), I wish to request a Statement from the Leader of Majority Party regarding the insecurity and attacks in Saboti Constituency on the night of 22nd June, 2013. A gang of about 20 people struck Muroki Market in Saboti on that night killing five people and injuring several others who are currently admitted in hospital. The gang terrorized the area for over four hours as there was no police officer in sight. The police patrol base is approximately two and a half kilometers away. In his Statement, the Leader of Majority Party should indicate the measures the Government is taking to curb the rampant insecurity in the area. He should also indicate when the Government will deploy more police officers and adequately equip them to handle incidences of violence and thuggery in the area. Thank you, hon. Speaker Sir.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I will give that Statement on Tuesday alongside the one on Mandera.

Very well! Do you have something hon. Nyenze?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was only being strategic to press it and wait until you come.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, mine is to seek clarification on the Report that has been tabled in this House now by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with regard to my Statement which I had requested on 4th June, 2013.

Are you saying the Report has been tabled?

Yes!

The one that has been tabled by hon. Chepkonga?

Yes!

These are things, I am sure, you will know in due course. A report of a committee, once it has been tabled now, will receive priority when we sit in House Business and then you will debate it.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I seek your guidance because there is a serious violation that contradicts the report. That is because today, there is an advertisement on the Daily Nation which is in disregard to what the report has. So, it is in the urgency of that, that I seek your guidance.

You will do that when the Report is being debated. In fact, when the Report is being debated, you can even move to amend it. You can move to convince or persuade all your colleagues here to reject it. It is open to you at that time but, as of now, you cannot start saying you are already in disagreement. It is not yet up for debate.

I stand guided, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I again rise to request for a Statement. You will remember that, sometime last week, I rose on a point of order requesting for a Statement from the Leader of the Majority Party on the status of the crew members and Kenyans who are still detained in Lagos. I am still requesting it because nobody knows where the crew is being held or how they are surviving. The only reports that we are

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I thought you are requesting for a Statement. When you begin debating about their families, you are likely to even tell us now about their supporters, admirers and such like things.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was expecting hon. Wambugu to start giving the Statement. I know it is a matter of national importance and tomorrow afternoon, I have directed both the Ministers in charge of internal security and foreign affairs to furnish us with that report so that the country can know the position.

Directed?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, not directed! We have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that we need that answer in Parliament tomorrow and I will do it in the afternoon.

Very well!

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Two weeks ago, I requested for a fairly comprehensive Statement from the Leader of the Majority Party on a wide range of issues. He had given an undertaking to give it last week on Thursday. Last week on Thursday, he gave me his gentleman’s word that the Statement will be here today. But I am getting concerned that if we do not get it, we may be getting to a situation where we will get stock answers when we ask for Statements.

I have understood it that you sought a fairly comprehensive Statement and so, the Leader of the Majority Party can also address the issues.

He undertook to do it last week.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have the answer but with your indulgence and the workload before us today, I am ready to issue it tomorrow at 9.00 a.m.

Appreciating the business before the House now, in fact, all other requests for statements are adjourned to tomorrow, either in the morning or in the afternoon for some. I am sure it will be fairly comprehensive.

Can I modify it?

You want to modify it?

Yes! I want to modify his offer a little bit. I want to kindly ask him to give it in the afternoon because I may have some engagements in the morning and I want to interrogate it.

Is tomorrow 2.30 p.m. okay?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, yes. Then I will do both: The one on the famous Chinedu and the comprehensive one by Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, at 2.30 p.m.

Very well! Hon. Members, it is directed that all other requests for Statements are put on hold until tomorrow, including the business proposed by hon. Kaluma. It does not appear like it can be discussed today in as much as I have sympathy. Tomorrow is better because of business.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.47(5) on the preference of Motions with regard to your directions on the Motion by hon. Kaluma, because it is a serious issue on teachers. Standing Order No.47 directs that party sponsored Motions shall be given preference. I request your guidance on the order of

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You do not need to go beyond what you have just said. I have directed! That is the order of business and so you are accordingly advised or informed. That is the order of business. The strike by teachers is a matter of national concern but, of course, we might also speak here until midnight about the strike by teachers; but we will just be speaking. The business proposes just to speak and I have said it severally in the past that even in Motions you say “urging”; urging who? The Government is not in the House! So, you want to move Motions urging the Government and yet, the Government itself is not in the House. We do not even know who is being urged. As I directed two weeks ago, we need to change our modus operandi so that we move away from urging and do business of resolutions of the House. That is because once the House resolves in a particular way, then the Committee on Implementation can take up the matter of the resolutions of the House. These things of urging you--- You will urge the Government to tarmack all roads in every village, but you will just be urging. I do not see anybody responding here to say that they have felt sufficiently urged.

So, it may be very exciting to urge but, maybe, the person being urged is not here. Let us try to do things that will give the House teeth; and that is the resolutions of the House.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 155 (3) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands, Housing and Urban Development, on the Vetting of Principal Secretary Nominee, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013; and approves the appointment of Mariamu El Maawy as the Principal Secretary for Lands.

Hon. Speaker, the Committee on Lands was constituted by the House, after the recommendation of the Selection Committee on 16th May, 2013 and it comprises of 29 hon. Members. I am not going to read their names because I believe the Report is already circulated. The Committee is established under Standing Order 216. It has a number of mandates but, specifically for today, it is supposed to vet and report on the appointments where the Constitution or any other law requires the National Assembly to approve, except those under Standing Order 204, and make recommendations to this House. Hon. Speaker, the Committee was having only one Principal Secretary, whose name I have already mentioned earlier. She is supposed to serve in the Ministry of Lands,

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. We have very many urgent issues of national importance to discuss. The House notes that we have just put aside the issue of the teacher’s strike that has paralysed learning in public institutions across the country to tomorrow in order to debate this Motion. My fear is that going through these details that we already have in the reports of committees, we will not be able to transact the business pending before us today. So, I was going to urge you to give directions on how long the chairs of the committees can take so that we go into the other matters.

Well. Point noted, hon. Kaluma. Hon. Mwiru, try to finish.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I also note and thank you hon. Kaluma. Let me just have it this way: Madam Mariamu El Maawy, according to the Departmental Committee on Lands, is one of those Kenyans who are really qualified in the field that she has been put and is one able Kenyan who has even sold some mitumba and understands exactly the problems that Kenyans are facing in terms of land - especially the squatters and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). So, it is only necessary that this honourable House approves the name of Mariamu El Maawy for Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Lands.

