The National Assembly has debated a Bill that seeks to streamline safety controls on food and livestock feeds to be allowed into the market.

The Food and Feed Safety Control Coordination Bill No. 21 of 2023, sponsored by the Leader of  Majority Party Hon. Kimani Ichungw'a (Kikuyu) proposes the enactment of an Act of Parliament to provide for the coordination of the public institutions in the control of food and feed safety.

Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Ms. Peninah Malonza appeared before the National Assembly to answer Members' Questions on different matters concerning her Ministry.

 Hon. Gedion Mulyungi (Mwingi Central) wanted to know from the CS what measures her Ministry has put in place to to minimize the cases of human-wildlife conflict. 

The National Assembly has reached a consensus regarding the time allocation for speeches during debates on Motions introduced by individual Members. 

This is in a bid to clear the backlog of Motions that are pending before the House.

According to a Procedural  Motion passed by the House, debate will be restricted to a maximum of one and a half hours, with the Mover granted up to 10 minutes for the initial presentation and five minutes for the concluding response.

The Majority Party and the Minority Party in the National Assembly have jointly presented a Motion aimed at securing legal recognition for the establishment of a National Dialogue Committee.

The Motion moved by the Leader of Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu) intends to foster productive dialogues and consensus-building.

The  structure of the National Dialogue Committee will be in adherence to the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Kenya. It will uphold the functional and institutional integrity of state organs.

In a bid to boost Kenya's coconut and cashew nut industry, the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, chaired by Hon. Dr. John Mutunga, is poised to scrutinize a legislative proposal.

The proposed Coconut and Cashew Nut Bill, 2023 sponsored by Deputy Majority Leader of the Majority Party and Kilifi North MP, Hon. Owen Yaa Baya, seeks to provide regulation for the production, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, transportation and warehousing of coconut and cashew nut.

The National Land Commission has requested the support of Members of Parliament in securing a budgetary allocation of Kshs 900M to pay Project Affected Persons for displaced due to several infrastucture projects.

In a meeting with the National Assembly Committee on Lands,  Mr. Gershom Ochami, Chair, National Land Commission (NLC).

Under the chairmanship of North Mugirango MP, Hon. Joash Nyamoko, Members of the Committee on Lands met with Mr. Gershom Ochami, Chair, National Land Commission (NLC) and Ms. Kabale Tache, CEO.