Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: This is because hon. Sakaja is more attentive. Thank you. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: ---( off-record ) view
• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was just rising as a reaction to what the Leader of Majority Party has just presented. I am particularly concerned with the issue of extension of time. My concern is, yes, we will extend time, but the various constitutional bodies that are tasked with the responsibility of coming up with these Bills have had all the time knowing very well that we have the deadline of August this year. My worry is that probably some of these bodies which know that their life is tied to the conclusion and passage of the Bills that are spelt ... view
• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Even as this House considers extending the time, it is high time that we reprimand through our CIOC the various bodies that are tasked with the responsibility of coming up with this legislation, so that we do not continue to have some of the bodies like the CIC, which probably will have outlived its life after the passage of all the Bills. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order under Standing Order No.114 on introduction of Bills in the House. My concern is with respect to the fact that when I generate a Bill and take it to the Clerk of the National Assembly, he needs to refer the same to a committee. Clause (3)(b) states: “In respect of a legislative proposal for which no Committee is in charge, refer the legislative proposal to the relevant Committee for pre-publication, scrutiny and comments and the Committee shall submit its comments on the legislative proposal to the Speaker within fourteen days ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I just want to add to what hon. Abdalla has spoken to especially with regard to her last comment on the issue of referring any Bill that is considered a money Bill to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. This particular provision of the Standing Order needs to be looked into. As a way forward to amend that particular provision, we can put it in a way that every committee, when they are doing a report on a Bill, also to subject it to financial scrutiny, instead of lumping all Bills to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Over ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. This matter has been well canvassed. I just want to point out two issues that came up in the process. The first one is with regard to remarks from the Leader of Majority Party. He was specific that there is a suggestion that the Bills should come with the concurrence of the Treasury. I am particularly concerned with the terminology “concurrence”. Probably, he should have said “with an opinion from the Treasury”. If we are going to require concurrence from Treasury, nothing will be moving in this House. The legislative authority in this country is with ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, finally, I wanted to speak to the matter that hon. Langat talked about, with regard to the Appropriations Bill. Chapter 12 of our Constitution has given the Budget and Appropriations Committee a little more powers, in terms of the Budget-making process. In terms of any other finance-related Bills coming from the Ministry or touching on the Ministry, the Committee has the mandate. However, for matters regarding Budget, the Committee will bear with the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That bit falls within the province of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That is my view. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Member for Kipipiri spoke to the issue of Article 114. The reason as to why I made that suggestion was the understanding that Article 114 does not specifically speak to the Budget and Appropriations Committee; it talks of the relevant committee. Even under our Standing Orders, when we talk of the relevant committee, it does not have to be a specific committee. We need to harmonise the Standing Orders with our Constitution. We have spoken to this matter severally. We now need to act by having the Procedure and House Rules Committee look into the Standing Orders ... view