I beg to move and I want at this juncture to call upon my Vice-Chairman, hon. Moses ole Sakuda, to second the Motion.

Just as you get seconded, have you looked at the docket to which she has been nominated? Is it to the docket of the Ministry of Lands or Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development? What is the name of the docket specifically?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the docket is Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and she is the only nominee.

But would you then like to make that amendment so that the Motion reads that she is approved as the Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development since your Motion reads “Principal Secretary for Lands”?

Hon. Speaker, I beg to amend the Motion as follows:-

THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands on the Vetting of Principal Secretary Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013, and approves the appointment of Mariamu El Maawy as the Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

Very well, hon. ole Sakuda.

Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Motion as amended and moved by my able Chair, hon. Alex Mwiru on the nomination of Mariamu El Maawy as the Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

Indeed, we sat as a Committee and, as my Chairman has read it out, Principal Secretary nominee Mariamu El Maawy has academic qualifications and management skills. She is very versed with accounting. She is versed with land and housing issues that affect this nation. All of us are aware that land is a very key resource that this country has and, therefore, if we do not put the right people to manage it, we might end up in problems. However, the way we saw her as an administrator, accountant and an architect, she will be able to implement and introduce reforms that the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development so needs in this country.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, we looked at one of the programmes that she is involved in. We actually looked at her qualifications. We also looked at a number of projects that she has been involved in. She has been involved in architecture in this country. There is a programme called The Kenya National Special Data Infrastructure that seeks to be put in place by the Ministry of Lands that will greatly improve the way that land in this country is managed and we, as the Committee, saw that she is competent.

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Put the Question!

Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I do not intend to take a lot of time. In fact, I just want to take very few minutes to move this Motion. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information on the vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013, and approves the appointment of the following persons as Principal Secretaries:- 1. Eng. Joseph K. Njoroge - Energy and Petroleum 2. Mr. Joseph Musuni Tiampaty - Information and Communication The Committee was set up under the provisions of Standing Order No.216(5) which I think all Members are aware of and in accordance with the Second Schedule of the Standing Orders. The mandate of the Committee includes considering fossil fuel exploration, development of energy, production of energy, information and broadcasting, amongst others. The Committee oversees two State Departments namely the Department of Information, Communication and Technology and the Department of Energy and Petroleum. On 11th June, 2013, the hon. Speaker, in a Communication to the House informed the House that the Clerk of the National Assembly had by a letter dated 10th June received from His Excellency the President, the names of Joseph Tiampaty ole Musuni and Eng. Joseph Kibere Njoroge and directed the names and the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the said nominees be referred to the Committee for vetting and reporting to the House on or before 25th June, 2013. The Committee had three sittings which were conducted on 19th June, 2013. From the start, I would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank the offices of the Speaker and the Clerk of the National Assembly for the necessary support extended to it in the execution of its mandate. As the Chairperson, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all Members of my Committee for their patience, sacrifice, endurance and commitment to public service under tight schedules, which enabled us complete the task within the stipulated time/period.

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Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I wish to second the Motion as moved by my able Chairman, hon. Jamleck Kamau. As I second it, it is also important as

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir, we have had very good testimonies from Eng. Gumbo and hon. Kamau. Would I be in order to ask you to put the Question?

Very well, hon. Outa!

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on the Vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013; and approves the appointment of Prof. Fred H. K. Segor as Principal Secretary for Health.

I wish to start by thanking the Members of the Committee on Health for their input and valuable contributions during the deliberations and the vetting of Prof. Segor. The Committee worked as one team. I am happy to report that it was unanimous in recommending the appointment of the nominee as Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health. In the interest of time, I will not name the Members of the Committee. We are 29 Members who worked very hard to accomplish this mission. The Health Committee is charged with among others, vetting and reporting on all appointments where the Constitution and any other law require the National Assembly to approve.

The Committee also oversees the Ministry of Health and other parastatals under it, including the National Hospital Insurance Fund, Kenyatta National Hospital, Mortuating and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, KEMRI and National Aids Control Council, among others. The Committee was guided by the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of Kenya which contains the distribution of duties between the national Government and the county governments.

On Wednesday, 19th June, 2013, the Committee held a session with the Principal Secretary nominee, Prof. Segor. In conducting the exercise, the Committee was guided by among other documents, the Constitution of Kenya, Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011 and National Assembly Standing Orders. It examined the nominee following this criteria:- Academic qualification, employment record, professional affiliations, potential conflict of interest, knowledge of the relevant subject, overall suitability for the position, tax compliance and integrity. I would like to go straight to the deliberations.

Prof. Segor was born in Baringo and the Committee found that he is an accomplished scientist in the field of chemistry. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and also has first and second degree in the same field. Currently, he is an Associate Professor who has risen through the ranks from a Graduate Assistant to Professor.

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Hon. (Dr.) Pukose, make some request on the system.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Thank you, Chair of the Committee. I stand to second the Motion on the appointment of Prof. Segor as the Principal Secretary Nominee for Health. Having listened to what the Chair has said, considering that Prof. Segor comes from Kabarkoke Village - and having worked there in Baringo - I was privileged to visit some of those villages. It is one of the remotest areas of this country. So, I think this is an appointment to assist those who are marginalized. From that village, for one to become a Professor, it means that he or she is a very hard working Kenyan. He deserves to be commended for having attained all those qualifications.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, Article 43(1) of the Constitution provides that every person has a right to the highest attainable standards of health, which includes the right to health care services and reproductive health care. Having attained that level of professorial studies, Prof. Segor understands very clearly what Kenyans deserve. It is a right for Kenyans. It is under the Bill of Rights. Being in charge of the policy, research and referral facilities of this country, and being a Professor of Biochemistry--- Biochemistry is one of the subjects that are taught at the undergraduate level for those who become doctors like me. So, I

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Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am also in the Health Committee. I want to tell you that the nominee is qualified for that job. I would ask you to put the Question.

Next Order.

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Let us have hon. Mohamed Muktar Shidiye to contribute.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. In the interest of time and the mood of the House, I do not wish to take much time because this matter is fairly straight. We have the report in our hand.

