The following business was transacted by the  National Assembly during the morning sitting of Wednesday 5th July, 2023. 

𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

𝐋𝐚i𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐏, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧 asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to provide a report on the last review or exercise undertaken, if any, on constituency or county boundaries markings undertaken by the Commission in the country, provide details of the size in square kilometres, of Laisamis Constituency, and clarify whether the size has ever been varied over time and provide details of the actual Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the boundaries of the Constituency in the North, South, East and West as well as those of each of Constituency bordering Laisamis Constituency.

𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐏, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 sought to know from the IEBC when it is intending to carry out the exercise of review of constituencies and wards boundaries as stipulated in the Constitution, elaborate on the criteria the Commission plans to employ so as to guarantee a fair boundary review process and provide details of the ‘protected constituencies’ and how the Commission will ensure the boundary review process does not interfere with the same.

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐤 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐏, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐨 asked the Teachers Service Commission to explain why Narok North Constituency has not been gazette as a hardship area despite satisfying the conditions to be designated as such and enumerate efforts that have been instituted to ensure teachers deployed in the Constituency benefit from hardship allowance.

𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐏, 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐎𝐲𝐮𝐥𝐚 posed his questions to TSC to clarify whether there is understaffing both in primary and secondary schools in Butula Sub County, why only 3 out of one hundred and sixty (160) applicants in Butula Sub County qualified in the recently concluded recruitment of teachers and outline the affirmative action put in place to ensure that qualified teachers hailing from Butula Sub County are employed to mitigate the understaffing of teachers both in the short term and long term.

𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬

The House resumed debate on the Motion to develop a policy for funding Junior Secondary Schools and amend the Education Act of 2012 by Mbeere North, MP. Hon. Geoffrey Ruku.

The Motion cites curriculum overload, limited access to technology, overburdening of parents, lack of adequate infrastructure and the need to have competent and well trained teachers as some of the issues affecting education at Junior Secondary Schools in Kenya.

This motion elicited an intense debate by Members. Question on the Motion will be put at a later date, to be scheduled by the House Business Committee.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 (𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 (𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨. 𝟓𝟔 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐)

Nakuru Town East MP, Hon. David Gikaria moved a Motion for the Second Reading of the Bill which seeks to repeal section 182 of the Penal Code.

Hon. Gikaria noted that the section is misused by Police Officers to harass innocent Kenyans who commit petty offences like loitering among others.

This Motion was seconded by Kacheliba MP, Hon. Titus Lotee and received support of a number of members.

𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒

The following Bills were read on the Floor of the House for the first time:-

i. The Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2023)

ii. The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 5 of 2023)

iii. The Public Service Commission (amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 6 of 2023)

iv. The crops (amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of 2023)

v. The National Government Coordination (amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 25 of 2023).

𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐃

The Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Owen Baya today Wednesday 5th July, 2023 during the morning session, Laid the following Papers to the Floor of the House:-

i. Annual Report of the Commission on Administrative Justice for the financial year 2021/2022 from the Commission on Administrative Justice – Office of the Ombudsman.

ii. Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of some Constituencies and learning Institutions for the year ended 30th June, 2022.

The House adjourned at 1.00pm.