PARLIAMENTARY ROUND-UP 

  • 26 Apr 2023
  • 3 Mins Read
  • 〜 by Brian Otieno

Tuesday, 18th April 2023 At 2.30 p.m.

The Senate

  1.   Motions
  •         Provision of free sanitary towels to end period poverty
  •         The doping menace threatening Kenya’s impeccable global reputation in athletics
  •       Compensation to the Kenyan victims of the 1998 bombing of the United States embassy in Nairobi 
  •         Institution of measures to curb incessant high electricity costs in Kenya
  •         Enhancing highway safety and convenience
  •         Drought mitigation programme in public schools 
  •         Ban on the cultivation of eucalyptus trees on riparian lands
  •   Incorporation of intelligent water management systems in building plans for sustainable living
  •         Arbitrary arrests of Kenyan fishermen by Ugandan authorities
  1.             Bills

1)      The Division of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills no. 9 of 2023)

2)      The Prompt Payment Bill (Senate Bills no. 8 of 2022

3)      The Mung Beans Bill (Senate bills no. 13 of 2022)

4)      The Employment (Amendment) bill (senate bills no. 11 of 2022)

5)      The Agricultural and Livestock extension services Bill

6)      The Tea (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills no. 1 of 2023

7)      The Konza Technopolis Bill (Senate Bills no. 2 of 2023)

8)      The Start-up Bill (Senate Bills no. 14 of 2022

9)      The Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill (senate bills no. 3 of 2023

10)   The Learners with Disabilities Bill (senate bills no. 4 of 2023)

11)   The Cotton Industry Development Bill (senate bills no. 5 of 2023)

The National Assembly

  1.             Motions
  2.   Consideration of nominee for appointment as Chairperson of the Kenya Fish Marketing Authority
  3. Inquiry regarding sexual harassment of female workers in tea estates in Kericho county

  iii.  General debate on the proposal to Parliament to consider amending the Constitution and the Standing Orders 

Wednesday, 19th April 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

The National Assembly

  1.   Motions
  2. Reduction of cost of electricity in the country
  3. Regulation of the betting industry

iii. Development of a policy and funding for junior secondary schools

  1. Establishment of a national cancer prevention and control fund
  2. Development and implementation of a childcare programme for children whose parents are in lawful custody
  3. National policy on deworming of school-going children

vii.  Public health concerns at Lang’ata cemetery

Viii. Development and implementation of a programme for the regularization of land occupied by squatters

  1. Banning the growing of eucalyptus trees in the country
  2. Bills
  3. i. The Health (Amendment) (no. 2) Bill (National Assembly Bill no. 42 of 2022
  4. The National Transport and Safety Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill no. 43 of 2022)

The Senate

  1. Motions
  2. Institution of measures to curb incessant high electricity costs in Kenya
  3. Enhancing highway safety and convenience 

iii. Drought mitigation programme in public schools

  1. Ban on the cultivation of eucalyptus trees on riparian lands
  2.   Bills
  3.   The Parliamentary Powers and Privileges (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills no. 5 of 2022)
  4.   The Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate Bills no. 6 of 2022)

iii.  The County Vocational Education and Training Bill (Senate Bills no. 3 of 2022)

  1. The Preservation of Human Dignity and Enforcement of Economic and Social Rights Bill (Senate Bills no. 7 of 2022)  
  2.   Papers
  3. Incorporation of intelligent water management systems in building plans for sustainable living
  4. Arbitrary arrests of Kenyan fishermen by Ugandan authorities

iii. Issuance of Diplomatic Passports to Kenyan Athletes

  1. Petition
  2. Delayed adjudication and settlement of residents of Mnarani Sub-location, Kilifi County
  3. Questions
  4.   Massive decrease in forest cover despite the ban on maize cultivation in Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS)
  5.     Impact of heat waves in the country

iii.     Erection of a footbridge at the Hilton Garden Inn crossing

  1.     Delayed completion of the Riosiri-Rongo University-Cham Gi Wadu Road
  2.     Completion of construction of Kalisasi-Mumbuni Road, Phase I and Phase II
  3.     Stalled construction of Nguni-Nuu Road and Enziu Bridge in Kitui County

vii.   Upgrade to bitumen standard of Kibwezi-Kitui Kabati-Migwani-Mbondoni Road

viii.    Stalled construction of Kokendi-Arombe Bridge in Suna West Constituency

  1. Ease of traffic congestion in the city since the Nairobi Expressway became operational
  2.   Stalled construction of the Mwingi – Slaughter House Road
  3.   Stalled road projects in the country, pending bills owed to contractors and the reasons thereof

Thursday, April 20th, 2023, 2.30 p.m.

The National Assembly

1) Motions

 

  1.           Report on inquiry regarding sexual harassment of female workers in tea estates in Kericho county
  2.         Consideration of nominee for appointment as Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission

iii.    General debate on the proposal to Parliament to consider amending the Constitution and the Standing Orders

2) Bills

  1.             The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly bill no. 60 of 2022)
  2.     Limitation on General Debate on the Proposal to Parliament to consider amending the Constitution and the Standing Orders

iii.            Limitation of Debate on Bills Sponsored by Parties or Committees