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Hon. George Peter Opondo Kaluma.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. For a long time in the history of this country we have never rewarded merit and for a very long time we have never saluted those Kenyans who are qualified in public service and who have showed necessary devotion to be able to lead our offices. The new Constitution gives us a good opportunity as a House just to restore the nation to that path.

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Now that you have had the benefit of contributing, you cannot be allowed to also be the one proposing curtailment of debate.

Hon. Isaac Mwaura.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the proposed nominees for Interior and National Co-ordination and in particular Madam Josephta Mukobe who is actually not just a disabled person but a woman with disability who has risen through the ranks and files. Actually, if this House were to have an interview with Madam Josephta Mukobe, you would also realise that it is not just your usual type of disability. This lady managed to go to Alliance High School in the 1970s actually and you can see the struggle. At that time, disabled people were not even recognised. They were just seen as beggars in the streets or people who just depend on others. Therefore, sometimes when people appear in committees, things evaporate more so when there are

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Well spoken, Mr. Mwaura. It is the nominee who said so and I think you have corrected him.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Initially, I had intended to rise under Standing Order No.95 but I have changed my mind. I want to contribute to this Motion.

I support the two nominees because their dockets are very serious departments within the Jubilee Government. This is because they are about normalcy, order and good running of the Central Government vis-à-vis establishing a good working relationship between the National Government and the county government. Any lapse on the part of these two individuals in their dockets will result in very serious crisis in our country.

I had the privilege of working and sharing with Mr. Mutea Iringo both as a District Commission in my constituency and also as a Permanent Secretary in the current docket. I think he is held high and he is a professional civil servant. As the last speaker said, he is a man who is very balanced in his job.

In these two dockets of National Security and Administration, we should, as Kenyans, not do this for sheer politics but we must congratulate the civil servants for effective performance of the task that has been set for them.

Currently, we are having conflicts in many places in the country. There are also conflicts within the Police Force which is basically hierarchal. This has been attributed to the Constitution which I believe that with time this House is duty-bound to address.

More importantly, we see the turf wars between the National Government servants and the country governments. This is bound to undermine the smooth running of the Government not only at different levels but more importantly in service delivery to our people.

Therefore, I wish to say that the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya should be the guiding light so that both the civil servants and the Legislature use the Constitution so that people do not suffer in vain.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to finish my contribution by saying that certain issues have been raised about Ms. Mukobe by the Committee in terms of disability. I want to say that her disability is not inability because the Committee actually said that she is qualified. However, does a person work in Government alone? People work as teams so that everybody or each individual brings his or her specialty and effort together. In terms of equal opportunity and also in recognizing those few who have not been recognized, I think the Jubilee Government has done this country proud.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the two nominations. Thank you.

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Yes, the hon. Washington Jakoyo Midiwo!

Hon. Midiwo does not represent Mathare Constituency! I do not know why he forgot his card today or where he may have lost it.

But I would like to confirm that I slept in my house, Mr. Speaker, Sir, except that I forgot my wallet. I am surely not that careless.

I would like to support this Motion and very briefly say that in the words of hon. Shidiye, this is the first and this country needs to speak to the words of our laws; that inclusion of minorities from all quarters is a good thing every time we attempt to do it. I would like to support this and encourage the Government to do more in that regard.

The two are the most important nominees that we have talked about today because their docket addresses the issue of security. I want to plead with Mr. Mutea Iringo to use his experience in security to calm down this country from bloodletting.

We are at a loss as a country why even when there is no politics going on people are killing and slaughtering innocent Kenyans. I think this House must take interest in this, and we are lucky that the nominee for this docket has been there. We know the Minister is new and he came from a different discipline. However, we could not have done better given what is happening. We need to know what is happening in the northern part of Kenya. We also need to know what is happening in Bungoma.

Just two months ago, people were being hacked in Bungoma and they were being shot this week. It means that the war is escalating. What is happening with the security forces? There is this attempt to blame it on the wrangles of Kavuludi and the Inspector- General (IG), but how does this affect the policemen in Bondo? It just means that somebody is busy trying to sabotage peace and the work of the Government. We need to know, as a House, because we have a responsibility. I want to plead with the Chair that the Committee summons these people.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, before I finish, I would like to say that the created perception that there is a problem between the Commission and the IG is one you must kill. This House passed a law to create this Commission only last year and it has no business to begin to blame it now. We wanted a civilian Commission to run the Police Force because this country wanted to inject civilian input in the Police Force and how they are run.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, the people Kenyans fear most are the policemen. That was the logic of a civilian commission and the IG is a member. Instead of talking about a law to chase an individual whose community is already saying that it is marginalized, we should be looking at a way of harmonizing the law so that the two individuals can work together for the sake of the security of this country.

I support.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Under Standing Order No.95, will I be in order to request you to put the Question since the Committee has spoken on this Motion?

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, Pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of the Standing Order No.45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013; and approves the appointment of the following persons as Principal Secretaries:- 1. Eng. Karanja Kibicho - Foreign Affairs 2. Amb. Monica Kathina Juma - Defence 3. Mwanamaka Amani Mabruki - East African Community. Our Community had the pleasure of vetting three exceptional candidates for the position of Principal Secretary. The Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations was constituted on 16th May, 2013, during the First Session of the 11th Parliament pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.216. The Committee executes its mandate in accordance with provisions of Standing Order 216(5) (a) from which it draws its mandate to inter alia (a) investigate, inquire into and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management, activities, administration, operations and estimates of the assigned Ministries and departments and (f) to vet and report on all appointments where the Constitution or any law requires the National Assembly to approve, except those under Standing Order No.204. Article 155(1) of the Constitution of Kenya provides that there is established the office of the Principal Secretary which is an office in the Public Service. Further Article 155(3) provides that the President shall nominate a person for appointment as Principal Secretary from among persons recommended by the Public Service Commission and with approval of the National Assembly appoint the Principal Secretaries. The duties of the Principal Secretaries shall be the administration of a State Department.

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Yes, hon. Keynan.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Motion. In addition to what the Chairman of the Committee has said, the three nominees will play critical roles in the management of the affairs of the respective Ministries in which they are going to serve. Looking at the nominees’ CVs, starting with Miss Monica, you will appreciate that she is our immediate Ambassador to Ethiopia. As an Ambassador, she has played a critical role in promoting and protecting the image of Kenya not only as a key security hub, but also as a key regional power. Addis Ababa is the seat of the AU. Therefore, all that happens in Addis Ababa influences the regional thinking economically, politically, socially and in all other aspects. In every aspect, Amb. Monica Juma has discharged her functions and I want to commend His Excellency the President for appointing this able academician who has also served as a distinguished ambassador. If you go by her record, in every aspect, I think we need individuals of her caliber to serve distinguished entities like the Ministry of Defence.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, you will realize that this is the time--- I want to say this without fear of contradiction that our defence forces have done so well and the only thing they require now is a PR exercise. They have done so well in all assignments, local, international and regional that they have undertaken on behalf of Kenya as a very important country and premier nation. They have done well in all assignments that they have undertaken on behalf of the UN. It is because of this that right now we need to inject a bit of diplomacy and PR in their activities so that as they engage in some of these key activities, they will do it with diplomatic precision because they have achieved the military precision. What they need now is diplomatic precision. Amb. Juma will come in handy because this is an area that she has expertise in. This is an area that she has done so well in and I have no doubt in my mind that together with the generals, we will have the best ever military, not only in Kenya, East Africa or Africa but in the whole world. I, therefore, support the nomination and commend the President and urge him to look for more qualified women like Amb. Juma to serve in different parts of the Republic of Kenya.

The second nominee will also play a critical role. Going by the CV of Eng. Kibicho and this is one of the things that we had discussed as a Committee; he has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering specializing in thermal fluids. This is a distinguished engineer. One of the things that came before us is that if we were to industrialize, we required the services of Eng. Kibicho in Ministries in charge of Infrastructure and Industrialization but we never wanted to question the wisdom of His Excellency the President in nominating this particular individual because maybe there were other considerations. This is my personal view and I want to appeal to His Excellency the President, that this is a distinguished Kenyan; an A student in every level of his education. It is because of this – this is a personal appeal, it is not the Committee’s recommendation – that I appeal to His Excellency the President to invoke the provisions of Article 155(4) and reassign this great mind. I am not in any way saying that the

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that I am a Member of that Committee. To be honest, I was perplexed by the knowledge of the ladies I saw who came before our Committee. Where I come from, ladies have not reached where some of the ladies I saw, in terms of education, have reached. I will one day call them to my constituency and county to motivate them.

This reminded me of one: That the appointing officer did his work thoroughly. He clearly identified the expertise of each nominee and applied it appropriately. Eng. Kibicho is, as my colleague said, a very qualified engineer. We were even asking: What is the relation between his engineering and foreign affairs? He was able to link the business part of it to foreign affairs and explained to us how he is going to increase business between ourselves and international countries. I was very impressed.

Having said that, I urge my colleagues to support these three individuals who impressed us as my two other colleagues said. However, there is a lacuna in our Constitution which I would like to bring to the attention of this House. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was trying to check the responsibilities of a Cabinet Secretary and I could not find them. If you look at the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, you will find Ministries. I was trying to find out whether Cabinet Secretaries were assigned Ministries, but I found that was not the case. Article 132 of the Constitution talks about Ministries, but in relation to the Head of State, there is nothing on the Cabinet Secretary. I am saying that because it leaves us with some questions and that will bring me to the second idea or concept on who is the accounting officer in a Ministry? That is why I am saying that job description of a Cabinet Secretary is not clear in this Constitution. If you read it, there is a lacuna. I am urging the wisdom of this House to look into that before it brings confusion between the Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries. Hon. Speaker, the second lacuna is about the accounting officers. We even asked some of the Principal Secretaries this question but they were not even sure about it. Already, that is confusion. When I look at the Constitution, in terms of accounting officers, it only talks about being accountable. Article 132 talks about being accountable. Accountability here refers to the Cabinet Secretary who is accountable to the Head of State. So, the question of who is accountable will bring confusion as we approve the appointment of these able Kenyans. We do not want to approve them into confusion. Therefore, I am asking the wisdom of this House to see that we come up with a Bill to address those things. With those few remarks, I support.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I did not want to speak, but I want to pick from where hon. Keynan left. On Ambassador Monica Juma, she is in the right place. She is supposed to go and work with the generals. There is too much domination of men in the Ministry of Defence. We want to break that culture and have ladies there; Amb. Raychelle Omamo and Amb.

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There is an intervention by hon. Francis Chachu Ganya.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. While I appreciate the position and the statement made by the Leader of Majority Party, is it in order for him to state that politicians or people who have chosen to be politicians should not be diplomats; when today Dr. Kituyi is going to head a global body and he is a politician like me and you? Is the hon. Member in order to criminalize that legal profession?

That is marginalization!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am not the appointing authority. I am only expressing my opinions as per the Constitution on the Floor of this House. It is President Uhuru and his Government who will appoint. If they feel like appointing all the 53 diplomats from politicians, so be it. Mine is an opinion.

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Why?

Let us be very honest. The same hon. Members here could not allow hon. Balala and hon. Ngilu to take up the appointments, when their names were brought here as Cabinet Secretary nominees. Let us not have double-speak. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to say it very clearly that the people we have at the helm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are people who know that they can brand Kenya. They are people we know that when we walk into airports and into other countries, we will walk with our heads high. We do not want Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who visit rich oil countries like South Arabia and instead of selling Kenya, they ask for money. It has happened! We know there are Cabinet Ministers, instead of selling Kenya as a country with good wildlife; they were saying--- The reports are there. There were Ministers who used to say, let us sit across the corner. They asked for money. We have passed the Political Parties Bill and it came to this House; the funding mechanisms. Political parties are very rich. That is why under the new Constitution, a Cabinet Secretary is not a politician. So, we expect Eng. Karanja Kibicho, please go with your tools and make sure every door in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is compliant. Ms. Amina Abdalla, we have confidence in you, you are a diplomat. Make sure you read the riot act to the diplomats and return all the relatives of the big people back and make sure you replace them with Kenyans who are qualified. Thank you.

You will appreciate that the hon. Member needs to be head like everyone else.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. As a member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, I support the Motion. I think that our country has suffered quite enormously because as a regional economic and political force we are punching below our weight. We are not recognised because of the poor foreign relations that we have. We are also not recognised because of the poor security relations that we have as well as the poor relations we have in the East African Community (EAC). What we want to do with these changes and with this new Government is to have a credible foreign policy; credible foreign service. We need to put our security forces up in terms of projecting our soft power. We use our foreign affairs in terms of projecting our soft power. In terms of projecting our security power or hard power, we use our security and defence forces effectively. We play a critical role in the EAC to make sure that we reach a monetary union very quickly and we play a key role as a country. I think that the men and women who had come before us for the Foreign Affairs, Defence and EAC jobs are able people. They are people who are highly qualified and can do that job. We have a young and dynamic Government and we believe that Kenya can turn a corner and become a regional power that is recognised in our region, the African Union (AU) level as well as at the global level. However, these three people need to play their role and clean the houses that they are going into with new brooms and make sure that we excel

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The hon. Stephen Muriuki Ngare.

Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. Principal Secretaries are the accounting officers and we are coming to the end of the financial year, starting next week. It is very important that these nominees are in place. So, I am urging my fellow hon. Members that we pass this Motion.

Hon. Speaker, having said that, Dr. Eng. Karanja Kibicho has got very good academic records. He has been a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industrialisation and also in the Ministry of Transport. He also happens to be my constituent. He is a fellow engineer and I know that he can do good political engineering in this Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When we come to Ambassador Monica Juma, she has very good academic credentials with a lot of studies in peace and she is going to the Defence portfolio. I think she will be able to advise the generals very well that we need to remain peaceful in this country.

When we come to Amani Mabruki, she has very good credentials in Economics and coming to the EAC, we really need to expand the trade within East Africa. Having had experience in the shipping industry, this kind of experience will help us to expand trade in East Africa and especially with Uganda which is one of our major trading partners.

With these few remarks, I support the Motion. Thank you very much.

Hon. Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi, you are not even looking at your microphone. I can see your hand but I was wondering why you are not looking at the redness on your microphone. I know you left this in the Ninth Parliament.

No. I went to train for five years.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support although initially I wanted to boycott these discussions on the account that I have not seen a name from Kisii County nor from Kericho County, some of the two biggest counties in this country. However, be it as it may, I hope our views will be taken up by the appointing authorities and they consider at least those two counties.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, Eng. Kibicho is a very qualified person. So, I would want to support him. I know you can find the people of the same calibre from where I come from but maybe that is for another day. Ambassador Monica has demonstrated that she can be very effective and she can deliver on her mandate. So, we support her for that purpose. As you know, we are surrounded by countries that are potential security threats to us and who can cause insecurity in this country.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise on Standing Order No.95. I interviewed the three nominees. I was also a member of that committee. They should not bind us and all the speakers have actually talked very well on the three. I think for the sake of time, the Mover should be called to respond. Thank you.

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Hon. Jimmy Nuru Ondieki, you have two minutes to conclude and then I can put the Question.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I believe it should not be the work of the committee concerned to gag us. That point of order should have been raised by a non- member of that committee. You had time to discuss these issues---

Now you are taking your two minutes.

Also to advise hon. Jimmy Angwenyi is that part of the reason why committees are there is also to be able to guide the rest of the House. So, he is perfectly in order but you have your two minutes.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, Ms. Amani as her name connotes, we want

in East Africa. I hope we will even use her to get Amani in Somalia and South Sudan so that this country can be the hub of industrial and economic development in this region.

With those few remarks, I beg to support.

Mover!

Hon. Speaker, I thank you and all the hon. Members who have risen to support the Motion. I wish to thank the erstwhile Chairman of the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, my compatriot, hon. Keynan, for seconding the Motion. These three positions are critical to the diplomatic defensive and economic agenda of this country. I wish also to thank the members of the Committee for a most robust and searching vetting exercise and also for taking their time to participate.

With that, hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move.

Yes, the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion the following Motion:-

THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on the Vetting of Principal Secretary Nominees, laid on the Table of the

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to second this Motion for the appointment of the candidates who appeared before our Committee. It is my first time to support a cause that is worthy in terms of the nominees who appeared before us. I urge the Leader of the Majority Party to return this report to His Excellency the President because he is our agent; indeed, the President did good work in nominating the two. Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang stood strong even in terms of priority. He said that we need not have milk as a priority in the education sector. Indeed, he is one of the persons who had come up with the recovery of the HELB loans that were offered to the students. Despite the fact that there were corruption allegations from the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission, we found that Dr. Belio Kipsang had a clean record. Prof. Suda happens to be one of the best ladies that we found - ladies this is your time - who understands the education sector given the fact that she is a professor in Sociology. She understood very well diversity in education. She withdrew from contesting a senatorial position, and this country would have lost great brains to the retirees’ House. I want to commend the President for his good work of nominating Prof. Suda to be appointed as a Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. She is a great lady. I second the Motion and ask my colleagues to pass it.

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Hon. Ganya, I am sure you know about standing on gangways and passages. It is your Standing Order No.104.

Hon. Members, it looks like that is the mood of the House.

Yes!

Then it means that the Mover has nothing to reply to, is it not so?

Yes!

Mover of the Motion, do you have anything to say?

Hon. Speaker, all I wish to do is thank hon. Members for their quick approval of both nominees. I would also like to assure this House that immediately the two nominees get to the Ministry of Education, they will sort out the mess that is already there.

With those remarks, I beg to reply.

Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya and the provisions of Standing Order No.45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives on the Vetting of Principal Secretaries Nominees, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 25th June, 2013, and approves the appointment of the following persons as Principal Secretaries:- (i) Dr. Khadijah Kassachom – Livestock (ii) Prof. Japheth Micheni Ntiba – Fisheries (iii) Sicily Kanini Kariuki – Agriculture. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Article 152(3) of the Constitution of Kenya, His Excellency the President is required to nominate a person for appointment as Principal Secretary from amongst persons recommended by the Public Service Commission (PSC). On 11th June, 2013, you informed the House of the nominees by His Excellency the President and directed that the relevant Committee takes up the matter for the vetting process. Starting with Sicily Kanini Kariuki, using the superlative rating, the Committee was unanimous that she is fit for the position. Sicily holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration. She also has a first degree. She is a reformist. She is currently the Managing Director (MD) of the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK). In her contribution during the vetting exercise, we found out that she fits the integrity bill. She has no court case. She has never been charged before a court of law. There was no public complaint against

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion. I want to begin by saying that the three areas, that is agriculture, livestock and fisheries are the pillars of economic growth in our country, and they need people like Ms. Kanini Kariuki, who is the nominee for agriculture. Ms. Kariuki is a strong lady, and from her background, she is qualified to be nominated as a Principal Secretary. She has not only shown the support to improve agriculture sector in this country but has also been working with the Kenya Tea Board; if we consider what she did when she was there, that will warrant her to be the only woman nominee for the Principal Secretary for Agriculture and so is Dr. Kassachom. Two years back, we saw this country wasting a lot of money in the Ministry of Livestock because there was no visionary leader in that area. But with the appointment of Dr. Kassachom, I truly believe that we move forward in our livestock subsector, and we will transform it; Kenya will meet the international standards, and we will see our farmers exporting meat to foreign countries.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. Generally, agriculture in this country will never be in safe hands, considering where we are as a country; considering that we would wish to put over one million hectares under irrigation, considering that we wish, as a country, to be food sufficient and secure, these three nominees are better placed to push livestock, fisheries and agriculture to the next level. I urge this House to approve these three nominees because it is clear that Vision 2030 will be better realized if this House approves them. I would wish to thank the President for nominating these highly qualified nominees. When you keenly look at their history as far as their previous employment engagements are concerned and their academic qualifications--- Generally these individuals fully fit in what they have been nominated to do.

Hon. Speaker, I urge this House to approve these nominees. Thank you.

Hon. Members, there is an approved proposal from hon. Gladys Atieno Nyasuna to amend the Motion.

I am Gladys Nyasuna Wanga, hon. Speaker, Sir.

You are Gladys Atieno Wanga. I think the machine has omitted one of your other names.

Yes, hon. Speaker, Sir.

I think it is important at this point for you to move the amendment.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to move an amendment whose copy has been misplaced. But the gist of my amendment is to remove from the list

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There is no need!

Is there no seconding?

Obviously, you require it to be seconded. Hon. James Opiyo Wandayi, the Floor is yours.

Thank you, hon. Speaker. This is a defining moment in the short history for this Parliament. Unless we are careful as a House, we stand the risk of being judged very harshly by history. Before I proceed to second the amendment of the Motion---

Are you seconding or you want to give some history?

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I am contributing to the amendment, hon. Speaker, Sir.

No! No! Are you seconding the amendment?

Yes, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Okay. We were waiting to hear whether you are doing so.

I have risen to second the amendment, hon. Speaker.

I see.

Hon. Speaker, sir, it is important to get some guidance from you; earlier on when the Chair of my Committee, the hon. Ayub Savula Angatia, was making his remarks, he made a very serious allegation to the effect that Committees---

Let us deal with this, so that we can come to deal with the Motion as amended or, if the amendment is defeated, give you a chance to contribute to the original Motion.

I stand guided, hon. Speaker. I will for now comply, but I will ask you to allow me to give some contribution thereafter. Hon. Speaker, I stand to second the amendment for the reason that I have been a member of this Committee and it is manifestly clear - it is clear beyond any reasonable doubt - that one Prof. Japheth Micheni Ntiba does not qualify to be appointed as a Principal Secretary in the Republic of Kenya on account---

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Hon. Speaker, that remark is unwarranted and basically shows how low we have sunk as a House. I know sometimes this House can amaze you because of the calibre or the kind, of people you come across. Hon. Speaker, Sir, Prof. Ntiba does not meet the basic requirements of the Constitution, in so far as the appointment of State officers is concerned. Therefore, I second this amendment and will give further contribution later.

Very well. You can see the time at which we are. I will propose the Question which is that the Motion be amended by inserting the following words after the words “Principal Secretaries” “subject to deletion of Item 2, Prof. Japhet Micheni Ntiba”. That is the amendment.

Put the Question.

I will put the Question so that we can dispose of it. You have heard what the amendment is. It is not that you must speak, hon. Kaluma. This is plain English. It is very simple and you, who is a lawyer, must know this. Are you a lawyer?

Hon. Speaker, I wanted to oppose the amendment.

No, because you have heard the amendment and it is important--- I want to repeat it so that as you vote and apply your energy to making the decibels, you know what it is. Item number two on the original Motion is the name of Prof. Japhet Micheni Ntiba. Therefore, the proposal is to amend the Motion by inserting the following words after the words “Principal Secretaries”, “subject to deletion of Item No. 2, Professor Japhet Micheni Ntiba”

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So, the amendment proposed is defeated. We will go back to the original Motion.

Put the Question.

The Question is different. Let us hear hon. Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo.

I am Odhiambo Mabona Nyar Suba.

And all others.

Yes; g eza geza mrembo wa Suba.

Thank you hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I want to encourage the House that it is good practice that we let hon. Members speak, whether they are opposing or supporting us. I have been sitting here the whole afternoon and I am dismayed---

Hon. Odhiambo-Mabona, I will shut you out. You have been sitting there but you came and found other people sitting here. You have formed that habit of always complaining. Resume your seat, hon. Odhiambo-Mabona. Who says that if you come here whatever time you come, you must speak? You found other hon. Members sitting here. Please, when you get the chance remember the Chair has also to balance between parties, the independent candidates, persons with disabilities, gender, regions and so on. I am sure you know what I mean when I talk about regions and gender. I am sure you know hon. Members who have spoken. Surely, hon. Odhiambo-Mabona, do not always complain!

Thank you, hon. Speaker. I think the Leader of the Majority Party distracted you. I was not actually talking about you. If you listen to me, what you are speaking to is not what I am saying. So, I will still repeat it for the hon. Members of the House. Hon. Speaker, I want to also congratulate the hon. Members of the House because for the first time this afternoon I have seen several women hon. Members as chairs of committees; I want to thank the 11th Parliament because for the first time we have the highest number of women who are chairs of committees. Indeed, I was very very impressed. I do not mind even if they are in Jubilee Coalition or whatever; I sit with hon. Ichung’wah in his committee and they did not elect a woman. So, credit is not to you.

So, hon. Speaker, I want to congratulate the various committees for selecting women as chairs of their committees, especially in this 11th Parliament. Nonetheless, I want to say that we have not yet reached the one-third mark, and I would want to encourage the House that we hit the mark. Again, I want to say that I am very happy with the number of women who have been appointed Principal Secretaries. I want to say that because we have done so badly

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Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona, you will always amuse!

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On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. In view of the fact that there seems to be consensus on Prof. Ntiba, who was the only subject of issue that came out on the Floor of the House, am I in order to ask that the Mover be now called upon to reply?

Does that appear to be the mood in the House?

No!

You will sit while I do my business, which I know best!

Hon. Speaker, Sir, in view of time, I would like to say that the nominees are exemplary members of the society; using superfluous remarks, I will say that they will do an excellent job. Give them time.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:-

THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30(3)(a), this House resolves to extend the sitting for today until the conclusion of business appearing under Order No.18 on today’s Order Paper.

We have the Supplementary Appropriations Bill before us and it will go to the Committee of the whole House. Because we have the Appropriations Bill for 2013/2014 coming tomorrow among many other issues that the House Business Committee, in its wisdom, will line up, I urge my colleagues to support the extension of the House sitting until Order No.18 on the Committee of the whole House is concluded. We want to dispose of this very important Supplementary Appropriation Bill (Bill No.2 of 2013).

I will request hon. (Dr.) Joyce Laboso to second this Motion.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion.

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2013) from 7 to 4 days.

It has been alluded by the Leader of the Majority Party, when seeking leave of the House to extend the sitting time, that we have the Appropriations Bill for 2013/2014 coming to the House tomorrow and it has to be passed first.

Above all, we have the constitutional deadline of 30th June. So, this House has only tomorrow and the day after to ensure that this Bill goes through. That is why I seek leave of the House that the publication time of this Bill be reduced from 7 to 4 days in order to allow Motion Nos. 16 and 17 and thereafter 18 to be handled.

I beg to move and request the Leader of the Majority Party to second this Procedural Motion.

seconded.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Procedural Motion. This House is not anybody’s rubber stamp. These are issues of finance. I understand what the Government may be trying to do, but there is no Bill before us. As far as we know we have been sitting here all day. I am told that the Bills have been delivered at the reception, and hon. Members have not had a chance to look at them.

The reason why you need seven days is for public scrutiny. We have not even looked at the date of publication for this Bill. It may well be that the four days being requested end today or today may be the fourth day. We cannot, as a House, be in the business of being pushed to do things which this very House may later regret, like we almost regretted the passing of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money last week.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I strongly oppose this Procedural Motion and urge the House to read between the lines, so that we have enough time for public scrutiny of this Bill, so that we do not do something wrong. This is for the betterment and good of the Government.

Thank you.

On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. This Bill was printed on 21st June, 2013. This Bill, among other Bills, including the VAT and the Finance Bills, has been lying at the reception since Friday. Is the hon. Member in order to raise his objection to this Procedural Motion? It seems to be very mischievous. The Bills are before the House and hon. Members of Parliament had them in their offices. The Hon. Member is not in order to say that these Bills were printed today and they have not been circulated. These Bills have been in the precincts of Parliament since Friday. This Bill was printed on 21st June, 2013.

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Maybe, the Mover can confirm whether this is the Bill that was published pursuant to the House resolution on a Motion that hon. Washington Jakoyo Midiwo canvassed here thoroughly; he even canvassed the CDF issue he is talking about. Maybe hon. Katoo can confirm that. Perhaps, you could even direct hon. Midiwo to the particular page. He has not been to the room where Bills are kept.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, hon. Midiwo is a very senior Member of this House. He knows that all Bills are kept in Room 8. So, there is no need of informing him on that, but I want to confirm that this is the Bill that was published, as stated by the Leader of the Majority Party. More importantly, this Bill has gone to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which has thoroughly looked at it. The recommendation of reduction of the publication period is from the Committee. They are very satisfied and I request my good colleague that with that explanation, he allows the Procedural Motion to go through.

Hon. Musyimi, you want to say something? Hon. Washington Jakoyo Midiwo is now withdrawing his objection. Is that correct, hon. Midiwo?

Hon. Speaker, Sir, as he withdraws, and I thank him for doing so- --

Let him do so first.

He has not done so, hon. Speaker, Sir? I beg your pardon. Do I have the Floor?

Not yet.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, now that an explanation has been given, I withdraw my opposition and I support. These people, whenever you give them a chance, explain things, because we are dealing with issues of money. Last week, they almost messed us up and we will watch them with a sharp eye. I support.

It is shown to be by the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, but he had given an indication that hon. Omondi, Member for Alego Usonga, would move. Are you George Washington Malan Omondi?

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Hon. Speaker, Sir, I stand in for my Chairman, who has lost his voice. He spoke too much during the Committee meetings.

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, Bill No.2 of 2013, be now read a Second Time.

The Budget and Appropriations Committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing and making recommendations to the House on any money Bill in accordance with the Standing Order No.231. After the approval of the second Supplementary Estimates for 2013/2013, by the House on Thursday, 20th June, 2013, a Supplementary Appropriation Bill is to be introduced to appropriate the money spent. The Committee has met and reviewed the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2013 has taken into consideration the recommendations of the House on the second Supplementary Estimates. Critical input by the House was that the allocation to the Cabinet Office for the purchase of an office for the immediate retired President be reviewed and deferred for consideration in 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, and that the Constituencies Development Fund amount should not be reduced. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2013 proposes to allow the Treasury to issue Kshs17,321,114,679 from the Consolidated Fund. The overall change in the Budget for the entire period 2012/2013 is a reduction of Kshs14,905,399,382. This Supplementary Budget was occasioned by the low absorption capacity of development funds, particularly funds from our development partners, underperformance of revenues due to poor performance of the economy and increased expenditure on items such as the elections and allocation to the Ministry of Agriculture for subsidy of seeds and fertilizers. With regard to the absorption capacity, the Treasury needs to urgently review the issues surrounding low absorption and address it, so as to ensure the low absorption of funds does not become a regular feature. With respect to the performance of the economy, Parliament should also strive to ensure prudent utilization of the country’s resources, so as to catapult the country to double digit economic growth as proposed under the Vision 2030. With these few remarks, I beg to move. My Chairman will second.

I thought you said that he had lost his voice? Your Speaker does not forget some comments.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Midiwo has made sure that my voice is back. There are two critical points here, as I second, and these have to do with the CDF and also with the additional Kshs700 million meant for the office of the retired President. I wish to confirm that due to revisions made by this House in a very passionate and helpful debate last week, the reduction under Vote D106 of the Ministry of Planning and Devolution has been reversed. That is a significant point. The D106 provision has been reversed and the figure there is Kshs5.4 billion. It does not even appear. It has been reversed totally.

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Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill and, pursuant to Standing Order No.95, move that the Mover be called to reply.

No, not now!

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I may have read the mood of the House wrongly.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think it is proper for me to do what I have done. Given the timelines that we have and the explanation that was given earlier, I think it is appropriate that we have the second---

Hon. Kimaru, you are making a proposal and then you want to continue speaking? You cannot have both. You have to decide what you want to do. Do you want to propose or to speak on the Bill?

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that, pursuant to Standing Order No.95, the Mover be now called upon to reply.

It is okay, but some hon. Members want to speak. So, let us give a chance to a few hon. Members, starting with hon. Francis Kigo Njenga.

Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill II had come to this House. Hon. Members debated and agreed upon certain adjustments, which were made. If we work with speed and complete this process, we will be in a position to ensure full implementation of the ongoing Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) projects on the ground. Hon. Jakoyo Midiow was actually taking precaution, but whatever business we transact in this House, especially on matters of finance and budgets, it affects all of us, irrespective of which side of the House one is on. This particular one is a matter which will make our effectiveness felt out there, especially by new Members of Parliament like myself and many others. The approval of this Bill will enable services to reach the people. The people expect us to deliver, as a Government and a House, under the new Constitution.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, as a matter of fact, if you go through this Bill you will appreciate that what was contained in the current Budget has actually been harmonised. Therefore, I urge hon. Members to support it, so that we can complete this process and have it implemented. I would also like to remind hon. Members that without passing this Bill, we will not be able to even spend money or move forward. We still have the next financial year ahead of us. Hon. Members should remember that we came to this House late. Therefore, we have a short period to legislate key Bills and deliver services to Kenyans in order for us to be judged well over a time.

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Yes, hon. Jakoyo Midiwo.

Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to quickly support the Bill.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to plead with the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to impress upon the National Treasury to ensure that, within a few hours, and upon the passage of this Bill, they transfer our CDF money to the CDF Board, being cognisant of the fact that the Appropriation Bill will be here soon. There will be no negotiations, if our people cannot enjoy the benefits of the CDF, or if our projects cannot continue. Lastly, I want to say that this country is at a crossroad. Having had the elections on 4th March, 2013, it seems and feels as though it was the beginning of the year. So, a lot of business is really suffering. In fact, many people who have contracts with Government Departments are saying that they have not been paid. Therefore, this House has a duty to, quickly, allow the Government to disburse funds, so that those who are owed money can be paid. Many people are owed money by the Government. At the end of this financial year, we will begin seeing negative figures. The economy is underperforming greatly because of postponement of the electioneering process. So, we need to hurry up, as a House, and give the responsibility of paying to the Government. With those remarks, I beg to support.

Yes, hon. Moses Lessonet.

Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. Of course, I rise to support the Bill. As I do so, I would like to thank hon. Members for the position they took on this matter last week. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill II is now here, and the CDF money is not part of the money being appropriated. I also want to tell hon. Members that the CDF Board is very busy this week, remitting monies to the CDF accounts, especially to those CDF offices where the handing over has been finalised, and those which have changed their signatories. We have received letters from a few constituencies though, telling us to hold onto the funds as they sort out issues of boundaries between themselves and the constituencies they were curved off from. I am very happy today because we have a Government which, if we tell them that we do not want to spend Kshs700 million to build an office for a retired President, they agree with us. I am very happy that we have a Government which when we tell them that we do not want to appropriate Kshs5.4 billion meant for the CDF, they agree with us. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in this era of a new constitutional dispensation, it is really this House which will determine the destiny of this country. This House will determine whether we can increase the pay for teachers by Kshs50 billion per year. It is this House which can decide which roads will be done. It is this House which will take this country to the next level. Therefore, it is exciting to have such responsible Members of Parliament, who care very much about the people they represent in this House. I truly believe that as we move to the 2013/2014 Financial Year, we will definitely be seeing great things happening in this country. With those remarks, I beg to support.

Yes, hon. Mahmud Mohamed.

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Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Supplementary Appropriation Bill. As we are aware, there is already undue delay and there are services that must be rendered. There are Bills that must be paid. I also want to join my colleagues by saying that even our own constituencies are feeling the delay in the release of the money. We have children from very poor families who depend on bursaries; I believe if we approve this Bill, the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) will be disbursed as fast as possible.

So, I support the Bill and call upon all my colleagues to support it, because unless it is approved, then the Government will not withdraw it from the Consolidated Fund, and the whole nation will be affected. Let us support the Bill.

On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. So far, we have not heard any dissenting voice on this matter; would I be in order to ask that you put the Question?

Can the Mover respond before we put the Question?

Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you. I thank everybody who has supported this Bill, particularly those who raised pertinent issues like hon. Midiwo, my namesake. It is important that we have realized that, as was said before, it is only the CDF that the local man sees at the grassroots level.

With those few remarks, I beg to move.

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(Hon. (Ms.) Mbalu): Hon. Members, we are now in the Committee of the whole House to consider the Supplementary Appropriation Bill.

(Hon. (Ms.) Mbalu: Hon. Members, we are likely to finish with this Bill in the next five minutes. I request hon. Members to remain seated for us to accomplish the business.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The Supplementary Appropriation Bill and its approval thereof without amendment.

Let us have the Chair of the Committee of the whole House reporting.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole has considered the Supplementary Appropriation Bill and has approved the same without amendment.

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Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report.

seconded.

( Question proposed)

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, be now read a Third time.

seconded.

Hon. Members, now that we have completed Order No.18 as we had agreed, it is now time to adjourn the House. Therefore, this House stands adjourned until tomorrow, 26th June, 2013 at 9.00 a.m.

The House rose at 7.05 p.m.

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